Ximenes Competition No. 90 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 89 | 91 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Nov 1948 | ROTHER | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. P. M. Michael | Stream of abuse to describe a bête noire? | 3 mngs.; river; black cattle variety |
| Second | Capt C. Tyers | In bed and progressing, though a mutilated remnant is all that’s left of her | anag. of ort + her; river-bed |
| Third | W. O. Robertson | The right of the King to represent the lower class | r o’ the R; epithet for low-er; cattle variety |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | Take a second flower from a Sussex spring rose | r other; River R. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Roaring like bulls, both sides break off relations | (b)rother(s) |
| HC | Maj P. S. Baines | In due course East passes Robert’s bridge contract and South doubles, making a wry mouth to declarer | cryptic def.; i.e. Robertsbridge, ‘Rye’, on course of river in Sussex |
| HC | W. J. Emerson | Unquestionably affluent, its banks’ fat deposits are even referred to by Shakespeare. (T. of A.) | IV.3, “lards the rother’s sides”; affluent = inflowing stream |
| HC | R. Fraser | Reminting of the gold sovereign is restricted by the banks | anag. of the or R; river |
| HC | C. B. Joyner | Perennial flower of some kind or other, useful for a border | hidden; flower = river; border of Kent and Sussex |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Like the herd “winding slowly o’er the lea,” and breaking into a run together! | i.e. Arun (river of Sussex); ref. Gray’s Elegy |
| HC | I. J. Nicholas | The head of the table up north is reduced by the bacon cut to roaring for water | Rother(ham) in 3rd Div. North, football |
| HC | G. H. Podmore | Roaring river, a bit turbulent with explosive liquid | anag. of ort + HE + r (liquid consonant) |
| HC | J. Riley | Thro’ East Riding tortuously makes its way to the sea | anag. incl. E.R.; Yorkshire river [see comments] |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Yorkshire’s tribute to the Don—given a ham at meeting | Rother(ham); tributary of River Don |
| HC | A. J. C. Saunders | Lowing to be encountered twice in coming thro’ the Rye! | hidden; two rivers R. and Rye in Sussex; song ‘Loch Lomond’ |
| HC | Mrs E. Shackleton | Encountered in “Coming thro’ the Rye”? Certainly comes pretty near! | hidden; river R. and Rye in Sussex; song ‘Loch Lomond’ |
| HC | J. E. Simpson-Jones | My bête noire horned in somehow or other, curse her | hidden, rot her; black cattle variety |
Runners-Up in competition 90: