Ximenes Competition No. 916 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 911 | 920 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916 | Aug 1966 | DIAPASON | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | K. Gibson | I span a do to do | anag. & lit.; do, vb. intrans. |
| Second | Sir S. Kaye | You’ll get no liveliness to assist lifting out of this standard of pitch | no sap aid (all rev.); ref. cricket |
| Third | C. T. Tulloch | Making a span I do a whole octave | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. B. Adcock | Mortgage enveloping one and it’s rising further—that’s a burden “I will with deep groans bear” | a in dip + SA (rev.) + on; dip= mortgage: ‘Rape of Lucrece’, 1132 |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | To give a child a bath involves a whole lot of sounds (often meaning stop) | a in dip a son |
| VHC | J. H. Cleary | Complete miscasting of Aïda—Pons appearing in bass part | anag.; ref. Juan P., baritone |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | A pond is a peculiar setting for a bass | anag. |
| VHC | L. A. Diehl | Standard of pitch yielded up specifically to the right of the bowler | paid (rev.) + as + on; ref cricket |
| VHC | L. L. Dixon | Stop. Open? Order a soda and nip for me | anag. |
| VHC | J. C. Farman | Bottom-stop, perhaps, specifically in operation beneath one in the bath | a in dip (n.) + as + on |
| VHC | D. H. Forster | Ida excited—on third of September—a boy—stop | anag. + (Se)p(tember) + a son; telegram |
| VHC | C. H. Hudson | A pond is a queer place to pull out bass | anag. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | What uses the full set of eight in a span? I do | anag. & lit.; use = exercise |
| VHC | L. F. Leason | When becoming tipsy, having first settled up, stop | paid (rev.) + as + on |
| VHC | Mrs E. McFee | It’s a travesty of Aïda—Pons appearing in bass part | anag.; ref. Juan P., baritone |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Full volume of sound turned up formerly satisfied offspring | apaid (rev.) + son |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Depression surrounds one with the pound being supported by a full-scale stop | a in dip + a S on; reimposition of £50 travel allowance, 1966 |
| VHC | J. W. Taylor | Pons’ Aïda—what a rich musical experience this could make! | anag.; ref. Juan P., baritone |
| VHC | A. Turner | To put a pad in so roughly would make an organ stop | anag. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | An eightsome, musically, is a dance with circular formation in continuous clamour | a pas O in din |
| VHC | M. Woolf | I may be used with pedal-point for instance in the swell | I a p(edal) as, all in don1 & lit. |
HCs in competition 916 awarded to: