Ximenes Competition No. 87 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 86 | 88 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Oct 1948 | SISKIN | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | A. R. Fraser | Among St. Francis of Assisi’s kindred | hidden, & lit. |
| Second | Miss E. Pritchard | Peel is used for stuffing the rooster | is in skin |
| Third | L. W. Jenkinson | Bob’s your uncle, maybe, Dicky | s is kin; s = shilling; dicky bird |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | Sliced? Bob’s your uncle, perhaps—with a close run-up—you’ll get a birdie | s is kin; s = shilling |
| HC | D. Ashcroft | I wingéd? I hide on Sunday, while my family sings loudly in church! | S I skin; f in Ch = finch |
| HC | F. A. Clark | A little brother of St. Francis in Assisi’s kindergarten | hidden |
| HC | F. L. Constable | Sinks one (not very calmly) for a birdie! | anag. incl. I |
| HC | F. S. Danks | Tragedy for an actor; misses the bus; little sister goes on instead and gets the bird | sis for bus in buskin |
| HC | T. J. Dinan | Travel swiftly downhill in direct violation of the law, and get the bird! | ski in sin |
| HC | Mrs D. M. D’Eath | A diminutive connection, relatively speaking, of Assisi’s kindhearted Saint | hidden |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | If the bird shows itself on Sunday I must be in the hide | I S in skin; S.=Sunday |
| HC | C. C. M. Giffin | Occupied a place in S. Francis of Assisi’s kind heart—a bird divine, we hear! | hidden; ‘aberdevine’ |
| HC | S. B. Green | A layer of bark is grafted in | is in skin |
| HC | C. B. Joyner | In this crisis kindness “gets the bird” from Russia | hidden; winter migrant; ref. Berlin blockade |
| HC | A. F. Lerrigo | Relations at the end of a crisis rest on a firm footing | (cri)sis + kin; perching birds |
| HC | Mrs J. Morris | Planner changes his pounds into shillings and perches | s for L in Silkin; Lewis S., Min. of Town and Country Planning in 1948 |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Bird is breaking cover—a bird divine? | is in skin; ‘aberdevine’ |
| HC | G. H. Podmore | Girl-friend gives you the bird in front of the family: sounds like she’s in the wrong | sis + kin, ‘ski’ (pron. ‘she’) in sin |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | My sister has got the “King’s Head” in the main part of Finchley and is often seen behind the bars | sis K in; Finch(ley); caged bird |
| HC | J. A. Stafford | Part of the charm of hedgerows is kin to brambling | hidden; charm= flock of finches |
| HC | W. H. Victory | Noted denizen of St. Francis of Assisi’s kingdom | hidden, & lit. |
| HC | L. C. Wright | Being airworthy, is about to take off | is (rev.) + skin |
Runners-Up in competition 87: