Ximenes Competition No. 55 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 54 | 56 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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55 | Jul 1947 | NAUSEANT | normal | 22 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | T. E. Sanders | The reappearance of the sun before the first of April will bring back the swallows | anag. of sun ante A |
Second | W. T. Clift | Upsetting effect of choppy North Sea on aunt! | anag. incl. N |
Third | J. H. Lewis | Effect on aunt of becoming involved with a choppy North Sea | anag. incl. N |
HC | C. Allen Baker | Effect of the North Sea on aunt: no wonder, with her head in and her feet out! | anag. incl. N |
HC | Inst Lt J. Burton | The choppy Tunan sea? | anag., & lit. [see comments] |
HC | F. A. Clark | Twelve o’clock. and Aunt drinking deep—bound to be queasy | sea in n aunt; n = noon |
HC | P. L. M. Day | Genus ipecacuanha nut senna—fiat mistura | anag.; L. make mixture |
HC | Mrs M. Kidner | A mixed dish of banana and suet would be this to a degree | anag. less BA |
HC | Mrs D. M. Kissen | Exciting food project: rations to be raised! | cryptic defs. |
HC | Miss W. Lawson | 12 a.m.—Aunt swallows large quantity of salt water: 12.1 p.m.—Aunt wishes she hadn’t! | sea in n aunt; n = noon |
HC | R. H. Lemon | Nebraska, America: volcanic eruption promotes ill-feeling | Na US + anag. of Etna |
HC | C. R. Malcolm | Quality of the North Sea, where Aunt is concerned | anag. incl. N, & lit. |
HC | Mrs B. A. Mallett | Aunt finds the North Sea internally upsetting | anag. incl. N |
HC | D. Marsh-Smith | Some of the poison victims of Messalina use antidotes for relief | hidden; wife of Nero |
HC | R. Postill | Unpleasant result of crossing the North Sea with a lady from Taunton | anag. incl. N, (T)aunt(on |
HC | N. Roles | To bite a water insect sounds horrible | ‘gnaw sea ant’ |
HC | Miss N. Shooter | United States Navy eat an hors d’oeuvre, producing queasiness | anag. of USN eat an |
HC | O. Carlton Smith | Like the North Sea when aunt swallowed a large dose of it | anag. incl. N, & lit. |
HC | J. E. Smith Wright | Use an antidote, if upset—something to make you sick. You don’t need to die in convulsions | anag. less anag. of to die |
HC | Mrs Stevenson | Even a calm sea during aunt’s trip to the north might have a sickening effect | sea in N aunt |
HC | Mrs H. Tarryer | Twelve pies mixed with suet will be a cause of sickness | anag. of anna (= 12 pies) suet |
HC | W. H. J. Wheeler | Following the direction. Aunt swallows salt water—producing the desired effect | sea in N aunt, & lit. |
No Runners-Up in competition 55