Ximenes Competition No. 209 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 207 | 211 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | Dec 1952 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL | Wrong Number | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. C. W. Springbett | There is a seat for a small one in the back row for the “March of Time” | seat; lap in noise (rev.); ref. newsreel series 1935-51 |
| Second | G. N. Coulter | For passing time, a cat’s favourite seat is curled round in one’s new dress | seat; lap + is (rev) in anag. |
| Third | P. T. Heath | Going!—seat for a youngster in the back row | seat; lap in noise (rev.) |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Passing is a set-back to a partner absorbed in the achievement of a grand slam | grand; pal in noise (all rev.) |
| HC | Lt Col P. S. Baines | The virtue of a dome of silence is no peal from it! | dome; anag.; elapse = pass quietly |
| HC | J. W. Bates | The “March of Time,” seen from a seat in the back row | seat; lap in noise (rev.); ref. newsreel series 1935-51 |
| HC | J. A. Blair | Sovereign a head for places in the back row: going—going—gone! | sovereign; L a p(laces) in noise (rev.) |
| HC | R. N. Chignell | Partner gets into an almighty row all round for passing | almighty; pal in noise (all rev.) |
| HC | A. B. Gardner | How time flies when you’ve a comfortable seat in the back row! | seat; lap in noise (rev.) |
| HC | R. M. Grace | Slipping quietly away from seat in back row | seat; lap in noise (rev.) |
| HC | S. B. Green | Note, in passing, that there’s a seat for a little one in the back row | seat; lap in noise (rev.) |
| HC | B. J. Iliffe | Makes an aeon slip into absolute obscurity | absolute; anag. & lit. |
| HC | L. W. Jenkinson | Unfamiliar passage in Aesop about a sovereign gone astray | sovereign; L in anag.; poss. ref. to fable “The Monkey as King.” |
| HC | C. J. Morse | A gliding coral-snake, not quite the animal to beard in its den! | beard; elaps (l)ion |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Passage by P. & O. line’s arranged for about the first of August | august; A in anag. |
| HC | L. C. Wright | Sliding seat for petting in the back row | seat; lap in noise (rev.) |
| HC | R. F. Zobel | There’s a seat in the back row, if you want to see the “March of Time” | seat; lap in noise (rev.); ref. newsreel series 1935-51 |
Runners-Up in competition 209: