Ximenes Competition No. 154 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 153 | 155 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | Nov 1950 | RABBIT | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. E. Sanders | Saving up a little does multiply it quickly | bar (= except) (rev.) + bit; does = females |
| Second | D. P. M. Michael | A B.R. casualty—got teeth into bun! | anag. + bit; ref. British Railways catering |
| Third | P. M. Newey | He doesn’t play games well: you don’t know him if you say he does | 2 mngs; i.e. does are shes |
| HC | C. A. Baker | Save up: a little in the bank will soon multiply | bar (= except) (rev.) + bit |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Tail-ender, but good for the odd hat-trick! | 2 mngs; ‘r. out of a hat’ |
| HC | Maj H. L. Carter | Something that does produce a poulette du garenne for restaurateurs! | cryptic def.; does = females; euphemism for r. on menus |
| HC | J. C. Chavasse | Quick in the field, and does maintain his speedy delivery—otherwise a poor player | 2 mngs; does = females; ref. cricket |
| HC | G. Cordery | Inside scratch? Some yarn, he’s a hopeless player | abb in rit; see Chamb.; ref. golf |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | Master at tennis? No, indeed, he’s not got beyond the initial stage | Rabbi + t(ennis), & lit. |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | Bunting’s out for me and the band’s turned up. The boring part comes after | bar (rev.) + bit; ref. rhyme ‘Baby Bunting’, “gone to fetch a r. skin” |
| HC | A. R. Fraser | Harvey unfit to play in Tests—problem for Australia | 3 mngs.; ref. Neil Harvey, cricketer, and play and film ‘Harvey’ |
| HC | S. B. Green | Let up a little for me! | bar (= let) (rev.) + bit, & lit.; i.e. poor player |
| HC | J. P. Lloyd | Game I may be, but no ‘gamesman’—though Potter made one of my family famous | 2 mngs.; ref. Stephen P., ‘Gamesmanship’ and Beatrix P., ‘Peter Rabbit’ |
| HC | C. C. McInroy | What a yarn! Scratch round for twenty-four-handicap man? | abb in rit; ref. golf |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Shut up a little! You can have a muffin OR a bun. (What breeding!) | bar (rev.) + bit; muffin = fool at games |
| HC | R. Postill | A hopeless bat perhaps has the makings of a first-class bowler | 2 mngs.; felt for hats |
| HC | G. W. Pugh | A 24-handicap man? Forget the yarn: he’s scratch at St. Andrews | i.e. rabbit less abb = rit; ref. golf |
| HC | W. Rennie | Round in say 99. The doctor to a tee! | rabbi + t; ref. golf |
| HC | H. B. Ridley | Green on the courts, and courts on the green! | 2 mngs. |
| HC | A. Robins | Harvey is a poor batsman? Confound it, he gets his scores at a phenomenal rate! | 3 mngs; r. = confound!, gets = begets; ref. Neil Harvey, cricketer, and play and film ‘Harvey’ |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | An heroic success at multiplication can be a game failure in addition | 2 mngs.; m. = reproduction |
| HC | Mrs E. S. G. Sheehan | A poor player; still, if he keeps off the gin and knows the part backwards, he may yet get the lead | 2 mngs.; gin = trap = part (rev.); lead = shot |
| HC | F. G. Simms | My stock is unlimited and I often break the bank, but seldom have I three figures to my name | 2 mngs.; stock = family; century in cricket |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | One that does produce something out of a hat occasionally! | cryptic def.; i.e. poor player; does = females; ‘r. out of a hat’ |
| HC | Dr D. W. Williams | Good runmaker and has makings of a fine bowler, but not worth his place in the field | double mng.; ref. felt for hats and cricket |
Runners-Up in competition 154: