Ximenes Competition No. 829 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 825 | 832 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 829 | Nov 1964 | FAREWELL | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | H. S. Tribe | In autumn we’re piling up the last of the leaves | anag. in fall; pile up = crash; leave, n. |
| Second | F. D. H. Atkinson | Feed luxuriously, leaving one with a double chin! | fare well; i.e. chin-chin! |
| Third | C. J. Morse | What makes the cost of travel keep on rising for so long! | fare + well |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | We’re inevitably corrupted, being beset by sin for so long! | anag. in fall |
| VHC | J. M. Brew | Leaving shortly we shall travel in the van | fare + we’ll |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Get on to W. Shakespeare’s last lines for success | fare + W + e + ll; i.e. fare well |
| VHC | F. G. Ellingworth | To succeed, clearly you must get the last word! | i.e. to fare well |
| VHC | J. C. Farman | We’re involved in lapse into sin in Eden’s vale | anag. in Fall; ’s = is |
| VHC | P. H. Freeman | Reason for a send-off when Law gets in trouble with English League ref | anag. incl. E, L; ref. Denis L., Scottish footballer, recent incident |
| VHC | J. Gill | Colloquially speaking, King Lear’s last words get me; Lear flew into a rage! | anag.; end of K.L. is “so long” |
| VHC | S. Goldie | New-style wear in shaggy hair—a parting, and it’s waved | anag. in fell4 |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Pitcher makes a come-back in Yankees’ autumn final | ewer, (rev.) in fall |
| VHC | T. W. Melluish | Remote place near Epsom, causing brief hold-up of the Derby | far Ewell; D. = bowler hat |
| VHC | P. H. Morgan | Just, one hears, a bore and so long | ‘fair’ + well |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | “Good going”? Epsom riders wouldn’t so describe it! | i.e. far Ewell |
| VHC | D. A. Nicholls | Last words do nicely | fare well |
| VHC | M. Packman | Parting the sheep in more distant of two pounds | ewe in far L,L |
| VHC | R. Postill | Last so long, yield to temptation—back in jug! | ewer (rev.) in fall; back in, vb. imper. |
| VHC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Travel in comfort? We’re made to hang about so long! | fare well, anag. in fall; made = shuffled |
| VHC | P. H. Taylor | You’ll find the passenger enclosure near to each flight’s departure | fare well (= enclosure, etc.) |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Send-off upsets Law, left-half and ref.! | anag. incl. le(ft); ref. Denis L., footballer |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Vale’s an out of date poetic word for a kind of depression surrounded by high ground | a rew (= rue) in fell; vale (L.) |
HCs in competition 829 awarded to: