Ximenes Competition No. 47 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 46 | 48 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Mar 1947 | GLOCKENSPIEL | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. W. Melluish | Sounds like Bellman’s or Ringwood’s instrument—especially after clog-dance | anag. of clog + ‘kens Peel’; ref. song ‘John Peel’, “Ranter and Ringwood and Bellman and True” |
| Second | S. B. Green | Instrument for peeling locks (with or without keys) | anag. |
| Third | P. H. Taylor | Instrument for peeling locks—keys or no keys | anag. |
| HC | H. Chown | Included in Irving (Berlin) repertoire? | i.e. Glocken Spiel (Ger.) = bells play; ref. ‘The Bells’, noted success of Henry I., actor; I. Berlin, composer; |
| HC | B. C. Davies | Sounds as if the General (who’s about 50) knows the sound of this, and of John’s horn | L in GOC + kens + ‘peal’ and ‘Peel’; ref. song ‘John Peel’ |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | You may get sick of this instrument and its long peel | anag. of sick, long, peel |
| HC | J. M. Doulton | Sloping cleek? An instrument for bell-play, perhaps, but not for ball-play! | anag.; Ger. for bell-play; golf club |
| HC | M. Ebbage | Musical “Rape of the Sleeping Lock” | anag.; ref. “The Rape of the Lock”, A. Pope |
| HC | E. H. Evans | Strike me! Sound results from simply sloping cleek obliquely! | anag., golf club |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | Instrument which always has a lock, but not always a key | cryptic def.; lock hidden |
| HC | G. A. Hornsby | Suitable instrument for spread of Lincke gospel | anag.; Paul L., composer |
| HC | F. P. Hussey | The playing of bells results in disturbed sleeping when the lock is on the inside | lock in anag. |
| HC | Mrs M. Koop | Hit on the right way of spelling ecko—you can make it sound as a bell | anag. |
| HC | R. Macleod | Nosegay of College pinks, not necessarily for the Master of Caius | anag.; ref. Cambridge college pron. ‘keys’ |
| HC | A. M. Osmund | Bars but no beer in the “Ring o’ Bells” | wooden bars of g. |
| HC | Mrs Partridge | “The Bells” as played by Berlin (not Irving) | i.e. Glocken Spiel (Ger.) = bells play; ref. ‘The Bells’, noted success of Henry I., actor; I. Berlin, composer |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Instrument giving a blurred ecko (extremely wild spelling) | anag. |
| HC | R. C. Reeves | Percussion instrument which produces a muffled “clonk” in the finale of Till Eulenspiegel | anag. of clonk, spiegel |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Might be used for a fantasia on “Gospel Bells,” if the bells were nickel | i.e. anag. of gospel, nickel |
| HC | J. F. Smith | Played by Teddy at the Braunhaus? | cryptic def.; ref. T. Brown, xylophonist, d.1946; Nazi Party HQ, Munich |
No Runners-Up in competition 47