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Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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R. E. Kimmons | 76 | 2 | 6 | 68 | 141 | 84 | Jul 1952 | Dec 1996 | 44y 5m | R. Kimmons |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1995-1996 | ||||
1247 | PREDICANT | VHC | Preacher in the John Knox mould keen to move north | acid (rev.) in prent |
1994-1995 | ||||
1200 | Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Bat carefully? A single’s no good – swiping is the answer | PO(C)KE(T)ING; poke I ng |
1992-1993 | ||||
1095 | STINK | VHC | Isn’t King murdered? Ay, ’tis most foul. | anag. incl. K |
1074 | DEMIREP | VHC | Don is this in literature, a river quietly rounding a Russian village | mir in Dee p; ref. Don Juan and Sholokhov novel |
1065 | TANDOORI | VHC | Odorant cooking? Ay | anag. + I3, & lit. |
1991-1992 | ||||
1021 | BEARD | VHC | Tackle mental development that’s retarded every day | 2 mngs.; mental = of the chin |
1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Joiners, for example, deal with cotters and rasps | Jonners; anag.; ref. Brian ‘Johners/Jonners’ Johnston |
1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | VHC | Initials N.P. go on works by Nicolas Poussin? | anag.; on = tipsy |
1990-1991 | ||||
987 | IRON CURTAIN | VHC | Crash Cortina, ruin screen which just disintegrated | anag. |
982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Top class, this race is in the big money list of events | A + man in lac; see lakh |
978 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | Third | Beer cloudy, tun’s off – here’s a sherry | anag.; Domecq brand name |
1989-1990 | ||||
922 | REFORMADO | VHC | Progressive type in study circle | form in read + O, lit. |
920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | VHC | Advocate bridge course: beginners only: elementary system taught | Christ cross row; first letters = A b c |
1988-1989 | ||||
869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | Riders out for gold should pedal furiously | anag. incl. p |
1987-1988 | ||||
788 | CROW | VHC | Grandstand featuring Slack and Bird | 3 mngs.; g. = show off; ref. Wilf S., cricketer and Dickie B., umpire |
1986-1987 | ||||
762 | OBELISE | VHC | Old letter contains first indication of love one’s to reject as untrue | o + l I’s in bee |
753 | SHEEPDOG | VHC | Leicester stars will score points with skilful handling in trials | sheep dog; ref. rugby, L. sheep, Dog constellation |
735 | MALIGN | VHC | Cram’s in this race, which could result in injury | lig in man; cram = lie; ref. Steve C. |
1985-1986 | ||||
722 | SUPERNACULUM | VHC | Sample last of cru – un cru ‘exceptionnel’: a fine drink | anag. incl. u |
701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | A desire to be embraced by naughtily bared curvaceous pieces – and coping | a lust in anag. |
1984-1985 | ||||
644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | It’s pale, a wild flower of the veldt | stapelia; anag. |
1983-1984 | ||||
590 | MINEVER | VHC | Bag going up in the world gets fur coat | nim (rev.) + ever; nim2 = steal |
1982-1983 | ||||
576 | TOP-NOTCH | VHC | A cut above the rest | double mng. |
568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | In Manchester they fe/ed devils, in Lincoln it’s the imps | ref. football teams |
538 | INGRAIN | VHC | Do this before hockey starts, to get a blue perhaps? | i.e. in grain; hockey2 = harvest-home; in vb. |
1980-1981 | ||||
443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | High, loftily extended cone initially worn religiously | steep + l e c + anag., & lit; religious = very exact |
439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | We have the makings of a future – football genera/tes skill and flair | Eric Gates, Ipswich Town & England |
426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Glamis uneasy about noise? Apparitions’ statements proved this | din in anag.; ref. Macbeth IV, i, ‘What noise is this?’ |
1979-1980 | ||||
401 | GO-AHEAD | VHC | Success with any crumpet means the answer’s ‘yes’ | go a head |
1978-1979 | ||||
352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | Fantastic matches are on over Christmas | fairy lights |
349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | A little bit of navy drill with rum issue straight after? | odd come short |
336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | VHC | The wing, to produce a shot – one that might do just enough – put over the cross | el2 farrow; 2 mngs.; put over the cross, i.e. preached |
327 | HEMLOCK | VHC | Reinforcement for chastity belt? It’s a killer! | i.e. hem lock |
1977-1978 | ||||
306 | DICKENS | VHC | Bucket, for example, being the link here (but strangely without a clue!) | dick ens; Inspector B. in ‘Bleak House’ |
281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | ‘A son!’ cried out the first of ancient zoological Eocene denizens | anag.; ref. birth of Azed’s son |
276 | AMTRACK | VHC | What’s before beginning of main course? Duck? | a m track; duck4; a = ante |
259 | TRANSIRE | VHC | Authority granted for passage in Sartre to be translated | anag. |
1976-1977 | ||||
250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Re CCL, thank the setter, hand out scotch! | |
208 | RALPH | VHC | Holy water? It confuses chapel types | i.e. R. Alph; ref. Coleridge, ‘Kubla Khan’; chapel = printers’ union |
1975-1976 | ||||
200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Rohan’s out: he made lots of big hits | (C. B.) Cochran; anag.; ref. R. Kanhai, cricketer |
190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Powdered sandarac’s used to make things look brighter? No! | anag. |
178 | A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent) | VHC | Silverstone? People applaud as I appear round the bend | Ag st. |
169 | THUGGEE | VHC | A cut-throat convention – follow suit after lead of trump | t + hug gee5 |
1974-1975 | ||||
152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | Scandal in the Sharples clan: dreamboat lover for Mrs Sharples, who’s a game party | hidden; Ena mora do; who’s = who has; ref. ‘Coronation Street’ |
148 | BALLYHOO | VHC | Darned extravagant advertising: ruddy restraint’s nil | bally ho 0 |
139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Confusion over sugar? Circulated from market to market – once | pie2 + powder; sugar vb. |
130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | B/y swinging, Dolly hit ’em for six | ref. Basil D’Oliveira |
127 | FRITHSOKEN | VHC | Deal for Kentish harbour associated with history | anag. |
123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | Waster could be sort to cadge | anag. |
118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Potter? He’s left The Potteries surprisingly | Porter; anag. less he; Cole P. |
105 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram) | VHC | A Liberal choice – a deal now, or harry a Labour Government | ref. Gen. Election result |
1973-1974 | ||||
75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | Stock up with tea here or get a rice supply | anag.; supply adv. |
66 | NONSENSE | VHC | Not classical, tenor, pop! | non + sense; pop = poppycock |
57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Considering the conditions, they maintain the/ories fair to the underprivileged | |
1972-1973 | ||||
23 | SCLERODERMIC | Third | Tests are so tough: middle of series – Lords – M.C.C. collapse | anag. incl. (s)erie(s); test = testa |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | ||||
1140 | CALLOUS | VHC | Totally unsympathetic locals cut up rough with Union leader | anag. incl. U |
1127 | TRAYBIT | VHC | In character reverse side illustrates thrift | by (rev.) in trait; side, by (adjs.) = subsidiary |
1119 | RONDE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Santa Claus once delivered the goods for fathe/r by day! | 1964 Derby winner |
1110 | IMPERSONATE | VHC | Wrongly ape is no term for this | anag. & lit. |
1969-1970 | ||||
1089 | ENCLOISTER | First | Rigged elections take place under duress | anag. + r (= take), place vb |
1968-1969 | ||||
1054 | PINACOTHECA | VHC | Stirring action, cheap show here, for picture enthusiasts | anag. |
1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | One who declaims and wrangles violently about a principle | hang (noun) in anag. |
1023 | CONSOLE | VHC | Pilot fish? It keeps up with shark’s head | con sole; S-shaped |
1015 | HOAR-HEADED | VHC | The beginning of Hades—a boatman—he’s accompanied by restless dead, like Charon | H oar he + anag. |
1967-1968 | ||||
997 | TREACLE | VHC | Fawning becomes Electra | anag.; ref. O’Neill, ‘Mourning Becomes E.’ |
989 | GRENADINE | VHC | De Gaulle’s cordial? Perhaps. Endearing? Not exactly | anag. |
987 | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | I must hide my gir/l: amorous clot, he’s at the party! | |
1966-1967 | ||||
936 | MINI SKIRTS | Second | Lift going up: Number One—Ladies’ clothing, teen-age fashions—going up | nim (= steal) (rev.) + I + skirts |
935 | MALAPROP | VHC | My stage bloomers are designed to knock back any man in the front row. | lam (rev.) + a prop; Rugby Union |
1965-1966 | ||||
902 | WINCOPIPE | VHC | Common old garden weed with a flower in red | co- (prefix) + pip (= blossom), all in wine |
900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | They’re like little mules—a pair came prancing | paramecia; anag.; mules = slippers |
898 | POCHARD | VHC | One of the divers fish in a shoal | char in pod |
873 | VETERANS | VHC | Flitting revenants with disembodied heart are said to be immortal! | anag. of reve(n)ants; “Old soldiers never die...” |
1964-1965 | ||||
851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | Third | Cateran by Rob Roy out of Miss McNab | nab, rob = steal |
839 | GINGER (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | Needing a larger profit? Mar/ry a pop singer! Cut a disc! | Gerry and the Pacemakers, pop group |
1963-1964 | ||||
773 | FIT-OUT | First | If going uphill watch the gear you’re in | if (rev.) + tout1 |
1996-1997
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1242 KNOCKERS
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1216 CHAPERON
1994-1995
1186 GRISELDA
1180 COLD TURKEY
1178 BOOTLEG
1165 YAPSTER
1993-1994
1139 BENJAMIN
1130 AGRESTAL
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1126 CHEATERY
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1108 GREEN
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1061 MAGIC
1052 AGANIPPE
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1034 BURLAP
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
934 LACE-UPS
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
862 OFF-AND-ON
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
849 VISITE
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
818 EMBUSQUÉ
809 DOLCE VITA
805 LITOTES
796 UPHOLSTERY
1986-1987
766 GUBBINS
764 CHILDERMAS
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
709 GINGER
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
662 BARGE-COUPLE
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
653 INTERNUNCIO
649 AUSTRALORP
1983-1984
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
607 CARNEY
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
559 EMBASE
547 GLEEMAN
543 STAYING POWER
1981-1982
517 IMMORTELLE
508 POSTURE-MAKER
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
504 SIMMENTHALER
486 JUMPED-UP
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
456 BALADINE
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
430 TEGULA
1979-1980
406 BOIL
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
393 INTRACARDIAC
379 SCYTHEMAN
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
340 BOOKSIE
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
1977-1978
289 AMNESIAC
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
272 MALAGUETTA
267 MORRIS-DANCE
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
234 HOROSCOPIST
225 VALETA
216 SCANTITY
1975-1976
203 BOGY
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
187 POWDERING-TUB
161 ANCON
1974-1975
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1973-1974
95 THUNDERCLAP
92 BRAINWASH
88 BLOOMERY
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
1972-1973
36 CRUSADER
31 KITCHENDOM
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
10 LINGERIE
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1158 ELEPHANT-SEAL
1154 CLARIONET
1143 MORGIANA
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1091 WENCESLAS
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1968-1969
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1041 TEA-LEAD
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1028 SATIRE
1010 MOTORIST
1967-1968
993 JONATHAN
980 OMNIBUSES
971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
967 CREMOSIN
962 PALING
958 DRY MEASURE
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
894 WITENAGEMOT
890 DEBENTURE
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
834 CARRIED
829 FAREWELL
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
1962-1963
743 CHEMIST
738 ANAESTHETIC
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
1952 (2)
197 SCALES
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1995-1996 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
1992-1993 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1991-1992 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1990-1991 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 1 | 21 |
1989-1990 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
1977-1978 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
1976-1977 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1975-1976 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
1974-1975 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
1973-1974 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1972-1973 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 4 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
1969-1970 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 7 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
1967-1968 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 6 | 11 |
1966-1967 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
1964-1965 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 0 | 5 | 14 |
1963-1964 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |