Ximenes Competition No. 750 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 746 | 756 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 750 | May 1963 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS | Right and Left | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. Postill | It’s near to dinner time when X should get a big hand! Mark our great interest as X speaks! | 7.45 dinner, X numeral on clock; cross words (vb) |
| Second | Mrs L. Jarman | Proper start-off for the Dinner—L.C.C. rebuilt stands for a great number to celebrate—squares to be filled with lights! | i.e. anag. of D LCC = DCCL; cryptic def. |
| Third | D. P. M. Michael | X and X’s predecessor, beginning long ago, set on Sunday puzzles, number of most recent being unusually stiff when you include even most regular follower of X! | cross W ord (obs. noun) + S; even in anag. + Y |
| HC | C. O. Butcher | These teasers! They’re contrived by X and the language output of X’s following if in a hole must slip into the yes—indecorous! | cross + words; f. if in vent in anag.; language = words |
| HC | Brig W. E. Duncan | 5 min. late for Dinner! Squares, replete with equivocal verbiage, make angry comments | dinner at 7.45; cross words |
| HC | J. Fryde | Number of puzzlers appear five minutes late for dinner—bar conversations are so intriguing | dinner at 7.45; cross words |
| HC | E. J. Griew | How many this week? An outrage of “fent,” “fy,” “vise”—pass over Chambers—”metonymically.” Ximenes invents them! | anag.; cross words; C.= words, metonymically |
| HC | R. V. Helps | Even if **ST*FY has numerous possibilities, clues to them MYSTIFY as these TESTIFY | anag.; cryptic def. |
| HC | F. G. Illingworth | When we hear clergymen throwing out “iffy” events, neutralising the gospel on Sunday, they are very apt to perplex us! | anag.; cryptic def.; ref. “Lift up your hearts” radio programme at 7.50 a.m. |
| HC | A. Lawrie | X must have a quarrel—he creates them! Stiff with envy, ’e gets upset where opponent in Lexicon comes out on top! | cross words; anag.; Chambers, p. 750 |
| HC | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | Mule eating cutlery puzzles MD not half. This makes it eight in ten minutes! | sword in cross; half of 1500 |
| HC | Mrs E. McFee | One hour after start of To-night Fyfe—in vest, chequered—puzzles crowds, rambling about town in Herefordshire | anag.; Ross in anag.; ref. F. Robertson, ‘Tonight’ TV programme at 6.50 p.m. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | In Stepney’s confines a regular riotous tiff means more than a big D—in fact 50% bad language, represented by lots of blanks! | even + anag. all in S,y; cross words; i.e. 500 + 50% |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Bonus points for a small slam, or one down, perhaps, going after the grand? Dash and confound it, this is one of those problems! | seven + fifty; cross words; ref. bridge scoring, grand slam = 7 tricks |
| HC | B. A. Pike | Mid 8th-century English leader, beset by twisted envy, tiffs, peevish talk, squared disturbers of domestic peace with occasional prizes | E in anag.; cross words; i.e. AD 750 |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | X, steel-hearted, puzzles a thousand without quarter. Baffled English stiff with envy | sword in cross; anag. incl. E; i.e. 1,000 less a quarter |
| HC | Mrs J. Robertson | A quarter less than grand Fyfe investigates, semi-detached, obscure. Adverse report: these squares must have lights | anag. incl. invest(igates); cross words; ref. F. Robertson, TV reporter on ‘Tonight’ |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Hybrid controversy puzzles Devon Cattle Club Laboratory leaders—makes the old vet sniff! | cross words; DCCL, anag. incl. ye (the old) |
| HC | J. W. Taylor | Adversity promises problems. Lift up your hearts then, following Kipling’s guide to manhood in “Life’s Span” | cross words; f + ‘If’ in seventy; ref. poem, and ‘L.U.Y.H.’ radio programme at 7.50 a.m. |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | Eve’s nifty little feminine shift transports many a business man, even squares with letters one discovers—X, for instance, before terms! | anag. incl. f; cross + words; 7.50 train |
Runners-Up in competition 750: