Ximenes Competition No. 152 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 151 | 153 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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152 | Oct 1950 | SEA-LION | normal | 17 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | I. A. H. Munro | A lone little island upset this cross-Channel time-table | anag. incl. Is; ref. Operation S., planned German invasion of England, 1940 |
Second | C. Koop | His essay on fish would go with a roar | anag. of Elia’s + on; see Elia’s on hash |
Third | A. Robins | Owner of bark with one sail negotiates globe skilfully | anag.; balances ball |
HC | Mrs Caithness | South east England nearly underwent invasion | SE Al(b)ion; ref. Operation S., planned German invasion of England, 1940 |
HC | J. H. Dingwall | Abortive operation consequent on a lesion with complications | anag.; ref. Operation S., planned German invasion of England, 1940 |
HC | E. G. Durham | Diet and tricks indicate Pisces and Libra for horoscope. Name shows Leo is an obvious alternative | anag.; i.e. diet of fish and balancing tricks |
HC | C. E. Gates | The brute makes a horrible noise about nearly everything | al(l) in anag., & lit. |
HC | S. B. Green | Unsuccessful corporal operation to reduce a lesion | anag.; r. = arrange; ref. Operation S., planned German invasion of England, 1940 |
HC | Miss K. A. Howarth | Barker—popular submarine personage | i.e. lion below sea; ref. Eric B., in radio comedy ‘HMS Waterlogged’ |
HC | B. J. Iliffe | The South Eastern Amateur League are leading 1—0 against the North: hear the Barking Roars | SE A l I-0 N; B. in SE London |
HC | Mrs L. Jarman | This sleek performer has the flappers’ support, even in his biggest flops | cryptic def. |
HC | R. C. Macfarlane | Submarine hero portrayed by Barker! | i.e. lion below sea; ref. Eric B., in radio comedy ‘HMS Waterlogged’ |
HC | P. J. Meade | One sail ruined Hitler’s plan for invasion | anag.; ref. Operation S., planned German invasion of England, 1940 |
HC | D. P. M. Michael | Lies on a rocky, salt-water, much sought after eminence | anag., sea lion, & lit. |
HC | W. B. O’Hanlon | For The Great Barker Jumble Sale, First—On—Right! | anag. + I on; Barkers of Kensington dept. store |
HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Total immersion makes me thrive: I should get on after baptism | seal I on |
HC | E. R. Prentice | Fed up with fish and salt water, I can be seen somewhere in the North half of London | sea + I in Lon(don); ref. London Zoo |
Runners-Up in competition 152: