Ximenes Competition No. 343 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 338 | 347 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 343 | Jul 1955 | EPIGONI | normal | 14 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Maj P. S. Baines | Ptolemy, Seleucus and Co. have a feast on dividing the crowns of Egypt and India | pig on in E, I; successors to Alexander |
| Second | F. H. W. Hawes | Homers? No! Greatly inferior offspring of pigeon I let loose | anag. |
| Third | W. K. M. Slimmings | Progeny of such as the Empress of Blandings in old age, I should conclude | pig in eon + I, & lit.; ref. P. G. Wodehouse |
| HC | I. B. Evans | The pigeon I shot on the outermost branch of the tree | anag.; family tree |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | Sons of the heroic age, now without metal, one concludes | pig (iron) in eon + I, & lit. |
| HC | C. E. Gates | In the East I find a rough bar, getting half-seas-over. There’s the younger generation for you! | pig on in E, I; on = getting drunk |
| HC | S. B. Green | A hot-water bottle against one—that’s a necessary adjunct to the English, but our fathers were made of sterner stuff! | E + pig on I; see pig2 in C. |
| HC | J. Hardie Keir | A short peignoir fashioned for the younger generation—the “A line” has gone! | anag. less r |
| HC | C. Koop | No “Queen” to appear in an improper peignoir! (In the contest those who succeeded triumphed with a vengeance!) | anag. less R; ref. Sophocles, ‘Epigoni’ |
| HC | P. H. Morgan | In the ragtime Pig on Ivories we appear relatively uninspired after Alexander | hidden; A.’s Ragtime Band |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Having dropped the two openers in the deep I go back in the slips | (de)ep I go + in (rev.); slip = descendant |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | We have not the capacity of our fathers. I should be laid out after pigeon pie | anag. + I; pie2 |
| HC | J. W. Taylor | Ordinary issue of famous stock—but one pigeon’s been shaken down! | anag. incl. I; pigeon = dupe |
| HC | J. F. N. Wedge | The pigeon pie I served up did for the King after another seven had had a go! | anag. + I; pie2; ref. Aeschylus, ‘Seven Against Thebes’ and Sophocles, ‘Epigoni’ |
Runners-Up in competition 343: