Ximenes Competition No. 329 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 325 | 334 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 329 | Apr 1955 | HAMADRYAD | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. A. L. Sturrock | Creature of a wood in a Hardy novel | a mad in anag. & lit.; wood2 = mad; ref Thomas H. novel “The Woodlanders” |
| Second | J. Thompson | Body found in trunk: Yard in a flap following furious chasing after gunmen. | HA (Heavy Artillery) + mad + anag. |
| Third | R. N. Chignell | She could have died in the middle of a hard May | d. in anag., & lit. |
| HC | Dr S. H. Atkins | This spirit died with Tree, so naturally the bombastic actor gets a dull little notice | ham a dry ad.; ref. H. Beerbohm Tree, actor |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Out of a hardy dam, she was a fair stayer in the Oaks | anag.; ref. horse racing |
| HC | Brig W. E. Duncan | Serpent, Woman and Tree combined together to make Adam hardy! | anag., 2 defs. |
| HC | F. H. W. Hawes | “Mary had a little ——” delete, revise to read “baboon” | anag. incl. d. |
| HC | L. Johnson | One of those in the Oaks, deriving her constitution from a hardy dam | anag.; ref. horse racing |
| HC | C. Koop | I’d die if some feller destroyed my home (Mary’d had a sort of upset) | anag. |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | Mary’d had a complex—she’d had it when a feller came her way! | anag. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Hardy’s varied characters include a wild female “woodlander” | a mad in anag.; ref Thomas H. novel ‘The Woodlanders’ |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | Not like Guinness to lead to a day with the staggers and the doctor in—must be the wood spirit! | ham + Dr in anag.; w.s. = meths.; ref. Alec G., actor |
| HC | R. Postill | Mysterious body found in trunk. Mummy had Yard baffled | anag. incl. ma |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | The serpent that beguiled the hardy Adam | anag. |
| HC | A. Robins | Being regarded as having died out with Tree, overacting gets a frigid notice and evokes hisses | ham a dry ad.; ref. H. Beerbohm Tree, actor |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | “The Green Goddess”—overacted: a barren advertisement for Lime Grove | ham a dry ad.; ref. 1930 film “The G. G.” and Lime Grove film studios |
| HC | L. K. Upton | Declamatory acting now earns a very unsympathetic notice in the press; yet this was the genius of Tree | ham a dry ad.; ref. H. Beerbohm Tree, actor |
Runners-Up in competition 329: