Ximenes Competition No. 45 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 44 | 46 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Mar 1947 | RATTENED | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. I. Randell | Scabotaged? | cryptic def.; rat = scab = strike-breaker |
| Second | Mrs D. M. Kissen | More than picketed: pickpocketed? | cryptic def.; i.e. had tools taken |
| Third | Rev E. B. Peel | Trade winds about four bells in the first watch smashed the tackle | ten in anag.; four … watch = 10pm |
| HC | F. A. Clark | Paralysed labour: revolutionary packs up at No. 10 | at ten in red |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | When treated thus even the worst worker has only himself to blame | cryptic def.; “A bad workman blames his tools”, r. = had tools taken |
| HC | T. H. East | Implemented by strike action? Just the reverse! | cryptic def.; i.e., implements sabotaged |
| HC | S. Holgate | Punished by union—for being an irregular attender? | anag. |
| HC | F. P. Hussey | Irregular attender deprived workers of tools | anag. |
| HC | R. B. S. Instone | Stopped production upsets the net trade balance | anag. of net trade |
| HC | Mrs M. James | Irregular attender suitably rewarded? | anag. |
| HC | L. Johnson | Damaged braces, etc., offered by trade (net) | anag. of trade net, brace=boring tool |
| HC | C. Koop | No tool in the hands of the independent labour party after this! | cryptic def.; ILP MPs defected to Labour Party in 1947 |
| HC | Mrs B. A. Mallett | Ten among the accused were guilty of sabotage | ten in rated |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | How the scab was treated, the person in attendance being dissipated | anag. of attender |
| HC | Maj D. P. M. Michael | Punished, for example, by breaking hammer or taking away sickle, failure in a Communist to dance attendance | attendance less dance in red; ref. Communist symbol |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Acted on the slogan “Give us the tools or they’ll finish the job!” | cryptic def.; ref. Churchill’s 1941 speech, “Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.” |
| HC | R. Postill | Irregular attender of trades-union meetings may be | anag. of attender |
| HC | R. C. Reeves | Defiled a scab | de-filed, i.e., took away the file from |
| HC | Mrs E. Shackleton | The bad workman who was treated thus had only himself to blame! | cryptic def.; “A bad workman blames his tools”, r. = had tools taken |
| HC | Miss A. C. Tatham | A P.M. asked that the contrary should be done: he lived—see inside | i.e. at ten is inside rattened; ref. Churchill’s 1941 speech, “Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.”, 10 Downing Street |
No Runners-Up in competition 45