Ximenes Competition No. 773 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 769 | 777 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 773 | Nov 1963 | FIT-OUT | normal | 35 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. E. Kimmons | If going uphill watch the gear you’re in | if (rev.) + tout1 |
| Second | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Some paraphernalia to put into stuck-up Mac’s gin and tonic! | to in if (rev.) + ut1 ; see gin7; tonic = first note of a scale |
| Third | J. W. Bates | It should be efficient if you have climbing to do | if (rev.), to, ut1 |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Pack up this in a kit-bag. That’s a song not too near the mark | fit3 + out; ref. song ‘Pack Up your Troubles …’ |
| VHC | Col P. S. Baines | Feminine attraction leading to love at first note! Effects of Spring? | f. + it + 0 + ut1; personal effects |
| VHC | Capt A. S. Birt | Fred’s beginning to ’ave a go at the bowling. That’s what you might expect off Moss’s cutters | F + (h)it out; ref. F. Trueman, Alan M., Middx. and England bowler, and M. Bros., gent’s outfitters |
| VHC | A. N. Clark | Fancy! In the open, in public, and without any clothes! | fit2 + 3 mngs. of out; out = not within; defn. = any clothes |
| VHC | P. M. Coombs | Right! Dismiss and get equipment! | fit1 + out (imper.) |
| VHC | J. Crowther | What a rig! Fifi half strips—then shows her all! | Fi(fi) + tout (Fr.) |
| VHC | L. Dean | Reversible gear—you can use top to bottom or bottom to top | i.e. fit-out or outfit |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | For member of the Lords, it’s coronet, ermine, etc. (Home no longer qualified for upper chamber) | i.e. fit1 above out (home no longer); ref. Douglas-H.’s renunciation of peerage on appointment as PM |
| VHC | F. E. Dixon | Song of the open air … in the old kit-bag | fit3 + out; ref. song ‘Pack Up your Troubles …’ |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | Traps that will make a polecat chew | i.e. fitchew with fit out = chew; traps = personal belongings |
| VHC | J. Flood | Plant just in bloom. Perennial stock? | fit1 (vb.) + out |
| VHC | Mrs J. O. Fuller | Bottom’s complete with suitable head equipment | i.e. fit1 above out; ref M.N.D. |
| VHC | C. R. Gamble | Going-away things | fit1 (adj.) + out & lit. |
| VHC | W. F. Goodman | Dress suit on loan | fit1 (vb.) + out |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | All you need for a voyage is access to the sea | fit out; access = fit of illness or passion |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | For complete dress put on a spangle, do | fit + O (= spangle, obs.) + ut1 |
| VHC | T. P. Kelly | An ensemble that’s becoming démodé? | fit1 (adj.) + out & lit. |
| VHC | C. Koop | Livery? Well then dash into the open! | fit, hyphen, out |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | The baggage must have little fidelity to be soliciting! | fi(delity) + tout |
| VHC | V. McKnight | clue not given, see Slip no. 777 | |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Cri de honte devant tout ensemble | fi! (= fie!, Fr.) + tout; honte (Fr.) = shame |
| VHC | P. H. Morgan | Double-blooming plant | fit1 (adj.) + out; i.e. both mean blooming |
| VHC | D. A. Nicholls | Home unsuitable? No! No! The order’s changed but it’s much the same set! | i.e. out (not home) fit (not unsuitable) in reverse order; ref. Douglas-H.’s appointment as PM |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Ready? Go! Or gang! | fit1 (adj.) + out!; gang1, n. |
| VHC | K. Perry | What nude hasn’t right shape when completely exposed! | fit1 (adj.) + out |
| VHC | J. R. Scarr | Foreign car with a defective blooming gear | Fi(a)t out |
| VHC | Miss M. Smith | If held up then tout suite’s the word | if (rev.) + tout |
| VHC | T. L. Strange | Get-up—and get out of it—do! | anag. + ut1 |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Engagement announced—could mean trousseau, or tails and topper | fit (n.) out |
| VHC | Dr W. G. A. Swan | The Establishment is in crisis away from Home | fit2 (obs.) + out; ref. Douglas-H.’s renunciation of peerage on appointment as PM |
| VHC | J. W. Taylor | clue not given, see Slip no. 777 | |
| VHC | C. F. Tippett | SPASMEX for your complete equipment | i.e. fit (= spasm) + out (= ex) |
HCs in competition 773 awarded to: