Ximenes Competition No. 166 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 165 | 167 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 | May 1951 | RACHIDES | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Morse | You can’t strip the skin from them without showing a sign of a sore back | i.e. r. less hide = scar (rev.), & lit. |
| Second | T. E. Sanders | Not all the skeletons can be concealed in families | hid in races |
| Third | J. A. Blair | Personal columns had cries in agony! | anag. |
| HC | C. A. Baker | Beginning to delight in rocking-chairs … we bow to old age | de(light) in anag. |
| HC | J. F. Dow | Rickety chairs of Louis Quatorze style make spinal column very evident! | de (Fr.) in anag. |
| HC | J. Duffill | The Head’s about to reprove us; we shall probably have to bow to his judgment | chide in ras (= headland) |
| HC | W. M. Easther | If you get endless hidings in track events, the answer is spikes | hid(ings) in races |
| HC | S. Goldie | Tail-enders depend on such mainstays as Edrich being out of form | anag.; ref. Geoff E., cricketer |
| HC | Dr D. S. M. Imrie | A dog with a “date” leaves bones behind | rach Ides |
| HC | L. Johnson | The dog has his day, and that means bones! | rach Ides |
| HC | C. Koop | These blooming branch lines! Always behind, they hold everybody up | 2 mngs. |
| HC | E. L. Mellersh | “Are these axes or floral receptacles?” Munnings murmurs disapprovingly | RA chides, 2 defs.; ref. Battersea Park sculptures for Festival of Britain, and Sir Alfred M. |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | The artist finds fault with these supporting columns. They shouldn’t be with fillets | RA chides; fillets, archit. and fish |
| HC | J. W. Parr | The Academy rebukes members that exhibit almost straight lines | RA chides |
| HC | Mrs J. Robertson | Converts Eric’s had, but they do put our backs up when met in the flesh! | anag. |
| HC | Miss R. E. Speight | English painter found fault with French art—backs English! | RA chid es (Fr.); tu es |
| HC | P. H. Taylor | I’d search all over the place to find what hold the bloomers up! | anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 166: