Ximenes Competition No. 157 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 156 | 158 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157 | Jan 1951 | ORANGE | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | A. E. Clayton | In case it is packed at Covent Garden, try the stalls at “Carousel” | cryptic def.; ref. fruit market, opera house and nearby Drury Lane Theatre, where ‘orange-girl’ Nell Gwyn worked, and ‘Carousel’ played in 1950 |
| Second | E. O. Seymour | Wild is a goner! Peel has constituted a force perilous to footpads | anag.; ref. Jonathan W., 18c. criminal, Sir Robert P., and slipping on o. peel |
| Third | H. Ingram Rees | “Revelry by night” is all about an eighteenth-century party | an in anag. of orge; ref. Orange Order, founded 1795 |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Change gear on seeing this! | anag. & lit.; see = bring about result; traffic lights |
| HC | Rev B. Chapman | About ten divisions ambushed here! The outcome could be very bitter, and possibly bloody! | cryptic def.; segments, bitter and blood o. |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | Has a tangy centre and its skin may be gold | (t)ang(y) in ore, & lit. |
| HC | S. Goldie | Capacity second to none is pressed into service for the under-fives | 0 + range; ref. free o.-juice through Welfare Food Scheme |
| HC | W. E. Green | Peeled in polite usage, but pealed in Old English | rang in OE; ref. table etiquette |
| HC | A. R. M. Hooper | Point-blank, as it were, and pretty well pipped | i.e. 0 range |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | See the globe with zest: frequent trips from Peel | cryptic def.; ref. Isle of Man port, and slipping on peel; zest = orange flavour |
| HC | C. B. Joyner | Coming back, I dashed inside for a drink. Otherwise I might have been a goner! | ran in ego (rev.), anag. |
| HC | C. Koop | “With how depraved a quality—O Regan!” (This fruity line is nothing to the row that follows!) | anag., 0 range; ref. King Lear II.4 |
| HC | J. P. Lloyd | O for a row between Red and Yellow! | O range; ref. Cold War, i.e. Russia, China |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Cross these lights and I’m a goner maybe | anag. & lit.; lights in sense of letters of answer |
| HC | A. E. Smith | Love is given to rove: the fruit is often bitter | 0 range |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | Formation of several divisions picked to serve in the dessert! | cryptic def.; segments; cf. desert |
| HC | J. Thompson | Pithy address to a fuel consumer | i.e. O range! |
Runners-Up in competition 157: