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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. H. Jones | 43 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 121 | 46 | Mar 1956 | Apr 1990 | 34y 1m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 853 | DEBACLE | VHC | E.g. this month’s competition entry, possibly cabled around the 8th of September | e in anag.; ref. postal strike |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 835 | PROSAICAL | VHC | Like Monsieur Jourdain’s speech, ‘pas clair’, muddled, with zero content? | 0 in anag.; ref. Molière, ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 762 | OBELISE | VHC | See slip in book? OK, ——, snip out | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | Second | What you want is a hunky type, i.e. Rent-a-Macho’s special | junky; anag. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 714 | MOTE | VHC | May, pristine: one supposes it might get up some poet’s nose! | comp. anag. |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 662 | BARGE-COUPLE | Second | Pram with twins? That’ll keep the overheads up | barge + couple; pram2 |
| 657 | SILLY-BILLY | VHC | Standing very close to striker in Bilston Glen, mate, is stupid | silly + billy; ref. Scottish colliery, miners’ strike |
| 653 | INTERNUNCIO | VHC | I go from party to party, being shattered once I turn in | anag. |
| 649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | I lay down under a rural post, drunk | anag. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | Spinner’s delivery, short of a length, ties hitter (0) in knots | anag. incl. 0 |
| 603 | FIGULINE | VHC | What should be thrown with care I flung, i.e. smashed | anag. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 552 | NOURICE-FEE | VHC | ‘E’en for écu I worked’: very old COHSE member’s claim? | anag. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | On which we heard ‘—— for Two’? Possibly yes, given the T | anag.; ref. 1920s song ‘Tea for Two’ |
| 486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | Was a bounder at school – like Flashman? | jumped + up |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 460 | SWOOP | VHC | Work will be needed, not half, after Shirley Williams and Owen initially take the plunge | S W + O + op; ref. defections to SDP, David O. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | This won’t make a jacket, not even with reduced chest room | odd + anag. |
| 332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | Zanies act unconventionally – I, standing on my head, am among that lot | hidden rev., & lit. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | Oh I’ll sport wantonly, being thus | anag. |
| 285 | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | VHC | Twiggy had such a non-durable frame, one with finer body potential | flame; anag.; ref. film ‘The Boyfriend’ |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | Effulgent his hooter, lit red, hereupon herd chuckle | anag.; chuckle adj. |
| 234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | Prophet unproven possibly or is post hoc … his justification? | anag. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 146 | CHARADES | VHC | Party contest read about in Dickens, perhaps. At Eatanswill? More likely Dingley Dell | anag. in Chas.; ref ‘Pickwick Papers’, trial and Xmas party |
| 135 | GABIONADE | VHC | After Golombek’s opening, a bad one, I moved, finding defence against knights’ attacks | G + anag.; ref. Harry G., chess |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 36 | CRUSADER | VHC | Lion-hearted one reduced Acre, durst endlessly | anag. less t; ref. Richard I |
| 27 | VINEGAR | VHC | A little vodka and mixed gin are just the stuff for getting pickled | v + anag. |
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Peril! Peril! Under Noah’s skill the ship made Mt. Ararat | |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1115 | FLESH-POTTERY | VHC | Jag series specially designed for the L types | anag.; jag2 |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1100 | BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Victor at Brémule, a Brémule with a thousand lost in conflict | anag. less M; ref. battle, 1119 |
| 1093 | MARTINET | First | Believer in bull market, I make a clear profit | mart I net; bull = military discipline |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 993 | JONATHAN | VHC | The apple of David’s eye | 2 mngs. |
| 967 | CREMOSIN | VHC | What no crimes could be, though Lady Macbeth’s hand might well have made the seas so | anag. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 949 | BROWSING | VHC | Reading in a loose fashion described as the capital of Berkshire is wrong, quite wrong | B + anag. |
| 920 | ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Who would take a nap i/n gallon jar of honey? Pooh? | apiarist |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 902 | WINCOPIPE | VHC | Old country flower with blossom in rich red colour | co- (prefix) + pip (= blossom), all in wine |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 825 | COACHES | VHC | Game kids, these—they’re quite comfortable at sea, they cram in a cocoa chest! | 3 mngs. & hidden |
| 821 | SOMERSET | VHC | Where Virgin plays, but White no longer; met Eros’s dissipation! | anag.; ref. S. cricketers R.T. Virgin, J. White |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 734 | NASALITY | VHC | Phenomenon observed in French pronunciation of “Latin,” say | anag.; French accent |
| 717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | I’m certainly not an old hag—slick an’ smart, that’s me! | lag; anag.; slick, vb. |
| 712 | RHEUMATICKY | VHC | Be I once free of thicky uremia, dang it, then I be stiff in the joints! | anag. less one I |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 642 | SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | You don’t know how, through a rump, a r/hinoceros got his skin then. (Re-adjust, so) | rum parsee; ‘Just So Stories’ |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Forgiving your Pa—leche/ry! lying!—on your back in “The Sun” | |
| 573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | I’d make the law go capless: my judge could not then don a black one! | anag. |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 500 | MOTHERS-IN-LAW | VHC | There are witty sayings about the lady by the score: they bore our better halves! | her in mots + in + law; law2 = score |
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
913 ARCHIBALD
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
882 DOSSIER
1987-1988
805 LITOTES
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
779 MISSING LINK
766 GUBBINS
764 CHILDERMAS
753 SHEEPDOG
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
731 STRING
727 WELL-TO-DO
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
709 GINGER
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
683 BANISH
1984-1985
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
640 MACHETE
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
610 DOUBLETHINK
609 LUCKY-BAG
607 CARNEY
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
559 EMBASE
543 STAYING POWER
534 DODGEM
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
521 ATTITUDINISE
508 POSTURE-MAKER
495 CACOETHES
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
452 DISSENTERISM
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
443 STEEPLECROWN
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
434 JARDINIÈRE
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
354 SHEER-HULK
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
327 HEMLOCK
319 PODESTA
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
306 DICKENS
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
276 AMTRACK
272 MALAGUETTA
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
208 RALPH
1975-1976
203 BOGY
174 EPEOLATRY
1974-1975
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
148 BALLYHOO
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
1973-1974
66 NONSENSE
1972-1973
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
40 FANTOCCINI
31 KITCHENDOM
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1154 CLARIONET
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1127 TRAYBIT
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1969-1970
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1966-1967
945 OBLITERATE
936 MINI SKIRTS
933 COTTABUS
916 DIAPASON
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
885 GALIMATIAS
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
882 SNAPDRAGON
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
847 FRENETICAL
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
1963-1964
777 TAILOR-BIRD
773 FIT-OUT
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
1962-1963
746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)
738 ANAESTHETIC
730 ARCH-PIRATE
721 KERB-MERCHANT
703 SCAPEMENT
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
682 PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left)
678 TESSELLATED
673 ERISTICAL
664 MANIPULATE
651 NIPCHEESE
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
621 CHASE
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
586 HEBDOMADARY
555 JURYWOMAN
551 PITCHER
547 STORMY
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
1957-1958
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
1956-1957
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
377 MALISON
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 8 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |