Ximenes Competition No. 186 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 185 | 187 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 186 | Feb 1952 | ASHMOLEAN | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. E. Sanders | A wood-pile if old is just the place to harbour the ant. | ash mole an2; ant. = antiquities; mole5, pile2 = pier |
| Second | A. R. Read | Distracted male has no place to pursue serious studies at co-educational university | anag. |
| Third | J. C. B. Date | The hero of the Jacobites hid under a tree on top of an accumulation of old junk near Worcester | ash + mole + an; molehill caused death of William III; Charles II hid in oak tree near W.; A. is near W. College, Oxford |
| HC | J. A. Blair | No sham relic is exhibited here: there’s just the place to browse in | lea in anag. of no sham, & lit.; browse = feed on shoots of plants |
| HC | R. R. Greenfield | A massive building with no end of antiques—don’t make a noise inside | sh! in a mole + an(tiques), & lit.; mole5 |
| HC | C. T. Hatten | Refuse an underground worker an exhibition? Not at Cambridge! | ash mole an; museum in Oxford |
| HC | P. J. Higgins | The Ark contained only very old specimens. That’s what made Ham so confounded thin after the trip | anag. of Ham so + lean; ref. Tradescant collection, from their residence the “Ark”, gifted to Ashmole, initiated the museum |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Has something different, beside being noted for casts; an outstanding collection | anag. + mole + an, & lit.; cast = moulded artefact, molehill |
| HC | L. W. Jenkinson | You’ll see me lash wildly about the ring if I face the famous Randolph | O in anag. of me lash + an2; ref. Randolph Hotel, opposite the A., and R. Turpin, boxer |
| HC | C. J. Lowe | Broad hint to exhibition entrants—sliced ham on sale in Oxford! | anag.; A. is in Broad St., Oxford; ref. food shortages |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Alan’s Home for Disorderly Constituents should be visited at Oxford | anag.; ref. A. P. Herbert, MP for Oxford University, and ‘Misleading Cases’ |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | Noah’s male issue provides new home for Ark collection | anag.; the Tradescant collection, from their residence the “Ark”, gifted to Ashmole, initiated the museum |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Possibly a manhole’s one of the best places for archaeological study | anag. |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | Wherein you may see ham on sale, and other reminders of the past | anag.; ref. food shortages |
| HC | D. W. Reed | In a quiet old mausoleum an excellent collection of curios may be found | a sh! mole5 an |
| HC | L. R. Smith | Where the curious loiter, as before a manhole being hacked up, in Oxford | as + anag. |
| HC | J. A. L. Sturrock | Spot the beginnings of a nest on the tree? Wren’s work, a scout could recognize it | ash + mole2 + a n; design of A. attributed to Wren; scout = Oxford college servant |
| HC | F. L. Usher | “Near to thee, Bacon,” Calverley might have said of this building; anyhow it has cut ham on sale! | anag.; ref. C. S. Calverley, “Ode to Tobacco”, and W. Bacon, tobacconist formerly of Broad St., Oxford |
| HC | J. S. Young | This collection includes ‘The Arundel Marbles,’ a Holmes mystery with an engaging end | anag. of a Holmes + an |
| HC | I. Young | The little gentleman in black velvet with astrakhan fringes going round the museum | mole in as(trak)han; ref. Jacobite toast following death of William III, caused by molehill |
Runners-Up in competition 186: