Ximenes Competition No. 100 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 99 | 101 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Apr 1949 | Word containing ADDING | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. J. Bell | Summer amongst the heather plays havoc with Nylons | laddering; adder in ling |
| First | C. E. Gates | A summer in the heather spells ruin to nylons | laddering; adder in ling |
| First | F. C. Macintosh | Nylons are likely to suffer this summer in the heather! | laddering; adder in ling |
| First | Capt C. Tyers | A summer amongst the heather is bad or the hose | laddering; adder in ling |
| HC | J. Coleby | Perhaps a five finger exercise on the piano, for extending the range of notes | padding; p + adding; e.g. notes for speech |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | Reptile lurking in rock-plant runs up lady’s leg | laddering; adder in ling |
| HC | C. D. Eagle | Much Binding takes the heir! | swaddling; cryptic def.; ref. radio comedy ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ |
| HC | Dr J. N. Fell | Take jug: add gin: mix well. That’s what X. needs for his fortnightly task | adjudging; anag.; ref. clue-writing comp. |
| HC | Maj A. H. Giles | A sovereign in the stuffing! Well! That’s a fine gesture on the part of the duck! | waddling; L (£1) in wadding |
| HC | C. H. Hudson | A snake in the heather is bad for the hose | laddering; adder in ling |
| HC | J. G. Hull | Distracted solver faces number one thousand with increasing and frantic urge | madding; mad ding, M adding |
| HC | Air Vice Marshal R. Ivelaw-Chapman | “Much Binding …” might well have made G. and S. wild | swaddling; anag.; ref. radio comedy ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ |
| HC | L. F. Johnson | Oxford (but not Cambridge) train here by not over-stuffing beforehand | Paddington; padding + not (rev.); O. trains depart from P. station |
| HC | C. Koop | Sustaining drones after inflation is enough to make Old Nick go sad! | sack-doodling; anag.; bagpipes |
| HC | J. T. Naden | Has she a stitch? This running distresses the lady | laddering; cryptic def. |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | It makes a dull finish, but I couldn’t find a happy ending! | saddening; 2 mngs.; dyeing process |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | There’s a snake in the undergrowth—it will ruin your stockings! | laddering; adder in ling |
| HC | R. Postill | Much binding on the heir? Surely not after two years? Most perplexing! | swaddling; radio comedy ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’ reached 100 episodes; i.e. …addling |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | In the heather lurks the serpent to the discomfiture of Eve | laddering; adder in ling |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Not back from the station buffet counter—still stuffing! | padding; Paddington less not (rev.); 2 defs. |
| HC | W. H. Thorne | Preaching to your ball, found in some churned up sand ridges? | addressing; anag.; golf |
| HC | F. L. Usher | Restorative occupation for citizens found in the morning dead drunk | roadmending; anag. |
| HC | L. D. Wakely | Exasperating! One whole sex, absorbed in Ximenes, twisted with calculation! | maddening; anag. of men adding |
| HC | J. F. N. Wedge | Knave hand to beat joker | Jack-pudding; Jack pud ding |
Runners-Up in competition 100: