Ximenes Competition No. 338 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 334 | 343 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 338 | Jun 1955 | SHE-ASS | normal | 13 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs N. Fisher | Surely Mrs. Bennet’s an example of this brazenness needed for man-catching | he in sass; ref. ‘Pride & Prejudice’ |
| Second | W. Eite | Job’s one in a thousand. Milk producer with two-thirds priority butter-making content | i.e. shea(ss); ref. Job 42:12 “a thousand female donkeys” |
| Third | A. B. Gardner | Not what you’d call a brainy girl, but just the type for Jack: dynamite wrapped in charm, there before the boat gets in! | HE in SA + SS; jackass |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | One feels a Colt with a cartridge of brass containing explosive | HE in sass |
| HC | Mrs G. Bonsall | Has chess disaster: check, out of it, fool’s mate | anag. less ch. |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | When a female’s the sort that produces a Colt, a man requires unusual boldness for an embrace | he in sass |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | She may be taken for a ride—and may do the bumping off! | cryptic def. |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Once the companion of a Bobby in the South of France, she’s apparently ensnaring a copper in Italy! | as3 in she’s; ref. R. L. Stevenson, ‘ Travels with a Donkey’ |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | A dam, maybe, that called for audacious action when breached with high explosive | HE in sass |
| HC | Mrs E. Shackleton | Heroine (a dumb type), who though smitten couldn’t make a pass! | cryptic def.; ref. Balaam’s ass, Numbers 22:28 |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Dicky’s dam cheek—embracing something devastating! | HE in sass; dicky2 |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | Be still, wild seas, called Jenny—Jack’s my boy | sh! + anag. |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | First in Steeplechasing, Haute Ecole and Summer Show? I think not! | initial letters, & lit. |
Runners-Up in competition 338: