Ximenes Competition No. 223 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 221 | 225 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 | Mar 1953 | MELODRAME | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. E. Newlove | Popular play with surprise ending—the lost earldom comes to ME! | anag. + me, & lit.; i.e. not melodraMA |
| Second | L. E. Eyres | One could easily be made out of a Romance about Rommel | anag. of a de Rommel, & lit.; de = about in Romance (= Fr.) |
| Third | T. E. Bell | Sensation for the Gallery—Most Excellent Model destroyed—Artist involved | ME + RA in anag.; ref. to recent incident, possibly Rauschenberg’s ‘Erased de Kooning Drawing’ |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | You may find me out of date, complicated, and strongly flavoured (very), with a comfortable ending | me + anag. of old + ram + e, & lit. [see comments] |
| HC | W. C. Cartner | Lay exposed rather scantily attired, on the stage, in the old days | melod(y) ramé |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Don’t finish the cucumber! You’ll be having a bad dream next, and that would be a minor tragedy! | melo(n) + anag. |
| HC | S. B. Green | Air cut off—but the heroine’s bound! | melod(y) + ram + e, & lit.; but = butt, bound = end |
| HC | D. Hawson | This play’s the same in French, all about a lord’s entanglement | anag. in même (Fr.), & lit. |
| HC | P. Hobby | The pain returns with force—they cut me open—sensation in the theatre! | dole (rev.) + ram, all in me |
| HC | C. Koop | A piece of ham? Not for a song nowadays! | cryptic def.; ham acting; ref. high meat prices |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | Let the Tragic Muse have her head and push in a song! | Mel(pomele) + ram in ode, & lit. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | For a romantic play, give me the old mixture dressed in the old grand style | me + anag. + ramé |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | Drunk as a lord, you’ll see two of me about. Hardly a sober performance! | anag. in me, me; double vision |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | This play gets me right at the start—model goes wrong and embraces the artist | me + RA in anag. |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Mal de mer? Shocking—I’ve nothing left inside … I had the really fat part of the ham! | 0 in anag.; ham acting |
| HC | J. F. N. Wedge | Mal-de-mer? Sick with love?—Overdoing the anguish, I suggest! | anag. incl. 0 |
| HC | J. S. Young | ’Old me tight—’e’s finishing off the butter what my grandad queued for | anag. + ram + e |
Runners-Up in competition 223: