Ximenes Competition No. 34 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 33 | 35 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Sep 1946 | STAROSTA | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | L. Johnson | Lead for Russian Hamlet? Get him from the Tass rota | anag.; T. news agency |
| Second | C. Helme | The popular favourite, having sown his wild oats, now plays the lead in Hamlet | star + anag. |
| Third | W. O. Robertson | This nobleman sowed his wild oats under a degenerate Tsar | anag. + anag. |
| HC | D. L. Carmichael | “Star, O Manx Star.” (Hamlet. Chap. 1—Russian version) | star O sta(r): chap 1 = headman; Manx = tailless |
| HC | Miss Comyn | The rats have got into the oast? Well, use your head, man, get a pole and clear them out | anag. of rats, oast; i.e. headman, Pole |
| HC | P. M. Coombs | The landlord, who normally didn’t lack polish, came back and said “There ’ain’t no alternative to tiles” | ’ats or ’ats (all rev.); i.e. Polish |
| HC | C. B. Daish | Rats to sex appeal. Give me the red-head | anag. of rats to SA; i.e. head Russian |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | The Pole holds a life-interest only, so a start could be made by liquidating him | anag. |
| HC | J. M. Doulton | The Tass rota will show this man at the head | anag.; T. news agency |
| HC | C. C. M. Giffin | This “village Hampden” may be found in the Tass rota | anag.; ref. Gray’s Elegy “Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast…”, after John H., Parliamentarian; T. news agency |
| HC | F. P. Hussey | Can you guess who is head man in the Tass rota? | anag.; T. news agency |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Hamlet’s leading rôle is assigned to him in Russia, and he wants to star as Goofy | anag. |
| HC | Miss W. Lawson | I’ve scratched a Russian and found a Tatar! S.O.S.! | anag. |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | “Women in uniform? O nonsense!” returned the Red leader | ATS O rats! (all rev.) |
| HC | A. P. O’Leary | The leading lad of the village backward in the company of lasses—O nonsense! | ATS O rats! (all rev.) |
| HC | P. H. Taylor | Muddle headed Tsar, so backward at retiring, finds himself demoted | anag. + so, at (each rev.) |
| HC | F. L. Usher | Polish noble, though discretely camouflaged, is detected in starting for Aosta | star(ting for A)osta; N.B. spelling—discretely |
No Runners-Up in competition 34