Ximenes Competition No. 438 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 434 | 443 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 438 | Jun 1957 | MACARONI | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. Allen Baker | It must be swell, being a little waterproof duck in a rain-storm! | mac + O in anag. |
| Second | A. J. Young | Tube fare—one buck | 2 defs.; fare = food |
| Third | E. J. Griew | Food being cheap in Italy, it’s almost madness eating what’s dear there! | caro in mani(a) |
| HC | J. W. Bates | I am a corn preparation supplied in tubes | anag. & lit. |
| HC | Mrs G. Bonsall | Here’s the mixture in the hopper—take a masher and we get tubes of paste | 4 mngs.; see mash2 |
| HC | V. E. Brooke | The Piedmont Piper’s pièce de résistance? A Romanic medley | anag. & lit. |
| HC | A. L. Freeman | A rock-hopper I am, a roc’ ’n rolling | anag. |
| HC | F. D. Gardiner | He’s a dandy—he’s a rock-hopper—I am roc’ an’ rolling too! | anag., 2 defs. |
| HC | S. Goldie | I can roam freely in Vauxhall Gardens now he’s no longer a menace | anag.; ref. S. Pepys 1667, “young gallants misbehaving…” |
| HC | E. Gomersall | Fancy marocain, suitable for putting under Italian waistcoats | anag. |
| HC | V. Jennings | Here, I can roam freely: in Italy, I would certainly be put inside | anag.; put inside = eaten |
| HC | H. Lyon | Dancing on air after May’s first two hundred, I was—Dandy! | Ma(y) + C + anag.; ref. Peter M., batsman, England captain in 1957 |
| HC | E. L. Mellersh | Nut may be bolted, as it slips down easily | 2 mngs; nut = a fool (Webster) |
| HC | P. H. Morgan | I am a corn mixture—paste in tubes | anag. & lit. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Large bird, good eating—mixture of Leghorn and Minorca with a variegated coxcomb | anag., 3 defs.; types of chicken; L. = Livorno, Italy |
| HC | K. Perry | In Johnson’s day marocain was just the material fit for one who liked to cut a dash! | anag.; ref. Samuel J. |
| HC | R. Postill | Buckwheat? Well, I am a corn product | anag.; i.e. buck (= a dandy) from wheat |
| HC | K. Reed | A Minorca cooks well, but the Leghorn has it licked hollow when it comes to the table | anag. ; types of chicken; L. = Livorno, Italy |
| HC | I. R. Scott | A medley of strings and pipes rendered by a Romanic ensemble | anag. |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | Perhaps a noodle enjoys swimming in icy water dressed to the nines | 3 mngs. |
| HC | H. S. Tribe | A buck to see Rocky Marciano | anag.; ref. R.M., heavyweight boxing champion |
| HC | C. P. Wroth | A penguin has a short waterproof coat, and needs nothing in the stormiest rain | mac + O in anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 438: