Ximenes Competition No. 203 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 202 | 204 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 203 | Sep 1952 | WEATHERS | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. Jones | They teach poor Britons the rudiments of Earth’s violence to our kind. | WEA + the Rs, we + anag., & lit.; Workers’ Educational Assoc. |
| Second | J. F. N. Wedge | Where’s Attlee’s lead? It’s taken a buffeting—but survives! | anag. incl. At(tlee); ref. Labour’s slender Commons majority |
| Third | R. J. Hall | Gets through sound, although involved in a rough sea | anag. of ‘threw’, sea, & lit. |
| HC | C. A. Baker | We have the wet share! | anag. & lit. |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Decays outside—the inside lasts | the in wears |
| HC | R. J. Bowen | These raw unsettled seasons | anag. |
| HC | R. N. Chignell | Altered hats were features of the season | anag. |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | Displays hardiness about the raw S.E. winds | the in anag. |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Breasts in which we must anticipate broken hearts | we + anag.; breast vb. |
| HC | T. O. Hughes | Corrodes the inside? No, the outside! | the in wears |
| HC | J. G. Hull | Holds out against these raw winds | anag. |
| HC | E. G. Illingworth | Seasons the uncouth swear about | the in anag. |
| HC | G. Innes | Here you’ll find these raw | anag. & lit. |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | English grouse—we must have these raw! | anag. |
| HC | L. W. Jenkinson | A shifty waster, he changes colour when exposed | anag. |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | Swear horribly about the above conditions | anag. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | The sound of rams goes to the heart of the ewe at her silly seasons | ‘wethers’, hidden |
| HC | Miss O. B. Parks | Braves get the top of their headdress wrong | change first letter of feathers |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Stands up to eat in The Taming of the Shrew | eat in anag. |
| HC | T. H. Poole | Gets to windward of a container of hare stew | anag. |
| HC | Maj J. N. Purdon | Gets discoloured from exposure, so the inside is worn outside | the in wears |
| HC | H. Rainger | We get an unfair wet share of them | anag. & lit. |
| HC | A. Rivlin | We get a wet share of these | anag. & lit. |
| HC | D. J. Skipper | The inside lasts, and so does the outside | the in wears |
| HC | T. H. Walsh | We certainly get our wet share of them here | anag. & lit. |
| HC | R. F. Zobel | These raw elements! | anag. & lit. |
Runners-Up in competition 203: