Ximenes Competition No. 25 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 24 | 26 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | May 1946 | WERGILD | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | S. Beale | Maiden indisposed to marry without compensation | anag. of girl in wed |
| Second | Maj D. L. Clements | Method of expiration? Sounds a fishy sort of answer—should be method of expiation | ‘we’re gilled’; expiration, i.e. breathing |
| Third | Rev R. J. Whitaker | Fine interior in a flower-gilded frame | hidden |
| HC | A. H. Ashcroft | Though an atonement, it makes one furious about the amount of work done | erg in wild |
| HC | L. J. Atkinson | Retreat of the Durhams became an atonement | DLI grew (rev.); Durham Light Infantry |
| HC | Dr Blamey | I am wild about a little work—a composition of some old Teuton | erg in wild; composition = payment |
| HC | R. S. Browne | Not a nudists’ colony, but a labour unit working in a state of nature—for their sins? | erg in wild |
| HC | Brig J. de L. Conry | Paying, but unlikely, alternative for Nuremburg defendants | cryptic def.; wergild used by ‘Teutonic peoples’ |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | How the Teutonic murderer might atone by getting mad about work | erg in wild |
| HC | J. M. Doulton | If I am keen about a piece of work, a fine composition should result | erg in wild; composition = payment |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | What price the life of a working unit in the Desert? | erg in wild |
| HC | S. B. Green | I grew up a heartless lad—the penalty of wrong doing | I grew (rev.) + l(a)d |
| HC | C. B. Joyner | To be keen about a bit of work is fine | erg in wild |
| HC | R. H. Kuttner | Was it a reverse that made a famous northern regiment expand to its present composition? | DLI grew (rev.); composition = payment; Durham Light Infantry |
| HC | J. Laurie | Whereby the Teuton once made reparations: a fishy statement? It sounds so | ‘we’re gilled’ |
| HC | Lt R. H. Lemon | As expiation for murder, we’d bury the girl’s remains | anag. of girl in we’d |
| HC | Mrs Magruder | A fine affair grew up over a broken lid | grew (rev.) + anag. |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Eric’s girl upset inside about being married | anag. in wed; eric = blood-fine |
| HC | E. H. Morris | To get off, criminal Frank paid court arranged wed girl, and all was fine | anag. of wed girl; used by ‘Franks and other Teutonic peoples’ |
| HC | J. J. Murphy | Old composition that ought to be performed by the dance band after swinging Chopin | cryptic def.; composition = payment; i.e. “murdering” music |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | A fine business, upsetting a girl in the middle of being married | anag. in wed |
| HC | D. I. Randell | Irish Eric adopts Teutonic nationality in order to wed girl | anag. of wed girl; eric = blood-fine |
| HC | R. W. E. Stickings | Fine work in desert by “W” glider formation saves further bloodshed | erg in wild, anag. |
| HC | J. L. . Walker | This composition refers to a much earlier Teutonic crime-waive! | cryptic def.; composition = payment; pun on ‘wave’ |
No Runners-Up in competition 25