Ximenes Competition No. 473 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 469 | 477 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | Feb 1958 | LISSOME | Printer’s Devilry | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. L. Hayward | If Adam se/ek, eternal Eve merely waits to be revealed | |
| Second | R. Postill | Displaying a woolly brain, am I? Stra/w hat, no nude poses … a nice girl! | mistral, non-U; Riviera |
| Third | F. E. Newlove | James, Sid, o/r Seth (’e’s the favourite)? No—Wal! As for Cecil … | Somerset; ref. James I |
| HC | R. S. Allen | Hel/p his top? He leans: he tries to avoid falling | Mephistophelean |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Whatever is a stra/w hat veiled for? Plain folk! | |
| HC | C. M. Broun | A dea/th in gin—which no party should be without! Bar gains! | |
| HC | O. B. Chedzoy | Cooking eggs on freeze tab/lets cheap in half a second | bliss! Omelets; ZETA fusion reactor, 1957 |
| HC | D. L. L. Clarke | No-one cal/m or able has be the subject of a post-mortem! | ref. bridge |
| HC | T. E. Faber | Do be careful with the wine-stoup—set a glass. Fu/ssy! | |
| HC | J. Gill | Ach! A pe/w here for one to rest awhile and pray | |
| HC | B. J. Iliffe | Although I love custard tarts—topping! A face, fu/ssy! | |
| HC | F. G. Illingworth | Hel/p! Arson! Sex! Plain unadulterated horror! | |
| HC | Capt G. Langham | An unlawful dea/th in Ganymede’s pots | Mede |
| HC | M. B. Mellroy | A far/thing for a Scotsman’s tea | farl |
| HC | H. Morgan | Anybody that’s a stra/w-hat—like Hamlet’s father! | astral = ethereal |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Winnie there be/llowed, “Now he’s less Puck than Prospero!” | ref. Winston Churchill |
| HC | G. M. Neighbour | I love reading romances—so far, no/body after my own heart! | Jeffrey Farnol, romantic novelist |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | Explorer’s signa/l—odious to us people—sears | ref. Explorer 1, USA’s first satellite |
| HC | H. C. S. Perry | This new ear/thing of a live wire—Hell!—Wake the house up! | House of Lords |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | Don’t consider marriage! B/lanch! ’oly matrimony, as the misogynist might address it | “O melancholy …” |
| HC | A. Robins | Take a spoon for the M.O., lass; ’e’s junior—ah—and fu/ssy | |
| HC | G. J. S. Ross | Isn’t the Maj/or a Tory, promoting institution! | Majlis … oratory |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | You may find (wearing no five inch) a ne/w hat expensive, but how alluring! | Chanel No. 5 |
| HC | J. G. Stubbs | She’s a shady sports girl, a Mary, l/onely. C.I.D. ask news lightly | Amaryllis; ref. ‘Lycidas’ by Milton |
| HC | R. I. Sutherland | A good bal/m or a bled ear encourages unwilling deb’s mother | |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | Forgiving one stumb/le, ’tis divine! | omelet |
| HC | B. C. Wedgbury | “If you want to, get Pa into department ho/use,” suggested the pharmacist | menthol |
| HC | S. G. Weston | You call him Lucifer. i.e. B/old Nick | Eblis |
| HC | J. B. Widdowson | Calling a sputnik a stra/w hat—misleading! |
Runners-Up in competition 473: