Ximenes Competition No. 941 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 936 | 945 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 941 | Feb 1967 | HYPODERMIC | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. Postill | Despondency, Reichenbach’s effect, unsolved crime … could have led Holmes to this. | hyp od1 + anag., & lit., ref. R. Falls, H.’s supposed death; hyp = hypochondria |
| Second | E. M. Hornby | Jabber and do my cipher wrong? This seldom helps to win a prize. | anag., 2 defs.; ref. doping, racing and Playfair |
| Third | R. R. Greenfield | Junkies resort to this imaginary illness and take in perplexed medico | hyp + r in anag.; hyp = hypochondria |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | It could get you drugged, perverted into horrific vile crime | dopy (rev.) in H + anag., & lit.; H, film classification |
| VHC | J. W. Bates | It could soothe Holmes’s head, bewildered over strange crime | dopy (rev.) in H + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | Compiling my cipher do I needle some queer people?—Well, sometimes | anag.; i.e. ill and not ill |
| VHC | V. A. R. Cooper | It could make me chirpy injected with force | od1 in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | I make many a patient shout: Cor! My soft hide’s bruised | anag. incl. p |
| VHC | W. E. Green | Do my cipher incorrectly and you will get the needle | anag.; ref. Playfair |
| VHC | Sir S. Kaye | It could make me rich introducing narcotic around | dopy (rev.) in anag. |
| VHC | Capt G. Langham | To depress with chemical action before unravelling crime. This was Holmes’s method | hyp OD + anag.; hyp = hypochondria |
| VHC | A. F. Lerrigo | A shot, perhaps, something to fix the copper before risky crime | hypo d. + anag. |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | Dormice in poor shape after mumps—must be shot | hyp + anag.; hyp = hypochondria, mumps = melancholy |
| VHC | H. S. Mason | Crack my cipher do, before you get the needle | anag.; ref. Playfair |
| VHC | Mrs E. McFee | This drug can produce morbid depression, perturbed Medical Officer cried | hyp + anag. incl. MO; hyp = hypochondria |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | If poor dope is removed from this, it’ll make him cry | anag. of dope him cry, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Drug-taking is often the basic force linking depression with random crime | od1 in hyp + anag., & lit.; hyp = hypochondria |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | It can produce melancholy, perverse activity, and a variety of crime. | hyp + do (rev.) + anag., & lit.; hyp = hypochondria |
| VHC | C. Quin | Drug to depress, with strange force, before kinky crime | hyp od1 + anag., & lit.; hyp = hypochondria |
| VHC | N. E. Sharp | Agent for developing introduction of drugs leading to crime in a way | hypo + d + anag. |
| VHC | S. Sondheim | My rich dope is dispersed in solution | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. H. Taylor | Crack my cipher, do; it’s an acute vehicle for transmitting a solution | anag.; ref. Playfair |
| VHC | J. Torrington | Do do my cipher—my addicts will get the point | anag.; ref. Playfair |
HCs in competition 941 awarded to: