Ximenes Competition No. 52 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 51 | 53 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Jun 1947 | RATION | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | A. E. Smith | Tranio, disguised, offers a thin and slender pittance | anag.; ref. The Taming of the Shrew IV.4.61 |
| Second | Miss D. W. Taylor | Tranio’s “thin and slender pittance” possibly? | anag.; ref. The Taming of the Shrew IV.4.61 |
| Third | L. E. Eyres | To exceed this allowance by a bare fraction is a sin | aberration is anag. of bare ration |
| HC | M. Anderson | It’s on the cards that it may turn to rain | anag.; ref. ration cards |
| HC | Inst Capt J. Camp | We are now having an unusually large —— of sunshine; it might easily turn to rain | anag. |
| HC | T. H. Cubitt | Was the Food Minister’s speech guillotined? | oration with head removed; F. M. responsible for rationing |
| HC | C. B. Daish | Not air? It’s confoundedly like it, nowadays | anag.; ref. cuts in rations due to harsh winter of 1946/1947 |
| HC | Mrs D’Eath | It’s about to rain: a lot maybe, but it never seems quite enough! | anag. |
| HC | T. C. Fitzpatrick | Food supply in a parlous state—and Ontario’s added nothing to it! | Ontario is anag. of ration 0; ref. food shortages due to harsh winter of 1946/1947 and Canadian aid |
| HC | G. Kerr | Expect nothing more than this meagre portion for the spit | expectoration less expect o |
| HC | R. H. Lemon | Shows how guns may change into butter, amongst other things | RA + anag. of into; ref. Nazi slogan: “Guns make us strong, butter makes us fat”; butter was rationed |
| HC | R. C. Macfarlane | The Ministry’s name for the fair bit which is calculated to turn to rain | anag.; Min. of Food |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | A bit drawn out, but a speech is nothing without it | cryptic def.; oration less 0 |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Worship without fuss has its points | adoration less ado; ref. points system of rationing |
| HC | E. G. Phillips | A daily allowance, served out at ten in the Navy? | at 10 in RN |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | Hardly enough sometimes: but you add nothing to it by making a speech | 0 plus ration gives oration |
| HC | W. O. Robertson | An ’opeless method of working an allotment | operation less ope |
| HC | J. F. Smith | Mr. Strachey can add nothing to it. but he’ll make a speech! | 0 plus ration gives oration; ref. John Strachey, Min. of Food 1946-1950 |
| HC | Miss R. Speight | “Much ado” this for Strachey? It ’ud take a bold ’un to say so! | ado plus ration gives adoration; ‘rash ’un’; ref. John Strachey, Minister of Food 1946-1950 |
| HC | A. M. W. Wood | The rump-fed sailor’s wife could get away from this | anag. of aroint: ref. Macbeth I.3.7, “‘Aroint thee, witch!’ the rump-fed ronyon cries" |
Runners-Up in competition 52: