Ximenes Competition No. 202 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 201 | 203 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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202 | Sep 1952 | SPALPEEN | normal | 19 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | Mrs L. Jarman | Naughty type of Limerick | cryptic def. |
Second | D. J. Furley | Mike gone wrong—circuit’s out of order: quiet—must he a short even now | anag. of lap’s + p + e’en |
Third | P. M. Coombs | What a mischievous party! I need a nap! (Sleep to make up) | anag. |
HC | E. C. Bingham | Seen swallowing a mouth organ! Would he be after uttering false notes? | palp in seen |
HC | A. J. Bisset | Rogue who gives you a nasty slap with the business end of a hammer | anag. + peen |
HC | J. A. Blair | The black sheep defiles the pen with a lapse | anag. |
HC | Dr A. J. Entwistle | Some monkey’s left untidy peel spread about! | anag. in span |
HC | J. A. Fincken | Blighter of apples split half open | anag. + (op)en |
HC | A. R. M. Hooper | Seen about friend Patrick denying a fraud? He’s no broth of a boy! | pal + P(a trick), all in seen; see ‘broth of a boy’ in C |
HC | L. W. Jenkinson | Rip finds a disturbed nap sleep enough | anag. |
HC | C. Koop | Wanted—Cork limb. Would exchange for apples—New England variety | anag. incl. NE; limb = imp |
HC | E. W. Padgett | Undesirable character from Limerick “There once was a hoary old tory” | cryptic def.; orig. mng. of tory |
HC | E. R. Prentice | This rascal gets a friend to start the puzzles in Sunday Observers! | pal + p, all in S een |
HC | E. J. Rackham | Limerick version of a mischievous fellow of Birmingham? | cryptic def.; ref. George A. B.’s, Irish stories |
HC | A. Robins | The Knave of Spuds! | cryptic def. |
HC | T. E. Sanders | No proper sleep and a disturbed nap mean I am good for nothing | anag. |
HC | Rev H. M. Springbett | Was the Irish broth bad or was it the baked apples en surprise? Both! | anag.; see ‘broth of a boy’ in C |
HC | L. E. Thomas | One has a bit of spurt with a good mount—even in the Irish Sweep! | sp(urt) alp e’en; sweep (sl.) = blackguard |
HC | A. J. Young | Stewed apples and a pinch of cayenne are the ingredients for this unsavoury Irish pickle! | anag. incl. (cayen)ne |
Runners-Up in competition 202: