Ximenes Competition No. 451 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 447 | 456 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | Sep 1957 | MEGAPODE | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | S. B. Green | I put out the clutch on a hill, and a small boy in the way beats a retreat! | page2 (rev.) in mode |
| Second | N. C. Dexter | Having big feet, I’m an upholder of long dresses coming back into fashion | page2 (rev.) in mode |
| Third | Mrs N. Fisher | I lay down under being labelled a backward boy in form | page2 (rev.) in mode |
| HC | F. AyImer | In this game dope is freely used: it should get the bird from the Mound | anag.; ref. stand at Lord’s |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Get me sitting on a loaded shell in a mass of earth? Not this bird! | me + a pod in Ge, & lit.; m. does not sit on eggs |
| HC | P. C. Barclay | I make myself a crevice in a hill, and then lay | me gap ode, & lit. |
| HC | C. O. Butcher | Cause (and effect) of a mouldy dome incorporating a modicum of egg-space | e(gg) gap in anag., & lit. |
| HC | C. E. Gates | I may be found making a rough dome round a vacant spot—the start of an eggery | gap in anag. + e, & lit. |
| HC | Dr T. O. Hughes | English dollar deficit is in a state. I’ve got my nest-egg in the Bank of Australia | E gap in mode |
| HC | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | Mo.-ped., crazy with age, gets a flying start from Shell | anag.; m. can fly from moment of hatching |
| HC | E. L. Mellersh | Indigenous Australian with distant relations in Surrey thinks the Mound ought to be on the Oval | cryptic def.; m. lays eggs in a mound, related to grouse, etc.; ref. stand at Lord’s |
| HC | J. J. Moore | At a Victorian hen-party it would not be unusual to see me break into song | me gap ode; gap vb. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | You’ll find me with a fabricated hatching-place in the earth (Greek form of name) | me + a pod in Ge, & lit.; pod = silk cocoon |
| HC | M. Rich | A device for holding one’s skirts back in fashion—to show what big feet one’s got? | page2 (rev.) in mode |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | May, one that’s full of beans perhaps and leader of England, is sure to make a pile in Australia | Meg a pod E; Meg = May, see Names in C. |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | I give the undeveloped egg a parking-place in a queerly-constructed dome | eg(g) a P in anag., & lit. |
| HC | K. C. Slater | Layer who makes a pile from backing perfect specimen against animal without feet | gem (rev.) + apode |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | This bird’s egg’s beginning to crack inside a sort of dome | e(gg) gap in anag., & lit. |
| HC | J. B. Sykes | You’ll find a shell, perhaps, amid old earth assembled by me | me + a pod in Ge, & lit. |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | One of the sort you see down under, making a pile in the dope game | anag.; 2 mngs. of down under |
Runners-Up in competition 451: