Competition clues by E. J. Griew

Clues written by E. J. Griew
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	Clues in archive	First Prizes	Other Prizes	VHCs	HCs	Hons points	First mention	Latest mention	Career span
E. J. Griew	16	0	2	14	14	18	Feb 1957	Aug 1990	33y 6m

	Clue word	Award	Clue	Explanation
1990-1991
952	STAR (Spoonerisms)	VHC	May a plain roll serve to accompany ratatouille for starters?	play a main role; first letters
1989-1990
908	INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	‘Thef/t from the Minoan site is just as hard
1984-1985
649	AUSTRALORP	VHC	Our pal Art’s broken down under strain of laying birds	anag.
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1091	WENCESLAS	VHC	Carol King’s two girls, both in need of finishing, absorb art in Paris	es (Fr.) in wenc(h), las(s)
1964-1965
856	RODOMONTADE	VHC	Play brag? It’s too extravagant, or, put another way, too damned complicated!	or (rev.) + anag.
1963-1964
750	SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)	VHC	How many this week? An outrage of “fent,” “fy,” “vise”—pass over Chambers—”metonymically.” Ximenes invents them!	anag.; cross words; C.= words, metonymically
1962-1963
746	INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	What might, O urchins! Trap tra/m, Amy! Handley Page, in! My Radio Times!	ref. Col. Chinstrap, character in radio comedy ITMA with Tommy Handley
743	CHEMIST	VHC	Something you might take for a cough in the chest? That’s just what you should find I’m up in	MI in chest, I’m (rev.) in chest, & lit.
738	ANAESTHETIC	VHC	After this there should be nothing for the patient to feel upset at in the case	anag. & lit.
728	ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)	VHC	-Either Fi-do- -or Tri-g is so big that it is led by me- like this: lead twisted and arm bent	anag. + anag.
721	KERB-MERCHANT	VHC	Market bench, with the necessary licence, might be about right for me	r in anag. & lit.
1959-1960
582	MARRY	VHC	See the back of mother and father in the early years, indeed!	r r in May (= youth)
547	STORMY	Second	“Full of Sound and Fury”, written at 28 to describe severe depression	2 mngs.; ref. barometer marking at 28in. and Macbeth V.5
1958-1959
495	PARTISAN	VHC	Being a pretty keen supporter, I almost waxed lyrical with the side coming top	part + I + san(g)
1957-1958
438	MACARONI	Third	Food being cheap in Italy, it’s almost madness eating what’s dear there!	caro in mani(a)
1956-1957
421	DOVETAIL	VHC	Knit two together: make five: decrease gradually to end of needle	do V e tail

HCs awarded to E. J. Griew
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1984-1985
  653 INTERNUNCIO

Ximenes competitions

1967-1968
  987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)

1965-1966
  873 VETERANS

1964-1965
  821 SOMERSET

1963-1964
  764 SHIMMY-SHAKE

1962-1963
  725 SILENUS

1961-1962
  664 MANIPULATE

1960-1961
  621 CHASE
  608 CUSTOMER

1959-1960
  569 PROPOSAL
  551 PITCHER

1957-1958
  467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)

1956-1957
  434 CARTON
  430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)

Annual Honours record of E. J. Griew
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Year	Prizes (1, 2, 3)	VHCs	HCs	Position
1990-1991	0	1	0	–
1989-1990	0	1	0	–

1984-1985	0	1	1	–

Ximenes competitions
1969-1970	0	1	0	–

1967-1968	0	0	1	–

1965-1966	0	0	1	–
1964-1965	0	1	1	–
1963-1964	0	1	1	–
1962-1963	0	5	1	9
1961-1962	0	0	1	–
1960-1961	0	0	2	–
1959-1960	1 (0, 1, 0)	1	2	–
1958-1959	0	1	0	–
1957-1958	1 (0, 0, 1)	0	1	–
1956-1957	0	1	2	–