Ximenes Competition No. 175 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 174 | 176 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Sep 1951 | HAIR-LINE | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs J. H. C. Lawlor | Women make up to me, though I may be stringy and thin and a bit worn | 2 mngs. |
| Second | A. E. Smith | With the thin-faced type the slightest thing leads to a row | hair line; typography |
| Third | Mrs A. M. Osmond | How an aspiration to publish a verse is achieved by a stroke of the pen! | h + air + line; aspirated consonant |
| HC | A. C. Angel | Use of this uppish stroke may well result in a catch | 2 mngs; fishing line |
| HC | J. P. Bowyer | If you’re worried because it’s receding, it may he kept in sight with a telescope | 2 mngs.; gun-sight |
| HC | D. L. L. Clarke | HKLM: a tenuous clue? It depends on the angle | i.e. H airline; fishing line |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Hard to the boundary via the air! What the scribes might call an “uppish stroke”! | H air line |
| HC | S. B. Green | One of the near-Euclidean lines having common planes? | h-airline; i.e. common pron. of ‘airline’ |
| HC | L. W. Jenkinson | Stroke looks very thin, but is not liable to catch crabs | 2 mngs; fishing line, rowing |
| HC | E. W. Lee | It’s slightly marked; has it been used for playing darts? | 2 mngs.; fishing line; darts = dace |
| HC | C. J. Morse | One wants a good fly on the end of this | i.e. ends with airline, & lit.; fishing line |
| HC | A. P. O’Leary | A fine stroke, W. G. excelled in it; Plum less so | 2 mngs.; ref. cricketers W. G. Grace (bearded) and ‘Plum’ Warner (bald) |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | Providing a fine connection between two points is, of course, the aspiration of the Airways Co. | h-airline; i.e. aspirated pron. of ‘airline’ |
| HC | J. H. Sleeman | I’m in a Dutch air liner giving a bearing for the Hook | hidden; fishing line; H. of Holland |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Spooner takes a catch from this uppish stroke, made very fine, by Parker | 2 mngs.; angler using spoon bait, P. pen, cricketers Reggie S. and Charlie P. |
| HC | E. B. Stevens | Looks thin and drawn. Could it be the parting? | 2 mngs. |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | What to keep on to be cool by the equator; if you cast it, you may catch something! | hair + line; ‘keep your h. on’; fishing line |
Runners-Up in competition 175: