Ximenes Competition No. 856 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 851 | 860 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 856 | Jun 1965 | RODOMONTADE | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. W. Taylor | Ode on Mr. Toad could be this—particularly if he wrote it | anag. & lit. |
| Second | A. J. Hughes | Mod, with a ton up, travelled around showing off. | anag. in rode; up = amiss |
| Third | Mrs E. McFee | To add more on, fancifully, is to shoot a line | anag. |
| VHC | P. C. Barclay | More to do and extravagant bluster! | anag. |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | Series of words with self-evident theme and more to add on in variation | anag.; i.e. about oneself |
| VHC | P. R. Clemow | It’s dead rot being wild about the confounded moon—just an extravagant romancing | anag. in anag. |
| VHC | L. D. J. Gatt | It’s all bluster or too damned blasted extravagant | anag. |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Ode on Mr. Toad might well turn out to be this! | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Doctor wants deodorant scattered around; there’s an offensive vapour | MO in anag. |
| VHC | E. J. Griew | Play brag? It’s too extravagant, or, put another way, too damned complicated! | or (rev.) + anag. |
| VHC | H. Hancock | It might appear to mean odd or extravagant speech | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | What does one Mr. Toad do? A lot of boasting | anag.; does = sets in order |
| VHC | H. Lyon | Here’s a feverish to-do, and more bombastic spouting | anag. |
| VHC | T. W. Melluish | Gas? A little more deodorant must be sprayed about. | mo (= more) in anag. |
| VHC | H. B. Morton | Bully, ham or turkey-cock could provide this—not chicken, mince nor dodo meat | anag. |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | No ode Mr. Toad composed could reveal such immodesty (or could it?) | anag. |
| VHC | D. A. Nicholls | More to-do and rampaging around—the sort of palaver we expect from Cassius! | anag.; ref. C. Clay |
| VHC | L. T. Stokes | To hold forth like one who is over-confident or too damned unconstrained! | anag. |
| VHC | J. Van de Linde | Do trade with Moon? Fantastic: boastful bluster, that’s what it is! | anag. |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | To give one self a boost stick a decoration on before some sort of date | rod OM on trade |
| VHC | J. B. Widdowson | Speech of one who is boastful or too damned excitable! | anag. |
| VHC | M. Woolf | A little instant deodorant sprinkled around forms a vapour | mo in anag. |
HCs in competition 856 awarded to: