Ximenes Competition No. 192 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 191 | 193 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | May 1952 | WATSON | normal | 18 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. H. Gawler | Eyes had I,—and saw not | anag.; ref. Holmes’ remark to W., “You see but you do not observe” in ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ |
| Second | G. A. Shoobridge | Suggests hare for lunch, having helped to jug a good many | i.e. wat’s on; wat2; jug = jail |
| Third | J. W. Bates | Fifty years ago I appeared in the Strand in some intriguing shorts—was not a bit embarrassed! | anag.; ref. Sherlock H. short stories in Strand Magazine |
| HC | T. Bilsborough | Medical institution in the old Strand was not rebuilt | anag.; ref. Sherlock H. short stories in Strand Magazine |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Was not, one might infer, the recipient of an elementary education | anag.; “Elementary, my dear W.” |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | D’you hear what play’s running? What a chorus! Quite Boeotian—M.D., in fact! | ‘what’s on’; for W. as chorus see R. A. Knox ‘Essays in Satire,’ pp. 163-4 |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | A change from Town’s a Doctor’s prescription. Would he approve of Hastings? | anag.; ref. Poirot’s friend in A. Christie stories |
| HC | S. Goldie | Wasn’t worried by a duck: he was quite handy for Lord’s and had a little quiet practice | anag. incl. 0; ref. proximity of Baker St to Lord’s cricket ground, medical practice |
| HC | R. M. Grace | Elementary analysis of cipher wasn’t enough for the stormy petrel of crime | anag. incl. 0; ref. Holmes’ description of W. in ‘The Naval Treaty’ |
| HC | Mrs M. Henderson | “The start of war at once leads to the end of reason”—Ex-Army Doctor | w + at + (rea)son; ref. W.’s career as army surgeon |
| HC | F. G. Illingworth | In many cases, despite practice, was not a little bewildered | anag.; ref. W.’s limited powers of reasoning, medical practice |
| HC | L. W. Jenkinson | This doctor is notoriously dear, but no sickness returns when he is employed | no staw (rev.); “my dear W.”; staw (obs.) = disgust |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | The first character in whodunits to get badly sat on | w + anag., & lit. |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | He played the recorder and second fiddle, but seldom practised | cryptic defs.; refs. to W.’s role as biographer and dogsbody to Holmes; i.e. practised medicine |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Wasn’t subtle about a cipher | 0 in anag.; ref. W.’s limited powers of reasoning |
| HC | R. Postill | As a change from the homes of patients I often tried the reverse, so to speak! | cryptic def.; i.e. tried ‘patience of Holmes’; ref. W.’s limited powers of reasoning |
| HC | Sgt J. S. Rioch | The cipher wasn’t involved. Even he could have broken it down | anag. incl. 0; ref. W.’s limited powers of reasoning |
| HC | Mrs D. H. Williams | Does offspring run with the hare? Yes, and together they hunt with the hound | wat2 + son; ref. occasional use of Toby the bloodhound |
Runners-Up in competition 192: