Ximenes Competition No. 33 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 32 | 34 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Sep 1946 | TAMBERS | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. L. Usher | Sound qualities of English character can be discerned even in Mr. Bates (O Twist) | anag.; ref. character in ‘Oliver Twist’ |
| Second | T. E. Sanders | Rest a doctor ordered for its tonic qualities | anag. of rest a MB |
| Third | F. E. Newlove | A rest and M. & B. have latent tonic qualities | anag. of a rest M B; ref. May & Baker medicines |
| HC | I. Cheyne | Qualities of the cor anglais? | cryptic def.; i.e. anglicisation of ‘timbres’ |
| HC | H. E. Elphick | Would not be appreciated by a doctor when his rest is disturbed | anag. of a MB rest |
| HC | Miss J. Fry | Is the musician in tears upset because these offend his ear? | anag. incl. B.M. (Bachelor of Music) |
| HC | S. B. Green | Foreign stamps collected by both Mr. Bates and Master B. (Tony) | anags. of Mr Bates, Master B; timbres (Fr.) = stamps; i.e. ‘of tone’ |
| HC | Miss F. H. Harris | Mus. Bac. in heart-broken tears—because the musical qualities are anglicised? | M.B.[?] in anag. of tears |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | If you want musical tones, give the buglers an interval with minced meat | anag. of Brs. (abbrev.) meat |
| HC | J. Hardie Keir | And these, in balanced combination, content a bandmaster! | comp. anag. incl. and, & lit. |
| HC | Mrs D. M. Kissen | Best-selling American heroine owes tony English qualities to sojourn in back street | Amber in St (rev.); ref. ‘Forever Amber’, by Kathleen Winsor |
| HC | Miss W. Lawson | Bert’s morning begins with tea: the arrangement sounds tonic | anag. of Bert’s am, beginning with T (‘tea’) |
| HC | G. H. McConnell | Sound qualities forever lacking in novel with a back street setting | Amber in St (rev.); ref. ‘Forever Amber’, by Kathleen Winsor |
| HC | A. E. North | Sir Henry might have said “Shiver my ——!” at a false note in his Fantasia | timbers with a letter wrong; ref. Sir Henry Wood, ‘British Sea Songs’ |
| HC | R. Noskwith | Shaver my ——!, as the conductor of the ship’s orchestra might say | cryptic def.; cf. ‘shiver my timbers’ |
| HC | R. C. Payn | Warning light in a back street unlikely to be recognised by the chef d’orchestre | amber in St (rev.); i.e. anglicisation of French ‘timbres’ |
| HC | Mrs P. B. Rhodes | Is the R.A.M. best adapted to display musical qualities in true English form? | anag. |
| HC | G. H. Savage | For all-British tonal characteristics I give the R.A.M. best | anag. |
| HC | F. Wallace-Hadrill | I enclose a decoration, with the thanks of the Royal Society, for sound qualities | MBE in ta RS |
| HC | Rev R. J. Whitaker | Arrangement by English composer of bars met in Old French tunes | anag. |
No Runners-Up in competition 33