Ximenes Competition No. 189 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 188 | 190 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | Mar 1952 | SALTIRE | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. J. Furley | The charge for arms has put the pound into a sharp depreciation | L in satire; heraldic mngs. of charge & arms |
| Second | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Rate is very ragged, around fifty, and both strokes are leaning sideways! | L in anag. of rate is; ref. cross on saltire, and rowing |
| Third | F. B. Stubbs | Part of our universal flag | (univers)sal + tire, & lit.; saltire part of Union Jack |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | That spunky gal with the old-fashioned dress—piquancy and passion are ordinary, you’ll find, in her. | Sal + tire3; salt + ire; heraldic mng. of ordinary (n.); her. = heraldry; ref. song ‘Pollywollydoodle’ |
| HC | C. A. Baker | Arms-cross! Bend—right … over … bend—left …! Try it fifty times outside on rising. This develops the bearing | it L in eras (all rev.); heraldic mngs. of arms, bend, bearing |
| HC | J. A. Blair | Sign of the cross connected with a fisherman | salt + ire, & lit.; ref. St. Andrew |
| HC | W. J. Duffin | Little Sarah needs a rubber hoop to look anything like ordinary: two bends in her. | Sal + tire; heraldic mngs. of ordinary (n.) and bend; her. = heraldry |
| HC | E. J. Fincham | An ordinary charge will result, if overcharge leads to anger | salt (sl.) + ire; heraldic mngs. of ordinary (n.) and charge |
| HC | R. J. Hall | Start looking in the Union flag for me | l in SA, tire, & lit.; Union of South Africa; saltire part of Union Jack |
| HC | R. W. Hawes | To charge too much leads to a strong resentment and makes one cross | salt (sl.) + ire |
| HC | J. Hardie Keir | Tirl aboot in sic Hielan’ fashion, an’ ye’ll mak’ the Scots Cross! | anag. of tirl in sae (so, Scot.) |
| HC | C. Koop | A sinister figure appears, crossing Right. It’s Lear—quite mad! | anag.; heraldic mng. of sinister; ref. King Lear, IV:6 |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | One of the Herald’s charges in spreading ridicule about the Left | L in satire; ref. Daily H. newspaper; heraldic mng. of charge |
| HC | R. Postill | See ’ow much yer’ve got to pay on a season? Makes yer cross! | salt + ’ire (hire) |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | X looks like an awful trial on Sunday, and there’s a bit of Everyman to finish | S + anag. of trial + E |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | First a bend one way, then a bend the other—enough to make dorsal extremity grow weary! | (dor)sal + tire; heraldic mng. of bend |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | To cure anger needs a X from her. | salt ire; her. = heraldry |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | An ordinary, plain X, but art lies in its construction | anag.; heraldic mng. of ordinary (n.) |
| HC | E. T. Smith | I show keen resentment following overcharge. I am altogether cross | salt (sl.) + ire |
| HC | M. A. Vernon | To overcharge leads to resentment, making the Scots cross! | salt (sl.) + ire |
| HC | M. Woolf | X is enough to make the ordinary realist barmy! | anag.; heraldic mng. of ordinary (n) |
Runners-Up in competition 189: