Ximenes Competition No. 150 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 149 | 151 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | Oct 1950 | CAPILLAMENTS | normal | 18 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. A. Baker | They’ll be unco pliant camels that can pass through the eye of a needle! | anag. |
| Second | Mrs F. Castle-Knight | Pliant camels performing contortions could easily go through the eye of a needle | anag. |
| Third | R. Postill | Baffled camel’s plaint: “They can go easily through a needle’s eye” | anag. |
| HC | G. H. Clarke | Use the switch to check up on these filaments—lamps can’t lie! | anag. |
| HC | F. L. Constable | The right treatment of scalp ailment can produce some really fine hairs | anag. |
| HC | J. H. Dingwall | Cover diseased and unsound stamen; expose sound ones | cap ill + anag., & lit. |
| HC | J. Duffill | Fibres in your canapé, Monsieur?—Still, they are of the finest type | anag. incl. M |
| HC | H. H. Elliott | Meagre crinal tissues, produced by untoward scalp ailment | anag. |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Can camels go through the eye of a needle? Pliant camels can, but they must be very pliant! | anag. |
| HC | R. W. Hawes | Thin hairs perhaps result from disfiguring scalp ailment | anag. |
| HC | J. Hardie Keir | Plans upset by a fickle climate get you down | anag. of plans, climate |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | A scalp ailment requires treatment when the hairs fall out | anag. |
| HC | G. M. Mercer | Falling hairs? A form of scalp ailment is responsible. Put it right and get a fine crop | anag., 2 defs. |
| HC | E. G. Phillips | Cries of grief follow when the disease of plica starts and fine hairs are all matted together | anag. + laments; see plica Polonica in C. |
| HC | H. Ingram Rees | Produce of Manilla, etc. (p.s. Jolly fine stuff!) | anag. |
| HC | H. B. Ridley | Ruinous scalp ailment—it makes fine hair so thin! | anag. |
| HC | W. O. Robertson | What an unnatural alliance: politician and saint! The threads are indeed slender | anag. of alliance, MP, St |
| HC | Capt C. Tyers | Certainly there is more than just fine fibre in the constitution of all men past one hundred | anag. incl. I, C |
Runners-Up in competition 150: