Ximenes Competition No. 1032 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1028 | 1036 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1032 | Nov 1968 | TENONER | Printer’s Devilry | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs B. Lewis | Fleeing from an amorous début, An/-an? Faster than the confirmed bachelor! | ref. London Zoo’s panda |
| Second | N. C. Dexter | Of pyromaniacs was Guy Fawkes worthiest of no/ose? This whole city ablaze! | Nero |
| Third | Mrs S. Hewitt | Child playing with kit/e winds the string after it | |
| VHC | R. H. Adey | The choice before us:—wash, or none is bea/u—lest he roost for four years | ref. US election 1968, Humphrey, Nixon |
| VHC | M. J. Balfour | What Claudius did in his last years, Ma/o did | Nero, Agrippina |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Who was the most o’ f/un out at Lord’s? Denis Compton? | |
| VHC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | My good resolution was ale, n/ightly approved by the vicar | |
| VHC | J. D. Ede | If bedmakers bet, O pra/ise be for every last chance | |
| VHC | H. R. Game | Youngsters’ bea/ring might show some improvement | |
| VHC | F. G. Illingworth | Unfortunately continued sober—so f/un was just not possible | Gary Sobers |
| VHC | A. F. Lerrigo | Having a child-bea/ring too frequently suggests wrong control methods | |
| VHC | F. D. Marshall | British Railways may run la/undry | |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Does, not ro/es, train in sects of course | rotenone |
| VHC | H. Rutley | Ximenes solvers won’t be bea/rable if English barrel smashed—“Possibly wrong” is the clue | ‘errable’; ref. to clue |
| VHC | Mrs E. Shackleton | Help? For a favour, i./e., I’d assist editing Ray’s poem | nereid; ref. Gray, “Ode on a favourite cat drowned…” |
| VHC | T. A. Stout | Nixon and Humphrey have “Go t/o U.S.” duties during the election | 1968 election |
| VHC | D. G. Thomas | Chocolate! Will fat/e press that urge to eat it? | |
| VHC | D. J. Thorpe | We can’t have a rot/ating top | |
| VHC | A. D. Walker | On dogs, perhaps, but no-one sees the fleas of a t/iger on | erigeron, flea-bane |
| VHC | J. D. Walsh | Nixon’s go—t/o U.S. top job | 1968 election |
| VHC | W. Carter Wigg | The delinquent girl may be bea/ring |
HCs in competition 1032 awarded to: