HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. H. Hudson | 35 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 53 | 38 | Nov 1946 | Jan 1985 | 38y 2m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 456 | BALADINE | VHC | See me perform – let off ballet, I end with a jig | bal(let) + anag. |
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Yearly present rich boss with a thousand tax free! | anag. incl. M |
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | This may sting – treating it with a curari dressing can make a rash go pop (nothing lost in reproductions) | anag. in anag.; anag. less 0 |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 298 | NOSER | Second | I must know – what’s this bloody organ doing in a piano serenade? | hidden, 2 defs. |
| 263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | It’s claret – some pre-f/ab, lissome, bubbly! | |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | For great celebration we get bijou verse – a lyre ill tuned | anag.; ref. Jubilee Hymn |
| 225 | VALETA | VHC | Old-timers’ hit at ball: another service indicated – Borotra’s goes outside | a let in va; ref. Jean B., former tennis champion; va (Fr.) = goes |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | My warnings were rejected as canards, wrongly | anag. |
| 178 | A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent) | VHC | Hot time for a clown – stage make-up runs – no energy | anag. less E, 2 defs. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | VHC | You were three chiefs of Middle-East, You the three Kings of Orient were – The modern Sheik’s not in the least Concerned with frankincense and myrrh. You journeyed through the winter’s cold To mark with gifts the angels’ news – Your counterpart, agog for gold, Just grabs his oily revenues | |
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | No husband needed to get Dorcas weaving | anag.; ref. Acts 9 |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 100 | CENTENARIAN | VHC | Labuntur anni, involving disintegration of an erect old chap | anag. in anag.; ‘the years glide by’ (Horace: Odes 2.14) |
| 57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | April devilry calls for sta/r acting of month essential | |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1023 | CONSOLE | VHC | Here is the weather signal—sun going in. Cheer up | Sol in cone |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 1000 | THOUSAND | VHC | It’s terribly hot ahead of us, and a cool this would be helpful | anag. + us and |
| 997 | TREACLE | VHC | “Electra,” miscast, has sticky run | anag.; ref. O’Neill, ‘Mourning Becomes E.’ |
| 984 | Word containing a first name (Anonymous) | VHC | Santa’s made up badly—a makeshift affair | TIMENO-GUY; de Maupassant, author; anag. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 916 | DIAPASON | VHC | A pond is a queer place to pull out bass | anag. |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 890 | DEBENTURE | VHC | Rent due be bothered—I’ll see you get your money! | anag. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 821 | SOMERSET | VHC | I’m most upset about the tongue; we’ve Bath chaps here—or a turnover | Erse in anag.; Bath in S.; s. = somersault |
| 812 | ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left) | VHC | Bar put in a tizzy—short drink doctored—sit back, you need a Scotch after that | anag.; sit (rev.) + ane |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Pimply midshipman got before the Ma/hatma—despots much less obvious | a tan that made spots |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 404 | POLENTA | VHC | End of the Axis, half nation in ruins—result, meatless dish for the Italians | pole + anag. of nat(ion) |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 172 | GARNISHER | VHC | I advise you not to pay her under a shilling: I rang—line out of order—before | anag. of I rang + s + her |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 146 | BELDAME | VHC | It’s all right for an old Granny, but here’s Mother, on the right side of 50, in a sewing circle! | L, dam in bee; sewing bee |
| 143 | LAMPREY | VHC | The wave breaks into song—and even the fish is light-headed | anag. of perm. in lay, starts with lamp |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 122 | LEATHER | First | Fell fully dressed into a wet trench, right in front of her—that’s tough! | leat + her, 2 defs.; fell = skin |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 116 | WATERLOO | VHC | Battle instructions: “Alert” order to be changed and put into War Office cipher | anag. in WO, 0 |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 100 | Word containing ADDING | VHC | A snake in the heather is bad for the hose | laddering; adder in ling |
| 98 | HUMERI | VHC | These may make him rue appearing in shirt-sleeves | anag. |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 63 | STILETTO | VHC | Delay in Tito’s overthrow may provide loophole for stabbing | let in anag.; ref. formation of Yugoslavia; dagger, instrument for making eyelets |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 44 | PARIS | Third | What’s Hecuba to him? If you know, mum’s the word | cryptic def.; H., mother of P. |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 39 | GNATHIC | VHC | 100 in Gath routed (but Samson managed 1000 with such a bone) | anag. incl. C; jawbone of an ass, ref. Judges 15:16 |
| 38 | WIND-HOVER | VHC | Come in first by a short head, backwards, and change your bowler for one covered with feathers | win + hd. (rev.) + over (cricket) |
| 37 | MISLABEL | VHC | Put mud in Monsieur’s honey and describe it as pure! | slab (= mud) in miel (Fr.), & lit. |
1984-1985
662 BARGE-COUPLE
657 SILLY-BILLY
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
615 HISTORIETTE
1982-1983
564 PARAMENT
552 NOURICE-FEE
538 INGRAIN
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
401 GO-AHEAD
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
289 AMNESIAC
267 MORRIS-DANCE
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
1975-1976
187 POWDERING-TUB
1974-1975
139 PIEPOWDER
1973-1974
75 GROCETERIA
1972-1973
36 CRUSADER
23 SCLERODERMIC
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1123 MAXIMIST
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1969-1970
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1036 CORONETED
1966-1967
949 BROWSING
935 MALAPROP
1965-1966
882 SNAPDRAGON
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
1964-1965
817 WYLIE-COATS
1963-1964
790 PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam)
760 METAMORPHOSE
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
730 ARCH-PIRATE
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
1959-1960
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1956-1957
417 SINECURE
412 SERVIETTE
1952 (2)
196 SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)
1952 (1)
183 SAUSAGES
1951 (1)
162 TITANESS
1950 (1)
126 RASPBERRY
123 LEECHES
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
112 SHEET (DLM)
109 PERI
1948 (2)
89 SEASON
1947 (2)
56 SHEEP-RUN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |