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 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Gill | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 62 | 20 | Sep 1954 | Dec 2007 | 53y 3m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | Seasonal product of priests and merchants in unholy alliance? | anag. & lit. |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 406 | BOIL | VHC | End of Arab fuel produces state of ferment | b + oil |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | Proper fraction, divided by half rest, becomes vulgar | rest; (re)st in U part |
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Describing Silas Wegg, initially Boffin – one ordering knowledge – seeks instruction on English | initial letters + E; ref. ‘Our Mutual Friend’ |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 79 | SLAPSTICK | VHC | Scruple about virtue lost – almost! The ingredients of farce | laps(e) in stick |
| 66 | NONSENSE | VHC | Like all monster stories, Ness disturbed – not one seen around | anag. in none |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1045 | SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left) | VHC | Students’ leader, getting head of L.S.E. in a hole, creates schism: union’s leader, interrupting frivolous type, effects entrance | S + L(SE) in pit; u(nion) in moth; ref. student protests against LSE Director, Dr W. Adams |
| 1041 | TEA-LEAD | VHC | A long length of cotton spread round; it protects the chest | a lea3 in ted |
| 1039 | TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number) | VHC | Forward wing shielding body running backwards screws gem into net | body; anag. in net (rev.) |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 993 | JONATHAN | VHC | The apple of David’s eye? | 2 mngs. |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 878 | ENTOMOSTRACA | VHC | Barnacles, for instance, form mat on coaster at sea | anag. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | Copper gets good description of one who’s tight but neglects rounds | pounds; penny wise |
| 829 | FAREWELL | VHC | Colloquially speaking, King Lear’s last words get me; Lear flew into a rage! | anag.; end of K.L. is “so long” |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Exim: 16 | |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 734 | NASALITY | VHC | I’m little more than half alive, and very disagreeable about it; a sign of a cold in the head | ali(ve) in nasty |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 647 | MADCAP | VHC | It’s extremely foolish to select for an international match one of the Hotspurs | mad cap (vb.); ref Tottenham H. and football |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 486 | BARACAN | VHC | It’s antiquated, and rather suggestive of the hair-shirt, to obstruct a dance half way through | bar a can(-can) |
| 477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | A quality lacking in the House these days needs seats regrouped to achieve it | anag. |
| 473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Ach! A pe/w here for one to rest awhile and pray | |
| 469 | DAISY | VHC | Tandem-rider’s prospective mate should be capable of mending a broken chain | 2 mngs.; d. chain; ref. “Daisy, Daisy” |
2007-2008
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1994-1995
1180 COLD TURKEY
1988-1989
866 NECTAREOUS
840 SONDE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
827 MICKEY-TAKING
818 EMBUSQUÉ
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
766 GUBBINS
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
1984-1985
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
1982-1983
572 SNAKE-OIL
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
456 BALADINE
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
393 INTRACARDIAC
1978-1979
349 ODDCOMESHORT
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
1975-1976
174 EPEOLATRY
1974-1975
127 FRITHSOKEN
1973-1974
92 BRAINWASH
88 BLOOMERY
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
40 FANTOCCINI
23 SCLERODERMIC
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1143 MORGIANA
1127 TRAYBIT
1969-1970
1089 ENCLOISTER
1080 ANDROMEDA
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1036 CORONETED
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1028 SATIRE
1023 CONSOLE
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
980 OMNIBUSES
967 CREMOSIN
1965-1966
898 POCHARD
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
664 MANIPULATE
1959-1960
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
521 SOUP
517 CAROTID
495 PARTISAN
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |