Ximenes Competition No. 67 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 66 | 68 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | Jan 1948 | SURFEIT | DLM | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. J. Collman | I will always pay excess fare if sure to be detected | excess fare |
| First | W. E. Green | I will always pay excess fare if sure that I can’t dodge it! | excess fare |
| First | S. B. Green | I will always offer excess fare if sure to be found out anyway | excess fare |
| HC | H. P. Chubb | I will always enjoy my spivic week-ends (Fri.-Tues.) to the full | to the full |
| HC | D. L. L. Clarke | I will never bluster if asked to pay excess fare | excess fare |
| HC | Mrs G. Cumper | I will never forget that enough is true fullness; too much, mere gluttony | too much |
| HC | Mrs J. Dean | I will always indulge to repletion in a partiality for Milton and such lines as P.L. iv. 248–50 | repletion; ref. Paradise Lost; lines referred to contain two mixtures of the letters of surfeit: “whose fruit” and “Fables true if” |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | I will never visit Cheddar Gorge, if what is told of the cliff is true | gorge |
| HC | J. Gibbs | I will never put too much side on if I don’t chalk my cue first | too much; ref. snooker |
| HC | C. B. Joyner | I will always chalk my cue first before trying to put on overmuch side | overmuch; ref. snooker |
| HC | W. I. N. Kessel | I will always make double sure if there’s some over bidding | some over; ref. bridge |
| HC | M. Leaf | I will never argue first before paying excess fare | excess fare |
| HC | R. Macleod | I will never pay E.P.T. without exploring every avenue first | excess (E. in the clue); EPT = excess profits tax, levied in wartime |
| HC | B. Matthews | I will always chalk my cue first and never put too much on | too much; ref. snooker |
| HC | E. L. Mellersh | I will always say “Must fire Strachey” when I can’t get more than enough to eat | more than enough; ref. John S., Min. of Food |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | I will never drink to excess (or X——s) if true merit receives no token | excess; i.e., Ximenes |
| HC | B. L. Oxley | I will always pay any excess fare due, first or third | excess fare |
| HC | A. P. O’Leary | I will never expect too much profit if sure of a pool | too much |
| HC | E. W. Padgett | I will always remember that he who puts on too much side should chalk his cue first | too much; ref. snooker |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | I will always control my dentures if eating sticky stuff | stuff |
| HC | J. A. Plowman | I will always put first things first: eupepsy before satiety | satiety |
| HC | F. Wallace-Hadrill | I will never refute Sir Stafford’s estimate of my E.P.T. | excess (E. in the clue); EPT = excess profits tax, levied in wartime; ref. Sir S. Cripps, Chancellor |
| HC | I. W. Wilson | I will never take out my dentures if encumbered with too much toffee | too much |
Runners-Up in competition 67: