Ximenes Competition No. 81 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 80 | 82 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Jul 1948 | CHARADE | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | L. E. Eyres | Means employed to indicate that Mr. Elton would house Miss Woodhouse | cryptic def.; ref. ‘Emma’, Ch. IX, courtship charade |
| Second | F. A. Clark | Enigmatic passage in Acts: without study, even an archdeacon is perplexed | anag. less con |
| Third | R. Postill | Puzzle: what became of the Archdeacon when he left his study? | anag. less con |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | Had, if careless, a setter’s way of worrying settees! | anag. incl. care; c. used in clues |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Wings chartered to beat blockade: some display, I guess! | i.e. char(tered … block)ade; wing vb.; ref. Berlin airlift |
| HC | Maj P. S. Baines | Technique, said Torquemada (without question quite mad), is needed for this playful puzzle | anag. less anag. of q. q. m.; [see comments] |
| HC | F. L. Constable | Archdeacon doesn’t need to memorise part to cause a riot in amateur dramatics! | anag. less con |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | The problem is hard without the ace: play may provide solution | anag. of hard ace |
| HC | J. H. Dingwail | How the “Charge of the Light Brigade” started and the end it had in view have always been a puzzle | i.e. Char(ge … Brig)ade |
| HC | P. G. W. Glare | Little publicity required in labour party action | ad in chare |
| HC | H. C. Hills | Our time in the job’s a subject for guesswork. A word in the right quarters possibly ——? | AD in chare |
| HC | Mrs D. M. Kissen | Game performance in race had all excited | anag. |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | Enigma Variation No. 1. and hard to compose | anag. incl. “C. A. E.” ; ref. Elgar, title of E.V. No. 1 |
| HC | A. R. McInroy | He takes a card and shuffles; you have to guess what it is | anag. of he a card |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Like a rebus, ‘concerning’ (Lat.) on ‘conveyance’ (abbrev.) | chara. + de; i.e. re ’bus; charabanc |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | A reactionary editor makes game of the “Daily Worker” with questionable motive | char a + ed. (rev.); ref. socialist newspaper |
| HC | A. J. C. Saunders | A liberal measure of Chartreuse with a final dash of lemonade popular at parties | Char(treuse) + (lemon)ade |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Daily Express supports Daily Worker leading article—Party leaders act | char a D.E. |
| HC | O. Carlton Smith | Care had to be taken in manoeuvring this French car to and fro, but it’s child’s play really | anag., char à de |
| HC | E. Wagstaff | Daily help wanted: East End: game to help at parties: references required | i.e. char ad + E |
Runners-Up in competition 81: