Ximenes Competition No. 608 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 604 | 612 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608 | Sep 1960 | CUSTOMER | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | V. Jennings | It’s implied that I can do no wrong, but copper gets me pinched in shop when something’s missing! | Cu me in stor(e) & lit.; “the c. is always right” |
| Second | J. W. Bates | I’ve only a passing interest in the closed shop? T.U.C.’s more concerned! | anag. |
| Third | Rev C. M. Broun | Butcher courts me, for one | anag. & lit. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Those characters at the rear of the counter are there to take me in! | me in (aba)cus to r. & lit. |
| HC | D. B. J. Ambler | Person commonly seen in market of Pas-de-Calais town preceded by copper | Cu + St. Omer |
| HC | D. J. Ball | Wanton Elizabethan woman whose heart has a male in continual employment, her ends being of little credit | Tom in use in cr & lit.; customer = prostitute (obs.) |
| HC | Miss P. M. C. Cain | More cuts in mincemeat suit the housewife at the grocer’s | anag. |
| HC | V. A. R. Cooper | One whose appearance might well mean more cuts being effected by the butcher | anag. & lit. |
| HC | W. J. Duffin | Did she show promise around a high-class street? | U St. in comer, & lit. |
| HC | S. B. Green | Housewife who falls for brush salesman perhaps just loses head with anyone who comes round | (j)ust in comer |
| HC | A. Lawrie | For a body who may seek to bargain, T.U.C.’s disorganized—following is more undisciplined | anag. + anag. |
| HC | P. H. Morgan | A crooked one may present a stumer, leaving the company short! | anag. of Co. stumer, & lit. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | There’s a lot of advantage—as far as I’m concerned—in a little credit | us(e) to me in cr & lit. |
| HC | Mrs N. Perry | A vagabond courts me, but I’ve fallen for a counter-attraction | anag. |
| HC | R. Postill | ’Twould be no good to me if there weren’t a little credit around! | U/S to me in cr, & lit. |
| HC | Mrs J. Robertson | Kind of chap doctors cure most successfully | anag.; doctors, vb. |
| HC | A. Robins | “I’m All Right Jack!”—this would be quite unthinkable without Sellers! | ref. Peter S. film; “the c. is always right” |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | The old solicitor is always right | 2 mngs.; “the c. is …”; customer = prostitute (obs.) |
| HC | Mrs J. E. Townsend | A traveller entreats my favour, and courts me subtly you’ll see! | anag. & lit.; i.e. travelling salesman |
| HC | J. Ward | Bind U.S. to Middle East in Credit Squeeze? Just what trade wants! | US to ME in cr |
| HC | J. F. N. Wedge | Promising chap embodying superior type of virtue, in short, one of invariable rectitude! | U St in comer |
| HC | M. Woolf | There’s a lot of use to me in a little credit! | us(e) to me in cr & lit. |
Runners-Up in competition 608: