Ximenes Competition No. 847 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 843 | 851 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 847 | Apr 1965 | FRENETICAL | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. B. Sweeting | Left are in, and the end of Alec. That’s crazy! Stark staring bonkers! | anag. incl. c; ref. A. Douglas-Home, PM defeated by Labour in 1964 Gen. Election |
| Second | S. Goldie | Descriptive of a cup-tie nowadays: the referee’s worried over what will make it clean | anag. of ref + anag. |
| Third | Mrs L. Jarman | Mafficking? Can’t “Relief” get out of hand! | anag.; ref. relief of Mafeking, 1900, see ety. of maffick in C. |
| VHC | D. B. J. Ambler | Did such a malady infect Lear? Disturbingly so | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Describing Phédre’s condition left Racine greatly moved | anag.;. ref. Racine play |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | Modern wood compound got from small North California tree | anag. incl. N Calif; wood, (obs.) = mad |
| VHC | A. N. Clark | Fine car let out of control round the bend | anag. |
| VHC | R. Englefield | Clean and refit loose nuts | anag. |
| VHC | J. Flood | Keep it clean, ref., and you won’t get this kind of behaviour! | anti-anag. |
| VHC | D. Hawson | Like a hatter reshaping a nicer felt | anag.; mad hatter |
| VHC | F. G. Illingworth | Description of kind of passion that does infect Lear | anag.; do = set in order |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | In really high life, nectar is drunk | anag.; high = violent, tempestuous |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Like the Hatter, I can feel right confused about what starts the timepiece! | t in anag. incl. r; ref. ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Mad H. dipped watch in tea |
| VHC | W. Ledger | Deranged: left in care after corrective treatment | anag. |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | What sort of fancies plague the mind—infect Lear’s delirium? | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | Brought up in holier surroundings, X is not above a bit of fun rambling | ten in lacier + f (all rev.) |
| VHC | T. W. Melluish | Badly left in race round the bend | anag. |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Fine claret drunk direct from the bin | anag.; loony-bin |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Reinflate with the crisis only just beginning—that’s crazy, absolutely crazy! | anag. incl. c; ref. Labour economic policy |
| VHC | Rev E. G. Riley | Drunken Celt in fear of delirium | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs K. M. Russell | Drunk nectar and life is delirious! | anag. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Wood—now rare—hewn from Northern California tree | anag. incl. N Calif; wood, (obs.) = mad |
| VHC | J. R. Scarr | Bugs vex an’ lice fret | anag.; bugs = mad [see comment in Slip no. 851] |
| VHC | L. H. Stewart | Nutty blend of fine claret | anag. |
| VHC | H. S. Tribe | I felt crane wobbling—nuts needed | anag. |
HCs in competition 847 awarded to: