Clues written by L. E. Thomas
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. E. Thomas | 49 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 75 | 55 | Sep 1945 | Aug 1984 | 38y 11m | L. E. Thoms |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 559 | EMBASE | VHC | Run down a bit perhaps, but one has still to ring the doctor | MB in ease |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | After display of the old bottom, a true slap may be in order | anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | No, the hand stuck. Let’s catch the rector! | |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Flood-waters be/gin growing less on simply calmer days | |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 95 | THUNDERCLAP | VHC | Jovial noise as characters from tipsy lunch depart | anag.; Jovial = of Jove |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 777 | TAILOR-BIRD | VHC | A sewer, it’s enough to make one feel sick to surround with dirt all over the place—and flies! | ail + orb (vb.) all in anag. |
| 769 | PENNY | VHC | A pound or two makes a girl a bit in pocket | 4 defs.; make2 = mag3; penny = pound in nail weight |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | He might invest a packet, making take-over bids in the main. Possibly a rich pater helps! | anag.; cryptic def.; invest = besiege, packet = ship |
| 721 | KERB-MERCHANT | VHC | A kind of highwayman who’ll hold you up and take your money if he can. Guard against the fellow! | kerb + merchant |
| 712 | RHEUMATICKY | VHC | It’s true I’m achy, out of sorts. Knee’s beginning to get involved too! | k in anag |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 617 | COLOPHONY | VHC | Company bogus? Look into it! It’s probably on the fiddle | lo in Co. phony |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 517 | CAROTID | VHC | It’s vital to keep the bloody traffic moving through here! Have a breakdown when the cops are about and you get it in the neck! | a rot in CID, 2 defs. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 464 | STRAWED | VHC | Although old-fashioned even in the past, this is an excellent pretext for much bowing and scraping about the royal person | (royal) we in Strad; even, vb. |
| 443 | HALF-SEAS-OVER | VHC | A point one is likely to reach eventually in passing from port to port | double mng.; port wine |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 434 | CARTON | VHC | The result of a good pasting? In such a case a boxer may pack up | cryptic def.; made of pasted card or paper |
| 412 | SERVIETTE | VHC | Gives sign of hesitation to compete in unusual test and doesn’t cover lap in fast time | er vie in anag.; fast3 |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 273 | COUSIN | VHC | A pledge accepted by Uncle will put us in the money! | us in coin; pledge = child; Uncle = pawnbroker |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 235 | ASPHETERISM | VHC | See the mischief more than half the world is in with a doctrine following Russia’s lead! | sphe(re) in Ate + R + ism, & lit. |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 204 | ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Forty/ gals lapping shandy and eggs on noodles! | For tyros tergal slapping’s handy…; slap on the back |
| 202 | SPALPEEN | VHC | One has a bit of spurt with a good mount—even in the Irish Sweep! | sp(urt) alp e’en; sweep (sl.) = blackguard |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 191 | DENIGRATE | VHC | Let’s have a good evening, and after one go on to where the bars are open and one may get some poker! Damn the consequence! | den2 + I + grate |
| 185 | STOUT | VHC | A shilling tip has to do for this porter, and quite likely the mug’s content! | s tout1, or s to ut1, 2 defs.; do4 |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 177 | DESOLATE | VHC | It’s waste of time embracing retiring miss | lose (rev.) in date |
| 173 | HATCHING | Second | Nye’s coming out is the result of a heated sitting | cryptic def.; nye = brood; ref Nye Bevan’s 1951 resignation |
| 172 | GARNISHER | First | Though there’s only a piece of fish in store for him, he’ll dress for dinner | (f)ish in garner |
| 171 | SERINGAS | VHC | Partition makes South Ireland talk a lot: the substance of their effusions makes one tire easily! | S Erin gas; tire2 |
| 170 | GUINEA | VHC | Gin and Vichy water cocktail for the feed? | anag. incl. eau (Fr.); feed = receivers of fee |
| 169 | HOUSE | VHC | If the audience loses interest completely, there’s nothing for the performance but stop! | house minus use = ho (stop) [see comments] |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 167 | PARMESAN | VHC | It should be one’s last course perhaps to attain equality by foul means | par + anag. |
| 164 | NEWTON | VHC | Unaccustomed to fashion, he had novel ideas about what attracted every body | new + ton2; N.’s law of gravity |
| 160 | RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A sign o/f wit? Has he enlivened men’s fancies? | signora’s calf with a sheen |
| 157 | ORANGE | VHC | Formation of several divisions picked to serve in the dessert! | cryptic def.; segments; cf. desert |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 145 | STEWART | VHC | Scotch in stock. Drams made-up to order. Apply to address below | wets (rev.) + art (down clue); address = adroitness; stock = family |
| 135 | STRIPPED | VHC | Being without decent clothes or ill drest—it’s about enough to give one the pip! | anag. of drest pip |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 124 | BARHAM or BRAMAH | VHC | Where one can get a drink a short while before midday in Kent | bar + h. (= hour) + a.m.; Barham near Canterbury |
| 121 | SNAPSHOT | VHC | Game in Spades called and only one picture-card! Result may make you look very silly! | nap3 in S,S + hot2 (= called) |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 108 | HACKNEY | VHC | Mode of transport used up north to journey’s end | hack + (jour)ney |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 104 | STARE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | As I e/at, tunes hum—and inner organs! | re-attunes |
| 102 | ARCHIMEDES | VHC | Early summer spell from 15th March and beginning of Easter | anag. of Ides, March, E; summer = mathematician |
| 95 | SPOONER | VHC | Variety of snooper who might have described himself as a bird watcher | anag.; word botcher |
| 93 | BUMBLE-PUPPY | Second | Game rounded up by inexperienced dog may spoil drive | bumble puppy, 2 defs.; whist drive |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 75 | PETROLEUSES | Second | These dames took their flames to public houses | cryptic def. ref. Paris uprising 1871 |
| 74 | DEODAR | VHC | Fuel provider who might give a twopenny dam! | anag. of a dd roe (f. red deer) |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 58 | ECLIPSE | First | In abnormal English September 151 in the shade! | CLI in anag. of E Sep |
| 56 | SHEEP-RUN | VHC | A tract to ruminate on: it favours something very much like gambling | cryptic def.; ‘gamboling’; sermon |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 44 | PARIS | VHC | State of equality exists where liberty and fraternity are proclaimed | par is; ref. motto of France |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 39 | GNATHIC | VHC | Sort of exercise one gets from chatting with half one’s dental set missing | anag. less t; d and t are the dental consonants |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 22 | SLEEPYHEAD | Third | Unlikely promontory on Wake Island | cryptic def. |
| 1945 (1) | ||||
| 8 | KINCHINMORT | VHC | clue missing | |
1984-1985
640 MACHETE
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
615 HISTORIETTE
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
547 GLEEMAN
1981-1982
508 POSTURE-MAKER
1980-1981
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
401 GO-AHEAD
393 INTRACARDIAC
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
349 ODDCOMESHORT
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
1976-1977
247 FLIVVER
216 SCANTITY
208 RALPH
1975-1976
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
183 PICKLE
1974-1975
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
97 TREBUCHET
Ximenes competitions
1964-1965
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1962-1963
725 SILENUS
1960-1961
621 CHASE
1959-1960
547 STORMY
1958-1959
521 SOUP
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
1957-1958
486 BARACAN
451 MEGAPODE
1956-1957
421 DOVETAIL
417 SINECURE
408 BILLET
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
295 SENSE-ORGANS
291 APAGOGE
1954 (1)
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
237 BASTINADE
1953 (1)
213 LEMONADE
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
1952 (1)
181 HANGABLE
1951 (2)
176 SPIGOT
175 HAIR-LINE
174 ANACREONTICS
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
165 CABBAGE
163 LORICATE
162 TITANESS
161 TILLER
158 RATING
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
152 SEA-LION
150 CAPILLAMENTS
143 LAMPREY
139 HECATOMB
1950 (1)
126 RASPBERRY
122 LEATHER
118 MARAVEDI
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
113 CRICKETER
112 SHEET (DLM)
110 LEVIGATE
1949 (1)
103 MOSES
97 NESTOR
92 PARTRIDGE
1948 (2)
83 BUDAPEST
82 CURARE
81 CHARADE
1947 (2)
59 TAME
1946 (2)
36 TARTARUS
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |