Ximenes Competition No. 600  Ximenes Slip  |  ◀  595  |  604  ▶  |  Other competitions
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
600 Jul 1960The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred Anagram23

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstLt Col P. S. BainesBlunder led to XI H bearding heights11th Hussars
SecondC. CandyBugles exhort—nigh blind death-ride! 
ThirdS. GoldieExhibits true high-bred old England! 
HCR. BryanLet grand ode exhibit high blunders 
HCR. BurrellExtol high thundering sabre-led bid 
HCB. BurtonBungler-led throng exhibit dash—die 
HCG. H. DicksonBidden ride bang through shell—exit! 
HCA. DouglasLax order behind it—highest bungled 
HCS. B. GreenExhibited headlong blunders? Right! 
HCW. H. JohnsonExtol this high bugle-bidden errand 
HCG. A. LinsleyOrder held death. Exhibits bungling 
HCMiss P. MillsHigh exalt this bold enduring breed 
HCW. L. MironExtol their sad end—big, high blunder 
HCP. H. MorganDeath’s hell-exuding, throbbing ride 
HCMrs W. J. O’ConnellGuns both R and L—ride—bleed … high exit 
HCA. Robins“Big-shot” lax—he blundered, dithering 
HCT. E. SandersLax blunder—the heroes did big thing 
HCJ. C. SeddonBad high blunderings; extol the ride 
HCW. K. M. SlimmingsLords had exhibited bungling there 
HCR. StephensonThundering sabre bid, high extolled 
HCJ. TobinExtra! Blunder! Heights held in big “do” 
HCMiss E. J. UngerBlunder exhibited hearts nigh gold 
HCM. WoolfExalt high this bold enduring breed! 
 

Runners-Up in competition 600:

J. AudsleyH. C. CopemanMrs L. JarmanE. J. Rackham
C. Allen BakerE. DaviesJ. H. KempE. W. Richart
Mrs H. M. BarclayA. L. DennisJ. I. LoganMrs J. Robertson
A. J. BarnardF. E. DixonMiss J. S. LumsdenMrs E. M. Simmonds
J. W. BatesBrig W. E. DuncanR. K. LumsdonB. Darwin Smith
Capt A. S. BirtG. E. FellowsDr T. J. R. MaguireJ. W. Sweeting
Mrs E. M. BrinkworthD. FielkerMrs E. McFeeC. M. Tatham
Miss H. BrounF. D. GardinerE. L. MellershMrs B. W. Tawse
C. O. ButcherT. J. GuffickC. J. MorseJ. Thompson
R. S. CaffynMrs A. de M. HaigW. G. MowforthMrs B. Tidman
Miss E. J. CampbellV. L. HarrisonT. C. PerksCapt T. A. Whitamore
R. N. ChignellR. N. HaygarthG. PerryJ. R. V. White
P. R. ClemowMrs H. J. HealdR. Postill 
R. G. CodlingJ. M. HendrieG. W. Pugh 
P. M. CoombsE. M. HornbyDr P. W. Putnam