Ximenes Competition No. 66 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 65 | 67 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Xmas 1947 | CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPET | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Maj A. H. Giles | After Christmas dinner I have a nap. If completely laid out I may be under the table! | 2 cryptic defs.; nap2 |
| Second | A. C. Okell | Recipe for seasonable fare: ham, spice, stir. Served up by coloured pages with dates and chestnuts | anag. and title of periodical |
| Third | F. Wallace-Hadrill | There’s my Christmas dinner on the floor and you’re treading on it. It’s a bit thick! | turkey + carpet |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Who would be an auctioneer, with only chopped spam for his Yuletide fare? | anag. in Christie; ref. Christie’s auction house |
| HC | G. E. Borman | Had I permits and cash. I’d get something to eat | anag.; ref. rationing |
| HC | G. H. Clarke | Recipe for a seasonable favourite—mince ham, add spice and stir | anag. |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | Seasonable mixture: mince ham with spice and stir | anag. |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | Various types of feast provide rich fare and equally rich pastimes | i.e. Christmas pie (= mixed types of); anag. |
| HC | Miss J. Fraser | Stir ham, well minced, in mixed spice, for a seasonable confection | anag. |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Seasonable fare calculated to give a full Mr. Chips indigestion | anag. of a Mister Chips |
| HC | P. Irving | Rich pastimes, perhaps, though in past times much richer than to-day | anag.; ref. food rationing |
| HC | Mrs M. Kidner | Its Eastern creator made a pile, but he blued a good part of it. The result of the scarcity of it is much felt | cryptic def.; blued = dyed, squandered; i.e. without carpet, felt underlay is seen |
| HC | Mrs D. M. Kissen | The Murdered M.P.s, A. Christie—if you like to get your teeth into a good mystery, try this! | anag.; Agatha C. |
| HC | D. Marsh-Smith | Traditionally a puff pastry: take minced ham. add spice and stir | anag. |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | “Pretty flattening to the poor,” observed Dr. Spooner, who kept a first as second, preferring to see the WAACs eat with a bottle or two about | i.e. ‘patterning to the floor’; ‘back-seat with a wattle’, i.e. kept a turkey as car pet; turkeys have wattles |
| HC | H. J. Phillips | The crisis may involve a carving up of the map; a fine mix-up at this season! | anag. of the crisis map |
| HC | R. Postill | Cornered—by relative of miners’ leader? Disorganised pits scare him | anag.; ref. Arthur Horner, first Gen. Sec. of NUM, 1946, and “Little Jack H. sat in a corner” |
| HC | D. W. Reed | A source of delight, a favourite car, softly furnished, provides a basic luxury including a little petrol | Turkey car pet (= favourite); ends with pet(rol); Turkish delight |
| HC | W. O. Robertson | Not intended as a juvenile publication, but well thumbed by one small boy | title of periodical; ref. “Little Jack Horner… put in his thumb…” |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Practises ringing changes with him in timely preparation for the festival | anag. of practises him |
| HC | E. C. Semmons | Young Miners’ Leader got £100,000 out of it: a profitable corner indeed, and he’s smug about it! | cryptic def.; ref. Arthur Horner, first Gen. Sec. of NUM, 1946, and “Little Jack H. sat in a corner… pulled out a plum… what a good boy am I”; plum = £100,000 |
| HC | Miss A. C. Tatham | Add spice to ham and stir, twice, for this seasonable dish | anag.; stir as both anag. material and indicator |
| HC | A. H. Taylor | Having an after Christmas dinner nap? | cryptic def.; nap2 |
Runners-Up in competition 66: