Ximenes Competition No. 43 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 42 | 44 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Feb 1947 | DRESSING | normal | 18 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Rev E. B. Peel | Sauce for the goose-step? | 2 mngs.; d. = proper alignment of troops, drill (OED); pun on ‘sauce for the goose’ |
| Second | D. S. Milford | There was more for dinner in our salad days | cryptic def.; i.e. dressing for dinner was more common; salad dressing; ref. rationing |
| Third | S. B. Green | Children play me up (sauce!)—and naughty ones get me down | 3 mngs.; i.e. dressing up, dressing down |
| HC | P. E. Bugge | The costume for the Lobster Quadrille? | cryptic def. (i.e. sauce); ref. Alice in Wonderland |
| HC | H. G. Butters | Either up or down will make you smart | 2 mngs.; dressing up, dressing down; smart = fashionable, sting |
| HC | A. Buxton | Not much sauce for the Gandhi | 2 mngs.; sauce = dressing; ref. Mahatma G.’s simplicity of dress and ‘sauce for the gander’ |
| HC | A. Chipperfield | No point in starting me up if you’ve nowhere to go | cryptic def.; ref. ‘all dressed up with nowhere to go’ |
| HC | F. A. Clark | Reds sign arrangement for coming into line | anag.; d. = proper alignment of troops, drill (OED) |
| HC | G. H. Clarke | It’s girding whether it’s up or down | 2 mngs.; dressing up, dressing down; girding1,2 = clothing, beating |
| HC | D. L. L. Clarke | Going in after a big score, tail first, you need marl | D + ress-ing, i.e. ingress tail first; marl3,1 = marvel, dressing for soil |
| HC | J. H. Fuller | Makes you smart up or down | 2 mngs.; dressing up, dressing down; smart = fashionable, sting |
| HC | L. R. Huxtable | Prominent, both up and down, in salad days | 3 mngs.; dressing up, dressing down, salad dressing |
| HC | P. Irving | Daily round that makes a woman tired but happy | cryptic def.; tire3 = dress |
| HC | C. Koop | Pick me up, says the drill-sergeant, or you may get me down; I’m tiring | 3 mngs.; d. = proper alignment of troops, drill (OED); dressing down; tire3 = dress |
| HC | Mrs F. Laing | Putting on the links | double mng.; ref. golf (dressing of greens) and cuff links |
| HC | J. G. Monroe | Up on the boards, down on the mat | 2 mngs.; dressing up, dressing down; boards = stage; on the mat = reprimanded |
| HC | Rev C. Trevor | For such as like it not, “Let us alone” sounds a fitting slogan | cryptic def.; ref. nudists; i.e. ‘lettuce alone’ |
| HC | W. H. J. Wheeler | Should the recruit not pick his up, the sergeant-major would hand him one down! | 2 mngs.; d. = proper alignment of troops, drill (OED); dressing down |
No Runners-Up in competition 43