Ximenes Competition No. 106 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 105 | 107 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | Jun 1949 | HELIOTROPE | normal | 14 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. E. Sanders | I laid into the slave with a rope end for making a bloomer | I in helot + rope |
| Second | A. H. Taylor | I’m covered with red spots and my head turns—due to the sun—or cherry pie? | cryptic defs; cherry-pie = the common garden heliotrope |
| Third | R. Postill | The poor lie ill—but surely not in an apple-pie bed? | anag.; flower bed; h. thought to smell of apple pie |
| HC | D. Ambler | Ambassador leads labour rising—cable in Mirror; (or is it just a plant?) | HE, toil (rev.), rope; 2 defs., heliograph and plant |
| HC | T. E. Caton | The poor lie may be caused by a stone | anag.; ref. bad lie in golf |
| HC | F. L. Constable | This is hard work, going up 20 feet of quartz! | h.e. (hoc est), + toil (rev.) + rope |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | You tell me they report oil, eh? We can use some of that for turning into scent | hidden (rev.) |
| HC | H. C. Hills | Jasper spots the mineral, but he has to work back twenty feet to get it! | he + toil (rev.) + rope; see bloodstone |
| HC | L. F. Johnson | Almost all report oil, eh? Then get the plant fixed up | hidden (rev.) |
| HC | C. Koop | A signaller in peril, he too can make a bloomer mixing up red with blue | anag. of peril he too; 2 defs., see heliograph |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | Signalling device salvaged from a small observation post on the Loire | anag. of OP the Loire; see heliograph |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Hue and cry after Persephone of the North, if you get the figure of speech | io following Hel + trope |
| HC | A. P. O’Leary | Pica Cerasina: variety of Ohio petrel: green with red spots | anag.; Pica Cerasina jocularly = cherry pie; pica = magpie = pie, cerasus (L.) = cherry tree |
| HC | P. H. Taylor | The poor lie, in the rough, may give cause for momentary reflection | anag.; ref. bad lie in golf; see heliograph |
Runners-Up in competition 106: