Ximenes Competition No. 464 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 460 | 467 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 464 | Dec 1957 | STRAWED | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs N. Fisher | With Dawn’s complexion aid, beauty culture’s up to you—spread over once | dew art’s (all rev.) |
| Second | H. Rainger | Once spread on, clears skin blemishes up! | de-warts (rev.) |
| Third | J. A. Fincken | What those old broadcasters did, wearing boaters, had a decidedly corny effect! | 2 mngs; straw boaters |
| HC | D. Ashcroft | Cast perchance a crust of bread upon th’ unruly waters | anag. + (brea)d |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Steward in trouble because (like his master) he hadn’t | anag.; ref. Matt. 25:24, “thou hast not strawed” (KJV) |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Middle age spread gives rise to the first signs of decline—with noticeable protuberances! | de-warts (rev.); i.e. in middle ages |
| HC | T. E. Bell | Removes the excrescence from the superficies, so to speak, arising from scattered litter! | de-warts (rev.) |
| HC | J. M. Bennett | It’s chilly and damp in the old farmhouse which is thatched | raw in sted |
| HC | F. H. Bernard | Clytemnestra (Wednesday, Third) features old flat poetic version, rarely broadcast nowadays | hidden, a third of letters |
| HC | P. R. Clemow | Belt broken off at the end—get into double harness for middle-age spread | stra(p) wed; i.e. in middle ages |
| HC | P. Hobby | Wild oats were subjects of interest for raised brows—they’ve gone North to get married! | arts (rev.) + wed; i.e. highbrows |
| HC | Dr T. O. Hughes | Razed, in ancient use | raw in sted, & lit. |
| HC | A. L. Jeffery | The beginning of snow—cold and damp spread about—then Twickenham is this, perhaps! | s + raw in ted (vb.); straw spread on playing surface |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Spenser’s diffuse—but that’s natural in his period | raw in sted |
| HC | E. G. Phillips | What Moses did with the remains of the calf in the Sinai Desert, in brief, polluted water | anag. in S, D, & lit.; ref. Exod. 32:20, “strawed it upon the water” (KJV) |
| HC | R. Postill | You and I fiddle around: hence the Middle-Aged Spread! | we in Strad; i.e. in middle ages |
| HC | Maj J. N. Purdon | We fiddle about, the same as “The Unjust Steward,” broadcast some time ago | we in Strad, anag. |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | Although old-fashioned even in the past, this is an excellent pretext for much bowing and scraping about the royal person | (royal) we in Strad; even, vb. |
| HC | J. Thompson | Queen Elizabeth’s tossed about: steward sick | anag.; ref. Elizabeth I and liner |
| HC | A. D. Walker | Elizabethans may have said the Armada was as a result of a S.W. Trade blowing up | anag. & lit.; ref. Spanish A. scattered by storms |
Runners-Up in competition 464: