Clues from Ximenes Competition 1158

Ximenes Competition No. 1158 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1154 | 1162 ▶ | Other competitions

No.	Date	Clue word	Clue type	Clues
1158	Apr 1971	ELEPHANT-SEAL	normal	20

Award	Clue writer	Clue	Explanation
First	D. V. Harry	Sportively tells a peahen it belongs in a large pod	anag.
Second	Sir S. Kaye	It might well chew up a pen and eat shell	anag. & lit.; pen = cuttle-bone
Third	C. J. Morse	Take a pea, shell ten and sort for the biggest in the pod	anag.
VHC	C. Allen Baker	Scotch then pale ales—you’ll get me swimming in drink	anag.
VHC	J. W. Bates	Special size applied to paper blind gives an attractive coat	elephant + seal³ (= seel¹)
VHC	Mrs A. Boyes	Vast mass on shore from ‘Panther’—no end to it—in all English S.E. anyhow	anag. Panthe(r) all E S.E.; ref. Liberian tanker recently grounded on Goodwin Sands off S.E. coast
VHC	E. Chalkley	What could destroy a net without help and then be secure?	anag. in anag. + seal, & lit.
VHC	J. Crowther	I’m big enough to dispose of lant-eel—heaps	anag. & lit.
VHC	N. C. Dexter	You’ll see me surface—pate all sheen—at sea	anag.
VHC	J. P. H. Hirst	A source of oil that’s ruined all the open sea (except the middle)	anag. less o
VHC	P. Hurst	Possibly greatest header of a ball—heads back, slips, then alas	Pele rev. + anag.
VHC	G. Johnstone	I may dispatch eel and lant—heaps	anag. & lit.
VHC	L. F. Leason	The Big Dipper, then pale ales—you must get the sequence right	anag.
VHC	Mrs B. Lewis	The plane’s doing stunts—stick tight—it’s a flipping jumbo	anag. + seal
VHC	D. F. Manley	I wallow in the drink, pale ales, then go dizzy	anag.
VHC	C. G. Millin	One of the greatest ball-players, when I turn and lash a net can get broken	Pele rev. + anag., & lit.
VHC	Miss M. J. Patrick	Being largely used to the sea, the seaplane crashed on a short lake	anag. + l
VHC	F. H. W. Peters	Lant (eel-shape) writhing about—big swimmer	anag.
VHC	Brig R. F. E. Stoney	Wreck of the seaplane left an ugly source of oil that comes ashore	anag. + l
VHC	J. G. Stubbs	The seaplane in a spin before long dives into the ocean	anag. + l

HCs in competition 1158 awarded to:

F. D. H. Atkinson	Mrs J. O. Fuller	Mrs E. McFee	R. Postill
M. J. Balfour	E. Gomersall	D. P. M. Michael	E. Robinson
T. E. Bell	Mrs S. Hewitt	D. G. C. Mockridge	T. E. Sanders
Rev C. M. Broun	Sir G. Hodgson	J. L. Moss	Sir W. Slimmings
R. S. Caffyn	Mrs E. J. Holmes	R. A. Mostyn	J. R. Stocks
J. H. Cleary	H. W. Jenkins	M. Newman	J. B. Sweeting
A. E. Danher	Mrs D. B. Jenkinson	L. W. G. Oxley	Mrs M. P. Webber
R. A. Dean	R. E. Kimmons	W. H. Pegram	J. F. N. Wedge
A. L. Freeman	R. W. Lerrigo	T. C. Perks