XIMENES CROSSWORD No. 112

SHEET (DLM)

1.  R. Postill (Jersey): Undergraduates Heckle Attlee—Senior Proctor Acts—Ten Sent Down (ref. Acts 10:11).

2.  D. Ashcroft (Fleetwood): Stock Market Hesitant—Floaters Wind Up To Control Boom (sheet²).

3.  G. M. Neighbour (Princes Risborough): Steelworkers’ Dispute Shelved—New Rules Laid Down For Night Duty.

H.C.

A. Blades (Hastings): The “Sterling” Policy of Socialists—Leads From Boom to End of Ship Of State? (sheet2).

J. H. Coleman (Beckenham): Fresh Testimony—Gardener’s Ear In Petunia Bed—Accessory Held.

W. J. Crowe (Harrogate): News Print Slashed—Back To Two Pages—“The Only Way” Says Chancellor.

F. S. Danks (York): Fall Of Ten Degrees Threatens Cup Tie—Volunteers Work All Night Covering Pitch.

Cdr H. H. L. Dickson (Fareham): Wall Street Shaken—Turnover Large—Cotton Piece Goods Up.

T. H. East (Greenford): Big Business Crash—Steel King Missing—No Cover For Sleeping Partners.

S. R. Gibbs (Totley): Annie Gets Her Gun—Victim Found Stretched On Bed.

P. Gross (Droitwich): “She Tempted Me” Says Buttons—Page Not Bound Over.

P. A. Harrow (N12): How To Face The Dentist—Proverbially Pale, But With Teeth Set! (white as a s.).

G. A. Holmes (Newcastle): U.S. Rail Crashes—Terrorist Held—Bombs Found Under Sleeper.

H. J. Howells (Westcliff): Conquest of Mt. Everest—Hero Describes Lightning Ascent.

T. W. Melluish (SE24): M.O. Lashes The Run Down Patient—Corpses Only Need Winding?

D. P. M. Michael (Newport): Shakespeare’s Theatre Reopened—Dramatist’s Ghost Walks In.

R. Mills (SW12): Weather Report Latest—Heavy Rain Stops Trains—Water Covers Sleepers.

H. C. Pilley (Leeds): Devaluation Prophets Exultant—Wide Covering Moves In Dollars Threatened.

P. H. Rowley (Birmingham): Express Turned Over—Sleepers Torn Up—Jammed Brakes Theory.

C. A. Stewart (Sheffield): Champion Golfer Ill After Missing Tee Shot—Henry Cotton Lying In Bed.

E. Taylor (Gosport): Demand For Restriction Of Profits Heeded— Large Cloth Reductions.

W. H. Victory (Newport): The Season’s Danger!—Guard Against Dust, Says M.D.

J. F. N. Wedge (Sutton): Weekly Ximenes—The Observer Two Pages Larger.

COMMENTS.—Another large entry and 447 correct; a difficult type to start but rewarding to persistence. Three mistakes each reached double figures:—“iebec” + “firth,” “shior” and “carite”: Chambers, if available, would have prevented them all. There were a few others of the same sort, no less than 11 slips in copying—e.g. “wellher,” “nahogany,” “dry-eyee”—and 6 people whose spelling was bad enough to let them write “mahogony” even though it wouldn’t fit the clue. A pity that so much diligence should end as it did in these 17 cases!
 
Some good red herrings were reported:—“purse” from pucker + superb. “Danube” from fluer + Xanadu bergs, “bruit” from Sensation + turbine, “armed” from with rifles + trade mercantile. None were set intentionally.
 
In choosing winners I had to go chiefly for ingenuity in giving definitions; there were so many clues of more or less equal merit from the headline point of view.
 
Finally a hint to several competitors last time and one this time:—the Cartoonist is Emett not “Emmet.”
 
RUNNERS-UP.—E. S. Ainley, Maj P. S. Baines, S. S. Blythe, Maj H. L. Carter, H. Chown, A. N. Clark, G. H. Clarke, D. L. Clements, D. N. Crocker, A. R. Fraser, P. G. W. Glare, P. Glennie-Smith, P. A. Hall, A. T. Hobbs, C. H. Hudson, F. Jackson, Mrs J. H. C. Lawlor, A. F. Lerrigo, T. Lewis, J. I. Logan, Mrs B. A. Mallet, T. A. Martin, C. J. Morse, P. M. Newey, G. W. Pugh, Mrs D. L. Randell, E. W. Richart, A. Robins, J. F. Smith, J. A. L. Sturrock, Mrs H. Y. Thomas, L. E. Thomas, Capt A. K. Trower, B. K. Watts.