Ximenes Competition No. 1045 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1041 | 1049 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1045 | Feb 1969 | SPLIT / MOUTH | Right and Left | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. F. Goodman | Lisp in confusion the beginning of that screed of Burns: recite “Wee thleekit, cow’rin’, tim’routh beathtie” | anag. + t(hat); lisping pron. of ‘mouse’; screed (Scot.) = tear |
| Second | J. A. Fincken | What lips may be at the end of a bout, kisser being in form out here | anag. + (bou)t & lit.; hidden; ref. boxing; kisser (slang) = mouth |
| Third | Mrs E. McFee | Do in the Doctor, cry leaders of Student Power, burning to make use of a cleaver | ut1 in MOH; S P lit; ref. protests against LSE Director, Dr W. Adams |
| VHC | J. W. Bates | A thousand extinguished with hydrant spout—beginnings of students’ protests settled, shipwrecked | M out H; s, p + lit; ref. protests against LSE Director, Dr W. Adams |
| VHC | Mrs G. Bonsall | Here’s a speaker—rant, disrupt; that’s what students do about leaders of plutocracy | 2 mngs.; pl(utocracy) in sit; ref. protests against LSE Director, Dr W. Adams |
| VHC | Rev C. M. Broun | Do in the official doctor for talking with careless lips, and the ending of it—divulged secrets | ut1 in MOH; anag. + (i)t; poss. ref. to leaked information re Patrick Troughton leaving “Dr. Who” |
| VHC | J. F. Coldwell | Seaside town’s cracked outfall—do see the public health chief about it | 2 mngs.; ut1 in MOH; Split, Yugoslavia |
| VHC | V. A. R. Cooper | What does an MP do about pending licence initially? Divulge secrets—here you see the speaker grimace | p, l in sit; 2 mngs.; ref. rumours of 1969 Budget VED rise leaked by Sir Gerald Nabarro |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Craine | One needs make-up in harem: out here more than half lipstick’s unfit, broken | hidden; anag. of lipst(ick) |
| VHC | M. J. Daintith | Thousand in revolt—shocking licence—utter wreck—to encompass opening of L.S.E. you’ve to eject with violence | M out H; L(SE) in spit; ref. student protests against LSE Director, Dr W. Adams; H, old film classification |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | What rivers do on the Adriatic coast—there’s a coastal opening for rivers to do this | 2 mngs.; 2 mngs.; those who rive; Split, Yugoslavia; mouth = debouch |
| VHC | J. Gill | Students’ leader, getting head of L.S.E. in a hole, creates schism: union’s leader, interrupting frivolous type, effects entrance | S + L(SE) in pit; u(nion) in moth; ref. student protests against LSE Director, Dr W. Adams |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Master, in the open, at front of hazard, lipped hole in crisp little crack with wedge | M out h; hidden; ref. golf Open Championship |
| VHC | D. J. Hillyard | Break bad lisp before start of training a voice: to hum is wrong | anag. + t; anag. |
| VHC | K. R. Jenkins | Opening speaker divulged secrets: first signs of several printed leaflets—increased tax | 2 mngs.; first letters; ref. rumours of 1969 Budget VED rise leaked by Sir Gerald Nabarro |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | There’s a bit of flotsam out here in the estuary—wrecked on the Adriatic coast | hidden; 2 mngs.; Split, Yugoslavia |
| VHC | R. Postill | Rant; a quid in it produces saliva. Rent: a quid from it produces saliva | 2 mngs.; i.e. split less L = spit; tobacco |
| VHC | M. C. C. Rich | An element of corruption for all to see has entered in, spokesman divulged, and pound is involved in slight fall | U in moth; L in spit |
| VHC | Sir W. Slimmings | In Yugoslavia, what river makes an inlet to a gorge, visible to anyone in a plane | 2 mngs.; U in moth; one who rives; Tiger Moth aeroplane |
| VHC | J. G. Stubbs | Head of seraglio quietly attended with a lamp crack kisser in harem outhouse | s + p + lit; hidden; k. (slang) = mouth |
| VHC | R. D. Thompson | Disunity in Yugoslavia. Opening for discussion impossible between leaders of Montenegro and Hercegovina | 2 mngs.; out (= impossible) in M, H; city and states in Yug. |
| VHC | B. J. Wain | Insect has superior internal feeding organ; it’s a long opening with soft interior leading to another opening | U in moth; p in slit |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | It creates talk and is smart in a flapper to reveal cleavage and be very fast | U in moth; 2 mngs. |
HCs in competition 1045 awarded to: