Ximenes Competition No. 135 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 130 | 139 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | May 1950 | STRIPPED | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. E. Sanders | Lost the thread and dropped every stitch | 2 mngs. |
| Second | H. B. Ridley | Do what Eve did: ran around unclothed | trip in sped |
| Third | E. S. Ainley | Pinstriped 3-piece, quite unsuited for bathing, etc. | i.e. p in striped |
| Third | S. B. Green | Made slip near beginning of speech and lost the thread completely | s + tripped |
| Third | Dr G. P. Hartigan | Has got a slip but ran about quite naked | trip in sped |
| Third | A. F. Lerrigo | Reduced to the ranks for being improperly dressed? | 2 mngs. |
| Third | H. Rainger | The first piece of point d’esprit lace, and you’ve lost the thread and dropped every single stitch! | anag. incl. p; lace, vb. |
| Third | H. Ingram Rees | I’m absolutely broke and need a holiday, but, as in the past, fares will limit me | trip in sped; speed = fare, vb. |
| HC | C. A. Baker | Rent in small districts being put up a hundred-per-cent.: this must be exposed! | rip in depts (all rev.); h-p-c. = completely |
| HC | Maj V. E. Brooke | Empty as Sunday’s picnic-basket | s trip ped |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | With no honours South came down by a trick | S tripped |
| HC | T. H. East | Street Torn Up—Main Burst In Adjoining Road—All Destitute | St + anag. of pipe in Rd |
| HC | P. G. W. Glare | Very briefly, Salome danced (so, very briefly, she finished!) | S tripped; ref. seven veils |
| HC | C. D. Harding | Very soft reds mixed with it displayed the flesh-tints | anag. of pp reds it |
| HC | J. Jones | Reduced to the ranks for being improperly dressed? Something to do with a bearskin, by the sound of it! | 2 mngs.; i.e. ‘bare skin’ |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | Impoverished tipper torn between shillings and pence | anag. In s, d |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Mamma’s state after a juicy expression the holy man gave vent to | St ripped; ref. breast-feeding; sv. mammalia |
| HC | J. D. P. O’Leary | Caught by the sun—completely skinned | S tripped |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | Tore off for a Sunday jaunt with a hamper | S trip ped |
| HC | A. Robins | Usual condition of the N.C.O. with a soft heart! | p in striped, & lit. |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | Made destitute through taking one false step about a worthless horse—down to the last penny! | rip3 in anag. + d |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | Being without decent clothes or ill drest—it’s about enough to give one the pip! | anag. of drest pip |
| HC | J. Thompson | Made a faux pas on the Sabbath, is exposed and perhaps unfrocked | S + tripped |
Runners-Up in competition 135: