Ximenes Competition No. 27 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 26 | 28 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Jun 1946 | MEANDRIAN | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. K. M. Slimmings | Not the course a bull takes, to the discomfiture of a man in red! | anag. |
| Second | Miss J. Fry | Quite loopy of course | cryptic def. |
| Third | Sqn Ldr H. M. Jamieson | Loopy? Near mad in one way certainly | anag. |
| HC | L. P. Cook | A crooked mandarine is not straight of course | anag. |
| HC | C. B. Daish | Amend rain to read “windy” | anag. |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | Twist and remain twisting | anag. |
| HC | Mrs C. E. Duff | Mazy Chinese puzzle: find the mandarine! | anag. |
| HC | Rev B. Foley | “The wild thing went” this way to a dream inn | anag.; ref. ‘The Rolling English Road’ in G. K. Chesterton, ‘The Flying Inn’ |
| HC | Maj A. H. Giles | Doctor Ian’s got a bad name for not going straight | mean Dr Ian |
| HC | S. B. Green | Undress and remain in Serpentine, ignoring propriety | anag. |
| HC | M. L. Herzig | A nine-dram shake might give you such a walk home! | anag. |
| HC | C. R. Malcolm | Who’s writhing in bed? An Aberdonian doctor? | i.e. mean Dr Ian; river-bed |
| HC | Maj D. P. M. Michael | Of course I am winding—I damn near got lost! | anag. |
| HC | F. H. Oliver | All of a twist, with the lowest point twisted in the middle! | anag. of nadir in mean |
| HC | J. I. Perrett | Liable to twist and remain twisted | anag. |
| HC | R. C. Reeves | Zigzagging like a Cockney couple doing the Lambeth Walk | i.e. like me and ’er (meander) |
| HC | W. Rennie | Highland John, under a poor little doctor, is twisting and turning in bed | mean Dr Ian; river-bed |
| HC | J. F. Smith | Scramble, airmen, and get weaving! | anag |
| HC | J. E. Smith Wright | Unwind and remain winding | anag |
| HC | D. L. Toseland | Describes the classic curves on one side of Lydia | crptic def.: ref. River Meander, southern boundary of the Kingdom of L. |
| HC | E. F. Watling | Crooked, and I damn’ near got mixed up in it! | anag. |
No Runners-Up in competition 27