Ximenes Competition No. 126 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 124 | 128 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Mar 1950 | RASPBERRY | normal | 16 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | A Lloyd George product lately received by his successors | 2 mngs; Ll.G., popular variety of r.; ref. poor result for Liberals in 1950 Gen. Election |
| Second | W. L. Miron | A cane is needed! Present day outburst of disapproval gives one the pip! | 3 mngs |
| Third | A. F. Lerrigo | May be preserved for those whom the gods do not love | 2 mngs; gods = theatre gallery; r. jam |
| HC | C. A. Baker | The cane’s responsible for my springing up from my stool! | cryptic def.; stool = stump |
| HC | F. A. Clark | In a jam, ’Erb prays King for a dissolution | anag. incl. R; ref. Herbert Asquith’s government 1915-16 |
| HC | J. Coleby | The bird is a kind of pie: when clipped, as it often is, makes a harsh grating noise | 4 mngs.; ‘give the bird’; pie = magpie |
| HC | P. A. Harrow | To produce fruit, spray round about the end of September and the middle of March | (Septem)ber, (Ma)r(ch) in anag. |
| HC | F. H. W. Hawes | Bird of the gods | cryptic def.; ‘give the bird’; gods = theatre gallery |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Brr …… spray and east wind! There’s little ruddy joy in the English summer | anag. incl. E; wind, vb., signifies anag. |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Bird in the bush? | 2 mngs.; ‘give the bird’ |
| HC | G. Perry | Spar tossed about by swell may be the result of the gods’ hostility | anag. + berry (= swell); gods = theatre gallery |
| HC | A. Robins | Boo-hoot-iful frui-hoot! | hoot = raspberry; cf. soup in ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Mock Turtle’s song |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | It’s jammed, blow it! Have you a file? Swell! | rasp + berry (= swell), 2 defs. |
| HC | O. Carlton Smith | Shakespeare specifies figs, but from internal evidence this fruit would have done for Cleopatra just as well | ref. Antony and C. V.2; asp hidden in figs and in r-asp-berry |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | In a jam? Prayers, little brother, bear fruit | anag. incl. br., 2 defs. |
| HC | L. C. Wright | Strike me! Here’s a blasted sparrer by one of the fruit bushes! | anag., 2 defs.; sparrow |
Runners-Up in competition 126: