Ximenes Competition No. 962 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 958 | 967 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 962 | Jul 1967 | PALING | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Sir S. Kaye | Early stop in recurrent adverse balance of trade might well protect pound | lin in gap (rev.); pound2 |
| Second | R. Postill | Mate has an odd gin; so remains upright—unlike 10 ac | pal + anag., 2 defs.; upright, n.; opp. of ablush |
| Third | C. O. Butcher | Each year women’s clothing (half unnecessary) is getting lighter | p.a. ling(erie) |
| VHC | Col P. S. Baines | Nothing in the way of a trespasser? Quite the reverse | nil in gap (all rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | I. Cousins | Fencing is only half a recreation | paling(enesis) |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Boarding post: experienced piper reqd. Apply head of Gordonstoun (Box 51) | LI in Pan G, 2 defs. |
| VHC | J. Fryde | Nothing to fill the opening? Quite the reverse | nil in gap (all rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | L. W. Jenkinson | Each year Heath is becoming less flamboyant | p.a. ling |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | It should be sound round a pound | a L in ping, & lit. |
| VHC | L. F. Leason | Nothing to stick in the stockade’s breach? Quite the reverse | nil in gap (all rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs S. M. Macpherson | Withdraw me and a hole appears with nothing in it | nil in gap (all rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | T. W. Melluish | Boarder, one with about nothing inside, becoming wan | a + nil (rev.) all in PG |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Examining board going grey | 3 mngs. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | WHITING might be clued: “The first of playwrights and a cousin to the cod” | p + a ling; ref. John W., fish |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Nothing to be put in the opening? Quite the reverse | nil in gap (all rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | You need lightening among the principal ingredients for making pasty | hidden, 2 defs. |
| VHC | W. Spendley | Nothing to fill breach in fence? Contrariwise | nil in gap (all rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | See the old man fish for whiting | pa ling |
| VHC | J. Treleaven | Nothing in the opening? On the contrary, there’s a fence there | nil in gap (all rev.) |
HCs in competition 962 awarded to: