Ximenes Competition No. 898 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 894 | 900 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 898 | Apr 1966 | POCHARD | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. F. N. Wedge | I dive, in case there is a fish! | char in pod |
| Second | E. J. Rackham | The fish in the case happens to be a bird! | char in pod |
| Third | C. Allen Baker | Fowl, no doubt? Better try fish, too, just in case… (but surely not good red herring!) | char in pod |
| VHC | R. B. Adcock | Kind of loom in which ball of thread travels backwards to fullest extent | cop (rev.) + hard; loom = loon2 |
| VHC | T. Anderson | I take a dive and appear with fish in belly | char in pod |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Belly full of fish—fond of a low dive—and poker—that’s me! | char in pod; poker, s.v. pochard |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | Is a duck a duck and a fish? There must be a bit of Printer’s Devilry about! | 0 char in P. D. |
| VHC | Mrs W. A. Clegg | Duck, or you’ll have to do an odd job or two in school | char in pod |
| VHC | P. R. Clemow | Flat-foot in retreat by waterside bank. That could be me | cop (rev.) + hard, noun |
| VHC | P. M. Coombs | Being pretty wet, if not actually fish-faced, you should get the bird daily in school | char in pod; being, noun |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Hull? Labour in—its poll takes a steep dive | char in pod; ref. cup replay on polling day |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | This bird ain’t a fish—except in a certain school | char in pod |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Close goes after returning catch, for a duck | cop (rev.) + hard, advb.; ref. Brian C. |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | One of the divers fish inhabiting a shell | char in pod |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | One of the divers fish in a shoal | char in pod |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | It has (and sounds like!) one of those beaks fine for foraging | ‘poacher ‘; one pron |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Just see me dive for fish in a shoal! | char in pod |
| VHC | L. F. Leason | Dippy red-head gets daily hiding in school | char in pod |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | Strike a chord with the gentle character in Peter Pan, Smee | anag. incl. p; smee = pochard |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Bird that might be clued as fish if included among a number of aquatic creatures like whales! | char in pod |
| VHC | D. J. Short | I take a dip, returning with fish inside | char in dop (rev.), & lit.; dop = dip |
| VHC | E. B. Sterens | You’ll find him daily in the swimming school—a natural born diver | char in pod |
HCs in competition 898 awarded to: