Ximenes Competition No. 1089  Ximenes Slip  |  ◀  1084  |  1091  ▶  |  Other competitions
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1089 Dec 1969ENCLOISTER normal23

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstA. BristowRigged elections take place under duressanag. + r (= take), place vb
FirstR. E. KimmonsRigged elections take place under duressanag. + r (= take), place vb
ThirdR. P. C. FormanRigged elections take place behind locked doorsanag. + r
ThirdW. H. PegramRigged elections take place behind locked doorsanag. + r
VHCP. F. BauchopImprison leader of the revolution after rigged electionsanag. + r
VHCC. O. ButcherA laced in corselet is bound to cramp movementanag.; bound = vb. trans.
VHCJ. CrowtherWhat we do to criminals could become the central feature of party electionsanag. incl. r
VHCJ. A. FinckenQuite, quite devastated, Noël C. tries to penanag.
VHCP. D. GaffeySpecially designed silencer to put in Austins?anag.; A. = Augustinians
VHCMrs S. HewittElections rigged, leader of Radicals shut upanag. + r
VHCJ. G. HullCrooked elections take place in chamberanag. + r
VHCJ. E. JenkinsFashion corset line to confine a bodyanag.
VHCSir S. KayeSet in contracted cell or put in order?anag. incl. cel(l), & lit.; religious order
VHCJ. R. KirbyHeartlessly restrict one’s freedom with very little latitudeanag., incl. res(tr)ict, l, & lit.; ’s = has
VHCL. F. LeasonHold in spreading line with corsetanag.
VHCMrs B. LewisConfine figure in corseletanag.; figure vb
VHCC. G. MillinShut up. Let no cries disturb meanag.
VHCM. L. PerkinsShut up revolutionaries’ leader after rigged electionsanag. + r
VHCR. PostillSilence—and the first three making trouble get beaten. So shut upanag. incl. tro(uble); beat = whisk
VHCT. A. J. SpencerResult of fiddling elections—Right keep inanag. + R
VHCF. B. StubbsKeep within bounds. Try “Corset Line”—free fittinganag.
VHCJ. WebsterConfine a girl of good (?) name in a reforming centre? PossiblyLois in anag.; 2 Tim. 1:5
VHCJ. F. N. WedgeWalls are used to this—cornets lie all over the placeanag.; Wall’s ice cream
 

HCs in competition 1089 awarded to:

R. H. AdeyB. FrancoMrs J. MackieA. Sinnock
T. AndersonI. C. GilchristDr T. J. R. MaguireSir W. Slimmings
C. Allen BakerJ. GillT. W. MelluishM. C. Souster
T. E. BellT. E. GirdlestoneJ. R. MernaghW. Spendley
Dr J. G. BoothS. GoldieD. P. M. MichaelBrig R. F. E. Stoney
D. J. BullR. B. HarlingE. J. MillerRev L. M. Styler
R. S. CaffynR. W. HawesD. G. C. MockridgeA. Sudbery
E. ChalkleyJ. P. H. HintP. H. MorganDr W. G. A. Swan
D. L. L. ClarkeS. HolgateC. J. MorseD. J. Thorpe
P. M. CoombsJ. LangtonF. E. NewloveD. H. Tompsett
Mrs M. P. CraineA. LawneA. ReedJ. Treleaven
G. CuthbertJ. H. C. LeachE. RobinsonM. E. Ventham
Cdr H. H. L. DicksonA. D. LeggeMrs E. RobsonMrs M. P. Webber
E. R. EvansA. F. LerrigoT. E. SandersRev C. D. Westbrook
A. S. EverestJ. C. LeylandV. SethMaj T. A. Whitamore
R. N. ExtonH. LyonJ. ShawG. D. Young
A. G. FlemingDr R. MacgillivrayMrs E. M. Simmonds