Ximenes Competition No. 417 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 415 | 421 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 417 | Jan 1957 | SINECURE | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs L. Jarman | What could be nicer, with a good screw, and less use? | i.e. anag. incl. use, & lit.; screw = wages |
| Second | C. J. Morse | Established Church practice in former days, ignoring original sin | i.e. sin EC ure1, & lit. |
| Third | S. Goldie | Cushy job gives us nice change: what’s next to do being the last thing to consider! | anag. + re2 & lit. |
| HC | R. B. Adcock | Safe broken open by man in office: easy, lucrative job | in (n.) in secure |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | There’s money for jam in safe-breaking! | in in secure |
| HC | J. W. Bates | The ideal office—endless store of drinks in safe! | in(n) in secure |
| HC | C. M. Broun | I ensure country’s leader is well off | anag. incl. c, & lit.; ref. office of First Lord of the Treasury, a sinecure post |
| HC | R. N. Chignell | It could give you sure income with no end of freedom | anag. less (freed)om, & lit. |
| HC | D. Connell | At home in safe—That’s where the money is—and no worry | in in secure |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | My holder doesn’t work. Confounded curse! Must have got clogged by the end of a Woodbine | (Woodb)ine in anag.; W. cigarette |
| HC | M. S. Y. Fowler | It’s wrong to keep a scoundrel in ease, by the sound of it, but this has done it sometimes | sin + cur in ee (‘E’s’) |
| HC | V. Jennings | Jock’s after a remedy for a careless engagement! | sine3 cure |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Sounds like the man waiting in the one-and-nines—an unexacting task | ‘ciné queuer’ |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | You may have your work cut out to find such a situation: you certainly will in keeping it! | cryptic def. |
| HC | A. E. North | Held by some clergy to offend against Established Church practice of our forefathers | sin EC ure1, & lit. |
| HC | G. H. Ravenor | Beneficial rest for evil Anglo-French parson | sin E curé |
| HC | E. B. Stevens | Where there’s never any work with a Scotch to follow—that’s what Father’s after | sine3 curé & lit. |
| HC | T. G. Wellman | Pity English physician with no end in view, living with no prospect of saving | sin E cure(r) |
| HC | C. E. Williams | City district in ruins—in ruins up to the East End—office survives, but no work done | EC in anag. + E |
| HC | M. Winterbottom | In which, after meeting the cost of living, there was little opportunity for saving! | cryptic def. & lit.; i.e. saving souls |
| HC | J. S. Young | In breaking and entering make certain there is no hard labour attached to the job | in, in secure (vb.) |
Runners-Up in competition 417: