Ximenes Competition No. 188 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 187 | 189 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | Mar 1952 | Beware the Ides of March | Anagram | 30 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. M. Brown | Show Cimber the deaf ear | |
| First | C. J. Morse | Show Cimber the deaf ear | |
| Third | Rev B. Chapman | Hear the wife bode? Scram! | |
| HC | C. A. Baker | Heed wrath: Cimber’s a foe! | or similar |
| HC | R. Bryan | We fear Cimber’s hot head | |
| HC | A. N. Clark | Heed wrath: Cimber’s a foe! | or similar |
| HC | G. M. Clarke | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | W. W. Cove | Chief, Rome weather’s bad | |
| HC | V. F. Dixon | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | B. L. H. Ford | Chief, Rome weather’s bad | |
| HC | Mrs D. Fuller | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | S. B. Green | Bred for it, he came, he saw … | |
| HC | R. R. Greenfield | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | Mrs M. Henderson | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | F. G. Illingworth | Each dream bothers wife | |
| HC | E. Irving | Heed wrath: Cimber’s a foe! | or similar |
| HC | H. Joyce | Heed wrath: Cimber’s a foe! | or similar |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | … which Rab seemed to fear | ref. R. A. Butler, Chancellor in recently-elected government |
| HC | C. J. Lowe | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | J. McCann | C. has had it: we free Rome. B. | |
| HC | M. B. McIlroy | Heed Cimber—or was he fat? | “Let me have men about me that are fat” |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | We fear Cimber’s hot head | |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | R. A. B.’s feat—Do we cheer him? | ref. R. A. Butler, Chancellor in recently-elected government |
| HC | Mrs J. Robertson | Bad weather for chemise! | “Enter. Caesar in his night-gown” |
| HC | A. J. Rushworth-Lund | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | S. P. Shanahan | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | H. G. Tattersall | Chief, Rome weather’s bad | |
| HC | J. Thompson | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | Which fears debate more? | |
| HC | W. H. Victory | Heed it, we—“Cash for me.—R. A. B.!” | ref. R. A. Butler, Chancellor in recently-elected government |
Runners-Up in competition 188: