Ximenes Competition No. 80 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 79 | 81 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Jul 1948 | GONERIL | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. W. Melluish | Ignore fifty being disbanded? Father couldn’t; she was | anag. incl. L; Lear I.4.291 “fifty of my followers at a clap” |
| Second | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Bedevilled girl with half a throne | anag. incl. (thr)one, and Lit. |
| Third | H. J. Howells | She offers her royal father nothing, in a disturbed reign, but a following of fifty | 0 in anag. + L; Lear I.4.291 “fifty of my followers at a clap” |
| HC | D. L. Clements | Here’s the mad king with forty-nine followers—I offered him fifty! | gone R IL; Lear I.4.291 “fifty of my followers at a clap” |
| HC | R. H. Cobb | One girl’s make-up made another girl’s poison | anag. |
| HC | F. L. Constable | Unnatural hag: A complete ruin and only 49! | goner IL; Lear II.4.305 |
| HC | E. Finlay | One girl has a new look—her sister looked after the old | anag. |
| HC | L. G. Fluke | Return to her—I, King—and fifty men dismist? | anag. of I R L gone; Lear I.4.291 “fifty of my followers at a clap” |
| HC | C. E. Gates | She had been “worth the whistle”: apparently the poor girl had swallowed one | one in anag.; Lear IV.2.33 |
| HC | J. L. Hogg | Hated British aeroplane! | cryptic def.; Lear I.4.258 “detested kite”; RAF slang |
| HC | Capt H. G. Jackson | Her father said that she had kicked him—with an iron leg? | anag.; Lear III.6.50 “she kicked the poor king” |
| HC | Mrs F. Laing | “Only she comes too short” said my sister, but I’ll get longer somehow! | anag. incl. I; Lear I.1.74 |
| HC | R. C. Macfarlane | “One o’ the parings”—the gin and the French (or mixed) | anag. of gin le or; Lear I.4.180 |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | The fool compared me to a cuckoo, but I’m gone before the end of April | gone (Ap)ril; Lear I.4.209 “The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo” |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | I made Father lose his train; he got in a rage and a stormy scene followed | cryptic def.; Lear I.4.241 “disquantity your train” and III.1-2 |
| HC | R. Postill | One Girl’s Muddle Threatens Wholesale Train Cuts. King’s Cross Meeting | anag.; Lear I.4.241 “disquantity your train” and III.1-2 |
| HC | W. O. Robertson | One girl in the New Look thought herself worth the whistle | anag.; Lear IV.2.33 |
| HC | H. L. Sheehan | She kicked the poor king, so she has been put in a leg iron | anag.; Lear III.6.50 |
| HC | O. Carlton Smith | She objected to trains, but could be made to go on a liner | go + anag.; Lear I.4.241 “disquantity your train” |
| HC | G. Stanhope-Lovell | The confounded girl takes one in—look how she deceived her father | one in anag. |
| HC | P. H. Taylor | Did France contribute nothing, even indirectly, to her retrograde record? | anag. of rien in log (rev.) and lit. |
| HC | A. H. Taylor | “Not so hot” she said—in fact ’er lingo’s wicked | anag.; Lear V.3.75 |
| HC | C. Theobald | She sabotaged the ship of state and we see her go down with the wreck | go + anag. of liner |
| HC | E. Ward | One girl messed about—made her father miss his train | anag.; Lear I.4.241 “disquantity your train” |
Runners-Up in competition 80: