Ximenes Competition No. 275 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 273 | 277 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275 | Mar 1954 | ESTOVER | Printer’s Devilry | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. B. Filburn | True! Man’s fast/s are inconsistent, even with Lent here to inspire | ref. Fred T. & Len Hutton, 1954 Tests v. W. Indies |
| Second | D. S. Chetwood | If to peep be low conduc/t, I go “shut-eye” | vertigo [see comments] |
| Third | Mrs J. E. Townsend | Corporations will prot/rude! Exhibits? At the City’s art gallery! | [see comments] |
| HC | J. N. A. Armitage-Smith | Starving alters bab/y’s limb? Rats ! | |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | If you catch agu/e—a tingle, this—stay end-up! | |
| HC | Mrs G. M. Brown | Never clean the flues in your b/all-dress to fit the occasion | |
| HC | G. H. Clarke | Gu/atemala dysentery! The M.A away? | malady sent erythema |
| HC | Miss B. J. Dix | New curate’s hand in? Gun wanted—ti/ger in church! | |
| HC | J. A. Fincken | To a scribe, the large number of poor in Sid/mouth must begin loving to excess! | |
| HC | M. B. Fisher | First night—b/and forgot ten bars!—packed with noisy critics | |
| HC | R. M. Grace | Let stakes ampl/ify our speculations | |
| HC | J. Hardie Keir | “Splicing the mainbrace with raw A.B.s in the ‘con’ duc/t? I! Go and hang!” Over | raw absinthe conduces vertigo; con = steering |
| HC | C. R. Malcolm | Kitchener considered th/e ally reliable | |
| HC | Mrs A. M. Osmond | I’ll take the run, spr/y, quick, said the player, looking at the score | |
| HC | R. Postill | Hurricane hitting Lake Rand may be at windiest/ in three days. How we dread such news. | beat W. Indies. Test over … we’d read; ref. Jim Laker and Peter May, 1954 Tests v. W. Indies |
| HC | Miss G. Savory | Surely a happy match in summer test, if i/n all overs wisdom | testifies to vernal lovers’ |
| HC | O. Carlton Smith | Desiring a rich yield, he’d not give up his lands containing or/dure | |
| HC | Miss D. M. Thorne | Marriage lin/gers—must get monotonous | |
| HC | D. H. Tompsett | The Tories are equal, Bevan! Cri/minal—most! | ref. Aneurin B. |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | Father must putt h/igh—tore at greens like a rabbit! | |
| HC | M. R. Weatherfield | Patients weep at chronic ’flu/e; aches, high temperature! | Patient sweep … flue stove reaches … |
| HC | J. S. Young | Will huntsmen with mount ever/ come? Goon! Dreaming about it! | ref. Col. John Hunt, conquest of Everest |
Runners-Up in competition 275: