Ximenes Competition No. 725 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 721 | 728 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 725 | Dec 1962 | SILENUS | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. E. Scraton | Old Baldy’s always dozing; if we disturb him, he gives us lines! | anag. & lit.; S. prophesied when roused from drunken sleep; lines = one’s lot in life |
| Second | Miss J. S. Lumsden | In slip the French, set upon us, and monkey with the lion’s tail | le (Fr.) in sin + us; slip = sin |
| Third | Mrs N. Fisher | Yes, the bare, French, curvaceous type will draw an old satyr | si le nu (all Fr.) + S; type=letter |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | In two ticks I would go on the batter proper! | I Len U in s.s. & lit.; tick = second; on t.b. = on a drunken spree; ref. L. Hutton, England batsman |
| HC | J. F. B. Bunting | French nude embraced by Scotsman’s squeezes. The pot-bellied old devil! | nu (Fr.) in siles |
| HC | Mrs H. M. Grieve | Insulse, old word, but not just right for an old beast of a man | anag. |
| HC | F. G. Illingworth | A wig, false nose and corsets might disguise me, unless I undressed! | anag. & lit. |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | If the nudes in the Bois appear, I’m a potty old pursuer! | si le nus (all Fr.) & lit; bois (Fr.) = wood |
| HC | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | Demigod, semi-buck, enwreathed with bay | le(ap) in sinus & lit. [see comments] |
| HC | Mrs E. McFee | Primate finds old priest standing on his head, semi-nude, in Sunday School | Eli (rev.) + nu(de) in SS |
| HC | T. J. Pimbley | When Bacchus was in dancing mood, I was pelted unless I twisted | anag. & lit; i.e. if he twisted he avoided being pelted with flowers; Keats, Endymion 4. 209 |
| HC | R. Postill | My pot-belly was noticeable unless I dressed specially | anag. & lit. |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | His make-up was nearly all sin and lust—with the last of the wine inside | (win)e in anag. & lit. |
| HC | Mrs J. Robertson | Being partial to wood-spirits, unless I refused, I was always intoxicated | anag. & lit.; re-fused |
| HC | A. Robins | Panic issue of American stock after serious indiscretion about upsurge of English pound | E + L (rev.) in sin + US; S. was son of Pan; ref. 1962 “Flash Crash” of US stock market and surge in London |
| HC | H. Rotter | My charge has to do with drink—unless I can be got out of it, it could mean a monkey! | anag., 2 defs. |
| HC | Mrs E. Shackleton | Almost taciturn, genteel and sanctimonious character? Good God! Just the reverse! | silen(t) + U + S(anctimonious) & lit. |
| HC | J. W. Taylor | Apart from my tail, you couldn’t call me leonine, unless I reformed | anag. & lit. |
| HC | Mrs J. Thomas | PAN issue abridged version of “The Quiet American” | silen(t) US; S. was son of Pan; ref. G. Greene, Pan books [see comments] |
| HC | J. F. N. Wedge | Endless quiet, you and me—and there’s the piper’s son, the monkey! | silen(t) us, 2 defs.; S. was son of Pan |
Runners-Up in competition 725: