Ximenes Competition No. 273 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 271 | 275 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | Feb 1954 | COUSIN | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Morse | General name for any sovereign or noble about me, as a monarch might put it | us in coin, & lit; us = me (royal use) |
| Second | V. F. Dixon | What the crown, sovereign or noble was—entre nous! | us in coin, & lit.; entre nous (Fr.) = enter us |
| Third | J. A. L. Sturrock | You’ll find a royal form of me as a mode of address between sovereigns, maybe | us in coin, & lit; us = me (royal use) |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | The issue of a pop at Uncle’s is to put us in the money! | us in coin; issue = offspring; Uncle = pawnbroker, pop = pawn |
| HC | Maj H. L. Carter | German? Better with a bit of raucous inflexion! | hidden; Vetter (Ger.) = cousin, capital B and V alike in German script; german (n., obs.) = near relative [see comments] |
| HC | W. J. Duffin | This German is closely akin to the Angle—which includes us | us in coin (= cornerstone, archaic); german (n., obs.) = near relative |
| HC | T. Dwyer | What Elizabeth said to Essex: “Let us go in the corner, in the old way” | us in coin (= cornerstone, archaic); Robert Devereaux, 2nd Earl of Essex, distant cousin of Elizabeth I |
| HC | P. Holtby | A German would be first to gain by means of getting round America | US in coin, (vb.); german (n., obs.) = near relative |
| HC | N. M. Keir | A hail of sovereigns puts us in the money | us in coin; h. = greeting |
| HC | Miss Mackie | How a German landed in Monaco, using a Mosquito picked up in France | hidden; german (n., obs.) = near relative; cousin (Fr.) = mosquito |
| HC | A. W. Maddocks | Party to whom the Conqueror might have said “Bob’s your uncle” | cryptic def.; ref. Robert, Duke of Normandy, father of William I |
| HC | R. Postill | Get Uncle Sam into a corner, and his daughter’s yours! | US in coin (= cornerstone, archaic) |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | The chap who looks to “Uncle” for a “pop” | cryptic def.; Uncle = pawnbroker, pop = pawn |
| HC | Mrs J. Robertson | Socinus, lacking a son, revealed what one would have meant to his nephew | anag. less s.; see “Socinian” in C. |
| HC | F. N. Shimmin | All of us came into money, so used sovereigns to call “Heads” | us in coin; H. = leaders; coin tossing |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Let us split the money equally—one of Uncle’s stock answers | us in coin; stock = family; Uncle = pawnbroker |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | Mine shares my grandmother! It takes real money to get round Uncle Sam! | US in coin |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | A pledge accepted by Uncle will put us in the money! | us in coin; pledge = child; Uncle = pawnbroker |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | Auntie’s hopeful to put us in the money—and half the coupon wrong! | us in coin, cou(pon) + sin; hopeful = promising youngster; ref. football pools |
| HC | M. A. Vernon | Sassenach sib is unco glaikit! | anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 273: