Clues from Ximenes Competition 211

Ximenes Competition No. 211 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 209 | 213 ▶ | Other competitions

No.	Date	Clue word	Clue type	Clues
211	Xmas 1952	CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES	normal	21

Award	Clue writer	Clue	Explanation
First	M. Winterbottom	I, Scrooge, parting with nothing, with a snarl would turn them out	CS; anag. less O & lit.
Second	R. Postill	When they’re out of tune, closing your ears may spare you!	CS; anag. less you & lit.
Third	J. W. Parr	Complements of the season from Lily, Rose and Herb	HB; anag.
HC	C. Allen Baker	Bad losers gain little credit: they simply create a strain in harmonious company	anag. incl. cr.
HC	Lt Col P. S. Baines	Real crossing jam—pedestrian waits!	anag.; wait¹ (n.)
HC	J. A. Blair	He’ll he sorry I served up fruit on top of Christmas pudding!	anag.
HC	R. N. Chignell	Worried racing losers hope to pick up a bit at Christmas meetings	anag.
HC	M. B. Fisher	A cacophony of groans, cries and singular Latin is all we might get from them!	anag. incl. L & lit.
HC	S. B. Green	Waits by the lamp-post, perhaps, to receive letters from racing losers!	anag.; wait¹ (n.)
HC	C. Higham	Noel rags the better part of rich society in The Vortex: our Noel can be too familiar!	anag. with ric(h) and S; ref. play by N. Coward
HC	S. Holgate	The spinners change ends and serve up tempting but dangerous balls on the treacherous green	changing ends, (Eric) Hollies and (Bob) Berry, English spin bowlers
HC	Mrs F. Laing	Present at Christmas? Get hosiery and be fifty-fifty right. There’s a ladder!—Hang!	anag. of hosiery be LL r, 2 defs.
HC	T. W. Melluish	Waits near the mistletoe but scares no girl improperly	anag.; wait¹ (n.)
HC	F. E. Newlove	Reds in Hollywood? Many are tied up with the pictures now—a pretty poisonous bunch!	3 mngs.; slightly poisonous to humans
HC	S. L. Paton	Cars linger so in a jam—that’s how you get such waits	anag.; wait¹ (n.)
HC	M. G. Powell-Davies	Collecting coin or largess for some good cause? Ring away—here’s the wherewithal	anag. less O & lit.
HC	O. Carlton Smith	No caress! Girl in confusion, yet waits expectant	anag.
HC	F. B. Stubbs	They bid us rejoice or sling cares to the winds	anag.
HC	J. A. L. Sturrock	No girl cares to be cut by Society, thus waits, hoping for charm to get its reward	anag. + S (cut = drunk/adulterated); charm = blended singing
HC	J. B. Sykes	Those weather-forecasters ought to be hung right now, or else horribly mutilated!	anag.; Autumn h.b. thought to herald bad winter
HC	H. S. Tribe	In the Street at Christmas—wait, wait, wait! Real crossing reform needed	anag.; wait¹ (n.)

Runners-Up in competition 211:

E. S. Ainley	P. A. Hall	C. J. Morse	A. E. Smith
Mrs M. Anderson	C. T. Hatten	Mrs M. G. Porter	L. R. Smith
Mrs W. R. Chalkley	F. G. Illingworth	E. J. Rackham	Miss N. Smith
L. G. Chastey	A. L. Jeffery	C. P. Rea	Miss D. W. Taylor
E. Clark	L. W. Jenkinson	R. C. Reeves	Mrs J. W. Taylor
B. G. H. Clegg	D. S. Johnson	E. W. Richart	J. Thompson
H. J. Connell	C. Kauffman	A. Rivlin	Mary Walker
Brig W. E. Duncan	J. Hardie Keir	A. Robins	H. Walsham
T. Dwyer	Mrs J. H. C. Lawlor	J. L. Ruddle	J. R. Wheeler
L. E. Eyres	P. W. W. Leach	C. B. Ryves	S. E. Wilson
Dr J. N. Fell	J. A. Lochhead	T. E. Sanders	L. C. Wright
J. A. Flood	H. Lyon	E. O. Seymour	I. Young
F. C. Geary	T. A. Martin	Mrs E. Shackleton	J. S. Young
R. M. Grace	E. J. Miller	Mrs E. M. Simmonds	J. T. Young