Ximenes Competition No. 103 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 102 | 104 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | May 1949 | MOSES | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. A. Thorogood | The mosquitoes leave nothing out, he prophesied | mosquitoes less quit 0; plagues of Egypt |
| Second | O. Carlton Smith | Though drawn out by the fair sex when quite young, he did not succumb to calf love | cryptic def.; drawn fom Nile, golden calf |
| Third | Mrs L. Jarman | A leading purveyor of corrective tablets for the travel-sick | cryptic def.; Jews in wilderness |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | It’s some scramble on Sunday—X rules and his words are law! | anag. + S; ten commandments, Mosaic law |
| HC | D. Ambler | Mosquitoes discharge one round missing Liberator protected by smoke-screen | mosquitoes less quit 0; ref. WW2 fighters and bombers; Mt. Sinai |
| HC | Maj P. S. Baines | Suffers disease, as a horse. Mosquitoes leave nothing out! | mosquitoes less quit 0; mose = to have glanders |
| HC | Mrs F. Begg | I was rescued from the drink, and guided my family through the perils of it | cryptic def.; drawn from Nile, crossing of Red Sea |
| HC | D. L. Clements | Take the drawer out! There are writings there containing bits of old English | OE in MSS; drawn from Nile |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | Has, and was instrumental in spreading, disease of horses | mose vb.; plagues of Egypt |
| HC | Maj A. H. Giles | Did he pull a cat’s tail when in the ark? | cryptic def.; cat’s-tail = type of reed; found in rushes |
| HC | S. B. Green | Under a cloud when he was called up—some trouble about a shilling short | s in anag.; Mt. Sinai |
| HC | L. R. Huxtable | Beginning as a doctor, he won renown for his tablets, but caused more pestilence than he cured | starts with MO; tablets of stone, plagues of Egypt |
| HC | P. Irving | One of the Primroses found by the “river’s brim” | 2 mngs.; Moses P. in ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ by Oliver Goldsmith; ref. ‘Peter Bell’ by Wordsworth; drawn from Nile |
| HC | L. W. Jenkinson | Hebrew writings with Anglo-Saxon interpolations | OE in MSS |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | How the sick bay carries on perhaps, with half the nurses arriving after the doctor | MO (nur)ses; mose vb. |
| HC | R. W. Lerrigo | Had he spared the rod, the children would have been spoiled | cryptic def.; M.’s staff |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Suffers from strange disease. Is that why he was given those miraculous tablets? | 2 mngs.; mose = to have glanders; tablets of stone |
| HC | R. A. C. Norris-Jones | I broke the law and obtained simply dozens of coloured glasses | 2 mngs.; M. Primrose in ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ by Oliver Goldsmith: “a groce of green paltry spectacles”; broke tablets |
| HC | R. Postill | A simple Primrose—found by the river’s brim | 2 mngs.; Moses P. in ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ by Oliver Goldsmith; ref. ‘Peter Bell’ by Wordsworth; drawn from Nile |
| HC | G. W. Pugh | Primrose found by a river’s brim | 2 mngs.; Moses P. in ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ by Oliver Goldsmith; ref. ‘Peter Bell’ by Wordsworth; drawn from Nile |
| HC | Miss G. Savory | Primrose found by a river’s brim | 2 mngs.; Moses P. in ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ by Oliver Goldsmith; ref. ‘Peter Bell’ by Wordsworth; drawn from Nile |
| HC | Mrs E. S. G. Sheehan | Subject of an old eau-de-Nil drawing | cryptic def.; drawn from Nile |
| HC | A. H. Taylor | Eminent jurist who made a digest of Old English manuscripts | OE in MSS; Mosaic law |
| HC | J. Thomas | Notable find “by a river’s brim”: the Green Primrose | 2 mngs.; Moses P. in ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ by Oliver Goldsmith; ref. ‘Peter Bell’ by Wordsworth; drawn from Nile; green = inexperienced |
| HC | W. Thwaite | He had two stones in hand and ran away with his race | cryptic def.; tablets of stone, flight from Egypt |
| HC | E. W. Tulloch | Looked after children for forty years and made them learn their tables | cryptic def.; Jews in wilderness, commandments |
| HC | A. G. H. Walde | He was the subject of an eau-de-Nil drawing | cryptic def.; drawn from Nile |
Runners-Up in competition 103: