Ximenes Competition No. 390 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 386 | 395 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 390 | Jul 1956 | HESITATE | Printer’s Devilry | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. O. Butcher | Any M.P. has, we’re told, hopes for immortality after tribulations here—a c/ross in vocation? | Eros’s |
| Second | Mrs N. Fisher | After a rival body? La! unc/le, visors need adjustment | ITA, broadcasting authority |
| Third | A. J. Entwistle | What’s Ascot’s pace? Egg-stained and hard-boiled, one dis/aster each year! | pace egg; see Pace in C. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Face dirty still! Whow! A s/ight, years old! | |
| HC | F. Barron-Sullivan | Mrs. Newlywed sets about preparing Christmas dinner—dis/aster! | |
| HC | T. E. Bell | Famous M.O. uses dental Operation to get rascallion out of mes/s. Trap’s pinning him down | ref. Aesop |
| HC | W. C. Cartner | The things my cat cat c/at a meowl last night | |
| HC | R. N. Chignell | The monkey likes cherries judging by the bun: c/at feeding time in the afternoon | |
| HC | J. Cordery | Would A. Sim ple/ase at a mothers’ meeting? | simple he; Alastair S., actor |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Poor old dear can’t s/ight your legs: don’t like standing | |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | Father wis/e to tale: vent now his key, please | |
| HC | J. A. Fincken | A Boeotian housed Weller, finding enough straws in the best hat-c/ase | Thebes |
| HC | S. Goldie | Having an egg (gull). I’ve ran on party-member’s Ma. S/it her end! | Gulliver, Big- and Little-endians |
| HC | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | “One-solo-at/-a time” programmes? | ITA, broadcasting authority |
| HC | Dr B. N. McQuade | We can see the treble sing/le—vision’s new turn! | ITA, broadcasting authority |
| HC | C. J. Morse | After one catc/all Ike, it’s related, ducks—soon grows tame | |
| HC | G. H. Podmore | Likes his ale at night but lo! a t/ight in the morning | |
| HC | R. Postill | Empty church dis/aster for poor parson. What Hell! Collect for the Day offers little hope | |
| HC | A. Robins | Shew ears, hero new! Hit ebon net annually—and B. Lanc/aster! | B. L., film actor |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Take a bat: /a seat (south end!) to get a tanning | Southend-on-Sea |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | I admired all the glamour girls, but one W. Is/le vision had more uplift | ITA, broadcasting authority |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Should Father shoot a March Hare, Mother? Dis/aster! | |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | The R.A. dis/played “Old Harry, with Baby” | |
| HC | W. D. Wigley | Straight, though one wis/e shot is often crooked | golf |
Runners-Up in competition 390: