Ximenes Competition No. 65 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 64 | 66 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Dec 1947 | PIVOT | normal | 16 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. C. MacIntosh | Set-back to eminent personage, usually right in the front rank | to VIP (rev.); ref. military drill |
| Second | C. B. Joyner | A potted Sherlock Holmes story might give you a turn | IV in pot; ref. ‘The Sign of Four’ |
| Third | H. J. Connell | It can be turned on for making tea about four | IV in pot |
| HC | Sir B. H. Bourdillon | It all turns on this—the Foreign Ministers’ Conference being preserved | IV in pot; potted = preserved; ref. ‘big four’ post-war conference of foreign ministers |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Depend upon it, a cup of tea about four is not enough | IV in pot |
| HC | H. L. Ford | Molotov, I presume, will give you an indirect answer, but can one really depend upon it? | hidden rev.; ref. V. M. Molotov, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| HC | M. E. Francis | Turning point in a spiv’s career—when he loses his money and turns to? | (s)piv + to (rev.); s = shilling |
| HC | P. G. W. Glare | Piano quartet—sounds like Bax, too—the middle of the movement | p IV + to (rev.); i.e. ‘backs to’; Arnold B. |
| HC | S. B. Green | Pinafore potted—O.K. for sound! | i.e. pin, ‘a four’; IV in pot |
| HC | C. Koop | You turn a revolver on me, and, depend on it—you’ll swing! | cryptic def. |
| HC | R. C. Macfarlane | Out of the twenty-two over seven voted for the Axis | i.e. hidden in pi voted; pi approx. 22 / 7 |
| HC | R. C. Reeves | The officer i/c wheels? See the Transport Officer—a very important person—if he’s back | TO VIP (rev.) |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | I always keep still at the point of a revolver, because I’m one against getting shot about | I v. in pot |
| HC | S. P. Shanahan | To preserve the Big Four—everything turns on this | IV in pot; potted = preserved; ref. ‘big four’ post-war conference of foreign ministers |
| HC | O. Carlton Smith | The turning point for the whole race is seen in page four of the Old Testament (Gen. 5. 2) | p IV OT; i.e., ball race; ref. creation story |
| HC | Miss A. C. Tatham | Get what you want for tea round about four—that’s the important point | IV in pot |
Runners-Up in competition 65: