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Show results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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K. Thomas | 34 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 121 | 37 | Dec 1959 | Mar 2022 | 62y 3m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2021-2022 | ||||
2569 | BILBO | VHC | Could this qualify wit in parliament? Pointless activity in lobbies shows otherwise | anag. less E, S; ref. ‘rapier wit’ |
2020-2021 | ||||
2564 | CLEARING | VHC | Organise right, angelic setting for ideal picnic, sunny yet shady | anag. incl. r |
2543 | CABRETTA | VHC | With no hot bath cater roughly for what chaps need | anag. less H; ref. chaparajos |
2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | Bestow lather lavishly – he could manage that | anag. |
2525 | PLACITUM | VHC | Malice, not showing hint of empathy, put crudely describes verdict | anag. less e |
2010-2011 | ||||
2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Chelsea fans were sor/ry scandal hit tabloids | ref. John Terry, footballer |
2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | This portal’s head might display carved maple branch | anag. with p, & lit. |
2008-2009 | ||||
1932 | NINE-TO-FIVE | VHC | F° to C°? Such is environment for modern temp. | i.e. temperature conversion ratio; temp, 2 mngs. |
1906 | MORSE | VHC | One eating oysters with chips – a short bite? | morse(l); ref. ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ |
2006-2007 | ||||
1827 | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number) | VHC | Leaders in kraal oddly associated with Masai? That’s wrongly exposed | exposed; anag. incl. k o, & lit. |
1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Bright mum’ll have epitomised this essence – ‘sloth abandoned’ | might Brummel; anag.; ref. Beau B. |
2005-2006 | ||||
1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Wily Bunter: ‘Do d/uck shop payment for buns’. | |
2003-2004 | ||||
1654 | CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps) | VHC | Bath feature, chromium half-outlet traps frothy new lathers | Cr + esc(ape); anag. incl. n; ref. The Crescent, Bath |
1624 | BELAY | VHC | Secure overturned leaky ale barrel’s contents | hidden rev. |
2001-2002 | ||||
1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | ARP lot reports a suspect round? | anag. |
2000-2001 | ||||
1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | Kite’s accompaniment – twisted tail of floral paper | anag. incl. l; ref. Sergeant K. in Farquhar, ‘The Recruiting Officer’ |
1494 | MARATHON | VHC | Re-cast ‘Art’’s caught by Synge’s ‘Playboy’ in long run | anag. in Mahon; ref. Christy M. in ‘Playboy of the Western World’ |
1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | What introduces cocktails and nibbles at party evening | first letters & lit. |
1997-1998 | ||||
1346 | PHARISEE | VHC | Heep’s air, dissembling, typifies one | anag. & lit.; ref. Uriah H. |
1995-1996 | ||||
1247 | PREDICANT | VHC | Parsonic tone’d issue from him soon! | comp. anag. & lit. |
1220 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Saga’s character telling woeful tale about ship and sun | ca. SS and Ra; misleading ref. to the Ancient Mariner |
1992-1993 | ||||
1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | Empty bank deposit – mismanaged oodles left one debtor | anag. incl. l, I, dr; bottle bank |
1074 | DEMIREP | Third | A bloke’s all excited with one – like Pamella Bordes? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. scandals involving P. B. |
1990-1991 | ||||
982 | ALMANAC | Third | What royal man acceding cites | hidden & lit. |
1989-1990 | ||||
939 | A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left) | VHC | A fee’s repaid partly over leg broken in soccer | hidden rev.; anag.; leg = swindler |
891 | CAT | VHC | What might be familiar part of domestic atmosphere | hidden |
1988-1989 | ||||
844 | THEOLOGASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Subject of Gray poem – time’s ghost o’er lea winding | Bray; t + anag.; ref. ‘The Vicar of B.’ and G.’s Elegy |
1984-1985 | ||||
631 | INTERLOCK | VHC | What change-ringer does with co-tinkler | anag. & lit. |
1983-1984 | ||||
622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Does effect of fin/e last – urge on in straight course? | |
1982-1983 | ||||
568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Outside a tent rac/ing enthusiasts hum with Wagnerian excitement | entr’acte |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | Man like Petruchio tames shrew, repeated nag, encompassing love’s beginning | anag. incl. nag, nag, l |
1039 | TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number) | VHC | Cockroach case: cigarette butts give crime fighters lead | fighters; (cigaret)te + G-men |
1962-1963 | ||||
746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | “P/ig ate the caretaker!” A dramatic impossibility | Harold Pinter |
1959-1960 | ||||
571 | PESTER | VHC | Clue not given; osmose, morses, crosse, rosace† |
2021-2022
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2591 GHAT
2584 GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste)
2019-2020
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2473 INTERPLAY
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2447 CONGENER
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2425 EPILIMNION
2421 SPASMODICAL
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2347 ASLEEP
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2325 MASON
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2296 IMPROPERLY
2287 VALET
2279 CLEMENTINE
2274 SIMPATICO
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2191 PLUG
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2109 THICKETY
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2011-2012
2070 MISTREATMENT
2064 COLD TURKEY
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2058 ROBUST
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2014 HACKETTE
2012 BLOATING
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1949 PALFRENIER
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1918 PALAMPORE
1910 BARPERSON
1901 SANITISE
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1849 AUXESIS
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1823 KISS
1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
2005-2006
1771 PARTERRE
1758 BIMBETTE
1752 MIDWINTER
1746 ENTOMIC
1733 PALESTRA
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1602 FENESTRA
1593 MANSUETE
1576 FACADE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1550 MEMORITER
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1480 SAMARITAN
1999-2000
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1439 JOHN CANOE
1437 MISTLETOE
1998-1999
1376 LOGO
1997-1998
1334 CATACHRESTIC
1329 PITHOS
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1242 KNOCKERS
1238 ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1994-1995
1178 BOOTLEG
1161 ADIAPHORON
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1991-1992
1034 BURLAP
1030 PASTILLE
1021 BEARD
1990-1991
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
956 SPEAR-SIDE
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
788 CROW
1986-1987
766 GUBBINS
762 OBELISE
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
1985-1986
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
1984-1985
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
610 DOUBLETHINK
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
564 PARAMENT
1981-1982
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
1980-1981
452 DISSENTERISM
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
1976-1977
221 PADDY-WHACK
208 RALPH
1975-1976
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1968-1969
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1967-1968
997 TREACLE
993 JONATHAN
1962-1963
743 CHEMIST
1961-1962
664 MANIPULATE
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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2020-2021 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
2019-2020 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
2018-2019 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
2011-2012 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
2010-2011 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 2 | – |
2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
2008-2009 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
2006-2007 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
2003-2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
2000-2001 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1997-1998 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1995-1996 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1992-1993 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 1 | – |
1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1990-1991 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 4 | – |
1989-1990 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |