Ximenes Competition No. 351 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 347 | 356 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Sep 1955 | LUSTRE | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs L. Jarman | Suspender of pretty Victorian drops—that’s quite in order in a Toulouse-Lautrec! | (Tou)l(ou)us(e Lau)tre(c) |
| Second | G. H. Ravenor | Glass drops—result stormy | anag.; ref. barometer |
| Third | R. B. Adcock | What ended vice after sex had gone to the Roman’s head? | lust R (vic)e, & lit.; lustre2 |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | If a good man is led into temptation, a five-year stretch in jug may well give cause for reflection | St. in lure, 2 defs. |
| HC | E. A. Beaulah | The halo, perhaps, is the thing about a saint that catches one’s attention | St. in lure2 |
| HC | C. O. Butcher | In the Gilbert-Sullivan topsyturvydom is a certain quality manifested by A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes | hidden rev.; ref. song from “The Gondoliers” |
| HC | G. N. Coulter | Hawking feathers round the street? You can get five years for that | St. in lure |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | A five year term or longer for the depraved’s sound | ‘luster’ |
| HC | S. B. Green | “Drunk and disorderly” result: a five years’ stretch! | anag. |
| HC | Mrs S. Klemantaski | A good man at heart makes light of temptation | i.e. St. in lure = lustre |
| HC | A. F. Lerrigo | An unwonted result for me! I become the Ximenes winner | anag.; i.e. the competition word |
| HC | B. J. McCann | “Wicked Passion” should have about a five-year run. It’s a brilliant show | lust + re, 2 defs. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Holy man beset by temptation to think longingly about material splendour | St. in lure, lust re |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Century Twentieth? Not this ornament, surely! | twentieth of 100 years; Victorian ornament |
| HC | Rev E. G. Riley | It’s enough to put a saint in a bait, dropping bits of glass all round | St. in lure |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | The kind of result one expects the Buffs to achieve | anag. & lit.; Buffs = shines leather, Army regts. |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | Only a five year stretch? Could have been a hanging affair | 2 mngs. |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | A splendid film on China—there’s something magnetic about the star-part | st(ar) in lure |
| HC | D. W. Snow | An occasional cleaning every few years is all that’s needed for a fine cloth | 2 mngs. |
| HC | J. A. L. Sturrock | There’s an Irish rule—elect chap who’s inside, after which they’ll have to have another election! | St. in anag. (see elect, n.); elections every 5 years; ref. 1955 election of Philip Clarke in Fermanagh & S. Tyrone, ruled ineligible owing to criminal conviction |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | Bags of distinction—a pair will last ten years (“Sheen Advertiser”) | 3 mngs; ref. trousers |
| HC | L. K. Upton | Translator initiated in Latin usage gives this gloss: “periodic purification” | tr. in L ure, 2 defs. |
Runners-Up in competition 351: