Ximenes Competition No. 69 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 68 | 70 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Feb 1948 | MISANTHROPE | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. Allen Baker | Like Scrooge, he rouses the phantoms’ ire | anag. |
| Second | T. W. Melluish | Puts no more trust in man than in a promise broken | anag. in anag. |
| Third | W. R. Watson-Smyth | Faithless soul exemplified otherwise than in a broken promise | anag. in anag. |
| HC | A. H. Ashcroft | A surly fellow who by upsetting orphan mites may account for mother’s pain | 2 anags. |
| HC | A. Barkas | Umpteenth showing of “Rope” with Alastair Sim back in the lead—a great comedy part | A. Sim (rev.) + nth rope; ref. Hitchcock’s 1948 film and Molière’s “Le Misanthrope” |
| HC | D. L. L. Clarke | Ah! mon esprit troublé! Tant je hais tous les hommes! | anag.; ref. Molière “Le M.” Act 1. Line 118, modified from “Non, elle est générale, et je hais tous les homes” |
| HC | W. T. Clift | Rise phantom! “Thou com’st in such a questionable shape … I’ll call thee Hamlet” | anag.; ref. Hamlet I.4.43 |
| HC | F. L. Constable | He hates to find another M.P. is dividing his constituents! | anag |
| HC | J. Duffill | He’s enough to make a phantom rise, as Dickens did for his prototype Scrooge | anag. |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | He dislikes the Two-legged Race, but gives all he’s got in a sprint home | anag. |
| HC | W. E. Green | When Scrooge beheld the phantom rise/he found himself in other guise | anag. |
| HC | S. Holgate | Maybe he is no tramp, but he is certainly a very suspicious character | anag. |
| HC | D. Malcolm | He can no more trust anyone than promise he will reform | anag. |
| HC | J. Marshall | A mixture of saint, hero and politician; not exactly a socialist | anag. of saint hero MP |
| HC | D. Murray | Seraph? Timon rejoined “I am not of that feather” | anag.; ref. Timon of Athens I.1.104 |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | Just the man to maltreat orphan mites and give mothers pain | 2 anags. & lit. |
| HC | E. W. Padgett | Mr Crossman M.P. is another to be converted | anag.; Richard C., Labour MP; i.e. cross man |
| HC | G. Perry | Mixing metaphors in society is anathema to him | anag. |
| HC | H. J. Phillips | This man is warped; he hates everyone. He is bound to come to a sticky end | anag. of this man, ending with rope |
| HC | J. A. Plowman | Maybe I’m the parson: maybe I’m the Gloomy Dean | anag.; ref. Dean Inge of St. Paul’s, known as the G. D. |
| HC | D. I. Randell | He would sooner form no friendships than promise to reform | anag. |
| HC | W. Rennie | Rope’s end for suspicious character stowed away on H.M.S. Pirate | anag.; ends with rope |
| HC | J. A. Skehan | It spoils a sprint home when this man stumbles over the last twenty feet. He’s lost faith in the race | anag., anag. + rope; rope = 20 ft. |
| HC | G. Stanhope-Lovell | Mr A. Hope isn’t to be confused—with Dean J. Swift for instance—it shouldn’t be difficult! | anag.; ref. authors Anthony Hope, Jonathan Swift |
| HC | R. E. Stephens | He’s literally a man with a broken heart | i.e. man + anag. of heart = man-hater, & lit. |
Runners-Up in competition 69: