Ximenes Competition No. 217 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 215 | 219 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 217 | Feb 1953 | DEPOSIT | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. A. Fincken | One means of making a dope refrain from standing | anag. + sit, & lit.; i.e. candidate’s election d. |
| Second | Mrs E. Shackleton | A complete solution leaves none to settle | dep. (= departs) 0 sit & lit. |
| Third | C. J. Morse | It’s difficult for the liberal to save money in the bank! | 2 mngs.; ref. Liberals’ poor 1950 and 1951 election results and lost d. |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | Lay up or down—or one inside the other | epos in dit1, & lit. |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Lay consists of an old song written about a traditional heroic story | epos in dit1 |
| HC | J. A. Blair | Exposed by the spade position, I’m a bit down on the contract | hidden |
| HC | P. M. Coombs | What a come-down after the solution I posted so light-heartedly! | anag.; d. in a solution; ref. Ximenes comp. |
| HC | J. A. Flood | Use side, screw, and pot. This gets rid of the red and returns you to black | anag.; ref. snooker |
| HC | S. B. Green | Lay or epic poem in Spenserian strain | epos in dit1 |
| HC | C. T. Hatten | I posted correct Solution: token, please! | anag. + 2 defs.; ref. Ximenes comp. |
| HC | R. W. Hawes | The trailer of Cavalcade has positive appeal—might be a fine film | (Cavalca)de pos it; ref. 1933 film |
| HC | F. McNeill | An odd tip does put money in the bank | anag. |
| HC | E. Morgan | Keep safe—don’t stand around the deep-end | (de)ep in do sit |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Goes on the bottle (a common enough plight)—brought to book—sunk! | 4 mngs.; d. common on glass bottles; plight2; d. entered in ledger; d. sinks |
| HC | A. E. North | Left ’tis hoped without aspiration for return | ’tis (h)oped all rev., & lit. |
| HC | G. Perry | Lay: old song about series of heroic events | epos in dit1 |
| HC | M. G. Powell-Davies | You’ll have to readdress the letters I posted to Arles | anag.; arles (archaic) = d. |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | First instalment for a fur coat? | 2 mngs. |
| HC | H. Rainger | In the old song heroic events are set down | epos in dit1 |
| HC | N. J. Reed | Pound shows a marked loss—the result of deflation | 3 mngs; pound2; löss = loess: defl., geological; ref. monetary deflation of the 1950s |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | What the lodger might do is depart, leaving no address: it’s nothing unusual | dep(art) + anag. incl. 0 |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | Silt from the river, helping to strengthen the banks | 2 mngs. |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | My lodger was allowed to stand—contrarily hoped (with suppressed aspiration) to sit | (h)oped (rev.) + sit; i.e. lodge d. to stand in election |
Runners-Up in competition 217: