Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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Miss D. W. Taylor | 70 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 63 | 83 | Jul 1946 | Sep 1963 | 17y 2m | Miss Taylor |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1963-1964 | ||||
764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | An affair of wriggling hams, with sobbing mikes and syncopated harmony | anag. incl. h(armon)y, & lit. |
750 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | VHC | Eve’s nifty little feminine shift transports many a business man, even squares with letters one discovers—X, for instance, before terms! | anag. incl. f; cross + words; 7.50 train |
1962-1963 | ||||
746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Alas! Sin opera! Wore now/t—snow—her tiny hand is frozen | ref. ‘La Bohème’ |
717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | First | To lead the male astray—that describes my calling | astral; star man, & lit. |
708 | HEARTS | VHC | Organs are often played in the Ambassador Theatre. (If one fails, you might fall back on the piano!) | HE Arts, 2 defs. |
703 | SCAPEMENT | VHC | Old Uncle, surrounded by miscellaneous pants &c., second hand clocks, and the like, won’t give tick when I’m broke—barbarous! | eme in anag.; uncle = pawnbroker, barbarous = ungrammatical |
1961-1962 | ||||
694 | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Reading for trip/e! ’Ats, even when I get my bait, won’t be necessary | |
690 | ASCERTAIN | First | Find the right answer? Sure—the first of April’s over! | A ’s certain; date of puzzle |
682 | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | VHC | In Menton for an affair, what a gent wants is me! / I’ve chaps right-and-left, in France—Menton! (gent)leman); | menton (Fr.) = chin; Menton in France; chap3 |
678 | TESSELLATED | First | One needs to fix up one’s offspring when about so high, growing up—so the little things are diapered! | set (rev.) + tall (rev.) in seed; so high = very high; see diaper in C. |
664 | MANIPULATE | VHC | Manage to get up in the morning, early? No—just the reverse! | up in a.m. (all rev.) + late |
660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | Winning at cards puts the spring in your footfall | football; 2 mngs. |
647 | MADCAP | VHC | I like a lark am up to salute day’s first breaking | d(ay) in am (rev.) + cap (vb.) |
1960-1961 | ||||
638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | He may pass many a long minute in the office on a case that never reaches finality! | bureau crat(e), & lit. |
630 | STREAKY | Second | Like a pedestrian crossing, not even looking—what could be rasher? | 2 mngs.; i.e. even-looking |
595 | INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left) | First | I’ve a favourite spot that doesn’t close! Crazy to go over it? Give me a ring first—I’m Gaby, modelling Parisian black, neat but not gaudy! | 0 + mad + haun(t); anag. incl. noir (Fr.); see gaby in C. |
1959-1960 | ||||
569 | PROPOSAL | VHC | Will a rotund figure encased in stays get this? With a little bit of luck—yes! | O in props + a + l(uck), & lit. |
1958-1959 | ||||
521 | SOUP | VHC | Non-U, it would be to dip your bread in it. | i.e. so(U)p, & lit. |
512 | NAYLOR (Libel) | VHC | Her tack, one hears, is to get gold—no penniless peer will do! | ‘nail’ + or, nay lor(d); tack = strategy |
508 | CUMBERGROUND | Third | Clog having been worn down at the mill, I’m bootless | cumber ground |
1957-1958 | ||||
482 | LEASING-MAKER | VHC | Being rebellious, I gas, and rankle ’em | anag. & lit. |
477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | Assented freely to a bit of seduction—and that’s what you call being sober! | se(duction) + anag. |
473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Forgiving one stumb/le, ’tis divine! | omelet |
469 | DAISY | VHC | A well-cut bloomer in lawn was ideal for a cyclist | 2 mngs.; ref. “Daisy, Daisy” |
451 | MEGAPODE | VHC | One of the sort you see down under, making a pile in the dope game | anag.; 2 mngs. of down under |
447 | TOUSLE | VHC | Brand-new driver dropped in t’ river! Enough to get a Braid discomposed! | L in t’ Ouse; learner driver; ref. James Braid, golfer, d. 1950 |
1956-1957 | ||||
408 | BILLET | VHC | Waiting for flame in the wood shed—that’s where to find the landlady’s daughter, the chit! | 3 mngs. |
404 | POLENTA | VHC | Soft, Latin, oaten mess | anag. incl. p, L, & lit. |
400 | Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary) | VHC | Cave! There’s a master around with a dark look—and this is where x got in a hole! (7) | Adullam; a dull + MA (rev.); ref. 1 Samuel 22, David went with 400 men to cave of A. |
390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The R.A. dis/played “Old Harry, with Baby” | |
1955-1956 | ||||
377 | MALISON | VHC | What brought down evil in Rheims, over diverting sin involving a ring? | mal (Fr.) + O in anag., & lit.; ref. the Jackdaw of R. |
369 | BERET | Third | A matter of capital investment not usually raised at meetings | cryptic def.; investments = clothes (arch.) |
334 | CHEROOT | VHC | You’ll find me in front of the puffer after a strike | cryptic def. |
1954 (2) | ||||
293 | CAB | Third | What goes into this Rank production is hackneyed fare | cryptic def.; Rank films; Hackney carriage |
291 | APAGOGE | Second | Monkey about with spirit to get the required proof | agog in ape |
289 | CISTERN | VHC | One of the things that go bump in the night, disturbing a restin’ chap. | anag. incl c. (= chap., chapter) |
1954 (1) | ||||
283 | SOBER | VHC | Bores will give dry description of T.T. races | anag.; TT races = non-drinkers |
281 | SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number) | VHC | What remained after the Walrus and the Carpenter had eaten the natives? Crumbs! Think of the R.S.P.C.A.’s reaction! | natives; anag. |
273 | COUSIN | VHC | Mine shares my grandmother! It takes real money to get round Uncle Sam! | US in coin |
267 | TRADE | VHC | Truck for goods traffic | 2 mngs; truck2 |
1953 (2) | ||||
249 | BALM | VHC | Simple, but not completely daft | balm(y); simple = medicinal plant |
237 | BASTINADE | VHC | Eastern way of grilling a sole which takes some beating | cryptic def.; “a form of punishment in the East” in C. |
235 | ASPHETERISM | VHC | I’d make ’em share tips, even | anag. & lit. |
1953 (1) | ||||
219 | SOCIALIST | VHC | The Left Foot is such a Member | cryptic def.; ref. Michael F., Labour MP |
215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | Third | There’s something bigger than Hamlet in the Moor, shaking a huge black fist! | anag.; i.e.. B. in Dartmoor larger than a hamlet; Othello IV:1, striking of Desdemona |
1952 (2) | ||||
206 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Here, one just tried to keep the mop clean—that is dust under the piano! | p + i.e. + powder; m. = fair |
196 | SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left) | Second | Chinese, made tipsy by a siren—the charmer’s a false one! (He’s a wise man who keeps off spirits in Asia) | anag.; a sham an |
1952 (1) | ||||
190 | CHEQUERS | VHC | Half black, half white, the men on board are an assortment of queer little chaps. | anag. of queer chs.; chaps. = chapters |
187 | GROWLER | VHC | Get longer and longer (both ends, but more at the back)—“sausage” dog when his tail’s pulled? | grow + l(ong)er |
1951 (2) | ||||
175 | HAIR-LINE | VHC | What to keep on to be cool by the equator; if you cast it, you may catch something! | hair + line; ‘keep your h. on’; fishing line |
1951 (1) | ||||
158 | RATING | VHC | What the Captain of the Pinafore gave his daughter when she fancied one | 2 defs.; ref. Josephine & Ralph, H.M.S. Pinafore |
1950 (1) | ||||
126 | RASPBERRY | VHC | In a jam? Prayers, little brother, bear fruit | anag. incl. br., 2 defs. |
1949 (2) | ||||
117 | LION | VHC | If you twist his tail he’ll floor you | lion with “on” turned = lino |
109 | PERI | VHC | Ladies’ cricket team in Germany? Comes from Persia, but no sex appeal! | Persia less SA; elf (Ger.) = eleven |
108 | HACKNEY | VHC | Pronounced acne, in itself, is not at all uncommon | cryptic def.; ‘common’ pron. of H. |
1949 (1) | ||||
104 | STARE (Printer’s Devilry) | First | Eureka! I’ve come across a flat Atla/ntic, rowing! | |
96 | INTERLOCK | VHC | Knot tied, rice thrown (a pound in all)—embrace | L in anag. of knot rice |
1948 (2) | ||||
91 | CRETONNE | VHC | Wanted by the Yard for hangings in secret on Newgate Hill | hidden; curtain fabric bought by the yard |
88 | BRISTOL | VHC | When this fine old port graces the board it is likely to be much drawn on | cryptic def.; B. board |
85 | SERGEANT | VHC | Fell to declaiming Hamlet, making his mother less rude about joining ENSA | anag. of Gert(rude) ENSA; ref. mother of H. and Hamlet V.2.350, “fell sergeant” |
84 | SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left) | VHC | Leg fractured after climb up tree to get wood for roofing—needing a drink! Try this cocktail | shin + anag. of leg; anag. of try this |
82 | CURARE | VHC | Speeding on the Dart causes fatality | cryptic def.; ref. River Dart |
1948 (1) | ||||
72 | TEMPLE BAR | VHC | Rebel M.P. at roundabout, bound for Westminster | anag.; boundary of Westminster |
1947 (2) | ||||
53 | SHIN | VHC | If you do this well, you may get to the top of the tree, and become a Minister! | Shin(well); ref. Emanuel S., Min. of Fuel and Power, and ‘Sir Joseph Porter’s Song’, HMS Pinafore |
1947 (1) | ||||
52 | RATION | Second | Tranio’s “thin and slender pittance” possibly? | anag.; ref. The Taming of the Shrew IV.4.61 |
50 | APOSTLE | VHC | One who has cause to act before the Romans? | cryptic def.; ref. NT books Acts, Romans |
46 | LYSANDER | VHC | Old French Lil and ’er boy-friend, in a dream | lys (Fr. = lily) and ’er; ref. MND |
44 | PARIS | VHC | Capital soundly realised by the banks of the sane | i.e. ‘Seine’ |
42 | HALLANSHAKER | VHC | The beggar hankers distractedly after Allah, but Allah has turned his back | Allah (rev.) + anag. |
1946 (2) | ||||
29 | RATAN | VHC | Sticky palm which my be read in a fair at any time | hidden; like a stick |
Ximenes competitions
1963-1964
760 METAMORPHOSE
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
712 RHEUMATICKY
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
669 DRUM
651 NIPCHEESE
1960-1961
634 BEDSTEAD
612 CARGO (Misprints)
608 CUSTOMER
1959-1960
564 SHE-BEAR
560 CONGENITALLY
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
495 PARTISAN
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
464 STRAWED
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
456 PLAFOND
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
421 DOVETAIL
417 SINECURE
412 SERVIETTE
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
351 LUSTRE
347 TELEVISOR
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
302 MARTIN
295 SENSE-ORGANS
1954 (1)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
277 PRODIGALLY
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
271 TRIPLET
269 ASCENT
1953 (2)
251 UNMETHODICAL
241 MANDOLINE
233 SAWDUST
1953 (1)
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
1952 (2)
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
199 HONESTY
197 SCALES
195 WALLABAS
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
1951 (2)
173 HATCHING
172 GARNISHER
1950 (2)
151 OPEN-SESAME
149 DOMESTIC
1950 (1)
130 MODERN
128 AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry)
124 BARHAM or BRAMAH
122 LEATHER
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
81 CHARADE
1947 (2)
63 STILETTO
1946 (2)
36 TARTARUS
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1963-1964 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1962-1963 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 4 | 9 |
1961-1962 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 5 | 3 | 4 |
1960-1961 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | 8 |
1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1958-1959 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 17 |
1957-1958 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
1956-1957 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
1955-1956 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 16 |
1954 (2) | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 4 | 9 |
1954 (1) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
1953 (2) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1953 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 1 | – |
1952 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 5 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1950 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
1949 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1947 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
1946 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |