Ximenes Competition No. 251 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 249 | 253 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Sep 1953 | UNMETHODICAL | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | All over the place, though not like a doctor doing the rounds | tho’ in unmedical, & lit. |
| Second | D. P. M. Michael | Making the lucid moan! | anag. & lit. |
| Third | A. Rivlin | On detail, much at fault | anag. & lit. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Much led into a muddle | anag. & lit. |
| HC | M. L. Booker | Munich led to a realignment here regardless of law and order | anag.; ref. M. Agreement, 1939 |
| HC | R. M. S. Cork | Having no plan of the mould, I can do nothing but redesign it | anag. |
| HC | Mrs W. Fearon | Like the Foolish Virgins—lacking care and oil—unmatched confusion! | anag.; ref. Matt. 25:1-13 |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | Do lunch with me at one. We’ll make it quite informal | anag. incl. I; one = I |
| HC | Rev B. Foley | Haphazard setting of clue! Oh, damn it! | anag. |
| HC | Maj A. H. Giles | I am unclothed—highly improper! It should certainly be against all rules | anag. |
| HC | R. M. Grace | No detail—much confused | anag. & lit. |
| HC | Miss V. Grant | I can mould the jigsaw pieces together, with no system whatsoever | anag. |
| HC | C. R. Haigh | Being untidy about the house culminated in confusion | ho in anag. of culminated |
| HC | T. Heaney | No detail! Much confusion! Unsystematic! | anag. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Irregular and varying much on detail | anag. |
| HC | Mrs M. G. Porter | Haphazard variety of clue: oh, damn it! | anag. |
| HC | J. E. Povey | Planless muddle led to a Munich | anag.; ref. M. Agreement, 1939 |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | I am unclothed, running amok, and liable to a charge of disorderly conduct! | anag. |
| HC | D. Russom | From jumbled letters I can mould the key-word, without any system | anag.; ref. Playfair |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Cloud in the morning with winds irregular | anag. incl. a.m. |
| HC | W. I. D. Scott | I am unclothed, mad, but not as Hamlet | anag.; ref. Hamlet II.2, “madness, yet there is method in’t” |
| HC | R. E. Stumbles | I am unclothed, drunk and disorderly | anag. |
| HC | J. Thompson | You can have the clue! I’m hot and bothered—inclined to leave things to chance | anag. |
| HC | D. H. Tompsett | Careless on much detail | anag. & lit. |
| HC | J. F. N. Wedge | The man I could vivisect for being very unjustly disposed! | anag.; ‘vivisector’ encoded solution in puzzle |
| HC | A. H. Wright | An old tie, much creased and lacking pattern | anag. |
| HC | Flt Lt N. D. Young | Not what the doctor ordered—swallowing a hot pickle! It’s bad for the system! | anag. in unmedical |
Runners-Up in competition 251: