Ximenes Competition No. 205 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 204 | 206 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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205 | Oct 1952 | CANTANKEROUS | normal | 18 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | R. R. Greenfield | Like a dog in the manger, eating malignantly with intermittent bark | tan1 in cankerous |
Second | J. A. Blair | Most unwilling to give an O.K.—recusant, in other words | anag. & lit. |
Third | Mrs A. Sladden | So Kate can run amuck? Shrewish! | anag.; ref. Taming of the S. |
HC | C. Allen Baker | It’s just like a rotter—lying about a ring with no intention of giving | tan1 in cankerous; tan, circus ring |
HC | R. N. Chignell | Bit of a song about the wine ration, gets us finally in bad temper | anker in canto + us; alcohol not officially rationed during and post WW2, but in short supply |
HC | J. C. R. Clapham | Perverse and morbidly sour aren’t in it | an’t in cankerous & lit. |
HC | Mrs D. M. D’Eath | Difficult cross-word? Run, ask at once if it’s devilled! | anag. |
HC | W. M. Easther | Being hard to please, North Korea can’t come to a settlement with us | anag. incl. N + us; ref. Korean war, unfinished in 1952 |
HC | J. A. Flood | A sunken actor goes into variety, having an aptitude for cross talk | anag. |
HC | B. A. Gunner | Do not use a crank carelessly—liable to fly off the handle! | anag., indicated by do … carelessly |
HC | R. J. Hall | Can a distributor of oil over the waters practically oust the ill-tempered? | can tanker ous(t); oil on troubled waters |
HC | C. Koop | Kate can run so wild! That’s how she struck Petruchio | anag.; ref. Taming of the S. |
HC | J. P. Lloyd | “Crustakean?” No! Something wrong with that. Try “Crabby” | anag. |
HC | C. J. Morse | Countersank screws round an axehead liable to fly off the handle unexpectedly | i.e. a(xe) in anag. |
HC | E. J. Rackham | We so describe one who cannot agree with us, nor can take us light-heartedly | anag. & lit. |
HC | L. T. Stokes | Liable to blow up any time! Preserve the reservoir! Sure nothing is amiss below! | can tank + anag. with O |
HC | T. G. Wellman | Countersank a screw: difficult, it being not level-headed | anag. |
HC | L. C. Wright | Get a century, then try to sneak a run—but make it snappy! | C + anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 205: