Ximenes Competition No. 32 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 31 | 33 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Sep 1946 | TEMERAIRE | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. D. Cole | Are met (Turner’s view) with anger in the fighting —— | are met (rev.) + ire; ref. Turner painting |
| Second | Maj D. P. M. Michael | Fighting French in name only, found in English art and English rime | anag. of E art E rime; ref. Turner painting and Newbolt poem ‘The Fighting T.’ |
| Third | J. F. Smith | Famous ship which was launched in one river and ended its voyage in another | starts with Teme, ends in Aire |
| HC | A. E. Brookes | One of the painted Janes | cryptic def.; ref. ‘Jane’s Fighting Ships’, Turner painting |
| HC | Mrs M. B. Caithness | Met Turner by river painting ship | met (rev.) + er Aire; i.e. turn er |
| HC | F. A. Clark | A trireme (English) fitted out as a French man-of-war | anag. incl. E |
| HC | D. L. Clements | “And she’s going down the river, ——, ——” (Newbolt). Or perhaps with a river either side of her? | i.e. Teme r Aire; ref. Newbolt poem ‘The Fighting T.’ [usually “... fading down the river”] |
| HC | Capt D. Ellis | Each little trireme converted into a man-of-war | anag. incl. ea |
| HC | L. E. Eyres | H.M.S. Three Rivers | Teme R Aire |
| HC | Maj A. H. Giles | Each little trireme fitted out as a warship, fighting fit, makes a perfect picture | anag. of ea trireme; ref. Turner painting |
| HC | S. B. Green | To term Eire a belligerent might be distorted | anag. of term Eire a; ref. ‘The Fighting T.’ |
| HC | S. Holgate | Fighting mix-up between a trireme and an E-boat | anag. of a trireme E; ref. ‘The Fighting T.’ |
| HC | J. Hardie Keir | Did Nelson’s “reckless lady” meet her end in the Méditerranée? Possibly | comp. anag. with end; téméraire (Fr.) = reckless |
| HC | Mrs B. A. Mallett | Sujet de Tourneur en lutte—mer, air et terre. Rash to use French! | hidden; ref. ‘Tourneur’ (i.e. Turner) painting; téméraire (Fr.) = rash |
| HC | G. H. McConnell | One of Jane’s lot makes bold to take the sea air in a bad season in France | mer air in anag. of été (Fr.); ref. ‘Jane’s Fighting Ships’; téméraire (Fr.) = bold |
| HC | E. Mendoza | Conjugate être, aimer for Mr. Turner’s French prize | anag.; ref. Turner painting |
| HC | S. Mumford | Rather more than a trireme, towed to her last berth by Eremite R.A. | anag. of a trireme (+e), anag.; ref. painting; Turner was reclusive |
| HC | G. Page | She lives “in England’s song for ever” as one who made Eire tamer | anag.; ref. Newbolt poem ‘The Fighting T.’ |
| HC | R. Postill | Robespierre had this rash, as a result of his initial bathe in English rivers? | R(obespierre) in Teme, Aire; téméraire (Fr.) = rash |
| HC | R. C. Reeves | The three-decker of Nelson’s day was little more than a trireme converted | anag. of a trireme (+e) |
| HC | Lord Russell of Killowen | Though pugnacious, her picture was admirably produced by an Eremite R.A. | anag.; ref. painting; Turner was reclusive |
| HC | G. H. Savage | Two rivers set about a little one, and the result is, of course, fighting | R in Teme, Aire; ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ |
| HC | R. E. Stephens | Rash French disorders teem at my beginning, but I am seen in rare setting at my end | anag. of teem, I in rare; ref. Turner painting; téméraire (Fr.) = rash |
| HC | G. N. Stewart | Rash guarantor of maritime security now gilt-edged | ref. frame of Turner painting; téméraire = rash (Fr) |
| HC | F. E. Stocks | The artist, a natural Eremite, freely expresses himself in his subject | anag. of RA Eremite; ref. painting; Turner was reclusive |
| HC | Rev R. J. Whitaker | “A painted ship, upon a painted Ocean?” No, the liquid in two rivers | r (liquid consonant) in Teme, Aire; ref. Coleridge, ‘Ancient Mariner’ |
No Runners-Up in competition 32