Ximenes Competition No. 415 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 412 | 417 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 415 | Xmas 1956 | When the snow lay round about | Anagram | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs N. Fisher | “What laud you?” “The new-born Son” | |
| First | E. L. Mellersh | “What laud you?” “The new-born Son” | |
| First | J. J. Moore | “What laud you?” “The new-born Son” | |
| First | Capt W. H. W. Ridley | “What laud you?” “The new-born Son” | |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | U.N. troubled—on way to new hash! | |
| HC | F. Aylmer | Buy wool! Wash not underneath | |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Thaw, one unholy burst, and woe! | |
| HC | M. Bowles | We would run anyone hot baths | |
| HC | R. Brain | What sound ye, tuba, horn? Nowel! | |
| HC | A. Brookes | What! U.N. no use? Then bloody war | |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Abdul won. Where’s Anthony? Out? | ref. A. Nasser, A. Eden, Suez |
| HC | T. Dwyer | How boys word the annual tune | |
| HC | E. Gomersall | Selwyn had to woo U.N. but he ran! | S. Lloyd, Foreign Secretary |
| HC | R. N. Haygarth | Who was yonder ? That blue non-U | |
| HC | A. W. Maddocks | Haw! Beastly non-U wood-hunter! | |
| HC | C. R. Malcolm | Hearty Nowel! Hand out sub, now | |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Bounty shown on earth we laud | |
| HC | Rev R. Murray | We would run anyone hot baths | |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Oh, nurse! Who’d want to ban Yule? | |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | “What weather, boy!” “No sun, old ’un!” | |
| HC | Mrs K. Palmer | Shout! O laud thy new-born Wean! | |
| HC | Mrs E. Shackleton | Bounty shown on earth we laud | |
| HC | R. Stephenson | Would the wary sun-bathe? No, no! | |
| HC | J. G. Stubbs | Hobo (non-U, surely!) wanted thaw | |
| HC | P. J. Wagstaffe | Huh? Not now! Warble on Tuesday |
Runners-Up in competition 415: