Ximenes Competition No. 147 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 146 | 148 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | Aug 1950 | GATHER | normal | 11 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. Koop | It’s vital to get harvests—waistcoats off! | anag. of get har(vests); [see comments] |
| Second | S. B. Green | Her bearing close to gun shows pluck | gat + her; bear = be situated |
| Third | L. W. Jenkinson | Reap what one has sewn, maybe | 2 mngs.; gather (n.) = pleat or fold sewn in cloth; ref. Galatians 6:7 |
| HC | G. W. Bain | Plait that Annie got back to front | her gat with halves swapped; ref. musical “A. Get Your Gun” |
| HC | Maj P. S. Baines | Increase Goliath? | cryptic def.; G. of Gath, i.e. Gath-er (cf. Londoner) |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Increase the geyser’s ends: make pie with the heat inside | anag. of heat in g(eyse)r; pie2 |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | Swell the crowd! Gate closing within hour | gate with last letter inside hr |
| HC | W. L. Miron | The Cloth may be retrograde but still includes the collect | the in rag (rev.); The Cloth = clergy; collect = short prayer |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Being half senile and not quite all there, I’m always taken in | ga(-ga) + ther(e); gather (n) = fold or pleat |
| HC | E. W. Richart | An Elgar finale, plainly written about the Harvest | the in (El)gar; ref. E.’s harvest anthem “Fear Not O Land” |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Pluck is an essential attribute in tilting at heroes | hidden |
Runners-Up in competition 147: