Ximenes Competition No. 58 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 57 | 59 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Aug 1947 | ECLIPSE | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | L. E. Thomas | In abnormal English September 151 in the shade! | CLI in anag. of E Sep |
| Second | A. P. O’Leary | Oval. Fifty added in bad light | C for L in ellipse; i.e. 50 added to L = C |
| Third | E. S. Clark | The Established Church utters its fifth Dominical letter and the ignorant take it for a sign from Heaven | EC lips E |
| HC | E. S. Ainley | Facile princeps, or could be, with Carp Fin (like the rest) nowhere | anag. minus anag. of Carp Fin.; “E. first and the rest nowhere”; E. was an unbeaten racehorse painted by Stubbs |
| HC | F. A. Clark | Cap—a jockey’s pride once | 2 mngs.; ref. unbeaten racehorse |
| HC | B. Donne-Smith | Hiding for a horse that exhibited insubordination in the City and Suburban | lip in EC SE; 2 mngs.; unbeaten racehorse |
| HC | E. H. Evans | Sensation of the Day! England’s Stars out at Oval with only fifty added | C for L in ellipse; i.e. 50 added to L = C |
| HC | G. A. Hornsby | Sleep, I see, is disturbed; hence, rest nowhere | anag. incl. C; unbeaten racehorse; “E. first and the rest nowhere” |
| HC | A. S. King | Scene: The Oval. An early century is needed to surpass the total. Fifty’s not enough! | C for first L in ellipse |
| HC | C. Koop | Diana naturally takes umbrage when she comes across another body in the passage! | cryptic def.; Goddess of moon; umbrage = shadow |
| HC | A. McIntyre | The black-out we can understand, but cuts in next quota’s clothing coupons (yellow)! | clips in E E; ref. ‘E’ coupons |
| HC | Maj D. P. M. Michael | Where the sun first shone, cut off some brief seconds, the sun there reappears | E clip s E, & lit.; sun rises in east |
| HC | Mrs M. G. Porter | Is this the horse to surpass Midday Sun and Hyperion? The answer’s obscure | 2 defs., one cryptic; ref. unbeaten racehorse and 1937 and 1933 Derby winners |
| HC | J. H. Quincey | Won the Triple Crown—starting-price returned, 150-1 against, and with extreme ease! | CL I, SP (rev.) all in e(as)e; ref. unbeaten racehorse |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Better has stakes on for the race—may make a pile with just a second | better vb.; anag. of pile sec; ref. unbeaten racehorse |
| HC | Miss N. Shooter | The Oval: a mere half century gained—Heavens! how dull! | C for L in ellipse; i.e. 50 added to L = C |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | The darkness gathers: evidently Conservatives. Liberals, Independents—pinker Socialists even—must put their heads together | initial letters |
| HC | E. H. Thompson | 50 more required at the Oval to beat The Rest | C for L in ellipse; i.e. 50 added to L = C |
| HC | W. R. Throssell | A fine horse this—puts Hyperion into the shade | 2 mngs.; ref. unbeaten racehorse and 1933 Derby winner |
| HC | H. T. R. Twyford | Cut out a jig-saw of fifty pieces | anag. incl. L |
| HC | F. L. Usher | Bewailed poetically by one whose hair was removed in fifty pieces after a brush-up | ref. Samson Agonistes, I. 61; “Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse” |
| HC | W. D. Weston | An extra fifty at the Oval—Then bad light stopped play | C for L in ellipse; i.e. 50 added to L = C |
Runners-Up in competition 58: