Ximenes Competition No. 61 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 60 | 62 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Oct 1947 | CREASY | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | L. E. Eyres | Historian describing the rout of the Armada gives the credit to a midshipman | cr. Easy; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C., and fictional character Midshipman Easy |
| Second | W. O. Robertson | This war reporter fails to give full credit to the Midshipman | cr. Easy; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C., and fictional character midshipman Easy |
| Third | L. W. Titman | Sir Edward Shepherd with many folds | 2 mngs.; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C. |
| HC | G. Bowness | Most appropriate historian for The Hundred Years’ War | C + anag. of years; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C. |
| HC | Mrs Caithness | Railway smash—case burst open—contents crushed | anag. of Ry case |
| HC | J. V. Corduff | Comfortable wearing a Crown? Yes, but it makes you wrinkled just the same | cr. easy |
| HC | E. G. Durham | Credit’s easy here, but with inflation the balloon would go up, and it wouldn’t be so | cr. easy; inflated balloon no longer creasy |
| HC | Miss J. Fraser | State of the batsman’s trousers while making a century? | anag. of C years |
| HC | C. B. Joyner | Increases of clothing? Perhaps in 100 years! | i.e. in creases; anag. incl. C; ref. clothes rationing |
| HC | Mrs M. Kidner | Case broken open on railway and contents rumpled | anag. of Ry case |
| HC | E. E. R. Kilner | Wrinkled with the effort of selecting his fifteen? | 2 mngs.; ref. ‘The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World’ by Sir Edward Shepherd C. |
| HC | C. Koop | In a hundred odd years I may be gathered into the fold | C + anag. of years |
| HC | R. Macleod | I’ve got a lot of lines for getting the duration of the Hundred Years’ War wrong (and for mispronouncing one of its battles?) | C + anag. of years; Battle of Crécy |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Should your bags be thus corrugated iron! | cryptic def.; corr. = wrinkled; iron, vb. imper. |
| HC | Maj D. P. M. Michael | Military historian describes some ancient fronts | 2 mngs.; i.e. foreheads; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C. |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Half crèche, half asylum—and due to revert to a laundry | cre(che) asy(lum) |
| HC | A. P. O’Leary | Corrugated? Yes, iron | cryptic def.; corr. = wrinkled; iron, vb. imper. |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Historian of the Hundred Years’ War? | C + anag. of years; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C. |
| HC | Capt G. T. Philip | With a little credit it is not difficult to be full of doubles | cr. easy; double = crease |
| HC | Capt C. Tyers | Double what you usually order from your tailor and you’ll get credit without difficulty! | cr. easy; double = creased, i.e. cloth |
| HC | W. R. Watson-Smyth | Right contract yet minus a trick? 100 above, scored by doubling | C + r + easy; i.e. right contracted, not tricky |
Runners-Up in competition 61: