Ximenes Competition No. 20 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 19 | 21 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Mar 1946 | NIERSTEINER | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Maj A. H. Giles | This may be still escaping by the route through the long Rhine Valley bottleneck | cryptic def.; i.e. still wine; ref. POWs, etc. |
| Second | W. J. B. Whittle | Look on the wine when it’s white; then try to invoke the nearest diner! | ‘nearsht-’iner’ |
| Third | R. C. Macfarlane | Disordered kidneys lead to entire change in choice of wine | anag. of reins + anag. |
| HC | E. P. Barrett | Wine, simply vinted by mixing resin with porter as delivered from the brewery | anag. of resin, entire |
| HC | Capt P. M. Coombs | Although control’s back on one type of hock (uniced), you can get this variety | rein (rev.) + Stein(berg)er; ref. rationing |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson, RN | Wine manufacturer takes one over the eight and retires | anag. of nine, retires |
| HC | P. A. Hall | The eccentric Sir R. Stephen French is bottled | anag. of Sir R. Étienne |
| HC | S. Holgate | Rein back at first, and steer round in the end. Got a bad hock? | rein (rev.) + in in steer |
| HC | A. Hoskin | Not Moselle, though it may be seen in Trier | anag. |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | If a hock’s laid open, it can be roughly set between twisted reins | anag. of set in two anags. of rein |
| HC | C. Koop | Something expressed as light, and still capable of making Einstein err | anag.; i.e. previously pressed; light, still wine |
| HC | M. W. Lowry | When I bring the entrée in, sir, will you get out the wine? | anag. |
| HC | R. Macleod | The entire resin content could go into a wine-bottle | anag. |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Rents in Eire are enough to make one drink | anag. |
| HC | Mrs Simpson | Drink that made the ’90s err | anag. of nineties err |
| HC | F. L. Usher | Are rents in Eire adjusted ad hoc in the black market? No, it’s still white | anag.; still white wine; pun on ‘Hock’ |
| HC | Rev A. E. Wynne | This German internee, Sir, is drunk and disorderly! | anag. |
No Runners-Up in competition 20