Ximenes Competition No. 13 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 12 | 14 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Dec 1945 | IPOMAEA | normal | 16 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs Jarman | I’m in the trailer with half a gun, anti-aircraft, in the middle east | I + pom(-pom) + E in AA; trailing plant |
| Second | C. Hordern | Hark! The peremptory Cockney calls for his pet in a trailer | ‘’i pom ’ere!’; trailing plant |
| Third | J. M. Doulton | Here you see the trailer of “A Poem in Indiana” | anag. of a poem in Ia[?]; film trailer; trailing plant |
| HC | T. A. L. Cairns | Most of Mesopotamia lost for a mess of sweet-potato! | anag. less most; ipomoea is a kind of s.-p. |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | Sell the fruit of this plant for a penny? The idea! | poma (L.) for d in idea |
| HC | P. Irving | A. Poe I am sure could write you a creeper | anag.; ref. Edgar Allan Poe |
| HC | C. B. Joyner | Pious Pamela, nonplussed and shaken, creeps away like a worm | anag. less plus |
| HC | J. Maling | Tip Tom at tea? Tease away, you weedy twister! | tip Tom at tea less T’s (‘tease’) |
| HC | A. I. Oldaker | Pennsylvania, Maine, Iowa and Ohio to be amalgamated? It’s a plant! | anag. of Pa, Me, Ia, O |
| HC | E. W. Padgett | Eastern portion of life-saving jacket comes to nothing, but why should the climber be bitter about it? | 0 Mae (West) in IPA (beer); climbing plant |
| HC | R. C. Payn | It’s a plant to get the Navy out of Pomerania | anag. of Pomerania less RN |
| HC | R. D. Prior | Plant growing out of every other stop on the Simplon-Maas-Edam line | alternate letters |
| HC | I. W. Seaton | This tropical cigar wrapper sounds like a Cockney calling his dog | ‘’i pom ’ere!’; type of bindweed |
| HC | J. F. Smith | The Navy helps to get damaged plant out of Pomerania | anag. of Pomerania less RN |
| HC | R. W. E. Stickings | If you muddle your Latin Verse in 1A, you may still make a climber | anag. of poema in IA |
| HC | M. Whitehouse | This trailing plant yields a first-class fruit | anag. of a A1 pome |
No Runners-Up in competition 13