Ximenes Competition No. 253 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 251 | 255 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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253 | Oct 1953 | DERATION | normal | 21 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | D. A. Nicholls | Abandon the cut-aways and cross-overs of standard pattern books—try a neat Dior creation! | anag.; ref. ration books and coupons |
Second | S. Goldie | Make ample amends to a diner | anag. & lit. |
Third | B. J. McCann | Smash a red in to improve the position on the table, though it may not be good for the pocket | anag.; ref. snooker |
HC | E. S. Ainley | “I dare not” be damned—to —— absolutely! That’s resolution, by George! | anag. & lit.; ref. Gwilym Lloyd George, Food Minister, and end of e.g. sweet rationing in 1953 |
HC | C. Allen Baker | I’m well laced in—I dare not relax the control of certain lines! | anag. |
HC | J. W. Bates | Stop allowances?!—maybe end with a riot! | anag. |
HC | E. W. Beal | Self-restraint? Ignore the doctor and let people have as much as they like | (MO)deration |
HC | R. N. Chignell | It could make an Editor remove the limit on short articles | anag. |
HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | We hope Lloyd George will soon damn near do it. | anag. & lit.; ref. Gwilym Lloyd George, Food Minister |
HC | W. J. Duffin | Let us eat as much as want for tea or dinner—not half! Smashing! | anag. incl. din(ner) |
HC | Mrs D. C. Fuller | Abolish “Fair Shares”? That’ll cause a devil of a riot in the Underworld! | anag. in den |
HC | R. J. Hall | We have free trade in nothing! Abolish restricted markets! | anag. incl. 0 |
HC | R. W. Hawes | To make things easier for the dealer, don’t have any more marked cards | cryptic def.; ref. ration cards |
HC | J. A. Hyde | How to get rid of surplus fat for one of those neat Dior creations | anag. |
HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Stop using the controls to keep level: let George do it! | cryptic def.; G. = autopilot (RAF slang); ref. Gwilym Lloyd George, Food Minister |
HC | W. H. Joint | Temperance? No, take the doctor away and free us from restrictions | (MO)deration |
HC | C. J. Morse | Since the Doctor’s abandoned self-restraint, let everyone eat as much as he likes! | (MO)deration |
HC | E. J. Rackham | Give freedom to housewife, to diner a variety | anag. |
HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Neat, Dior fashions—what they did to our clothes! | anag.; ref. end of clothes rationing, 1949 |
HC | F. B. Stubbs | Free Trade! Let digestion know no law! | anag. + (digest)ion, & lit.; digest2 |
HC | J. S. Young | Abolish the Pools! | cryptic def. |
Runners-Up in competition 253: