Ximenes Competition No. 495 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 490 | 500 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495 | Jul 1958 | PARTISAN | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. W. Melluish | Among ardent Rightists and Leftists a crab is included | is in partan |
| Second | C. J. Morse | What one inevitably becomes when following exciting matches! | partis + an, & lit. |
| Third | J. R. Scarr | I’m an all-weather supporter; I follows the Gunners—on Sunday—in the piper! | art. + I + S, all in Pan |
| HC | T. E. Bell | Usually a keen supporter of a club is one—his side comes first! | part + is + an. & lit. |
| HC | Miss E. Deutsch | Is not just a member, but is one born to follow | part + is + a + n. & lit. |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | Each aspirant for power needs men like this, yet one may be his ruin | anag. |
| HC | J. H. Eyre | Eligible spinster’s an old battle-axe. Aspirant shaken! | parti’s an, anag. |
| HC | E. Gomersall | Many are the places I made uncomfortable for the occupier. Split is one! | part is an: S. in Yugoslavia: split (vb.) = part |
| HC | E. J. Griew | Being a pretty keen supporter, I almost waxed lyrical with the side coming top | part + I + san(g) |
| HC | E. L. Hayward | Underground striker would have given his head to be a worker | i.e. (p)artisan |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | A type very liable to espouse—not quite balanced! | parti san(e), & lit. |
| HC | J. J. Moore | Amid the extremes of privation, with little artillery, I’d have the storm-troopers in pursuit | art. + I + SA, all in p,n, & lit. |
| HC | R. Postill | You can have the quiet workmanlike chap: I’m all for a player using the old-fashioned long handle! | p artisan, 2 defs.; all for = p. (adj.) ; player = wielder of weapon; ref. cricket bat |
| HC | B. G. Quin | Marriageable Frenchwoman, abandoned character, flourished in the Middle Ages | parti + san2 |
| HC | A. Robins | What constitutes the “fan”? There’s the smaller, noisy section, and the larger ——! | i.e. part is ‘an’, & lit.; fan = f + an |
| HC | H. R. Sanders | Form of saint bearing the standard, or one in an unruly band? It depends which way you look at it | par + anag., I in an (rev.) + strap (all rev.), & lit. |
| HC | H. G. Tattersall | “Debs’ delights” perhaps, if ancient, could be described as old, keen and having a handle | partis an2 |
| HC | D. H. Tompsett | A Pristina irregular, but I ain’t there any longer! | anag. less I, & lit.; P. in Yugoslavia |
| HC | A. F. Toms | Ian’s crab is in Ian’s trap madly making for one side. | is in partan, anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 495: