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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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D. L. L. Clarke | 21 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 82 | 22 | Jan 1947 | Jan 1985 | 38y 0m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1984-1985 | ||||
662 | BARGE-COUPLE | VHC | You need rafters for gables, but for gable-ends a brace | bar + g, e + couple |
1983-1984 | ||||
615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | Short title, lacking length, that is a little novel | anag. less l incl. i.e., & lit. |
1972-1973 | ||||
27 | VINEGAR | VHC | What the prince undertook to drink having jostled in grave? | anag.; ref. Hamlet 5:1:299-300 |
10 | LINGERIE | VHC | Girlie en deshabille can hardly fail to reveal it | anag. & lit. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | ||||
1162 | BEAM-ENDS | VHC | On which a crew might resort to prayer, or they might make a bedesman? | anag. |
1968-1969 | ||||
1039 | TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number) | VHC | Under-cover F.B.I. agents after atomic material, unit 52, in short | unit; Te (= tellurium) + G-men |
1965-1966 | ||||
894 | WITENAGEMOT | VHC | A meeting peculiarly engrossed in old English know how | anag. in wot, & lit. |
1957-1958 | ||||
473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | No-one cal/m or able has be the subject of a post-mortem! | ref. bridge |
1954 (1) | ||||
261 | DECANTER | VHC | Soak up and you could get pretty well canned before you’ve got it all down! | anag. of can(n)ed + ret (rev.), & lit. |
1952 (1) | ||||
183 | SAUSAGES | VHC | It takes us years and years to complete our make up. We’re generally browned off by breakfast time | SA (= it) + us + ages |
182 | MISTLETOE | VHC | To let in poor repair, needing expenditure on the outside. Scheduled to come down in a fortnight | anag. in mise |
181 | HANGABLE | VHC | Hareng éventré; competent—worth putting on the line | ha(re)ng + able; gutted herring (Fr) |
1951 (2) | ||||
175 | HAIR-LINE | VHC | HKLM: a tenuous clue? It depends on the angle | i.e. H airline; fishing line |
173 | HATCHING | VHC | In letting out the clutch, find the opening in the gate first | hatch1 + in + g(ate) ; clutch2 |
1950 (1) | ||||
130 | MODERN | VHC | Small decorative piece the Navy’s after—quite unlike the girls of the old brigade! | mode RN; mode in lacemaking |
1949 (2) | ||||
107 | STRAMASH | VHC | Scots beat Sassenach, with no means of hitting back, outside town | tram[?] in Sassenach less canes (rev.) |
1949 (1) | ||||
94 | SARDELLE | VHC | Lads, reel in the herring: it looks 44 inches longer than a sardine | anag.; i.e. ell for in. in sardine; ell = 1¼ yd. in contemporary ed. of C. |
1948 (1) | ||||
69 | MISANTHROPE | VHC | Ah! mon esprit troublé! Tant je hais tous les hommes! | anag.; ref. Molière “Le M.” Act 1. Line 118, modified from “Non, elle est générale, et je hais tous les homes” |
67 | SURFEIT (DLM) | VHC | I will never bluster if asked to pay excess fare | excess fare |
1947 (1) | ||||
43 | DRESSING | VHC | Going in after a big score, tail first, you need marl | D + ress-ing, i.e. ingress tail first; marl3,1 = marvel, dressing for soil |
41 | ALTOGETHER | Second | He got confused, having to change outside, without a stitch on | anag. in alter; “in the a.” |
1982-1983
559 EMBASE
1981-1982
521 ATTITUDINISE
513 ETYMOLOGICON
1980-1981
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
243 OLYMPIC
234 HOROSCOPIST
229 METRICATE
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
1973-1974
97 TREBUCHET
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1154 CLARIONET
1140 CALLOUS
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1093 MARTINET
1089 ENCLOISTER
1080 ANDROMEDA
1968-1969
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1967-1968
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
975 HALE
958 DRY MEASURE
1966-1967
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1964-1965
829 FAREWELL
1963-1964
780 NOBLEST (and Eximenamination)
773 FIT-OUT
769 PENNY
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
734 NASALITY
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
712 RHEUMATICKY
1961-1962
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
630 STREAKY
1959-1960
560 CONGENITALLY
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
508 CUMBERGROUND
1957-1958
469 DAISY
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
1956-1957
434 CARTON
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
425 TRAVERSE
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
343 EPIGONI
1954 (2)
304 ORLEANS
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
281 SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number)
277 PRODIGALLY
267 TRADE
265 THERMAE
1953 (2)
245 GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
227 CATEGORIES
219 SOCIALIST
1952 (2)
198 THIRD
196 SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
1952 (1)
193 TRADUCER
186 ASHMOLEAN
185 STOUT
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
172 GARNISHER
171 SERINGAS
1951 (1)
158 RATING
155 LYTERIAN
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
149 DOMESTIC
139 HECATOMB
1950 (1)
121 SNAPSHOT
1949 (2)
115 MISNOMER
113 CRICKETER
106 HELIOTROPE
1949 (1)
100 Word containing ADDING
95 SPOONER
1948 (1)
76 VALEDICTORY
1947 (2)
58 ECLIPSE
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1972-1973 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1950 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1947 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 0 | – |