Ximenes Competition No. 555 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 551 | 560 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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555 | Aug 1959 | JURYWOMAN | normal | 17 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | B. G. Quin | This bird works with her beak, having a rake round wormy ground | anag. in (Don) Juan |
Second | L. T. Stokes | Just going half way by railway with the wife—she sits on a case! | ju(st) Ry woman |
Third | G. F. Bamford | This female finds she won’t have the last word: in case she tries she’s shut up effectively | cryptic def.; finds, legal, shut in jury room |
HC | C. Allen Baker | I’m just no saint, and there’s war on my variety; you’ll see me in court almost daily | ju(St.) + anag. |
HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Just see her confounded jaw run—O my! She’s trying! | anag. |
HC | M. A. R. Boyse | Mary won jumping (beginners)—erratic, but she may make a rider yet | anag. incl. ju(mping); rider = added recommendation |
HC | R. N. Chignell | Silks appeal to me, and I am a fair judge of a suit | cryptic def.; silk = QC, suit = action at law |
HC | F. P. Cremins | She must find being boxed up trying | cryptic def.; find, legal, jury box |
HC | E. Gomersall | Wife, after journey without one, does justice to one at the bar! | j(o)ur(ne)y + woman |
HC | E. A. Jones | She must attend at court, so now Mary (very confused) follows the nib (very superior) | J U + anag.; see J-pen |
HC | Mrs E. McFee | Person on the panel has jugular most severely cut by unwary Medical Officer with the jitters | j(ugular) + anag. incl. MO |
HC | C. J. Morse | Don with an eye for women circumvents the retreat of a pouting little junior lady examiner | mow + yr (all rev.) in Juan; pouting, n. |
HC | S. Plumb | Could be Army Warrant Officer in less than a month, but she retires before completing her service | anag. of army + WO in Jun(e) |
HC | Mrs E. Shackleton | She’ll have a case presented to her before she retires | cryptic def. |
HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | The lady panellist has won my high-class jar in a raffle | anag. incl. U; raffle2 = jumble |
HC | H. G. Tattersall | Only a temporary help? Her foreman’s words could result in prolonged labour or instant dismissal | i.e. jury- (char)woman (cf. jurymast, jury-rigged) [see comments] |
HC | M. R. Wetherfield | In any case my lady must try and stay fair, however much being seen in a black gown and wig appeals to her! | cryptic def. being = person i.e. a barrister |
Runners-Up in competition 555: