Ximenes Competition No. 143 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 139 | 145 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | Jul 1950 | LAMPREY | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | H. Rainger | I like a stone to lick, but split up to lick a whole quarry! | lam prey |
| Second | E. S. Ainley | Fifty-one, m’sieur, impair means a sucker on the rocks! | L a M. prey; ref. roulette |
| Third | P. M. Coombs | Strike at the quarry, so I stick to stones from the river | lam prey |
| Third | Mrs N. Fisher | I’m not the hag of my family, and my pearl becomes me | anag.; hagfish |
| Third | Mrs L. Jarman | Here’s an oil-burning vessel, truly all out to get fish | lamp re(all)y |
| Third | C. Koop | One reading of Mr. Paley’s evidences was too much for Henry! | anag.; ref. William P., theologian, and death of Hen. I |
| Third | I. J. Nicholas | The abused Pym real regicide? At any rate the poor fish did kill the king | anag.; ref. John P., Parliamentarian, deaths of Charles I and Henry I |
| Third | H. S. Tribe | Mortally upset the king, the sucker—might have become Earl Pym otherwise | anag.; ref. John P., Parliamentarian, deaths of Charles I and Henry I |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | Am always ready to give rocks a licking—but quarry has strike on! | lam + prey |
| HC | Brig W. E. Duncan | Thirty-six, combined with Pym (and perhaps dozens more!), brought about a tragic end to King’s Party | anag. of Lear Pym; ref. John P., Parliamentarian, deaths of Charles I and Henry I; 36 ac. = Lear |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | Set light to King of Spain; finally extinguished King of England | lamp rey (= king, Sp.); ref. death of Henry I |
| HC | S. B. Green | Early afternoon scramble for fish! | anag. incl. p.m. |
| HC | C. H. Hudson | The wave breaks into song—and even the fish is light-headed | anag. of perm. in lay, starts with lamp |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | One might have been ample for Henry IV and V: Henry I had more than enough | anag. + ry (4th and 5th letters of Henry); ref. ‘surfeit of l.s’ |
| HC | E. L. Mellersh | Strike victim found on the rocks—only reply—Am Broke | lam prey, anag. |
| HC | J. G. Milner | If you cast softly into the rough water of the R. Yealm, you might catch this fish | p in anag.; river in Devon |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | This throws some light on Godfrey’s end as well as Henry’s! | lamp + (Godf)rey; ref. G. of Bouillon, crusader, d. 1100, and death of Hen. I |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | Second note to M.P.—make a song about it—can’t say I’m not a sticker! | re MP in lay; re 2nd tonic note |
| HC | G. A. Wain | My pearl-powder always sticks just by the mouth! | anag. |
| HC | J. B. Widdowson | Having got hit on the head, the victim may perhaps be caught in the gully, though not by the spinner | lam prey; spinner = angler’s fly |
Runners-Up in competition 143: