Ximenes Competition No. 56 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 55 | 57 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Aug 1947 | SHEEP-RUN | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. K. M. Slimmings | It might suggest a Bach chorale, or a baa corral! (Puns here are out of place!) | 2 defs., anag.; ref. “Sheep may safely graze” |
| Second | O. Carlton Smith | A fully developed and fast version of the “Lambeth Walk,” omitting the complicated middle part? | i.e. Lamb(eth) Walk, anag. of the in middle |
| Third | Maj D. P. M. Michael | Idyllic prospect of troubled sphere when United Nations succeed | anag. + UN |
| HC | Mrs F. Castle-Knight | A sphere of Aries? Its changed course is defined by the formula Remove from its sphere | anag. of unsphere; Aries, ram |
| HC | F. A. Clark | Where timid sillies ruminate: “Both hemispheres are crazy—United Nations is at an end” | anag. of sphere + UN |
| HC | P. M. Coombs | Quick queue for getting mutton fat | cryptic def.; ref. rationing |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | If one may use puns here, this is where to find “12’s 47s” | anag.; Lamb’s Tales, tails; ref. puzzle solutions |
| HC | D. H. Elphick | Might one perpetrate puns here? Lamb, for one, would revel in it | anag.; Charles L.; see Chambers def. of perpetrate |
| HC | S. B. Green | Tract on which timid followers are urged to ruminate | cryptic def.; sermon |
| HC | W. Lambert | What comes within the sphere of the United Nations is set out in a tract | anag. incl. UN |
| HC | R. H. Lemon | 12’s namesakes eat here; but there’s explosive in the compote of prunes, so they don’t wait for it | HE in anag.; i.e. sheep run (away); solution 12 in puzzle is Lamb |
| HC | Mrs B. A. Mallett | Wool Producers Speed Up: Australian Pastures’ Product Can Be Spun Here | sheep run, anag. |
| HC | J. I. Mason | They don’t often when they’re in it, unless the wether’s unsettled | cryptic def. |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Once you get the range, the Hun on the Spree will be in pieces | anag.; ref. R. Spree, Berlin |
| HC | Rev E. B. Peel | Woolley gets a single in the long field—after having a dip? (Shocking puns here!) | sheep + run, anag.; ref. Frank W., Kent and England cricketer |
| HC | E. G. Phillips | A pasture in Goshen—there’s nothing against this grazing land anyhow, thought Jacob | comp. anag. incl. 0; ref. Gen. 47. 1, Jacob sheep |
| HC | R. Postill | Sounds as if you might get fed up with the weather here | cryptic def.; i.e. ‘ewe’, ‘wether’ |
| HC | S. E. Quincey | “Global disorder should be laid before United Nations”—Pastoral Tract | anag. of sphere + UN |
| HC | Mrs Shackleton | Ground (probably at Canterbury!) where Woolley made a single? | sheep + run; canter-bury; ref. Frank W., Kent and England cricketer |
| HC | P. H. Taylor | “Where’er you walk”’s interpreted by ear | cryptic def.; i.e. ‘ewe’ walk |
| HC | A. H. Taylor | Something to chew the cud over? The re-organisation of the United Nations and their sphere | anag. of UN sphere |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | A tract to ruminate on: it favours something very much like gambling | cryptic def.; ‘gamboling’; sermon |
| HC | H. L. Tinkler | Board and lodging for 12? A good field for puns here anyway! | anag.; solution 12 in puzzle is Lamb |
| HC | W. K. Ward | Tract to browse over—congregation rushes for it | sheep run |
| HC | W. Watts | She cut up dried fruit, providing a vegetarian diet | she + anag. of prune |
Runners-Up in competition 56: