Ximenes Competition No. 825 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 821 | 829 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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825 | Nov 1964 | COACHES | normal | 21 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | L. F. Leason | They’ll take on plodders needing a lift—those with nothing upstairs | double mng.; sports coaches and single-deckers |
Second | C. J. Morse | Trains and buses are what one might call associated forms of continuous discomfort | i.e. co-aches; 2 defs. |
Third | S. Goldie | One who does may make progress by stages with diligence | double mng.; coach (vb.) = study with tutor |
VHC | C. Allen Baker | If we part company, some human sufferings may well result | c. less Co. = aches, & lit. |
VHC | J. Brock | Trains—the slow sort as a rule | 2 mngs.; (slow)coaches |
VHC | G. H. Dickson | Chaps like Higgins take care of dropping h’s | c/o aches; ache2 =aitch; ref. ‘Pygmalion’ |
VHC | P. H. Freeman | Such things as flies have the head and six feet of blackbeetles | c(ockr)oaches; fly = light vehicle for hire |
VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Callaghan’s first round hurts conveyances! | C o aches; ref. James C., new Chancellor |
VHC | J. A. Holden | Alluring creatures with just a spangle in the secret places | O in caches |
VHC | Mrs L. Jarman | Ribbons from our frothy drawers were handed up to stage boxes | cryptic def.; i.e. horses; ribbons = rein; drawer = puller |
VHC | A. H. Jones | Game kids, these—they’re quite comfortable at sea, they cram in a cocoa chest! | 3 mngs. & hidden |
VHC | T. P. Kelly | Leader of Opposition gains entry to secret arms dumps—we can prepare for a major row! | O in caches; i.e. rowing coaches |
VHC | A. Lawrie | The causes, often, of aspirations succeeding completely | co- (prefix) + aches (= aitches), & lit.; C. p. 1324 |
VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | Charas: an extract of hemp some people drop in a salad | ache (= aitch) in cos; cf. churrus |
VHC | A. A. Malcolm | The Scout can provide some useful material for these sections of the Express | 2 mngs.; ref. newspaper racing tipster and football |
VHC | D. P. M. Michael | These prime hides are penetrated by nothing but horse-flies possibly | 0 in caches, 2 defs.; prime, vb.; fly = light vehicle for hire |
VHC | P. H. Morgan | We take care of adult and child beginners in education and sport | c/o A ch e s, & lit. |
VHC | W. H. Pegram | They take tourists for a ride with under-the-counter magazines about love! | 0 in caches, i.e. illegal arms |
VHC | R. Postill | The posh pubs say No to them, but they cram The Green Man | 2 mngs.; green = inexperienced |
VHC | J. A. Sinclair | They raise the rate from the bank and the smaller company suffers | Co. aches; rowing coaches |
VHC | G. H. Willett | Stages where the partner of sin has an uncomfortable feeling inside | ache in cos; trigonometry |
HCs in competition 825 awarded to: