Ximenes Competition No. 196 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 195 | 197 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196 | Jun 1952 | SHAMAN / SERIAN | Right and Left | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. K. M. Slimmings | Keep Mum! A bloke has to be a wizard—wants all I earns, roughly, would describe the old China! | sh! a man; anag. |
| Second | Miss D. W. Taylor | Chinese, made tipsy by a siren—the charmer’s a false one! (He’s a wise man who keeps off spirits in Asia) | anag.; a sham an |
| Third | J. A. Blair | A siren in Oriental attire—believed to be an absolute charmer out East—has stirred the English male | anag.; anag. + man |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Ah Sin! Thy realm is a baited snare, drawing one in: a medium of enchantment in which a man has become enmeshed! | I in anag.; anag.; ref. A.S. in Bret Harte’s “Heathen Chinee” |
| HC | D. B. J. Ambler | It’s merely deception, if the conjuror is near producing the celestial | sham an2; anag. |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Charmer has man bewitched—content is near celestial! | anag.; anag. |
| HC | J. W. Duffin | Trouble is near for Chinese Priest who poses as a magician: he’s obviously not a real one | anag.; i.e. a sham an |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Out of the orient has arisen mysteriously a sort of witch doctor—not the genuine article! | anag.; i.e. a sham an |
| HC | R. J. Hall | Give me a small helping of sandwiches with ham to tuck into—wizard! But kidneys with a grilling—that’s celestial! | ham in san(dwiches); anag. of reins, a [see comments] |
| HC | L. Johnson | Quiet please! An individual, Asiatic version of The Sorcerer, composed by A. S. (Erin), completely orientalised | sh!, a man; anag.; Arthur Sullivan, Irish |
| HC | Mrs Lawlor | A siren, temperamental, oriental has bewitched man, the dusky charmer | anag.; anag. + man |
| HC | A. E. North | Priest using magic to impose upon an Oriental is near being beaten up | sham, an; anag. |
| HC | R. Postill | Warlock, a fellow after the English audience’s heart, is near torture to a Chinese | (the Engli)sh (audience) + a man; anag.; ref. Peter W., English composer |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | This wizard makes the deceptive one rise the wrong way to one—indicating a Chinaman | sham an; anag. + an; C. = left-hander’s googly (cricket) |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | Enchanting person, quiet! A fellow easily goes astray to a siren from the East | sh! a man; anag. |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | He does his stuff with a spell employing a wrong ’un like a Chinaman and is near achieving a total collapse | sham, an; anag.; C. = left-hander’s googly (cricket) |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | Artfully a siren of eastern origin uses magic to deceive an adherent | anag.; sham an; adherent, adj. |
Runners-Up in competition 196: