Ximenes Competition No. 400 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 395 | 404 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | Sep 1956 | Word with 400 theme | Quatercentenary | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. Postill | A result of stirring up s-e-x in one (13) | concupiscence; anag. & lit.; x = CCCC |
| Second | C. J. Morse | The work of X in x puts all sorrows to rout (9) | crossword; anag. in CD |
| Third | S. Goldie | x years before Napoleon was beaten, a Geneva assembly settled the French hash (9) | Agincourt; a gin court; x = 400; ref. battle of A. 1415, and Waterloo 1815 |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Half the terrorists (about x) did it; his wife and children were massacred (7) | Macduff; CD in Mau (Mau) + ff; ref. Macbeth IV.3 |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | Mother’s up against x: she’s got an ’orrible temper too—all too ready to “lay on” (7) | Macduff; ma + CD + (h)uff; ref. Macbeth V.8 |
| HC | M. S. Y. Fowler | Described by Jaques (a Frenchman, of course) as “a Greek invocation” of the x spirit (7) | ducdame; du + CD + âme; ref. As You Like It II.5 |
| HC | E. Gomersall | Ah! x, you old ruddy soak! (6) | lac-dye; la + CD + ye |
| HC | S. B. Green | Miss, swallowing a x, cried “O horror! horror! horror!” (7) | Macduff; a CD in muff; ref. Macbeth II.3 |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | Steady increases in the complexity of xs are seen (12) | accrescences; anag.; x = CCCC |
| HC | H. Lyon | Half the rebel gang—about x—very loudly commanded to lead on (7) | Macduff; CD in Mau (Mau) + ff; ref. Macbeth V.8 [see comments in Slip no. 404] |
| HC | P. H. Morgan | Like that x with the rotund figure—extraordinarily large whopper of a guy! (10) | socdolager; so + CD + O + anag. |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | P.M. reveals the old man collapsed after swallowing an x (9) | MacDonald; a CD in anag.; ref. Ramsay M. |
| HC | E. C. Pattenden | Initially x, the Home Service may be got if you have only a tattered 5d. licence (5,7) | Civil Defence; anag. of five d licence; i.e. abbreviated as CD |
| HC | Maj J. N. Purdon | Though quartered in an unhealthy spot, x has got rooted here (5) | score; C in sore; i.e. quarter and square root of 400 |
| HC | C. M. Sherrell | The formula for this medicine is x o + 54 e: stir up thoroughly (3-5,3) | cod-liver oil; i.e. CD divided by o + LIV + e + roil |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | Cave! There’s a master around with a dark look—and this is where x got in a hole! (7) | Adullam; a dull + MA (rev.); ref. 1 Samuel 22, David went with 400 men to cave of A. |
| HC | D. H. Tompsett | Mr. Melancholy’s burden—universal x in the grip of a woman! (7) | ducdame; U CD in dame; ref. As You Like It II.5 |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | In the place of x young virgins an assortment of big hale jades! (6-6) | Jabesh-Gilead; anag.; ref. Judges 21:12 |
| HC | H. T. R. Twyford | “Greek invocation, to call fools into a circle.” You can get x plus a thousand in exactly (7) | ducdame; CD a M in due; ref. As You Like It II.5 |
| HC | R. A. Wells | With x in view out East, baby, it looks like the beginning of a strip-tease act! (7) | ecdysis; CD in ey(E) + sis |
| HC | H. T. Young | At rest, one year back (about) my light had shone for x (6) | Ridley; idle in yr (rev.); ref. Bishop R., “we shall … light such a candle …”, 400th anniversary of martyrdom in 1955 |
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