Ximenes Competition No. 179 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 178 | 180 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | Nov 1951 | CADRE | normal | 16 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. P. M. Michael | Establishment of peace could be crazy crusade without us | anag. less us & lit. |
| Second | J. F. N. Wedge | Heedfulness about the pence gives a firm basis for building up the nation’s armed strength | d in care |
| Third | D. G. Knights | Worry about pence can make one a permanent skeleton | d in care |
| HC | C. A. Baker | Having a die-hard leader in charge will be the foundation of strength | d in care; ref. return of Winston Churchill as PM |
| HC | F. L. Constable | Towny has about enough of officers and N.C.O.s! | cad re; cad = Eton, Oxford jargon for a townsman |
| HC | P. M. Coombs | Concern about reduction in small expenditure: these leaders set an example! | d in care |
| HC | W. Darby | A poor specimen by the “Sapper”—not “The Final Count” | cad RE; ref. book in Bulldog Drummond series by H.C. McNeile (“Sapper”) |
| HC | T. O. Hughes | A dreadful start by the Chancellor. An extension of it may produce a division | C a dre(adful); C., legal abbrev.; ref. increase in Bank Rate after 1951 Gen. Election [see comments] |
| HC | Very Rev N. M. Kennaby | Death of a cat! Inquest verdict—it swallowed a coin. Now it’s a skeleton | d. in care; ref. proverb, “care killed the cat” |
| HC | F. P. N. Lake | Core. Pips may be carried within OR formed around it | cryptic def.; OR = other ranks; pip4 [see comments] |
| HC | E. W. Lee | Car exporter, just started, requires limited cash investment: small company, ready to expand | d in car e(xporter) |
| HC | R. Postill | Troops soon gather around a barrel with liquid in it | R in cade1; i.e. liquid consonant |
| HC | A. Robins | The potential force of a large battery is a piece of copper placed in the charge | d. in care |
| HC | E. B. Stevens | A bus conductor must accept half fare for this skeleton | cad + (fa)re; cad = bus conductor, in contemporary ed. of C. |
| HC | H. G. Tattersall | Key men are anxious about the start of denationalisation | d in care; ref. plans to denationalise steel, 1951 |
| HC | P. H. Taylor | A mob gathers round me, led by a bus conductor! | i.e. starts with cad; cad = bus conductor, in contemporary ed. of C.; the mob = the army |
Runners-Up in competition 179: