Ximenes Competition No. 93 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 92 | 94 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Jan 1949 | BUMBLE-PUPPY | normal | 15 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. E. Newlove | Rookies’ irregular use of pack, frowned on by Battle School | cryptic def.; pack of cards; recruits, tyros; ref. Charles Lamb essay ‘Mrs. Battle’s Opinions on Whist’ |
| Second | L. E. Thomas | Game rounded up by inexperienced dog may spoil drive | bumble puppy, 2 defs.; whist drive |
| Third | C. Allen Baker | “The law is a ass,” he said, joining the youth contemptuously in unruly game | Bumble puppy; ref. Mr B. in Oliver Twist, ch. 51 |
| HC | R. D. Binnie | Whist! Here’s a B.E.P. pump; buy fifty regardless of the rules | anag. of B.E.P. pump, buy, L; British Empire Petroleum Co.; petrol rationing |
| HC | F. S. Danks | First called “Twist!”; then uppish because 21 and under. But the game’s not vingt-et-un | Bumble + puppy; Mr B. gave Oliver Twist his name |
| HC | C. P. Grant | It’s a poor sort of game to set the petty tyrant on the under-dog | Bumble + puppy; ref. Mr B. in Oliver Twist |
| HC | S. B. Green | Battle doubtless fought strenuously; clubs, etc., employed ad lib | cryptic def.; ref. Charles Lamb essay ‘Mrs. Battle’s Opinions on Whist’; disorganised game |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | The unruly rabbit’s tricky game: get the full pack out! | cryptic def.; rabbit = inferior golfer; ref. whist (game of tricks); pack of cards |
| HC | Mrs F. Laing | It’s a silly game running my two pubs with only one cockney help! | anag. of my, pub, pub, ’elp |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | If baby’s bread and butter sandwiches be plum jam, I suggest only half a round | anag. of be plum inside ‘buppy’; game of 9 holes |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Just the game, Alice might have thought, for the busy bee that delights to bark and bite | i.e. bumble (bee) puppy; ref. flamingo croquet in ‘A. in Wonderland’ |
| HC | A. H. Taylor | Game laws suspended:—the work of a petty, dogged Jack-in-office | i.e. Bumble, followed by a dog; ref. Mr B. in Oliver Twist |
| HC | P. H. Taylor | Unruly behaviour at table might spoil one’s best suit! | cryptic def. |
| HC | F. L. Usher | One who wished for a clear fire would surely have preferred poker to this game! | cryptic def.; ref. Mrs Bumble in Oliver Twist |
| HC | J. S. Young | Born humble (says Heep—a conceited fellow none the less), I’m not allowed in the best clubs | b, ’umble, puppy; ref. Uriah H.; bridge clubs, etc. |
Runners-Up in competition 93: