Ximenes Competition No. 48 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 47 | 49 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Apr 1947 | ADONIS | Knock-knock | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. E. Green | —— or boo: Ah just throws tomatoes | I don’t hiss |
| Second | Mrs R. Rivers | —— ’ickle pink toes look sweet, the duck! | Ah, don’t his |
| Third | Miss J. Sharp | —— when me teeth ’old in tight | I don’t hiss |
| HC | D. Annan | ——ee where ’ee be goin’ tü? | ah, don’t I see |
| HC | E. P. Barrett | ——self ter blime | had only his self |
| HC | S. Belt | —— what I deserve to be for this clue! | a donee’s |
| HC | Miss A. M. Corney | ——, not bein’ a snake | I don’t hiss |
| HC | T. Crippin | —— risk only | at owner’s |
| HC | K. Dobson | ——sue nothin’ wi’out a permit | I don’t issue |
| HC | R. Dubock | ——self ter blame, pore feller | had only his self |
| HC | E. H. Evans | —— word fer it, wuss luck! | had only his |
| HC | A. H. Gomme | ——ackly know. A zeed nowt | I don’t exactly… I see’d |
| HC | S. B. Green | ——pecially wanner set the world on fi-yer! | I don’t especially; song |
| HC | M. G. Hipkins | ——even rowin’? Then betcha Cambridge ’ad ten! | had only seven |
| HC | W. S. Holdsworth | ——itate when I shay “troory looral” do I, constable? | I don’t hesitate |
| HC | T. P. Hughes | —— so much after ’aving ma teeth knocked oot | I don’t hiss |
| HC | H. A. Joslin | ——pam, as usual | had only spam |
| HC | C. Koop | —— one of the nuts | a dough ’un is |
| HC | Mrs Lawlor | —— risk (at owner’s) | |
| HC | W. O. Robertson | ——Cape Wrath, when ma missus finds out | I don’t escape |
| HC | Miss T. Robinson | ——sue no tickets till ah sees yo’ money | I don’t issue |
| HC | Sir M. P. Roseveare | ——elf to blame | had only his self |
| HC | C. P. Scott-Malden | —— risk | at owner’s |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | —— ’utch ’d be worth two bucks to ’im | a doe in his |
Runners-Up in competition 48: