Ximenes Competition No. 235 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 233 | 237 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 235 | Jun 1953 | ASPHETERISM | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Morse | In which the State’s end is to reorganise all mastership around itself | e in anag., & lit. |
| Second | G. M. Neighbour | Communism needs the mass ripe for revolution | anag. |
| Third | G. G. Lawrance | Keeping the mass ripe for revolt is part of the Communist creed | anag. |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | A doctrine, in the Times phrase, quite repugnant to propriety | anag. & lit.; p. = ownership |
| HC | J. Coleby | Sabotage of Steamship bearing Royal Cipher. Denial of Owner’s Claims | ER in anag. |
| HC | A. J. Croft | Paris’s theme in Revolution | anag. & lit. |
| HC | W. J. Duffin | There is spam hash, but if you swallow it you can’t retain a thing | anag. |
| HC | J. A. Fincken | An old communist’s method of disposal for your tips: share ’em! | anag. |
| HC | S. Goldie | Not allowing you a penny of your own? The old worm! Confound the miser! | asp + anag. |
| HC | S. B. Green | SHAPE disorganised by wily Mr. Molotov’s plan | anag. + anag. of Mister; ref. NATO command centre and former Soviet Foreign Minister |
| HC | R. R. Greenfield | This doctrine is one spelling the ruin of the miser | a sp. + anag., & lit.. |
| HC | L. W. Jenkinson | SHAPE’S merit is a possible dissolution of Communism | anag.; ref. NATO command centre |
| HC | J. W. Parr | Doctrine of the have-nots, perhaps founded on a perverted hate premiss | anag. |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | It may put mine out of use. M.P.s raise the issue | anag.; mine = belonging to me |
| HC | A. Robins | If you wanted somewhere to hang your battered hat, I couldn’t offer you normal premises! | anag. of premises, hat, & lit. |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Sign of redness apparent as his temper gets ruffled | anag.; redness = communism |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Southey’s doctrine denying a grasper his beloved sovereigns shakes the miser to the core | (GR)asp(ER) + anag.; ref. Robert S., poet and radical |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | I’d make ’em share tips, even | anag. & lit. |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | See the mischief more than half the world is in with a doctrine following Russia’s lead! | sphe(re) in Ate + R + ism, & lit. |
| HC | D. H. Tompsett | Predated Das Kapital, but its essence is there passim | anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 235: