Ximenes Competition No. 36 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 35 | 37 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Oct 1946 | TARTARUS | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. L. Coats | Rather feather feather us for the opposite place! | i.e. tar tar us: ref. tarring and feathering |
| Second | I. W. Phillips | If we are here, we are no angels; so do not feather, feather us | i.e. tar tar us |
| Third | Mrs Partridge | You wilt only get us into Hell by the skin of your teeth | i.e. tartar us |
| HC | A. E. Baldwin | —— and save fuel (feathers optional), insisted the penitent witches, with the idea of getting here more quickly? | tar in Tar us |
| HC | Mrs Caithness | “Place a deposit with us” says the Fiend “and secure your future” | tartar us |
| HC | A. C. Chipperfield | The lower world finds us hanging on to the skin of our teeth | tartar us |
| HC | Miss J. E. L. Clarke | And twice feather us for under underworld? | i.e tar tar us … |
| HC | D. L. Clements | The other two separately, then Jem Johnson and me: come up from the sea—or a deep gulf? | two tars + us: ref. “We’re four jolly sailormen” from Savoy opera “A Princess of Kensington” |
| HC | J. Coleby | States contracted after dental affliction can give you worse than hell | tartar US |
| HC | Maj A. H. Giles | The Naval pair lead us at that awful final hole which, if you’re not good, gets you down | tar tar us |
| HC | S. B. Green | One small pie left? “Hell!” says the irritable person in front of us | i.e. tart on left; tartar us |
| HC | L. S. Harris | A pair of renegades back to God’s country from the other place | rat rat (rev.) US |
| HC | W. Heath | Did the Titans sing “A.B., A.B., my boy, where are you taking us now?”? | tar tar us; ref. “Aby, Aby”, popular song c. 1918. |
| HC | C. Koop | Where many a “wrong ’un” sent down down under is held in the deep | cryptic def.; realm below Hell |
| HC | C. R. Malcolm | Pit against us one too strong for us | tartar us |
| HC | Lt W. G. Marshall, RN | Hell! Start a rush for the deep and seamen go to America | hidden: tar tar US |
| HC | Maj D. P. M. Michael | Dis-establishment—Homer raised Hell over it! | cryptic def.; Dis = Pluto |
| HC | R. Postill | We expect to have to pay if we come to a low haunt like this, but we object to a deposit on the bottle | tartar us; objective of we |
| HC | H. Rainger | Double Dutch? Nether Nether Land anyway | cryptic def.; realm below Hell |
| HC | Flt Lt D. Thomas | “The Call of the Open Roads”: a play with R. A. Stuart.—Two sailors are next to us in the pit | i.e. “Tar, tar us!”; anag.; tar tar us |
| HC | J. Thomson | Very low dive, notorious for its bad spirits | cryptic def. |
| HC | Mrs Trower | When dental trouble gets us, it’s Hell (tartar us) | |
| HC | F. L. Usher | Trust a R.A. Mess to show you where the worst spirits were kept | anag. |
| HC | Rev R. J. Whitaker | Two short pitches lead us to the worst hole | tar tar us |
Runners-Up in competition 36: