Ximenes Competition No. 79 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 78 | 80 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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79 | Jun 1948 | SALOME | normal | 16 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | Maj G. W. Shepherd | Perplexed damsel wanting a head and requiring nothing more | anag. of (d)amsel incl. 0 and literal mng. |
Second | T. E. S. Jobson | She danced up and down in front of the Lords and demanded a capital levy! | cryptic def.; ref. Mark 6:21 |
Third | J. H. Dingwall | Meal so arranged requires no dressing but capers | anag. |
HC | E. J. Belt | Boy! What a strip-tease! When she took off almost everything, there was still some left! | al(l) in some |
HC | C. B. Joyner | Just a tripper needing no meals cooked | anag. of 0 meals |
HC | F. C. MacIntosh | She did a capital take-off and got an Oscar for her portrayal | cryptic def.; O. Wilde; head of John the Baptist |
HC | D. Marsh-Smith | A Baptist lost his head to her and a Sabbatarian, Lollard and Methodist might do the same | Sa Lo Me |
HC | T. W. Melluish | Her pa was decidedly not anti-her pas | cryptic def.; i.e. Herod Antipas; pas = dance steps |
HC | D. P. M. Michael | She wouldn’t take half a crown for herself but she did for John | cryptic def.; J. the Baptist; ref. Mark 6:23, “up to half my kingdom” |
HC | A. Montgomerie | Young artiste with good head for footwork gets an Oscar | cryptic def.; O. Wilde; head of John the Baptist |
HC | F. E. Newlove | Dancer who appeared in seven films and came to London in ’05 | cryptic def.; i.e. seven veils; production of Wilde’s S. |
HC | W. O. Robertson | A filly that had to be given her head | cryptic def.; head of John the Baptist |
HC | A. H. Taylor | Markswoman (under an assumed name) dances away with the King’s Prize | cryptic def.: S.’s name not mentioned in Mark 6; Bisley; i.e. Mark’s woman; King Herod |
HC | J. Thomas | Damosel danced away ahead | anag. of (d)amosel, & lit.; i.e. away, a head |
HC | Capt C. Tyers | History credits her with a man’s head, she was so male by disposition | anag.; head of John the Baptist |
HC | J. S. Young | ohn with the dance, she said | cryptic def.; i.e. John the Baptist lost head |
Runners-Up in competition 79: