Ximenes Competition No. 519 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 517 | 521 ▶ | Other competitions
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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519 | Xmas 1958 | RIDICULE | DLM | 23 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | F. Aylmer | Why did Irish mockery make Il Duce irate? Because the Eire the Führer | |
Second | Lt Col P. S. Baines | Roast the turkey, baste with lard, Stuff with garlic—Dieu vous garde! | |
Third | R. J. Steel | W. idle curiosity and the railing round a bungalow? One is simple interest, the other’s compound | |
HC | C. Allen Baker | ’Tis idle curiosity that Has cooked the goose of many a cat! | goose, vb. |
HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | W. a terribly U, idle, rich schoolboy and chaff? One needs fags, the other feeds nags | |
HC | E. G. Durham | Pray mock me not, my love is true. Tho’ winds be rude, I cling to you | |
HC | J. A. Fincken | From idle curiosity why flee? Make game of Life your fav’rite pastime be | |
HC | S. B. Green | I gaze into your eyes—don’t laugh at me: It isn’t idle curiosity | |
HC | Mrs M. R. Griffith | Mock me, cruel, I die of pain: Kiss me, sweet, I live again | |
HC | E. M. Hornby | At idle curiosity don’t mock: A grain of knowledge grows into a rock | |
HC | Mrs L. Jarman | W. idle curiosity and a mock auctioneer? One relies on whiches and whats, the other on watches and wits | |
HC | P. H. Morgan | W. a false nose and a Druid relic on a wet day? One’s a ruddy mockery, the other’s a muddy rockery! | |
HC | F. E. Newlove | What does a railing round a heathen image put a stop to? Idol (idle) curiosity | |
HC | S. L. Paton | In what way did Il Duce irritate the Nazis? He used to be “little (belittle) Hitler” | |
HC | R. Postill | Why is idle curiosity about roast chicken inconclusive? Because a prior’s (pryer’s) habit doesn’t cover the parson’s nose! | |
HC | R. D. Prior | A butt, my love, we’ll scorn to be For idle curiosity | |
HC | A. Robins | Why can a lunatic always make jokes about lice during the full moon? Because then he’s a perfect nit-wit! | |
HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | “What makes a maid cruel?” I cry. “A crude male” is the mocking reply | |
HC | J. G. Stubbs | Why does a schoolboy fisherman laugh at Euclid riders? Because he knows his lines and angles | |
HC | G. H. Wilde | Why is an entry on a football coupon like a nice, lurid film of horrors or strip tease? Because an X means a draw | |
HC | C. E. Williams | The idle cur in every race Will mock the winner of the chase | |
HC | M. Woolf | W. a guy on an idle cruiser and the dentist on an oil-carrier? One’s a Yank at anchor, the other’s a tanker yanker | |
HC | A. J. Young | Why is idle curiosity like a jolly good hand at solo? Because they both put an end to the kitty! | jolly, vb. |
Runners-Up in competition 519: