Ximenes Competition No. 40  Ximenes Slip  |  ◀  39  |  41  ▶  |  Other competitions
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
40 Xmas 1946Suitable Present Suitable Present24

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstM. AndersonPlum pudding for Banquo“Duff I prithee” Macbeth Act 2, Scene 3
SecondE. G. PhillipsWhisky for Scarus“Six scotches more” Anthony & Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 7
ThirdR. C. ReevesWhisky for Scarus“Six scotches more” Anthony & Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 7
HCK. BowerDemijohn for Scarus“Six scotches more” Anthony & Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 7
HCH. Ward BoysGasmask for Casca“Bad air” Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
HCT. A. L. CairnsTie for Volumnius“School together” Julius Caesar, Act 5, Scene 5
HCMiss M. D. CallinanCricket-bag for Viola“Willow cabin” Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 5
HCC. T. ChandlerTappit hen for Scarus“Six scotches more” Anthony & Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 7
HCMiss FiddesRolls Royce for Falstaff“Ford enough” M.W.of Windsor, Act 3, Scene 5
HCP. A. HallTrouser-press for Brabantio“Look to … your bags” Othello, Act 1, Scene 1
HCC. HerzigSombrero for Hamlet“Too much i’ th’ sun” Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2
HCCapt G. A. HighleyLighter for Shylock“Another bad match” M. of Venice, Act 3, Scene 1
HCG. A. HornsbyLog-table for Capulet“Drier logs” R. & Juliet, Act 4, Scene 4
HCP. IrvingGulliver’s Travels for Troilus“Swift transportance” T. & Cressida, Act 3, Sc.2
HCMrs D. M. KissenToothbrush for Lysander“Out, tawny Tartar” M.N. Dream Act 3, Scene 2
HCW. T. Meade-KingPrefab, for Lear“Come, your hovel” King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2
HCT. W. MelluishVermouth for Orsino“Excess of it” Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 1
HCMaj MichaelNylons for Hermia“Legs … desires” M.N. Dream, Act 3, Scene 2
HCD. S. MilfordMinimax for Hotspur“I am on fire” Henry. IV. Pt. I, Act 4, Scene 1
HCH. I. T. ReesMae West for Orsino“Excess of it” Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 1
HCT. E. SandersRocking-horse for Hamlet“Hobby-horse is forgot” Hamlet Act 2, Scene 3
HCO. Carlton SmithBattery for Volumnia“Power well on” Coriolanus Act3, Scene 2
HCP. H. TaylorPeriscope for Sicinius or Brutus“eyes toward the napes” Cor. Act 2, Scene 1
HCL. D. WakelyLighter for Shylock“Another bad match” M. of Venice, Act 3, Scene 1
 

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