Ximenes Competition No. 1195  Ximenes Slip  |  ◀  1167  |    |  Other competitions
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1195 Xmas 1971VAULTING-HORSE normal15

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstC. O. ButcherEnd of Ximenes’s rule—having to readjust will be hard for an old stager to get overanag. incl. s
SecondJ. L. MorseLike the Thane’s ambition to mount, it is o’erleaped‘vaulting ambition,’ Macbeth I, vii, 27: horse, vb. = mount
ThirdN. C. DexterTrio gave Huns sIip—concealing one end of the tunnel with thisanag. incl. l, & lit.; ref. book/film ‘The Wooden Horse’: 3 POWs escaped by this method
VHCN. C. GoddardSpring sunlight over a woody mountanag.; spring = explode
VHCH. J. GodwinChanging his vulgar tone might help a bounder to get a riseanag.
VHCR. E. KimmonsGoing over a translation exercises the little boundersvaulting + horse (= translation, crib)
VHCA. LawrleYou might get over this nag with a moiety of luckover this nag lu(ck), anag. & lit.
VHCE. S. LeslieCould one damage a lung over this? Yesanag. & lit.
VHCL. MayI camouflaged the opening of lots with urge to vanishanag. incl. l, & lit.
VHCD. H. SmithGo unravel this woolly—it might be useful for a jumperanag.
VHCF. B. StubbsAppointment in gymnasium should attract Badminton enthusiast2 mngs.; B. Horse Trials
VHCA. R. ThomasWith vim initially, run, hoist a leg somehow, leap over itv + anag. & lit.
VHCD. J. ThorpeThis nag won’t stir. Vet is puzzled with his languoranag.
VHCRev C. D. WestbrookUp the pole? Then crib: it’s proved useful for escaping detention(pole-)vaulting + horse; ref. book/film ‘The Wooden Horse’
VHCP. B. G. WilliamsSunlight over a muddied spring may clear itanag.
 

HCs in competition 1195 awarded to:

Col R. L. BellMrs M. P. CraineE. G. IllingworthM. E. Shaw
Maj A. S. BirtL. L. DixonMrs S. M. MacphersonJ. G. Stubbs
R. M. BonnerW. J. DuffinH. W. MassinghamM. A. Vernon
R. BrainJ. A. FinckenC. G. Millin