Ximenes Competition No. 971 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 967 | 975 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 971 | Sep 1967 | MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE | Right and Left | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs B. Lewis | Turns up at school with tuck, chatters in “Macbeth”—cane judiciously applied au fond, I’m told | to + gam (all rev.) + pie; anag. + dote; fond, (vb.) = dote; Macbeth 3. iv. |
| Second | N. C. Dexter | I’m told there’s a terrible ending to “Circe” account (Od. X)—the old bird transforms me to a pig | anag. of (Circ)e, a/c, Od. ten; anag.; ref. Odyssey, book 10 |
| Third | A. Sudbery | Master became a crusty thing; the old bird injured one cadet, so the story goes | MA got pie; anag. |
| VHC | C. Brash | Former flyer’s image ruined with “pot” in story “Downfall of Noted Ace” | anag.; anag. |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | My class used to chatter: master having got a bit distraught caned most of school from bottom up, I’m told | MA got pie5; anag. + Eto(n) (rev.) |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Old bird—sounds a most unattractive dish—could make date once, anyhow, I’m told | i.e. maggot pie; anag. |
| VHC | Mrs N. Fisher | The old chatterbox is mum, baffled over the prize story, disguised by a neat code | ma got pie; anag. |
| VHC | P. M. Hudspeth | Monkey with a bird, an old bird—to be foolish once after a curtailed embrace makes a racy story | maggot pie; a nec(k) dote |
| VHC | A. J. Hughes | Primate, with his book of rules, used to chatter furiously to dean, E.C., I’m told | magot pie4; anag. |
| VHC | L. W. Jenkinson | In this story about love is seen a decent mixed-up Shakespearean bird marrying a grotesque and disorderly type | O in anag.; magot pie; poss. ref. Othello/Desdemona |
| VHC | Sir S. Kaye | Decadent, losing head and crazy about love (so the story goes), this old bird sounds a fancy dish | O in anag. less D; maggot pie; maggot = whim |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | I’m roughly caned before almost the whole school from bottom to top: people tell me I was a dramatic mixture of black and white: am I to peg out? | anag. + Eto(n) (rev.); anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Mother procured mixed-up type for bird in Elizabethan style travesty of a decent love story | ma got pie; anag. incl. O |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Turn out in dull kind of type (early Pica type) a short story—one unusually decent about love | go in mat2 + pie; a + anag. incl. O |
| VHC | R. Postill | That old bird’s become sanctimonious in Miss West’s embrace. Miss East, we’ve got to dance differently, I’m told | got pi2 in Mae; anag., i.e. anag. of E to dance; ref. Mae West, actress |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Producer got the bird for a version of Shakespeare’s “The Tale”—one acted badly | ma got pie3; anag.; produce = bring forth, give birth to |
| VHC | Sir W. Slimmings | Mum won the prize for an old bird, I’m told, cooking a decent duck | ma got pie; anag. incl. O |
HCs in competition 971 awarded to: