Ximenes Competition No. 975 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 971 | 980 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 975 | Oct 1967 | HALE | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | A. A. Malcolm | Almost stop with the end of a cue, producing drag | hal(t) + (cu)e; ref. snooker, billiards |
| Second | Mrs B. Lewis | You need to pull your weight—I’m well in with a leprechaun | hidden; 2 defs.; l. does drudgery |
| Third | Mrs R. Harvey | Get well in with a leader to get “pull” | hidden; 2 defs. |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | I call for an answer on sound | i.e. hail, & lit.; ref. quiz-master, Lionel H. |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | To function as drawers bloomers should be light round figures—not O.S. | hal(o)e(s); 2 defs.; bloom in health |
| VHC | J. Crowther | In top form, Harold always leads Edward—the polls show it | first letters; polls = heads; ref H. Wilson, E. Heath |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Perhaps she wrote initially … had a little ewe? | first letters & lit. S. J. Hale, Oxf. Dict. Quot. |
| VHC | L. W. Jenkinson | Something like strapping is essential to teach a lesson | hidden |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Caught by breath—ale-washed … fit to drive? Quite the reverse | hidden; 2 defs. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Well that would become a source of oil with Shell’s capital | i.e. S(hell) + hale = shale |
| VHC | L. F. Leason | Where’s the Cheshire cat? It’s gone in with a leap—we’ll have to drag well | hidden; 3 defs.; Hale in Cheshire |
| VHC | J. D. H. Mackintosh | Sound that member of school makes when the head’s away | i.e. (w)hale |
| VHC | H. S. Mason | Sound of health formerly and still sound of health | 2 defs.; hail2, obs. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | With a hogshead you should get beer to draw well—and strong | h(ogshead) + ale; 3 defs. |
| VHC | R. F. Pardoe | Well, sunk, in the ground, yields oil | i.e. hale in soil = shale oil |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Hardy revealing what the “Two on a Tower” do? | 2 mngs.; ref. book by Thomas H. |
| VHC | J. Sparrow | In triumph a leek is fit. (Henry the Fifth) | hidden, Hal +e (fifth letter): Hen V IV.7 |
| VHC | L. T. Stokes | Sound track | 2 defs.; track2 |
| VHC | J. T. Stringer | This well might be a drink as potent as a bomb | H-ale; cf. H-bomb |
HCs in competition 975 awarded to: