Ximenes Competition No. 162 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 161 | 163 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | Mar 1951 | TITANESS | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. P. M. Michael | Seat isn’t made to hold her! | anag. & lit. |
| Second | E. S. Ainley | You may consider 10 ATS is her rough equivalent | anag. of ten ATS is, & lit.; ATS = female soldiers |
| Third | Mrs M. G. Porter | Heavenly X.O.S. shot satin set | anag.; extra outsize |
| HC | D. Connell | Find a monster bird a monster’s home | tit, a (Loch) Ness |
| HC | W. J. Crowe | Make up a satin set for an O.S. figure | anag. |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Of outstanding size and strength, it should be planted with an edging of character | it, an in Tess; ref. T. of the d’Urbervilles |
| HC | Maj A. H. Giles | Very great lady of yore, sporting a high cape set off by a small bundle of feathers | a ness following tit |
| HC | J. H. Grummitt | You’ll find even an extraordinary seat isn’t big enough for her | anag. |
| HC | J. P. Lloyd | “Miss Phoebe,” perhaps, but not “Dear” to the gods. They clapped her in the pit! | cryptic def.; ref. 1950 musical ‘Dear Miss Phoebe’; P., Titan in Greek myth |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Point gets the bird with a woman like Phoebe | ness following tit, a; ref. P. Meryll in ‘The Yeomen of the Guard’; P., Titan in Greek myth |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Maud Runkens Tate? A truly great woman: she’s reformed the nastiest characters! | anag.; homophone of ‘more drunken state’, i.e. ‘tighterness’ |
| HC | R. Postill | For the O.S. woman a more close fitting cape doesn’t look right. (but sounds right!) | i.e. ‘tighter ness’ |
| HC | W. Rennie | Ain’t to be confused wiv Tess (’Ardy or Two Ton) she being bigger ’n older than either | anag.; ref. T. of the d’Urbervilles, and ‘Two Ton’ Tessie O’Shea |
| HC | A. Robins | Two-ton Tess in “Ain’t Misbehavin’?” On the contrary! | i.e. anag. of ain’t in Tess; ref. ‘Two Ton’ Tessie O’Shea |
| HC | O. Carlton Smith | She must have a gigantic appetite: the nastiest hotchpot does for her | anag. |
| HC | J. Thompson | Moving about in a Test’s a feminine enormity | anag. |
| HC | L. C. Wright | O.S. woman’s embroidered satin set | anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 162: