Ximenes Competition No. 634 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 630 | 638 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 634 | Mar 1961 | BEDSTEAD | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Morse | To lie still is not enough here; both sides of the sheet must be tucked in | be + s(hee)t in dead, & lit. |
| Second | D. P. M. Michael | Une sainte interrompt un juron irlandais (et lit!) | Ste. in bedad; lit (Fr.) = bed |
| Third | T. W. Melluish | Theological graduate, seated drunk within, will have a ticking off, if discovered | anag. in BD; ticking = mattress |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Trim the d—— debates! That will get us off the floor for a rest | anag. |
| HC | Lt Col P. S. Baines | Layers spread about one should not be left the wrong way | beds + a in ted, & lit. |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Support for lying misconstruction put on debs’ date! | anag. & lit. |
| HC | G. P. Goddard | Outcome of possible debate about pence and shillings could be a nightmare situation | d. s. in anag.; ref. decimal coinage proposal |
| HC | S. Goldie | Support needed for all-night session, with stormy debates going on to the beginning of daylight | anag. + d |
| HC | J. W. Greenwood | All asleep, bar one, on the farm. That’s why there’s couch there. | (a)bed + stead; couch-grass |
| HC | F. H. W. Hawes | It’s a frame-up, to support under-cover lying, the wool perhaps drawn over one’s eyes! | cryptic def. |
| HC | N. Haycraft | Sort of layer farm will give something to roost on | bed stead |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | What our forebears—and we—put so much down on | double mng.; eiderdown |
| HC | Capt G. Langham | Complex debates drift without a division; what the M.P. longs for! | anag. + d(rift); rift = division |
| HC | Mrs H. M. Latham | Rests a beverage drinker’s head | beds tea + d, & lit. |
| HC | H. Lyon | Not precisely best dead poet’s wife received | anag. & lit.; ref. Shakespeare’s bequest to Anne Hathaway |
| HC | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | Setting for the Dream, showing Bottom on set, pixilated, with a donkey’s head | bed + anag. + a + d; ref. MND |
| HC | J. Martin | Girl coming out in reverse where another might be, where people often are flat out | deb (rev.) + stead |
| HC | Mrs E. McFee | Help! Get a copper in! I could give the burglar a hiding, but it would be beneath me | d. in bestead; hiding under bed |
| HC | J. J. Moore | Could Queen Elizabeth have slept here? Half the “beth” is missing from the sign and the date’s wrong | be(th) + d.s. + anag.; del segno, music |
| HC | M. Newman | The politicians’ desire, if troubled debates go on to the start of day | anag. + d, & lit. |
| HC | L. S. Pearce | Beside which may be found good little chap immersed in prayer before the day | St in bede + a. d., & lit. |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | Unruly debates ending with the start of dawn—better take it to the House! | anag. + d, & lit. |
| HC | A. Robins | The minimum offer of a pension on retirement? | cryptic def.; pension = boarding-house |
| HC | R. E. Scraton | Prescription charge hotly debated on both sides—we’ll be here all night! | s. in anag.; one shilling prescription charge |
| HC | Miss B. Smoker | Love-making base? Deb’s date is thunder-struck! | anag. |
| HC | H. J. Snelgar | Type of layer on a farm under which old maids peer anxiously | bed stead |
Runners-Up in competition 634: