Ximenes Competition No. 148 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 147 | 149 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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148 | Sep 1950 | FILIBUSTER | normal | 15 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | A. N. Clark | I rifle tubs at sea | anag. & lit. |
Second | Maj P. S. Baines | Petty Liberal and Unionist in wanton strife obstruct legislation | Lib U in anag. |
Third | F. E. Newlove | Keaton plays major part in all-talking version of Adventurer (at the Capitol) | i.e. ends with Buster (K.), 2 defs.; ref. Charlie Chaplin film, Capitol where Congress meets |
HC | C. A. Baker | Wanted: fleecer and stripper; also sound breaker of young mares, not averse to taking over occasional jade, etc. | ‘filly buster’, 2 defs.; jade = nag and treasure |
HC | F. L. Constable | I should be found to be among the leaders in filching, bushranging and terrorising! | I in fil, bus, ter, & lit. |
HC | P. M. Coombs | Enough to make Congress tart? True, if 1 lb.’s all you want | anag. incl I; tart = scathing |
HC | B. J. Iliffe | ’E ain’t a proper soldier, but ’is rifle’s in the Mess! | anag. |
HC | L. W. Jenkinson | Character who might be disposed to “lift” rubies indiscriminately | anag. & lit. |
HC | A. F. Lerrigo | Tries to keep on his feet, but it’s futile with ribs all broken | anag. |
HC | R. Mills | He doesn’t mind a scrap or bit if rules may be broken | anag. |
HC | E. J. Rackham | His speech does not keep to the point, and fibs rule it out of order | anag. |
HC | P. P. Simpson | Had there been fires built like this in the House, the Coal Bill might never have been presented | anag.; ref. 1946, etc., Coal Industry Bills in Parliament |
HC | H. S. Tribe | Scotch law, so to speak: it rules F.B.I., oddly enough | anag.; scotch vb. |
HC | J. F. N. Wedge | I broke into a smoother way of talking to confound the law | I bust in filer (= smoother) |
HC | J. S. Young | Trifle worried about the bus I caught being a pirate | anag. incl. bus I |
Runners-Up in competition 148: