Ximenes Competition No. 382 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 377 | 386 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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382 | Apr 1956 | ABSTAIN | normal | 21 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | F. E. Newlove | Put a saint in a bath of Champagne and see if he does! | St in a bain (Fr.), & lit. |
Second | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Don’t use your ballot-paper as a book-mark | a b stain |
Third | C. J. Morse | You’ll find Australia’s opening bats reformed at the wicket—it’s all to be very sober | A + anag. + in |
HC | C. Allen Baker | Only half the bags brought up—it’s an outrage! Don’t tip the porter! | ba(gs) (rev.) + anag.; porter ale |
HC | J. A. Blair | Put the opening of a bottle to shame | a b + stain, & lit. |
HC | C. O. Butcher | Don’t indulge first-of-ApriI disposition to make saint b—— wild (If Ximenes uses his head, he won’t). | A + anag., 2 defs.; i.e. X in voting |
HC | R. N. Chignell | Don’t drink absinthe not having the reserves within | TA in absin(the) |
HC | T. Davies | Get a book-mark—librarian’s request to readers who turn down the page corners | a b stain |
HC | J. H. Dingwall | Tar leads to defilement. Don’t touch it! | AB + stain |
HC | F. E. Dixon | Stay away? It can be arranged if you’ve an absit | anag. |
HC | S. B. Green | Never drink absinthe without the inside being one-third tanned | ta(nned) in absin(the) |
HC | P. W. W. Leach | Fast intoxicating Paris favourite loosens and discards the—thanks for the interlude | ta in absin(the); fast3 vb. |
HC | A. F. Lerrigo | Unpalatable advice for the jolly Jack-tar, perhaps | AB stain, & lit. |
HC | T. W. Melluish | Jack Spot’s spare counsel? | AB stain; ref. Jack ‘Spot’ Comer, East End gangster cleared of stabbing charge |
HC | D. P. M. Michael | Sailors ain’t sorry maybe to leave port! | ABs + anag. |
HC | J. J. Moore | Australia’s opening bats are shaky at the wicket: some sobering advice is needed | A + anag. + in |
HC | R. Postill | Jack Spot investigation should give warning to those tempted to bear false witness | AB stain; ref. Jack ‘Spot’ Comer, East End gangster cleared of stabbing charge |
HC | Mrs E. Shackleton | Refrain from American religious number—“Ain’t misbehaving”! | ABS + anag.; American Bible Society; ref. Fats Waller song |
HC | J. B. Sykes | Bachelor—about to be married to old Blanch? Don’t! | AB + stain; AB = B. of Arts (US); stain = whiten (obs.) |
HC | D. H. Tompsett | What to do if you want to be no plumper! | double mng.; plump, vb. = give all one’s votes |
HC | J. S. Young | Have nothing to do with higher rating—it’s an outrage! | AB + stain; rating = seaman |
Runners-Up in competition 382: