Ximenes Competition No. 894 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 890 | 898 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 894 | Mar 1966 | WITENAGEMOT | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Woolf | Wessex leaders used to hold it; beginning of Norman era saw its end | it in We + N age mot, & lit. |
| Second | A. Lawrie | A diet’s just the thing to be imposed on somebody that’s gone up about a stone in weight | it + a gem in one (rev.) all in wt. |
| Third | L. F. Leason | The grouping of bishops, king’s pawns, etc., once called for deliberation: now I get mate after a few moves | anag. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | If one X puts on a stone (to an already round figure!) in weight, the answer is—diet! | I ten a gem o in wt. |
| VHC | J. T. Catlow | Bishops exercised their authority here, e.g. mate in two moves | anag. |
| VHC | D. L. L. Clarke | A meeting peculiarly engrossed in old English know how | anag. in wot, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | Law was laid out in the rough game I went to | anag. |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | Harold was our last choice and we got in, mate, for a radical change! | anag.; Harold I |
| VHC | K. Gibson | The king is no longer served by bishops, knights, etc. on this board; e.g. mate in two moves | anag. |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Scrappy game I went to—wasn’t it King’s Old Boys and a representative district team? | anag. |
| VHC | Sir S. Kaye | Salt’s out! A number end up going in for this old diet | ten + omega (rev.) in wit |
| VHC | A. F. Lerrigo | Sort of old national diet in which meat and wine got cooked together | anag.: cook, intr. vb. |
| VHC | H. Lyon | Time we got an old-style Government? Not exactly! | anag. |
| VHC | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | The thing that influenced Harold? Shaky ménage, it being held by, roughly, two | anag. in anag.; thing1; Harold I |
| VHC | Mrs E. McFee | Moot point gets a meeting excited and ’eated | W + anag.+ ’ot |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Tory leader with new image to upset Harold’s advisers | T + anag.; ref. Harold I and H. Wilson |
| VHC | T. N. Nesbitt | High time we got an old-fashioned lot of rulers! | anag.; high = drunk |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | We met, got in a huddle; assembled before Parliament; went right up to Harold! | anag.; huddle, intr. vb. |
| VHC | R. Postill | High time we got an effective government such as we used to have | anag. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Harold’s advisers once wanted a meeting between the two to be arranged | anag. in anag.; Harold I |
| VHC | Dr W. I. D. Scott | Dissolution of old parliament could result in a surprising win. Get a book up | anag. + tome (rev.) |
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