Ximenes Competition No. 703 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 700 | 708 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 703 | Jul 1962 | SCAPEMENT | normal | 16 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. H. Pegram | I’m very close to the verge: a false step can put me in! | me in anag.; verge of clock |
| Second | F. E. Newlove | What keeps both hunter and hunted going? | 2 mngs.; hunter watch |
| Third | S. Barnett | Vacillating Prime Minister can‘t see a way out of difficulties | anag. incl. PM |
| HC | A. R. Chandler | First stages of acid pollution in root casing follow sweet-eating in infancy, causing teeth to break away in time | s + a, p in cement |
| HC | S. Goldie | You will take ten paces, Monsieur—agitated? Yes, I see the seconds are on time with the revolvers! | anag. incl. M |
| HC | S. B. Green | Quiet old uncle in short coat allows only moderate advance for timepiece | p eme in scant |
| HC | Mrs E. McFee | Do I let the teeth go in a turnip? Yes—Mac‘s neep, mashed, suits me to a T | anag. plus T; turnip (old sl.) = watch |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | The seconds require this arrangement, Monsieur, ten paces each way (Both considerably shaken!) | anag. + anag. incl. M |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | In short, little physical exercise attracts me, but I’m certainly not long in the tooth! | PE me in scant |
| HC | P. H. Morgan | An outburst—viz. chaps in a huff | sc. + men in a pet |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Chronometric device could expose a hundred Piltdown types hidden in half-jest | C apemen in (je)st; ref. Oakley’s fluorine test |
| HC | R. Postill | Another tooth gone! It happens regularly to me, a Special Constable, with chaps in a temper | SC + men in a pet |
| HC | Mrs J. Robertson | De temps en temps ça change | anag. & lit. |
| HC | A. Robins | Pa’s cement mixer makes a tooth come out at each vibration | anag. |
| HC | T. L. Strange | My union job in the works helps to drive the hands twenty-four hours a day! (P.S. A cement works!) | anag.; work (vb. intrans) = to be agitated |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | Old Uncle, surrounded by miscellaneous pants &c., second hand clocks, and the like, won’t give tick when I’m broke—barbarous! | eme in anag.; uncle = pawnbroker, barbarous = ungrammatical |
Runners-Up in competition 703: