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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. W. Bates | 78 | 3 | 11 | 64 | 116 | 92 | Jun 1950 | Jul 1979 | 29y 1m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 379 | SCYTHEMAN | Third | Many’s the hundred odd he’s clocked up at Lord’s | anag. incl. C; ref. Father Time figure at Lord’s |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | Second | To drop in rough scree is a bad thing, or a mad one – silly for one whose heart is set on a birdie | land in anag.; anag. |
| 139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Mine’s an antique bench – ‘period pew’ as a wag might style it | anag.; ref. Court of P. |
| 130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A fall of fat hicks t/umbling | Hickstead; ref. racecourse |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 97 | TREBUCHET | VHC | I’m not to be put in a glass house; much better shot miles away | anag. less m |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 27 | VINEGAR | VHC | Drink given up to a King | anag. + a R; ref. Matt. 27:48; up = amiss |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1158 | ELEPHANT-SEAL | VHC | Special size applied to paper blind gives an attractive coat | elephant + seal3 (= seel1) |
| 1115 | FLESH-POTTERY | VHC | Living-it-upmanship, by redistribution of the Tory’s pelf? | anag. & lit.; cf. S. Potter, ‘One-Upmanship’ |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1054 | PINACOTHECA | VHC | Constables may be wanted here; there’s a cop wandering about in case | in in anag. + theca |
| 1045 | SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left) | VHC | A thousand extinguished with hydrant spout—beginnings of students’ protests settled, shipwrecked | M out H; s, p + lit; ref. protests against LSE Director, Dr W. Adams |
| 1039 | TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number) | VHC | An envelope, for example, the opening of many being compassed by X | many; e.g. m(any) in ten; ref. Ximenes comp. |
| 1036 | CORONETED | VHC | Like Tolloller, a singer ascends embraced by one of the “seminary” | tenor (rev.) in co-ed; Lord T., lolanthe, end of opera & Act 1 finale |
| 1015 | HOAR-HEADED | VHC | Baggage, we hear, made with silver locks | ‘whore’ + headed; head = make |
| 1010 | MOTORIST | VHC | One for the road? I can always show the doctor is in the wrong | MO + is in tort |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 993 | JONATHAN | First | G.I.? Gravity Indicator | 2 mngs.; American; Newton’s apple |
| 980 | OMNIBUSES | Third | Means of transport could break down as leaders of Union and Barbara miss one | anag. incl. U, B; “miss the bus”; ref. Barbara Castle’s rail closures |
| 967 | CREMOSIN | VHC | Red out of date? What could be Doctors in nicer anyhow? | MOs in anag. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 945 | OBLITERATE | VHC | Reduce tubular element; i.e. get tile changed into sort of boater | anag. in anag. |
| 941 | HYPODERMIC | VHC | It could soothe Holmes’s head, bewildered over strange crime | dopy (rev.) in H + anag., & lit. |
| 929 | AMPHITHEATRE | First | A bad rep ham is interrupted by it with gusto! | it heat in anag., & lit. |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | Whipped cream in a state the reverse of first-rate may produce them! | paramecia; Pa. + anag. + A1 (rev.), & lit. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 834 | CARRIED | VHC | Explosion of ire interrupts wag—“Bore!” | anag. in card |
| 832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | Product of mint and sage given to husband with little pain | gain; penny wise |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 773 | FIT-OUT | Third | It should be efficient if you have climbing to do | if (rev.), to, ut1 |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | First | Th/e seatless plum pants have a tuck in | |
| 728 | ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent) | VHC | One who can get real mad when crossed: some diva-s have characters like this | anag.; divan = council |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 656 | FIDDLESTICKS | VHC | A device for preventing things from slipping is attached—they wear a G-string! | fiddle sticks |
| 651 | NIPCHEESE | VHC | He is tight with the odd pence! | anag. & lit. |
| 647 | MADCAP | VHC | Rash caused by spending summer in unhealthy damp surroundings? | CA in anag.; accountant = s.s. |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 634 | BEDSTEAD | VHC | Support for lying misconstruction put on debs’ date! | anag. & lit. |
| 626 | WOMAN-TIRED | VHC | How husbands were once perhaps harshly trained by a good proportion of women? | wom(en) + anag., & lit. |
| 608 | CUSTOMER | Second | I’ve only a passing interest in the closed shop? T.U.C.’s more concerned! | anag. |
| 595 | INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left) | VHC | Simple iron shot, then in the rough, a ten; oh damn! a high-class mess-up—there’s a fool! | anag. + anag.; anag. incl. U |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 564 | SHE-BEAR | VHC | Ah! beer’s poor—missus’ brewin’ might suit me just as well by the sound of it! | anag.; ‘Mrs Bruin’ |
| 547 | STORMY | VHC | Gold-mine found under street—just when the Mercury can afford only a short column! | St + or my; barometer |
| 543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | The makings of a muff, in the rough in a rut; the makings of another —in mere foozling! | anag.; anag. |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 534 | RAIL-SPLITTER | VHC | I’ll start pier fences | anag. & lit.; fences = conceals the truth |
| 517 | CAROTID | VHC | Aortic derivative leading the side of head | anag. + (hea)d, & lit. |
| 490 | CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Both sides of the Channel are in a bad way—that’s obvious! | way; C, l + anag.; weigh2 |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 482 | LEASING-MAKER | VHC | A sage Kremlin has me liquidated! | anag. & lit. |
| 477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | Dowager’s carriage needs seats remade | anag. |
| 456 | PLAFOND | VHC | If badly made it may be down shortly with a flop! | anag. incl. dn, & lit. |
| 438 | MACARONI | VHC | I am a corn preparation supplied in tubes | anag. & lit. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 425 | TRAVERSE | VHC | Such a cross is rare—vet’s puzzled | anag. |
| 417 | SINECURE | VHC | The ideal office—endless store of drinks in safe! | in(n) in secure |
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | Thaw, one unholy burst, and woe! | |
| 404 | POLENTA | VHC | Just the stuff to give to Ian if he should become Neapolitan! | anag. less Ian, & lit. |
| 386 | CLEITHRAL | VHC | Badly built cellar having indirect hit may need repair to make it so | anag. & lit. |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 373 | PRESTONPANS | VHC | Where kiltie was victor, and person with pants confounded! | anag. |
| 329 | HAMADRYAD | VHC | Out of a hardy dam, she was a fair stayer in the Oaks | anag.; ref. horse racing |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 316 | BATHROOM | Second | Where one may have a full-blooded rendering of “Thora” within an angry crowd standing about outside! | anag. in mob (rev.), & lit.; ref. song by F. E. Wetherly & S. Adams, 1905 |
| 302 | MARTIN | VHC | After March it returns, and then nesting starts | Mar + it (rev.) + n(esting), & lit. |
| 297 | CONTRAPUNTAL | VHC | This describes a setting of the “Nunc” with a florid alto part | anag. & lit.; ref. Song of Simeon, Luke 2:29-32 |
| 285 | PARALYSES | VHC | Muffed pass early puts an end to movement | anag. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 279 | CRYPTOGRAM | VHC | In which a cipher prevents the underground from coming to grief | 0 in crypt + gram3 & lit. |
| 265 | THERMAE | VHC | Arriving at three a.m. so fuddled, one might get into hot water! | anag. |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | Very light make-up contributes to the effectiveness of this show | Very light = flare |
| 255 | SCUTTLE | Second | Let’s cut supplies just enough to settle this coal situation | anag.; ref. threat of coal shortage |
| 253 | DERATION | VHC | Stop allowances?!—maybe end with a riot! | anag. |
| 249 | BALM | VHC | Cricket after this season was something for the poet write about! | balm(-cricket), attrib. to Tennyson; season (vb.) = preserve |
| 245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | VHC | One of the choir, in love with the bashful parson—it’s the cause of plenty of rumour in connection with the saucy gal! | anag. incl. 0; anag. of rumo(ur) gal & lit. |
| 237 | BASTINADE | VHC | A piquant dressing for Sole à l’Orient | cryptic def.; “a form of punishment in the East” in C. |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | VHC | A dandy set, a famous Desdemona —here’s the place to go to see the Moor! | buck1, fast2 Leigh; B. on edge of Dartmoor; Vivien L. played D. on stage |
| 213 | LEMONADE | VHC | The charge for dry toast | cryptic def.; i.e. charge for glass of teetotaller |
| 209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | The “March of Time,” seen from a seat in the back row | seat; lap in noise (rev.); ref. newsreel series 1935-51 |
| 207 | PAGEANT | Third | If this show’s out of period, someone’s made a bloomer | i.e. p(age)ant, & lit.; out of = lacking |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 206 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Antique bench—“period pew” as a wag might style it | anag. |
| 203 | WEATHERS | VHC | Decays outside—the inside lasts | the in wears |
| 196 | SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left) | VHC | Charmer has man bewitched—content is near celestial! | anag.; anag. |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 192 | WATSON | Third | Fifty years ago I appeared in the Strand in some intriguing shorts—was not a bit embarrassed! | anag.; ref. Sherlock H. short stories in Strand Magazine |
| 190 | CHEQUERS | VHC | Applause on both sides! There’s little question—the House is entirely for the Prime Minister | Qu. in cheers; ref. PM’s country residence |
| 183 | SAUSAGES | Second | You may find us wrapped up in the front bit of Saturday’s Times | us in Sa(turday’s) ages, & lit. |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 171 | SERINGAS | Third | When the substance of the elastic fails, down come our trunks! | cryptic def. |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 167 | PARMESAN | VHC | A poor man pares me! | anag. & lit.; i.e. cheese-paring |
| 165 | CABBAGE | VHC | The abbot in jail?! Yes, the cloth’s been pinched! | Abb. in cage; cloth = the clergy; cabbage2 |
| 163 | LORICATE | VHC | See to protection of old lace or it gets spoilt | anag. of lace or it |
| 157 | ORANGE | VHC | Change gear on seeing this! | anag. & lit.; see = bring about result; traffic lights |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 154 | RABBIT | VHC | Tail-ender, but good for the odd hat-trick! | 2 mngs; ‘r. out of a hat’ |
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
272 MALAGUETTA
1975-1976
165 Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram)
1974-1975
135 GABIONADE
1973-1974
92 BRAINWASH
88 BLOOMERY
75 GROCETERIA
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
10 LINGERIE
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1140 CALLOUS
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1091 WENCESLAS
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1041 TEA-LEAD
1028 SATIRE
1023 CONSOLE
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
975 HALE
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
916 DIAPASON
1965-1966
898 POCHARD
890 DEBENTURE
885 GALIMATIAS
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
882 SNAPDRAGON
873 VETERANS
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
829 FAREWELL
821 SOMERSET
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
790 PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
760 METAMORPHOSE
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
743 CHEMIST
738 ANAESTHETIC
734 NASALITY
730 ARCH-PIRATE
725 SILENUS
721 KERB-MERCHANT
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
682 PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left)
678 TESSELLATED
673 ERISTICAL
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
612 CARGO (Misprints)
604 APOSTROPHISE
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
1959-1960
569 PROPOSAL
560 CONGENITALLY
555 JURYWOMAN
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
521 SOUP
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
508 CUMBERGROUND
504 LEAD-LINE
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
486 BARACAN
469 DAISY
451 MEGAPODE
447 TOUSLE
1956-1957
434 CARTON
421 DOVETAIL
390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
377 MALISON
369 BERET
364 HELLEBORE
351 LUSTRE
343 EPIGONI
338 SHE-ASS
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
281 SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number)
277 PRODIGALLY
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
271 TRIPLET
269 ASCENT
267 TRADE
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
261 DECANTER
259 AGANIPPE
1953 (2)
247 VAMPIRE
243 LODESTAR
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
229 MASCOT
217 DEPOSIT
1952 (2)
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
200 ACCOUNT
199 HONESTY
197 SCALES
1952 (1)
193 TRADUCER
189 SALTIRE
185 STOUT
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
173 HATCHING
169 HOUSE
1951 (1)
159 SPANIEL
1950 (2)
152 SEA-LION
139 HECATOMB
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-1980 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 1967-1968 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1966-1967 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 2 | 10 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 1953 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1951 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |