Ximenes Competition No. 626 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 624 | 630 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 626 | Jan 1961 | WOMAN-TIRED | normal | 15 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. O. Butcher | Yesterday was too mild to wear trousers, to-day seems too gusty for skirts: that’s Eve with clothes! | woman + tired (= clothed); gusty = irritable, skirts = women |
| Second | L. S. Pearce | A worm, I tend to be upset, once under attack from a bird | anag. |
| Third | S. Holgate | Skirt fitted with metal hoop was cramped by petticoats | woman tired; tire2 |
| HC | J. W. Bates | How husbands were once perhaps harshly trained by a good proportion of women? | wom(en) + anag., & lit. |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | If Queen Bess had had a husband, he might have been—and so might the matron I wed | anag. |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | Cut up and truly blue, like poor Dr. Proudie | mow (rev.) + anti-red; ref. Barchester Chronicles |
| HC | Mrs E. Franklin | De worm ain’t turned, but Petruchio did when he was | anag.; ref. Taming of the Shrew |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Like Mr. Weller Senior, yielding to masculine inwader | anag. incl. m.; ref. Pickwick Papers |
| HC | Dr J. Mainwaring | Once rated well, now I’m rated badly | anag.; rate2 |
| HC | W. H. Pegram | This blasted word meant I was hen pecked! | anag. |
| HC | B. G. Quin | I wed Matron with turbulent disposition, like Mr. Bumble! | anag.; ref. David Copperfield |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Caudle was extraordinarily warm—no diet for a wife feeling the effects of labour! | anag.; ref. ‘Mrs C.’s Curtain Lectures’ by D. Jerrold |
| HC | J. A. L. Sturrock | This meant having great difficulty getting word in with mate! | anag. & lit. |
| HC | J. Ward | How Katharine the Sixth kept her husband in tow made King ridiculous to see! | anag. incl. R. & lit.; ref. Katharine Parr |
| HC | M. Woolf | Mr. Bumble was so dame-worn—it hurt! | anag. & lit.; ref. David Copperfield |
Runners-Up in competition 626: