Ximenes Competition No. 287 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 285 | 289 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 287 | Jun 1954 | MANCHESTER | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. R. Haigh | What is indicated by three short legs in a ring in front of the umpire? A pitch good for ducks? | Man Chester; ref. Isle of M. triskelion, Frank C., Test umpire, rain-interrupted cricket at Old Trafford |
| Second | J. Hardie Keir | An “urbanity” of bustling English merchants, and a “despondency” of cricketers | anag. incl. E; ‘nouns of multitude’; ref. rain-interrupted cricket at Old Trafford |
| Third | F. E. Newlove | Rocket transport reached this stage long ago: thence Mars has become the objective | anag.; ref. Liverpool-M. railway, Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | You need macs there badly (place in the north). | N in anag., & lit. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | One source of supply for English merchants | anag. incl. E, & lit. |
| HC | Miss A. W. Baldy | Northern Territory—here macs are badly needed | anag. incl. NT, & lit. |
| HC | P. Holtby | Being bust, about to return home of free will—having liberal Guardian | man chest + re (rev.); ref. M. Guardian newspaper |
| HC | E. G. Illingworth | Damage can ruin these in Mr. Chuzzlewit’s kind of merchandise | anag. + anag. in Mr; ref. Anthony C., M. warehouseman in ‘Martin C.’ |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Where bits of fluff from abroad go for our cops in a big way | cryptic def.; cop on spindle; ref. cotton mills |
| HC | J. Jones | The place for stone-walling—especially if a man short! | i.e. (man)Chester; ref. Old Trafford (tactic in rain-interrupted cricket), and Chester city walls |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | You’d better give a new order for macs there—an indefinite number | anag. incl. n, & lit. |
| HC | W. L. Miron | Merchants are perturbed about importation of Eastern cotton goods here! | E in anag.; ref. textile industry |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Can this be the place to make a chap umpire whose name is linked with the next county? | man Chester, & lit.; ref. Frank C., Test umpire, and C. in Cheshire |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | The East has contracted and merchants must take it—but there’s a rumpus here! | E in anag., & lit. |
| HC | R. Postill | Here many unfinished matches (except a dull finish) get ruined by rain up North | man(y) + (mat)ches + ret (rev.), & lit.; ref. rain-interrupted cricket at Old Trafford |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | Here almost an inch may fall, with Test Start abandoned: pages and pages written up about it | (i)nch (t)est in ream (rev.), & lit.; ref. rain-interrupted 1953 Ashes Test at Old Trafford |
| HC | A. Robins | An apt motto for this school of potential English merchants might be Honour Bright! | anag. incl. E; ref. novel ‘David Chester’s motto: “H. B.”’ by H. E. Inman |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | You’ll see an infinite number in wet macs there! | anag. incl. n; wet = crazy |
| HC | D. Slater | You’ll find any number of macs there: the cloth’s capital! | anag. incl. n; ref. textile industry |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | Where spinners and weavers may find their merchants’ English capital | anag. incl. E, & lit,; ref. textile industry |
| HC | I. Young | You’ll need macs there, the North being altogether very unsettled | anag. incl. N, & lit. |
Runners-Up in competition 287: