Ximenes Competition No. 1140 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1135 | 1143 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1140 | Nov 1970 | CALLOUS | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs N. Jarman | Alien to Ruth, like the corn | 2 mngs.; ruth = pity; Keats, “Nightingale” |
| Second | F. D. H. Atkinson | Summon and evict without quarter, like Rachman | call ous(t); notorious landlord |
| Third | E. M. Hornby | Ring twice, in some cases we might be failing to listen | call O + us, accusative, etc. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Do in the local, ending with us insensible | anag. + us |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | How Katisha did not remain to demand love as before | call 0 u.s.; ref. Mikado |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | Term applied to hearts of stone, bureaucrats, assassins | call o u s, & lit. |
| VHC | A. H. P. Cardew | You’ll find us by the local, drunk and insensible | anag. + us |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Craine | Almost complete shutdown in Civil Service, regardless of suffering caused | all-ou(t) in C.S. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | From a scull round at sea? | anag. incl. o, & lit. |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | Hard-boiled egg in a crust | o in callus |
| VHC | G. M. Hornby | Fresh material contains nothing corny | 0 in callus |
| VHC | Sir S. Kaye | Like Rachman, making occasion to evict endlessly | call ous(t); notorious landlord |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Totally unsympathetic locals cut up rough with Union leader | anag. incl. U |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | A cruel heartless soul may make one this | anag. less rue, & lit. |
| VHC | E. S. Leslie | Shock-proof about everything round us | c. all o us |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | With a lower—ultimately degraded—cast of soul | cal(f) + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Like Saul with Colossians shortly before conversion? | anag. incl. Col., & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs E. McFee | To be unfeeling about almost everything goes with a warped soul | c al(l) + anag.: to = in order to |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Thick skin, and a heart of stone within, make you this | o in callus, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | It’s hard to bid with America behind the ring | call o US: ref. Velázquez painting sold for $5.5m |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | A clue that’s incomplete, also shaky, may be very hard or not sensible | anag. less e |
| VHC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Designates without love that anyone can see | 0 U in calls, & lit. |
HCs in competition 1140 awarded to: