Ximenes Competition No. 245 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 243 | 247 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245 | Aug 1953 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO | Right and Left | 16 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. Hardie Keir | Top-line artiste uses “no soap” recipe for make-up—it entails only a very short time in a mud-pack | anag. incl. r; mo in glaur |
| Second | C. J. Morse | Parson’s wild with love for a lady chorister. It’s just a passing affair to the heartless girl | anag. incl. 0; g(ir)l + amour, & lit. |
| Third | C. P. Rea | Pitched pretty high—steady backward defensive work? No, try and hit into it. A sign of hesitation and there’s an appeal | so + ARP (rev.) + no; lam in go + ur |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | What entrances Miss Connolly makes, wearing white! Her air is lofty and so quiet—a divinity—a neat little number! | Mo in glaur: so p Ra no.; ref. Maureen ‘Little Mo’ C., tennis player; glaur = glair in contemporary ed. of C. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Chorister gets parson intoxicated with love—charm composed of pill in white of eggs | anag. incl. 0; MO in glaur; pill = doctor; glaur = glair in contemporary ed. of C. |
| HC | J. W. Bates | One of the choir, in love with the bashful parson—it’s the cause of plenty of rumour in connection with the saucy gal! | anag. incl. 0; anag. of rumo(ur) gal & lit. |
| HC | J. A. Fincken | I can warble like this for about an hour without a breath—with a Welsh background, it’s enchanting | so + an in pro; GIam(organ) + (h)our; i.e. unaspirated |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | It’s Bing’s finale with his partner, as the pair put over a number, that makes this part of the musical | g + Lamour; so pr. a no.; ref. B. Crosby, Dorothy L., co-stars in ‘Road’ films |
| HC | S. Goldie | What was it, the attraction of a Peach Melba? So soft, then melted away to nothing | cryptic def.; so p ran 0; ref. Dame Nellie M. |
| HC | R. M. Grace | Girl having lost heart over an affair means to bewitch singer high repute or bewitch parson with love | g(ir)l + amour; anag. incl. 0; glamour, vb. |
| HC | R. W. Hawes | It’s the essence of a Peach Melba—something soaked and curdled with nothing added | cryptic def.; sop ran 0; ref. Dame Nellie M. |
| HC | L. Johnson | It’s typical of a siren, beginning at midnight, to give some nasty knocks to our disorderly A.R.P. and so on, making high-pitched sounds | (ni)g(ht) + lam + our; anag. |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | She sings opera in a tattered bit of sarong—the merest remnant of sarong—and the French love it! | op. in anag. of saron(g); (saron)g + l’amour |
| HC | Mrs A. L. Stevenson | Alluring quality of a Peach Melba, par excellence! | cryptic def.; cryptic def.; ref. Dame Nellie M. |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | A spot of gIad-eye leading to a full-blooded affaire—it looks as if the parson’s frantic with love for a girl in the choir | g + l’amour, & lit.; anag. incl. 0 |
| HC | M. Woolf | The attraction of a Peach Melba, perhaps, is the top part | cryptic def.; 2 mngs.; ref. Dame Nellie M. |
Runners-Up in competition 245: