Clues written by T. E. Sanders
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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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| T. E. Sanders | 195 | 15 | 16 | 164 | 244 | 226 | Jan 1946 | Jan 1992 | 46y 0m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1026 | LET-OFF | Second | Not quite leg before – did it constitute a reprieve for the batsman? | le(g) to ff (= fecerunt) |
| 1013 | ALVEARY | Third | This house does have royal use being the home of a queen | comp. anag. |
| 1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | VHC | Constable’s work generally isn’t policing a beat without a bit of crime | anag. less c; ref. John C. |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 978 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | VHC | Could number ten score one by cultured play? Most unlikely | anag. |
| 972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | Laughable fun hat attire on bonce | |
| 952 | STAR (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Shame in no way shown by Sun in retraction | name in show; St + Ra (rev.) |
| 947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | VHC | What one might get in bad spill, unhorsed after dropping end of rein | anag. less n, & lit. |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | You’ll see us pace on long ramble in them | l + anag. & lit. |
| 926 | NERD | VHC | Watch out for one among learner drivers | hidden & lit. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 887 | MONSTER | VHC | A whopper as expressed in Commons terminology | hidden; ref. Churchill’s ‘terminological inexactitude’ |
| 878 | MOUSEPIECE | VHC | This roast might be to some epicures a must | comp. anag. & lit.; must4 adj. |
| 869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | We lie in wait prior to us grabbing a bit of plunder | hold + p in us, & lit. |
| 868 | ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels) | VHC | The game for a sporting hero to secure gold for a coach | faro, landau; anag.; land Au |
| 840 | SONDE | VHC | It signals about measurement of temperature in the limits of space | on d in s, e, & lit.; d = degree |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 816 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter) | VHC | Look! Azed’s foremost champion’s got spot with top cast on the box at Christmas | (s)pot + lo A Ch.; ref. Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse film |
| 801 | LINCHET | VHC | A lease’s bounding edge – what gives rise to it? | inch in let, & lit. |
| 796 | UPHOLSTERY | VHC | It’s from properly springing the —— a healthy posture results | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | Companies coming a cropper – that might produce some panic | anag., anag., & lit.; panic2 = cereal grass |
| 779 | MISSING LINK | VHC | Does it have various signs of simian ilk? If so, a —— it may be | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 770 | HERMITS | VHC | Solitaires will provide a lady’s hands with the finishing touch of adornment lacking | her mit(t)s |
| 766 | GUBBINS | VHC | Refuse white wine in case overtopping the margin of safety should thereby result | gub bin s |
| 762 | OBELISE | VHC | Affix – in old English book to flag a suspicion of error | b in OE + lis e |
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | I can’t resist indulging in a sensational number in sixes – one hit camera accidentally | fixes; anag.; numb-er |
| 753 | SHEEPDOG | VHC | I might make the hog speed when disposed to saunter | anag. & lit. |
| 735 | MALIGN | VHC | The kind of effect on name a dam lie has | ma + lig + n, & lit. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 731 | STRING | VHC | A twist of grist having within limits a quite narrow measurement | n in anag., & lit. |
| 709 | GINGER | VHC | The Queen follows precedent in entering gee-gee in race as before | in in G G + ER; race3 |
| 692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | VHC | A light one’s hiding inside a bushel should be put on a spike | spike; fid + bu. in I’s; ref. Matt. 5:15 |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 666 | Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts) | VHC | We offer a possible chance of a ticket to riches – stay with the Sun | l(otter)ies; lie + S |
| 662 | BARGE-COUPLE | VHC | Rig this with a bit of dexterity and produce gable form | anag. less d, & lit. |
| 644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | The rich live here on prime piece of real estate – yes? | anag. incl. r; on = getting drunk |
| 631 | INTERLOCK | First | Engrave ringlet for couple getting engaged | inter lock; engrave2 |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 627 | AMBIENT | VHC | One must have resolution to be at Min. of the Environment | anag.; i.e. re-solution; ref. P. Jenkin legislation |
| 618 | CRETISM | VHC | Cram – he’s no beginner in athletics but holds exalted place | site (rev.) in Cr(a)m; cram = lie; ref. Steve C. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Considering the age of my ma is one t/en ’tis exceptionally great | |
| 559 | EMBASE | VHC | M. Foot says what he wants to do to the Government | em base; Michael F. |
| 543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | It needs must stop wearying | anag. & lit.; must4 = frenzied |
| 538 | INGRAIN | VHC | At the wicket Gatting’s beginning to dominate once becoming thoroughly set | in + G + rain2; ref. Mike G. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 521 | ATTITUDINISE | VHC | Girl appearing in nude – it is a modelling pose | tit1 in anag. |
| 504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | The fashionable smart hemline will be lower | anag. |
| 478 | BIBLIOPEGIST | VHC | I oblige beginner to betting with tips – shattering for the book-maker | anag. incl. b |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 464 | SIMKIN | VHC | When one gets married it should fill the wine vessel | I m in skin, & lit. |
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Possibly its charms will get a guy a kiss | anag. + bo + X, & lit. |
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | I’d resist men’s being compliant | anag. & lit.; c. = flexible |
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Copies Sappho, a Greek improperly rash, with primitive sexual attraction exalted by the ultimate in lyric song | anag. incl. Gr.; ur- + it (rev.) + c + aria |
| 443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | Capital investment for the not so bright acquired by false pretences combined with low cunning | anag. |
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Romantic sex to/y lines – the joys of youthful love | |
| 434 | JARDINIÈRE | VHC | Display what by the beginning of January are in dire conditions | J + anag., & lit.; conditions vb. |
| 430 | TEGULA | VHC | Secure a bit of cover over ’ead – glue ’at on! | anag.; on = tipsy |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 414 | UNBOSOMER | First | Bust-reducing agent? Rub some on bust – gets a lot off the chest | anag., 2 defs. |
| 410 | CUL-DE-SAC | Third | What, after copper’s left at the opening, you’ll get boxed up in | Cu l + cased (rev.), & lit. |
| 397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | VHC | Turning shy in society before embracing one gets the doodahs | doodads; jib (rev.) + out + I in ere; out = in society |
| 371 | GRADIN | VHC | A row on which Greeks and Romans initially have sat | G + R + a din, & lit. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | On horseback at the off he’s suddenly left the rest standing | rest; up start |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | VHC | Primitive missile shot from a string far lower in flight but the arc without one could be slacker | anag.; anag. less a |
| 332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | Who’s a natural one to make a head covering? A hatter perhaps? | nut case, 2 defs. |
| 327 | HEMLOCK | Third | It’s bound to put a stop to movement in a number of senses | hem lock; numb-er; bound = boundary |
| 323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | Third | Call being sent out from a gouk we as Scots say | (go)uk + oo2, & lit. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 310 | STERNFAST | VHC | After lashing strict refusal of food will secure the end of a tub | stern fast |
| 301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | I have fish and chip shop to open about one. Like a bag? | troll2 + I in anag.; chip = chop up |
| 298 | NOSER | VHC | A blast in the face from the solano seriously discomfits a senor | hidden, anag. |
| 272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | Beat up ingredients for gateau adding in a bit of tamara spice | lam (rev.) + t in anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | The day we celebrate a long rule with visible joy widespread about the Queen | ER in anag. incl. l |
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Shred to clutch chance to thank setter | |
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | Presents he helped rider to run all over the place | anag. & lit.; presents, 2 mngs. |
| 247 | FLIVVER | VHC | For a banger about five foot long I’ve a short recipe | V in f l I’ve + r |
| 225 | VALETA | VHC | A measure with round figures – Bunter, for example, needs one | valet a; ref. Lord P. Wimsey’s valet |
| 221 | PADDY-WHACK | First | Ire-lander? | paddy whack, & lit.; lander = heavy blow |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | Waffle? Try eating one with a double slice of lemon, do. | I l l in shy2 + a l l in shy2; do. = ditto |
| 187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Perhaps we’d put grub in this | anag. & lit. |
| 178 | A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent) | VHC | Instant results from versatile gas – the ultimate in heat | anag. incl. t; instant = present month |
| 169 | THUGGEE | VHC | Get huge – that’s what comes of the fatal practice of going for gorges | anag. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | Shocking scene on screen – lady losing last bit of modesty and a Romeo moving about as one making love | anag. incl. lad(y); anag.; on = tipsy |
| 148 | BALLYHOO | VHC | Where’s this noisy barking coming from? Hallo, boy | anag. |
| 130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | To snatch the l/oot away and leave my pursuers standing | |
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | Just the sort to cadge off | anag. & lit. |
| 105 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram) | VHC | Lo, early one who built animal haven – rare accord begorra! | |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | What sighing by the lover’s like – perhaps by Romeo about the onset of love? | l in anag.; ref. AYLI ‘Sighing like a furnace’ |
| 79 | SLAPSTICK | VHC | Wisdom’s technique: bat must be straight to stay in | slap (adv.) + stick; bat = slapstick; ref. Norman W. |
| 62 | SOLITAIRES | First | No Double Diamonds? In the sun one gets weary without one | sol I + a in tires; without = outside; ref. beer |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 45 | NEMORAL | VHC | Shaw’s adjective – before the end of Victorianism not previously uttered | ne + m + oral; ref. Pygmalion, ‘not bloody likely’ |
| 40 | FANTOCCINI | VHC | Improper action in football club: those who are suspended participating in play | anag. incl. FC |
| 36 | CRUSADER | VHC | Transport the Royal Armoured Corps used before the end of the war | anag. incl. RAC + r, & lit.; transport vb. |
| 18 | EPIGONE | VHC | Taken out of the deep I go nearer slip | hidden; slip = scion |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1162 | BEAM-ENDS | VHC | Airline revises summer terms on which it would be bankrupt | BEA mends, beam ends |
| 1140 | CALLOUS | VHC | A clue that’s incomplete, also shaky, may be very hard or not sensible | anag. less e |
| 1119 | RONDE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Vi ca/vils doing sex poses—seven ways of sinning! | |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1062 | CALLING-CRAB | VHC | Strand is where I’m seen waving—hailing taxi outside front of restaurant | r in calling cab; strand1 and London street |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1041 | TEA-LEAD | VHC | Something that protects chests against the damp—one may be seen in short television commercial | a in tele-ad. |
| 1006 | CHROME-PLATING | VHC | A brilliant film adapted from a light romance about a prince | P in anag. |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 975 | HALE | VHC | Hardy revealing what the “Two on a Tower” do? | 2 mngs.; ref. book by Thomas H. |
| 971 | MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left) | VHC | Producer got the bird for a version of Shakespeare’s “The Tale”—one acted badly | ma got pie3; anag.; produce = bring forth, give birth to |
| 962 | PALING | VHC | You need lightening among the principal ingredients for making pasty | hidden, 2 defs. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 935 | MALAPROP | VHC | It’s the dame who comes out with funny bloomers on stage. (On the dame a pair has to hang down loosely about) | ma + a pr. in lop |
| 933 | COTTABUS | VHC | Ancient pastime involving wine being roughly cast but in which a sign of love may be seen | O in anag., & lit. |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 902 | WINCOPIPE | Second | This style of red bloomers is antiquated; mine used to lead the company to whistle! | win (= mine, vb.) co. pipe |
| 894 | WITENAGEMOT | VHC | Harold’s advisers once wanted a meeting between the two to be arranged | anag. in anag.; Harold I |
| 884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | When Harold gave sack to To/ry party would sound like the Right setting | H. Wilson sacked Tom Fraser, Min. of Transport |
| 882 | SNAPDRAGON | VHC | The kind of bloomers that’s wanted with a spell of cold weather drawing near | snap drag on; drag = act of dragging |
| 860 | CORSAGE | VHC | Bloomers that are worn hang down in the middle | sag in core |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | Wood—now rare—hewn from Northern California tree | anag. incl. N Calif; wood, (obs.) = mad |
| 821 | SOMERSET | VHC | Part of an address written by Wells is bound to be revolutionary | 2 mngs.; S. follows Wells in postal address; s. = somersault; ref. H. G. Wells |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 786 | METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | For one with no hel/p ill on the road may be fatal | |
| 764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | The sort of measure that makes feminine underwear split | shimmy1 shake & lit.; shake = render |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | In W/est End to wanton: a thick night (i.e. in bed!) | |
| 728 | ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent) | VHC | He may be defi-ed by M.C.C. not being alarmed as usual | anag.; MCC = Member of County Council |
| 708 | HEARTS | First | The Rear Admiral’s on the quarter-deck and gives encouragement | anag. incl. RA’s, 2 defs.; on = getting drunk; deck of cards; heart, vb. |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 686 | FEMALE | Third | One such as does sin in Paris in payment for professional services! | mal in fee; does, animals |
| 673 | ERISTICAL | VHC | It is Clare, perhaps, where one sees what sort of men wranglers must be | anag.; C. College |
| 669 | DRUM | VHC | In a crowd rumours impress by repetition | hidden |
| 660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | Move to exert pressure against Western sector of Berlin. Something needed to help stop a war | car (i.e. brake); rub Ber(lin); ref. B. Wall |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 604 | APOSTROPHISE | VHC | Interrupt talk to send message to troopship wrecked in rough sea | anag. in anag. |
| 600 | The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram) | VHC | Lax blunder—the heroes did big thing | |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | It may be a Royal Artillery unit that gets caught in a trap—a regiment that’s hoist with its own petard, bigger than something that just goes “pop”! | anag. inc. RA; RE (rev.) + mine; ref. song “Pop goes the weasel” |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 534 | RAIL-SPLITTER | VHC | I’ve a nose for a bar—pale is what I make for! | rail + splitter; nose = informer; pale ale |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 460 | ASTONISHMENT (Misprints) | VHC | Chaps like the Villa need a leader for the team—that’s what makes Wanderers what they are | wonderers; i.e. Aston-ish men + t; ref. football, Aston V., Bolton W. |
| 456 | PLAFOND | VHC | A possible result of floating is to make mountain climbing foolish | alp (rev.) + fond; floating by plasterer, levitation |
| 451 | MEGAPODE | VHC | May, one that’s full of beans perhaps and leader of England, is sure to make a pile in Australia | Meg a pod E; Meg = May, see Names in C. |
| 443 | HALF-SEAS-OVER | VHC | If you push the boat out this far, you’ll get wet! | double mng.; wet = drunk |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 434 | CARTON | Third | How Sullivan began to make his name in Cox and Box | Art(hur) in con4; ref. opera by F. C. Burnard and Arthur S. |
| 408 | BILLET | VHC | In a go on the pools, perhaps, I may get pounds for just a few lines | I LL in bet |
| 390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Take a bat: /a seat (south end!) to get a tanning | Southend-on-Sea |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 364 | HELLEBORE | VHC | He’s got about 1¼ yds. drill, but you’ll need to double that for a pair of winter bloomers | ell in he + bore; double, i.e. 2 hellebores |
| 356 | METOPOSCOPY | VHC | I know all about kissers. Write me for “Better Love” (shilling edition) | me top 0 s. copy |
| 351 | LUSTRE | VHC | The kind of result one expects the Buffs to achieve | anag. & lit.; Buffs = shines leather, Army regts. |
| 347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | Console in case there’s a shower—or this may | 3 defs. & lit. |
| 343 | EPIGONI | VHC | Having dropped the two openers in the deep I go back in the slips | (de)ep I go + in (rev.); slip = descendant |
| 338 | SHE-ASS | VHC | A dam, maybe, that called for audacious action when breached with high explosive | HE in sass |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 325 | MARRYING | First | What’s the mater doing? She’s done that once, we hope! | cryptic def.; mate vb. |
| 302 | MARTIN | VHC | Monkey about with money? Not in my business! | ram (rev.) + tin; ref. Martins Bank |
| 291 | APAGOGE | VHC | April time’s about only half gone—that’s a good enough reason for some showers | Ap. + go(ne) in age; i.e. show-ers |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 271 | TRIPLET | VHC | What’s the flock of birds over the lake and coming from across the Channel? Only tern | trip2 L et (Fr.) |
| 265 | THERMAE | VHC | Three a.m. and drunk! You may he getting into hot water here | anag. |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | Very light type of work, often with provision for rapid rises and early retirement | Very light = flare; firework instruction “retire immediately” |
| 251 | UNMETHODICAL | VHC | Cloud in the morning with winds irregular | anag. incl. a.m. |
| 247 | VAMPIRE | VHC | Here see a potentially prime cause of anaemia | v. a + anag., & lit. |
| 243 | LODESTAR | VHC | See Shiner playing a leading part as a sailor for ha-has | lodes tar; ref. 1953 play ‘Seagulls Over Sorrento’ and comic actor Ronald S.; ha-ha = ditch |
| 241 | MANDOLINE | VHC | It takes a lot of pluck to manage the latter part of a Commando course | (Com)mando line |
| 239 | GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Said I, mo/le, am a garment out of fashion | Imogen; ref. Cymbeline III.4, “Poor I am, stale, a garment …” |
| 235 | ASPHETERISM | VHC | Sign of redness apparent as his temper gets ruffled | anag.; redness = communism |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 225 | TOUCHSTONES | VHC | Hutton’s second duck—that’s hardly the form we want for the Tests | anag. incl. sec 0; ref. Len H., cricketer |
| 215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | VHC | Hunt goes on resolutely after a negro just out of Dartmoor | buck1 (offensive) + fast2 + Leigh; ref. Leigh Hunt, Eng. writer and critic, b.1784; B. on edge of Dartmoor |
| 209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | Passage by P. & O. line’s arranged for about the first of August | august; A in anag. |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 202 | SPALPEEN | VHC | No proper sleep and a disturbed nap mean I am good for nothing | anag. |
| 199 | HONESTY | Second | A solitary run after an hour shows Trueman’s quality | h + one + sty; i.e. true man; ref. Frank T., fast bowler [see comments] |
| 196 | SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left) | VHC | He does his stuff with a spell employing a wrong ’un like a Chinaman and is near achieving a total collapse | sham, an; anag.; C. = left-hander’s googly (cricket) |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 189 | SALTIRE | VHC | To cure anger needs a X from her. | salt ire; her. = heraldry |
| 186 | ASHMOLEAN | First | A wood-pile if old is just the place to harbour the ant. | ash mole an2; ant. = antiquities; mole5, pile2 = pier |
| 185 | STOUT | VHC | Racing spy after latest bit of news from best outsider’s stable | (new)s + tout1, hidden |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 178 | HIDEOUS | VHC | It’s most unfair to thrash us for nothing | hide2 (vb.) + 0 us; i.e. nothing getting us |
| 176 | SPIGOT | VHC | Spill used for lighting a pipe | 2 mngs.; spill2; light = make lighter (obs.); pipe = barrel |
| 174 | ANACREONTICS | Third | Lines offering free passages for transoceanic crossing | anag.; cross = mix |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 166 | RACHIDES | Second | Not all the skeletons can be concealed in families | hid in races |
| 164 | NEWTON | VHC | None could be more productive of illumination about weight | wt in neon (anag. of none), & lit.; N.’s law of gravity |
| 161 | TILLER | VHC | Comes a cropper at the finish after clearing the field | cryptic def. |
| 159 | SPANIEL | VHC | An example of one that has naps being allowed to lie perhaps | anag. of nap, lies;“let sleeping dogs lie” |
| 157 | ORANGE | VHC | Cross these lights and I’m a goner maybe | anag. & lit.; lights in sense of letters of answer |
| 156 | LAVEROCK | VHC | An early Whistler in wash and chalk perhaps? | lave1, rock; Rex W., painter |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 154 | RABBIT | First | Saving up a little does multiply it quickly | bar (= except) (rev.) + bit; does = females |
| 147 | GATHER | VHC | Pluck is an essential attribute in tilting at heroes | hidden |
| 145 | STEWART | Third | One of Parnell’s names for that blessed fellow Gladstone | St. Ewart (W. E. Gladstone); C. Stewart Parnell, Irish nationalist |
| 139 | HECATOMB | VHC | This is the century a grave consequence would result from the victimisation of the lower class | cryptic def.; sacrifice of 100 cattle (Brewer); lower = cow |
| 135 | STRIPPED | First | Lost the thread and dropped every stitch | 2 mngs. |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 130 | MODERN | First | Current’s just right for the fleet to get under way | mode RN |
| 123 | LEECHES | First | One Minister of Health in an Attlee-Churchill coalition would not be enough! | sing. hidden in Attlee-Churchill; M. of H. = doctor; ref. impending Gen. Election, Feb 1950 |
| 122 | LEATHER | VHC | Sole? For a pound three and a tanner may have to be paid | anag. of L a three, 2 defs. |
| 118 | MARAVEDI | VHC | Hail during Tuesday in Paris but little real change expected | ave in mardi, (Fr. Tuesday) |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 114 | TAPPIT-HEN | VHC | When there’s a bit of a blow forward a mine-layer is very draughty, stout vessel though she may be | tap pit hen (layer); pun on draught |
| 108 | HACKNEY | VHC | In London’s a wicked place for a horse | 2 mngs.; H. Wick |
| 107 | STRAMASH | VHC | What a racket there is in Scotch!—but it’s back in the window now not black market | i.e. mart (rev.) in sash; end of rationing |
| 106 | HELIOTROPE | First | I laid into the slave with a rope end for making a bloomer | I in helot + rope |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 101 | BARRACKS | VHC | Places services with head of racket in those parts of court where professionals advocate | rack(et) in bars; barrack vb. |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 90 | ROTHER | VHC | Yorkshire’s tribute to the Don—given a ham at meeting | Rother(ham); tributary of River Don |
| 88 | BRISTOL | VHC | Where salt could be seen turning back into Lot’s wife perhaps | anag. of rib + Lot’s (rev.); Gen. 19:26; salt = sailor |
| 87 | SISKIN | VHC | My sister has got the “King’s Head” in the main part of Finchley and is often seen behind the bars | sis K in; Finch(ley); caged bird |
| 81 | CHARADE | VHC | A reactionary editor makes game of the “Daily Worker” with questionable motive | char a + ed. (rev.); ref. socialist newspaper |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 76 | VALEDICTORY | VHC | Velocity a driver quickly achieved with the wind speeding on road | anag. incl. dr. |
| 73 | RHODESIA | VHC | An old style high explosive raid wrecked the Empire State building | anag. incl. OS HE; state of S. Rhodesia created under British Empire in 1923 |
| 68 | ANTIGROPELOS | VHC | For two pins I’d have these mudguards although they may be loose and parting | anag.; pins = legs |
| 66 | CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPET | VHC | Practises ringing changes with him in timely preparation for the festival | anag. of practises him |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 65 | PIVOT | VHC | I always keep still at the point of a revolver, because I’m one against getting shot about | I v. in pot |
| 58 | ECLIPSE | VHC | Better has stakes on for the race—may make a pile with just a second | better vb.; anag. of pile sec; ref. unbeaten racehorse |
| 57 | THEORBOS | First | Got the ball on the bony part of the nose, but pluckily played on | the orb (n)os(e); os = bone |
| 55 | NAUSEANT | First | The reappearance of the sun before the first of April will bring back the swallows | anag. of sun ante A |
| 54 | SPONGE | VHC | What a sucker, to get the positive and negative leads mixed in the wet accumulator | anag. of pos neg, 2 defs.; sucker = parasite |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 51 | LLANELLY | VHC | A small port and everything’s topsy-turvy and dim for Helen | all (rev.) + Nelly; dim. = diminutive |
| 42 | HALLANSHAKER | Second | Get an agitator passage forward in an old tramp | hall + an + shaker |
| 40 | Suitable Present (Suitable Present) | VHC | Rocking-horse for Hamlet | “Hobby-horse is forgot” Hamlet Act 2, Scene 3 |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 33 | TAMBERS | Second | Rest a doctor ordered for its tonic qualities | anag. of rest a MB |
| 28 | HELCOSIS | VHC | The inflammatory process by which, I hear, Hades warms itself | ‘hell coses’ |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 23 | HICATEE | VHC | Heat ice to make a specimen of fresh-water | anag. of heat ice |
| 21 | BODEGA | Third | When the temperature’s zero in Buenos Aires it’s a draughty place | 0 deg in BA; draught = drink |
| 20 | NIERSTEINER | VHC | Rents in Eire are enough to make one drink | anag. |
| 19 | SCREENINGS | First | Refuse showings of films as they have not been passed | 3 mngs. |
| 15 | ARRANGES | VHC | Orders sounded among the French units for the gunners to go back to the front lines | rang in ares, RA (rev.) + ranges |
1991-1992
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1021 BEARD
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1000 ONE THOUSAND
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
987 IRON CURTAIN
982 ALMANAC
974 AVANT-PROPOS
969 BUNTER
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
961 WAVESON
956 SPEAR-SIDE
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
930 SABULOSE
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
874 BLUESTOCKING
866 NECTAREOUS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
849 VISITE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
831 COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)
827 MICKEY-TAKING
823 SARBACANE
818 EMBUSQUÉ
814 SPOUSAGE
809 DOLCE VITA
805 LITOTES
788 CROW
1986-1987
764 CHILDERMAS
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
740 ESCADRILLE
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
722 SUPERNACULUM
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
688 CUCURBITAL
683 BANISH
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
675 CONSTERNATE
670 TURNIP-FLEA
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
653 INTERNUNCIO
649 AUSTRALORP
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
615 HISTORIETTE
610 DOUBLETHINK
607 CARNEY
603 FIGULINE
594 DOINGS
585 FLABELLIFORM
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
572 SNAKE-OIL
564 PARAMENT
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
552 NOURICE-FEE
547 GLEEMAN
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
508 POSTURE-MAKER
495 CACOETHES
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
482 BODY-SNATCHER
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
406 BOIL
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
401 GO-AHEAD
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
384 OUTSPREADING
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
362 SEA-SOLDIER
354 SHEER-HULK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
349 ODDCOMESHORT
340 BOOKSIE
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
289 AMNESIAC
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
281 DINOCERAS
276 AMTRACK
267 MORRIS-DANCE
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
243 OLYMPIC
216 SCANTITY
212 SURCINGLES
208 RALPH
1975-1976
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
183 PICKLE
161 ANCON
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
139 PIEPOWDER
118 OPERETTIST (Misprints)
114 PANIC
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1973-1974
75 GROCETERIA
66 NONSENSE
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
31 KITCHENDOM
27 VINEGAR
23 SCLERODERMIC
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1158 ELEPHANT-SEAL
1145 GENIPAP
1143 MORGIANA
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1093 MARTINET
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1968-1969
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1036 CORONETED
1023 CONSOLE
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
993 JONATHAN
989 GRENADINE
967 CREMOSIN
958 DRY MEASURE
1966-1967
945 OBLITERATE
936 MINI SKIRTS
929 AMPHITHEATRE
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
911 DRAGON
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
898 POCHARD
885 GALIMATIAS
873 VETERANS
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
864 PATERNAL
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
829 FAREWELL
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
782 SWELL
777 TAILOR-BIRD
1962-1963
743 CHEMIST
734 NASALITY
725 SILENUS
721 KERB-MERCHANT
717 STAR-MAN (Misprints)
712 RHEUMATICKY
703 SCAPEMENT
1961-1962
656 FIDDLESTICKS
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
634 BEDSTEAD
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
582 MARRY
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
571 PESTER
560 CONGENITALLY
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
477 SEDATENESS
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
464 STRAWED
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
377 MALISON
373 PRESTONPANS
360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
1954 (2)
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
304 ORLEANS
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
295 SENSE-ORGANS
289 CISTERN
287 MANCHESTER
1954 (1)
281 SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number)
277 PRODIGALLY
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
269 ASCENT
267 TRADE
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
1953 (2)
249 BALM
1953 (1)
227 CATEGORIES
213 LEMONADE
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
198 THIRD
197 SCALES
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
1952 (1)
193 TRADUCER
191 DENIGRATE
183 SAUSAGES
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
177 DESOLATE
171 SERINGAS
1951 (1)
167 PARMESAN
162 TITANESS
158 RATING
1950 (2)
152 SEA-LION
151 OPEN-SESAME
150 CAPILLAMENTS
148 FILIBUSTER
146 BELDAME
143 LAMPREY
1950 (1)
121 SNAPSHOT
1949 (2)
117 LION
105 SMITHEREENS
1949 (1)
104 STARE (Printer’s Devilry)
103 MOSES
102 ARCHIMEDES
98 HUMERI
96 INTERLOCK
92 PARTRIDGE
1948 (2)
91 CRETONNE
89 SEASON
86 ODOMETER
85 SERGEANT
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
82 CURARE
80 GONERIL
79 SALOME
1948 (1)
75 PETROLEUSES
71 MITRAILLEUSE
67 SURFEIT (DLM)
1947 (2)
63 STILETTO
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-1992 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 8 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1979-1980 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 1978-1979 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 1973-1974 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 1961-1962 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 1956-1957 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 1954 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 1952 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 1951 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 1951 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1950 (2) | 3 (2, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 1950 (1) | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1949 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 1947 (2) | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1947 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1946 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 3 | 0 | 2 |