HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStatsShow results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. S. Mason | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 89 | 17 | Sep 1954 | Apr 1992 | 37y 7m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 952 | STAR (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Dream upon a desert island retiring – not I! | prima donna; rat (I)s (rev.) |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 904 | VOETGANGER | Third | Old Queen about to engage gay footman | anag. in VR |
| 900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Bluff hard Australians whipped us out | H + anag. less us |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 823 | SARBACANE | VHC | A sabre can bust an arm with a deadly blow | anag. |
| 809 | DOLCE VITA | VHC | Casanova’s skirts loved it madly! | anag. incl. C, a, & lit. |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 670 | TURNIP-FLEA | VHC | I adore leaf cooked under timer | turnip + anag.; t. = type of watch |
| 635 | ROSEMARY | Third | Kind of red Queen, once, to produce seasoning for cook | rose Mary; ref. Alice in Wonderland Ch. VIII |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 247 | FLIVVER | VHC | Flop viva dropping vowels in flutter | v(i)v(a) in flier; flutter = gamble |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Says ‘Beware’ and Caesar’s troubled – third of Ides gone | anag. less e |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 79 | SLAPSTICK | VHC | Laughter making skit – claps all over the place | anag. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | VHC | CHIVERBLOCK | F |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1019 | DISCORD (Misprints) | VHC | Underworld rope makes infernal noose | noise; Dis cord |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 1002 | PILLAGE | VHC | Robbery with violence: one remedy—a long stretch | pill age |
| 975 | HALE | VHC | Sound of health formerly and still sound of health | 2 defs.; hail2, obs. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 941 | HYPODERMIC | VHC | Crack my cipher do, before you get the needle | anag.; ref. Playfair |
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1021 BEARD
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1990-1991
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
961 WAVESON
947 SHOULDER-SLIP
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
930 SABULOSE
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
891 CAT
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
874 BLUESTOCKING
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
853 DEBACLE
840 SONDE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
788 CROW
1986-1987
774 VICTORINE
762 OBELISE
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
740 ESCADRILLE
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
722 SUPERNACULUM
714 MOTE
709 GINGER
701 BALUSTRADE
688 CUCURBITAL
683 BANISH
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
662 BARGE-COUPLE
640 MACHETE
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
603 FIGULINE
594 DOINGS
585 FLABELLIFORM
1981-1982
504 SIMMENTHALER
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
430 TEGULA
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
401 GO-AHEAD
384 OUTSPREADING
1978-1979
340 BOOKSIE
327 HEMLOCK
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
229 METRICATE
225 VALETA
1975-1976
203 BOGY
187 POWDERING-TUB
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
169 THUGGEE
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
139 PIEPOWDER
123 SCATTERGOOD
118 OPERETTIST (Misprints)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
66 NONSENSE
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
36 CRUSADER
18 EPIGONE
10 LINGERIE
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1140 CALLOUS
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1969-1970
1093 MARTINET
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1967-1968
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
1966-1967
945 OBLITERATE
936 MINI SKIRTS
935 MALAPROP
929 AMPHITHEATRE
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
1963-1964
760 METAMORPHOSE
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |