Ximenes Competition No. 128 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 126 | 130 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | Mar 1950 | AMMETER | Printer’s Devilry | 18 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Morse | A D/r. Inge vetoed the line, and repeated the error | Adam and Eve |
| Second | D. Ashcroft | Uncle, s/pout lay “Cheer fully three cheers for us!” | look out for an abbr.; European Recovery Programme (Marshall Aid) |
| Third | G. T. Holden | Into water put one gr/ebe. Never! Minnow here will be found | terebene, disinfectant |
| HC | W. Ashworth | Cost a heart-throb (s/ic) on the water-logged marsh | Sam Costa, Eric Barker, in radio comedies ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ and ‘HMS Waterlogged’ |
| HC | Mrs Caithness | If Uncle’s/ Nest be viny, our outlook might improve | Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary |
| HC | Maj P. H. Carey | Would one gr/ebe nest, O pray, upon an ailing sheep? | terebene, disinfectant |
| HC | F. A. Clark | Bar h/as music—all that anachronistic nonsense | Barham, Erasmus |
| HC | D. M. Devine | If I like the littlest, if fi/nest, new manor, some other times, man, I’d ridicule its columns! | Ernest Newman, music critic of the Sunday Times since 1920; stiff = good-for-nothing |
| HC | B. Franco | Disinfectant recipe:—Into one pint lye, stir one gr/ebe nest and a minute toga in complete solution! | terebene |
| HC | J. E. Hobson | The selectors discussed the next te/st, while players conferred and agreed | erstwhile |
| HC | L. Johnson | To make their car look like a taxi, the raiders put ash/ on it | |
| HC | C. H. Macmillan | The valves of the cl/ean octopus foresaw its danger | |
| HC | Lt Cdr W. G. Marshall | It must have been somewhere soggy (s/ic). A water-logged marsh, perhaps! | Sam Costa, Eric Barker, in radio comedies ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ and ‘HMS Waterlogged’ |
| HC | E. J. Meadon | If he is him, then I’/m Ino, logically | |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | No, Ma/son, taxis don’t stop at the red lights | |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | Seeing now I lead/, ring Eve in the garden | |
| HC | G. A. Shoobridge | Eve an’ Dad/ red! And we resent to till the Earth | |
| HC | J. F. N. Wedge | Where did Emily first see ’im s/in? Croynge? | Sam met ’er; characters and fictional town in radio comedy ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ |
Runners-Up in competition 128: