Ximenes Competition No. 868 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 864 | 873 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 868 | Aug 1965 | DANDER / TOUPEE | Right and Left | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. K. M. Slimmings | It’s shown by blasting and then turning crimson where you drive, smothering ball completely: to avoid it, keep your head down! | anag. + red (rev.) & lit.; O up in tee, down = hair |
| Second | C. Allen Baker | Monkey, clad in a red-backed jacket and passing the hat round for all to see, may make application for a nut | and in red (rev.); U in topee; m. = temper |
| Third | Maj A. S. Birt | Displayed by loser of hair? Darned silly to raise the same point twice. Displayed by loser of hair? | anag.; to up E, E |
| VHC | R. B. Adcock | Something to adorn a dome (about nothing on top)—to comb backwards around one would be madness! | 0 up in tee3, & lit.; and in red (rev.) |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Scalp complaint is darned awful for anyone in a hat—a wig is what’s needed | anag.; U in topee |
| VHC | J. H. Cleary | Press in driving area results in topping: it’s the end of Snead and also of Palmer—there’s anger among Americans | OUP in tee; (Snea)d and (Palm)er; ref. J. C. S., Arnold P., US golfers |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | A wig—when you’ve nothing on top what you aim at is concealing it!—may fall from your head, making you darned embarrassed | 0 up in tee (= mark aimed at); anag. |
| VHC | H. W. Flewett | Loss of hair? I’m darned worried. There’s a small patch to cover forward towards the top—with a couple of mousetails? | anag.; to up e, e |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | Dr. Dean’s concoction for scalp trouble conceals baldness and is a must for curling; nothing amiss included | anag.; 0 up in tee |
| VHC | G. P. Goddard | Loss of hair? That’s darned bad! Try “Topknot,” a mixture of repute, right away; nothing more | anag.; anag. incl. 0 less r |
| VHC | T. P. Kelly | In the States it’s all the rage to back-comb round an artificial topknot: here it’s “done” to appear in exotic head-gear | an in red (rev.); U in topee |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Scurf’s untidy and Red Indian people, we hear, find it on the occasional scalp | anag.; ‘Tupi’; find, imper. |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | “Cinders,” an Edinburgh production, has darned surrealistic—to a United Presbyterian eye—transformation | anag.; to UP ee; dander3 |
| VHC | J. D. H. Mackintosh | Loss of temper can be darned awkward. To suffer, we hear, may give the appearance of keeping our hair on | anag.; ‘to pay’ |
| VHC | Mrs E. McFee | Monkey’s darned ill—a scratch, perhaps: a monkey must eat nothing with points | anag.; 0 in tup + E, E; scratch wig |
| VHC | P. H. Morgan | Duke and the Queen stroll on Deeside, thence to drive circling round northward for a tour | D and ER; O up in tee; dander2; tour = border of false hair |
| VHC | Miss M. J. Patrick | To smear with tar, we hear, is a remedy in cases of alopecia, and in the early stages of dermatitis and dandruff | ‘to pay’; d and der(matitis); pay2 |
| VHC | E. J. Rackham | Darned uncomfortable in the heat? The sun-hat to suit all inside, decorative tuft on the top | anag.; U in topee |
| VHC | Rev E. G. Riley | Hat with posh inside fringe, red and twirly, is the rage of New York | U in topee; anag. |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Darned tricky gang calmly conceals capital deficiency; a couple take the rap, we hear | anag.; ‘two pay’; dander2, gang, vb. |
| VHC | J. W. Taylor | In “Bond and Eroticism,” one finds passion for head gear—hat with a snob label in it | hidden; U in topee |
HCs in competition 868 awarded to: