XIMENES CROSSWORD No. 900

PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS

1.  N. C. Dexter (Market Harborough): Wild apes are no relations of Peking Man (Pareoeans; anag.).

2.  D. P. M. Michael (Newport): I found in devastated camp area only low forms of life like mules (paramecia; I in anag.; mules = slippers).

3.  C. J. Morse (SW10): America’s crazy to follow our “pops”—they’re one of the lowest forms of life! (paramecia; pa + anag.).

V.H.C.

F. D. H. Atkinson (Claygate): Slippery little pond creatures—after fission a pair came (paramecia; anag.; ref. reproduction).

Mrs J. M. Bates (Solihull): A pair came unstuck, but they still look like slippers (paramecia; anag.).

J. W. Bates (Westcliff-on-Sea): Whipped cream in a state the reverse of first-rate may produce them! (paramecia; Pa. + anag. + A1 (rev.), & lit.).

P. F. Bauchop (Bristol): Open areas laid to waste by Genghis Khan’s men (Pareoeans; anag.).

R. Brain (Surbiton): Yellow people need e.&o.e. after fish before entering answer (Pareoeans; par e. o.e. + ans; ref. No. 898!).

C. O. Butcher (E4): Knock back French spirit here and one can fabricate slippery creatures invisible to ordinary eyes (paramecia; rap (rev.) + âme ci (Fr.) + a).

P. R. Clemow (W5): Dad comes before the beak—reverse of sweet—one making examples of slippery creatures (paramecia; pa ram + ice (rev.) + a).

W. J. Duffin (Hull): A Burmese race found in rough open areas (Pareoeans; anag.).

S. Goldie (Enfield): Tiny creatures, looking like mules? It’s Pa and I, taken with faulty camera! (paramecia; pa + anag. incl. I; mules = slippers).

A. Hall (Hastings): A cream gone off, vegetable matter left standing outside—here you find us (anag. in pia (plant), & lit.).

L. W. Jenkinson (Bolton): I came unstuck after Standard One—for multiplication they rely on division! (paramecia; par a + anag.).

L. Johnson (Tunbridge Wells): A pair came fuddled: they’re likely to be present if there’s still standing of liquor (paramecia;anag.).

R. E. Kimmons (Kettering): They’re like little mules—a pair came prancing (paramecia; anag.; mules = slippers).

A. V. Langham (Doncaster): Genghis Khan left these open areas completely devastated (Pareoeans; anag.).

A. Lawrie (Cheltenham): Before one in charge returns, sire meets odd mare, begetting little mule-like animals ((paramecia; pa + anag. + a i/c (rev.)).

Dr T. J. R. Maguire (Dublin): From a split came a pair, and so we are got (paramecia; anag. & lit.).

J. F. N. Wedge (Carshalton): More than one minute being abnormal I came unplaced (paramecia; para (prefix) + anag.; unplace = displace = disarrange).

H.C. (paramecia)

R. Abrey, C. Allen Baker, A. J. Bisset, Mrs K. Bissett, A. Bristow, J. Bunting, R. M. S. Cork, A. S. Everest, R. R. Greenfield, Mrs M. I. M. Hunter, T. P. Kelly, C. Key, Mrs D. M. Kissen, Mrs J. Lawrence, J. C. Leonard, J. D. Lockett, T. A. Martin, P. H. Morgan, Flt Lt L. W. G. Oxley, W. H. Pegram, E. G. Phillips, T. J. Pimbley, R. Postill, P. Salveson, C. A. Sears, Mrs E. M. Simmonds, W. K. M. Slimmings, L. T. Stokes, G. H. Willett, Mrs G. Williams, Mrs H. D. Williams, M. Woolf

H.C. (Pareoeans)

Miss V. K. Abrahams, C. Ashby, J. H. Cleary, C. Jones, D. Malcolm, Mrs K. H. Ross, G. R. Webb.
 

COMMENTS:—About 325 competitors: all but about 90 of these found paramecia. Of the others about 50 found Pareoeans: the rest, many of them admittedly, used non-existent words or unacceptable combinations of words (except for Siamese cat, which I would have accepted, on the grounds that I Sometimes use recognised pairs of words in my diagrams; but its few users didn’t send clues of a standard to earn mention). Many ingenious pseudo-words were produced, the most popular being assaultees: I liked deutero-mass, canoeism, and especially the Old English dormousen! Urodemons was nice, too; but I didn’t like unlassoe or amusical much. Anyway all of them, alas, had to go on the ground of lack of authority. Curiously, the word I had found myself was Pareoeans, not the far more often used paramecia, which escaped me. It was certainly a stiff task, and I hardly expected so big an entry. Many thanks for many kind words and congratulations on the milestone. No time for more: I must catch the post.