Ximenes Misprints Competitions

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About this clue type

From the preamble to Azed No. 70

Half the across and eight of the down clues contain a misprint of one letter only in each, occurring always in the definition part of the clue: their answers are to appear in the diagram correctly spelt. The remaining full clues are correctly spelt: all their answers are to appear in the diagram with a misprint of one letter only in each. No unchecked letter in the diagram is to be misprinted: each letter appearing where two words cross is to appear as required by the correct form of at least one of the words to which it belongs. All indications such as anagrams, etc., lead to the correct forms of words, not to misprinted forms

Competitors should submit a misprinted clue to replace the asterisked definition at 1 Down, the solution to which appears correctly spelt in the completed diagram.

Variations

In Azed Nos. 1779, 1953 and 2508 all clues contain a misprint and the correct letters spell out a quotation, and in 1779 and 1953 the competition clue requires a specific letter to be misprinted. In 1779 and 2508 the misprint must occur in the definition. In 1953 the misprint can occur anywhere in the clue. The clue should make sense before and after correction of the misprint.

In early Ximenes Misprints competitions, some of the clues are simply misprinted definitions.

	Date	Clue word	Clues	Winner
1131	Sep 1970	CAROUSER	22	N. C. Dexter
1076	Sep 1969	NEFAST	21	E. M. Hornby
1019	Aug 1968	DISCORD	21	J. H. C. Leach
907	Jun 1966	SORITES	21	J. D. H. Mackintosh
832	Xmas 1964	PENNY-WISE	23	G. H. Willett
796	Apr 1964	STRAKE (or STRAIK)	16	A. J. Hughes
717	Oct 1962	STAR-MAN	18	Miss D. W. Taylor
660	Sep 1961	RUBBER	21	R. N. Chignell
612	Oct 1960	CARGO	18	P. Brown
460	Nov 1957	ASTONISHMENT	18	H. S. Tribe
168	Jun 1951	PIPS	21	Mrs J. H. C. Lawlor
26	Jun 1946	HAWSER	21	T. W. Melluish