Ximenes Competition No. 85 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 84 | 86 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Sep 1948 | SERGEANT | normal | 18 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. S. Ainley | Sort of reagents most sensitive to inert forces | anag.; i.e. lazy soldiers |
| Second | F. L. Usher | Striped, and infests barracks; to get him worsted apply insecticide | i.e. serge(ant); ref. insignia |
| Third | E. L. Mellersh | He would make a saint shrivel and turn green: yet, having received stripes, he seeks a crown above | anag. of a St green; i.e. insignia of Staff Sgt. |
| HC | H. G. Butters | Sent away—kit left untidy—his heart turns to anger | i.e. anag. of gear or rage in sent, & lit. |
| HC | A. E. Clayton | Fabricant? Well, he dresses the raw material | i.e. serge (fabric) + ant; dress = align troops in parade |
| HC | P. M. Coombs | Textile worker gives private instruction in stripe effects | serge ant; private soldier; ref. insignia |
| HC | T. E. Faber | Rate germanium-tin alloy superior to copper | anag. incl. Ge, Sn; ref. police ranks |
| HC | T. C. Fitzpatrick | We see more than corporal punishment in this stern age | anag. |
| HC | J. L. Hall | Gents are—As you were!—Officers and gents are my superiors | anag. |
| HC | G. A. Hornsby | His coat-of-arms (in vert) bearing three chevrons or a chief fretty rampant | cryptic def.; i.e. invert into ‘arms-of-coat’; ref. insignia |
| HC | C. Koop | The way to ruin gets near—the constable and the inspector between them have got me! | anag.; ref. police ranks |
| HC | A. F. Lerrigo | Carries on as Regent after Restoration; (hoping yet to wear the crown, perhaps) | anag.; i.e. crown insignia of Staff Sgt. |
| HC | J. Montgomerie | Striped drilling: the fabric has not shrunk | serge an’t; ref. insignia, drill Sgt. |
| HC | R. Postill | Twill trousers (extremely short)—with a striped coat! He does dress loudly | serge (p)ant(s); ref. insignia; dress = align troops in parade |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | Strange ’e should be in a mess? Not at all | anag. & lit.; mess = canteen |
| HC | Mrs E. Shackleton | He, with his remarks on private enterprise, can cause a gent’s ear to split | anag.; i.e. private soldiers |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | Fell to declaiming Hamlet, making his mother less rude about joining ENSA | anag. of Gert(rude) ENSA; ref. mother of H. and Hamlet V.2.350, “fell sergeant” |
| HC | Capt C. Tyers | Compound of reagents exerting reflex action on uniform lines | anag.; ref. parade drill |
Runners-Up in competition 85: