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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Rainger | 27 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 63 | 31 | Oct 1946 | Sep 1983 | 36y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Wrestling grip used to an increasing extent | anag. |
| 371 | GRADIN | VHC | Sit here to see gladiators, gore and lions systematically cut down | alternate letters |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 664 | MANIPULATE | VHC | Manage to get up in the morning? Early? On the contrary! | up in a.m. (all rev.) + late |
| 656 | FIDDLESTICKS | VHC | Mess about with stays—things to draw over tight-stretched guts | fiddle sticks |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 571 | PESTER | VHC | Clue not given; osmose, smores, crosse, rosace | |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 467 | A humorous definition (Humorous definition) | VHC | BUS—Omnibus, for all except purists | |
| 464 | STRAWED | Second | Once spread on, clears skin blemishes up! | de-warts (rev.) |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 217 | DEPOSIT | VHC | In the old song heroic events are set down | epos in dit1 |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 204 | ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | U/nites an arthropod’s urosome’s somite’s sternite | urosternite |
| 203 | WEATHERS | VHC | We get an unfair wet share of them | anag. & lit. |
| 197 | SCALES | VHC | Just what slimmers need. Removes unwanted layers, reduces all parts to correct proportions | 3 mngs. |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 193 | TRADUCER | VHC | No H.C. for my victim. Runner up? On the contrary. It’s the dictator in me | cryptic def., i.e. runner down; contains (Il) Duce |
| 185 | STOUT | VHC | A licence is needed to sell this game | 2 mngs. |
| 183 | SAUSAGES | VHC | We have little meat now as a result of South America’s grasping treatment | usage in SA’s; ref. meat ration cuts resulting from Argentinian export restrictions / poor quality of post-war s. |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 176 | SPIGOT | VHC | There’s no more beer once I’m home; I have to guzzle in the boozer | pig in sot |
| 170 | GUINEA | First | The rhino from West Equatorial Africa | 2 mngs. |
| 169 | HOUSE | VHC | “The Villa” put up a firm performance, a thing that’s scarce nowadays | 5 defs.; ref. post-war housing shortage; Aston Villa FC |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 161 | TILLER | VHC | There’s a row about fair shares, but Attlee sticks to it! | LL in tier; i.e. 50-50; “hand on the tiller” = in control politically; ref. Clement A., PM, 1945-51; post war demand “fair shares for all” |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 143 | LAMPREY | First | I like a stone to lick, but split up to lick a whole quarry! | lam prey |
| 135 | STRIPPED | Third | The first piece of point d’esprit lace, and you’ve lost the thread and dropped every single stitch! | anag. incl. p; lace, vb. |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 109 | PERI | VHC | Angelic child gives the right answer—soft, and turning away wrath | p + ire, (rev.); ref. Thos. Moore, ‘Paradise and the P.’; Proverbs 15:1 |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 95 | SPOONER | VHC | No issue—Roneo out of order, kept transposing letters | sp + anag. |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 82 | CURARE | VHC | Poison: remedy, a little radium taken internally | Ra in cure |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 75 | PETROLEUSES | VHC | Rouse (spelt with an e) hides Parisiennes of similar habits | anag. of Rouse, spelt, e; ref. Alfred A. Rouse, ‘blazing car’ murder 1930 |
| 70 | GARBAGE | VHC | Refuse to tip when your luggage is carried into the station | bag in gare |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 36 | TARTARUS | VHC | Double Dutch? Nether Nether Land anyway | cryptic def.; realm below Hell |
| 35 | RIFE (DLM) | VHC | Reduce, friend, its plentiful girth.” | |
1983-1984
594 DOINGS
590 MINEVER
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
406 BOIL
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
1974-1975
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1972-1973
36 CRUSADER
Ximenes competitions
1967-1968
962 PALING
1962-1963
746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)
725 SILENUS
1960-1961
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
1957-1958
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
1956-1957
421 DOVETAIL
386 CLEITHRAL
1954 (1)
271 TRIPLET
269 ASCENT
265 THERMAE
1953 (2)
245 GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)
243 LODESTAR
239 GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry)
1953 (1)
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
1952 (2)
201 AMETHYST
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
1952 (1)
187 GROWLER
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
181 HANGABLE
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
175 HAIR-LINE
174 ANACREONTICS
172 GARNISHER
1951 (1)
163 LORICATE
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
148 FILIBUSTER
1950 (1)
123 LEECHES
121 SNAPSHOT
119 UMBLE-PIE
118 MARAVEDI
1949 (2)
116 WATERLOO
115 MISNOMER
114 TAPPIT-HEN
110 LEVIGATE
108 HACKNEY
107 STRAMASH
105 SMITHEREENS
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
96 INTERLOCK
94 SARDELLE
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
88 BRISTOL
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
80 GONERIL
1948 (1)
72 TEMPLE BAR
67 SURFEIT (DLM)
1947 (2)
62 HERCULES
59 TAME
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |