Ximenes Competition No. 171 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 170 | 172 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 171 | Jul 1951 | SERINGAS | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. L. Hillman | Trees naturally provide a little bird with something to step on | serin, gas; “step on the gas” |
| Second | E. S. Ainley | Cut, they produce a sort of resin coagulated with (e.g.) smoke | anag. of resin + gas, & lit. |
| Third | J. W. Bates | When the substance of the elastic fails, down come our trunks! | cryptic def. |
| HC | J. A. Blair | They may concede the rubber, but you can hardly make South Africa resign! | anag. incl. SA; ref. 1951 Test series |
| HC | F. A. Clark | Their constituents are used for erasings | anag. & lit. |
| HC | P. M. Coombs | Exemplary bridge players, sound as they are, may give you the rubber | S, E, ring, as |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | They provide the raw material for erasings | anag. & lit. |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | See an ass reign in our stead! We have the juice to obliterate such errors | anag. of ass, reign; ref. MND: Oberon, Bottom, love-in-idleness potion; erasers |
| HC | C. E. Gates | We supply material for erasings | anag. & lit. |
| HC | S. B. Green | Signs are game and rubber—we’ll give it to you! | anag.; game = crooked; ref. bridge |
| HC | W. E. Green | Raw materials for erasings | anag. & lit. |
| HC | D. S. Johnson | Trees that provide the wherewithal to make erasings | anag. & lit. |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Original producers of elastic shows reassign the characters in a different order | anag. |
| HC | P. M. Newey | An undulating siren heralds gas: get your masks from us! | anag.; rubber gas masks |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | Cut a circle from the bark and see the floods around the rubber-trees! | ring, vb., in seas |
| HC | E. G. Phillips | For trees yielding india-rubber, one has to cut away the bark in rough places | ring, vb., in seas |
| HC | H. C. Pilley | Tired? Our milk preparation will keep you going. One round in plenty of water is all you need | ring in seas; i.e. rubber tyres (tire2) |
| HC | M. C. T. Reilly | To reassign ground a conveyance may be drawn up on an understanding of their product | anag.; ref. rubber tyres for conveyances (vehicles) |
| HC | A. E. Smith | Such a quantity of india-rubber comes from these trees, one could always be erasing | i.e. erasing = anag. of seringa |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | Partition makes South Ireland talk a lot: the substance of their effusions makes one tire easily! | S Erin gas; tire2 |
| HC | H. L. Tinkler | Their product will naturally make erasings for you | anag. & lit. |
| HC | Capt C. Tyers | From these trees we get the means to make erasings | anag. & lit. |
| HC | H. D. Wakely | Shady sources of profit brought to light when a trade combination gets into deep waters | ring in seas |
Runners-Up in competition 171: