Ximenes Competition No. 30 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 29 | 31 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Aug 1946 | TWEEL | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. T. Young | Jean is north of the Border | cryptic def.; jean = twill; ref. Burns’s Jean of the western airt, Golden Treasury No. 155 |
| Second | S. Holgate | Spinning in Yorkshire? No; woven in Scotland | ‘t’ wheel’ |
| Third | Mrs M. B. Caithness | English tweed is cheaper in the end than this Scots stuff | i.e. tweed = tweel with d for L |
| HC | Miss D. Browne | Stuff to make Colin all that was craved for him after tea | ‘t’ weel, ref. Golden Treasury No. 154 |
| HC | H. E. Cannings | Tike’s bike? No, Macduff’s stuff | ‘t’ wheel’ |
| HC | K. D. H. Cattanach | Whence the Dee came into the Tweed? | i.e. tweed = tweel with D for L; rivers |
| HC | F. A. Clark | Tweed’s true name—simply Latin for its delta | L for D in tweed; river |
| HC | E. W. Eardley | Maybe we let the Scots weave thus | anag. |
| HC | Dr W. H. Hamilton | Multiply my tail by ten, I’m still Scots stream-weft fit for men | i.e. tweel with D for L = Tweed; Roman numerals |
| HC | Miss A. Keen | This well-finished cloth is Scots throughout | ends with weel (= well) |
| HC | C. R. Malcolm | If we let mixture occur, it may be heather mixture | anag. |
| HC | A. P. O’Leary | Cricket? We eleven can do our stuff in the north! | hidden |
| HC | R. Postill | Will this fabric be on sale? It will, shortly, in the Caledonian market, but there’s a catch in it | ’twill; ’t weel (= fish trap) |
| HC | G. W. Pugh | This has a more expensive finish than the usual gent’s suiting | L for d in tweed |
| HC | J. H. Quincey | Tea, with the right kind of fare to suit a Scot | ‘t’ + weel; ref. Golden Treasury No. 150 |
| HC | D. I. Randell | Methinks ’twill be better for a Sassenach | cryptic def.; i.e. twill is Eng. version |
| HC | A. E. Smith | Made from the fleece of Mary’s pet wee lamb? | hidden |
| HC | J. Waters | If ’twon’t be affirmative ’twon’t be material to Scot who says this is | i.e. ’twon’t and ’twill, twill and tweel |
| HC | E. F. Watling | Once we let stuff over the border it well may look like this; in fact it will | anag.; ’t weel, ’t will |
No Runners-Up in competition 30