Ximenes Competition No. 104 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 103 | 105 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | May 1949 | STARE | Printer’s Devilry | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Miss D. W. Taylor | Eureka! I’ve come across a flat Atla/ntic, rowing! | |
| Second | R. Postill | Plot of “The Be/ast of Indore” may be based on “The Bending of a Twig” | divining rod |
| Third | G. Bowness | Tru/ckless engine! Driver not here! May be an accident | |
| HC | J. S. Cassels | The editor must sometimes write le/aders late? Such lack of industry! | |
| HC | J. C. R. Clapham | Are National Health Administration and Co/al source of worry to Sir Stafford? | Sir S. Cripps, Chancellor in 1949 |
| HC | R. A. W. Cohen | “The King’s madness has co/gency at last,” cried Grenville gleefully | George G., PM under George III |
| HC | F. S. Danks | How fa/ther ate soft women, one on cinders, the other on grass? | |
| HC | E. Danter | I’ve done my favourite jacket in Atla/ntic ant-hide | |
| HC | L. Dixon | Assam co/p eats his malapropos words. Millions laugh heartily | Sam Costa, actor in radio comedy ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | Mu/d in your eye, Mr. Stalin! Always be a hero! | |
| HC | R. P. Irving | Guide should be taught to. Tru/e, father rallies sooner than a granny | |
| HC | B. A. Jackson | To make a cast you need fir/e, land, then water | |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Breathe quietly while eating le/mons: trance should follow | |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Never tru/e—Dunstable straws or woman’s promises! | |
| HC | W. L. Miron | Lo/in chop? Off a length of leather! | |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Who can get a sweet ju/gular customer? | food rationing |
| HC | Mrs M. G. Porter | Watch: Neapolitan /winder by 3 p.m. Saturday, please | … Neapolitan Star e.w. in Derby …; N. S. came last in 1949 Derby [see comments]; e.w. = each way |
| HC | D. I. Randell | Swallow tail first there/, now here | Swallowtail, 3rd place in 1949 Derby [see comments] |
| HC | A. R. Read | Highways Department/ very roughly used by “Ways and Means.” Extravagance? | … tar every … byway. Sand means … |
| HC | Rev H. M. Springbett | Here’s the M.O.; ju/gular inspection | |
| HC | Sir R. G. Tate | India’s hot te/a softens low-down people’s brains | |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | As I e/at, tunes hum—and inner organs! | re-attunes |
| HC | L. C. Tudor | I intend owning /Dover, England. What a hope! | Labour PM Clement Attlee |
Runners-Up in competition 104: