Ximenes Competition No. 902 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 900 | 907 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 902 | May 1966 | WINCOPIPE | normal | 16 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. B. Stubbs | It used to be quoted in weather lore—start about the first of October to plough | O pip3 in wince |
| Second | T. E. Sanders | This style of red bloomers is antiquated; mine used to lead the company to whistle! | win (= mine, vb.) co. pipe |
| Third | H. Rutley | Victory, said Celtic before the whistle: it was a bloomer! | win co’ (= quoth) pipe |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Could be chewed up in cow but while flowering in fields served as a rustic barometer | anag. + pipe; but = butt, pipe |
| VHC | E. C. Bingham | An old name for a wayside flower with blossom in a rich red colour | co- (prefix) + pip (= blossom), all in wine, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | Leads to Percy’s pseudonym—well, not exactly—it’s obsolete in Chambers’s New Edition | anag. of initial letters, & lit.; ref. Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel |
| VHC | P. M. Coombs | Take over small firm with tube producing plant that’s old-fashioned | win co. pipe |
| VHC | J. Fryde | Old-world plant, with blossom in a rich red colour | co- (prefix) + pip (= blossom), all in wine |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Old country flower with blossom in rich red colour | co- (prefix) + pip (= blossom), all in wine |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Common old garden weed with a flower in red | co- (prefix) + pip (= blossom), all in wine |
| VHC | L. F. Leason | Original version of The Scarlet Pimpernel screened in P.O.W. epic | anag.; screen = sift, sort |
| VHC | Miss M. J. Patrick | It opened wide in nice conditions; otherwise, perhaps, it pointed earthwards | initial letters, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | The Baroness’s title was locally a success but the County has muscled in! | Co. in win pipe; but = butt, pipe; ref. ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ by Baroness Orczy |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Old red bloomers made me succeed in getting C.O. to whistle! | win CO pipe |
| VHC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | Effect with tube obtained by obsolete form of poor man’s weatherglass | win co- (prefix) pipe |
| VHC | G. R. Webb | Old countryman’s flower opens when illuminated, nocturnal closing of petals indicates phototropism’s ended | initial letters |
HCs in competition 902 awarded to: