Ximenes Competition No. 57 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 56 | 58 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Aug 1947 | THEORBOS | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. E. Sanders | Got the ball on the bony part of the nose, but pluckily played on | the orb (n)os(e); os = bone |
| Second | C. Koop | Rare plucked ’uns, they had the guts for these neck and neck affairs | cryptic def.; gut strings |
| Third | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Double-necked, not treble; just as well, as they might be both sore | anag.; bass instruments |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Such music-makers should be strung up or be shot to pieces | anag. of or be shot |
| HC | W. H. Ballantyne | The rubber’s in a mess; we have a low score | the + anag. of sorbo |
| HC | C. B. Daish | They produce music for the ball (old style) | the orb OS |
| HC | R. A. Davies | “She shall have music wherever she goes”—Lutes in her boots? | anag.; “rings on her fingers…” |
| HC | A. R. Fraser | They give Orpheus his big opportunity to produce the music of the spheres and nothing more | the orb o (sing.); big lutes; ref. Hen. VIII, III.1.3, “Orpheus with his lute…” |
| HC | C. B. Joyner | Can they have a pain in both necks? They may be both sore, anyhow | anag. |
| HC | R. W. Killick | We’ve got two necks, both sore, dislocated and one above the other | anag. |
| HC | E. E. A. Kilner | The alternative to what one says to geese with two necks | the or bos; “say bo! to a goose” |
| HC | Mrs D. M. Kissen | Instruments which guide the sailor round the globe | orb in the OS |
| HC | Mrs F. Laing | Kind of Kit’s big brothers to make her boots! | anag.; kit = small violin |
| HC | A. McIntyre | Katherine’s wench sang that Orpheus made trees with one of them; but it would take more than one to fill her boots | anag.; ref. Hen. VIII, III.1.3 |
| HC | A. P. O’Leary | The ball bounces and takes spin, but the sound player keeps them down | the + anag. of sorbo |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Her boots have come undone; string needed to make them sound | anag |
| HC | R. Postill | They needed pluck to play low. Now they can make the rubber | the + anag. of sorbo |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | They provided the Bass in Pepys’s soirées, and were possibly not cold sober themselves | anag. of hot sober; Bass beer |
| HC | Mrs E. B. Stevens | Orpheus probably had one of these in the underworld, being a change from hot robes | anag. ; ref. Hen. VIII, III.1.3, “Orpheus with his lute…” |
| HC | A. H. Taylor | These have strings tightened at two necks and they make both sore | anag. |
No Runners-Up in competition 57