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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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C. O. Butcher | 114 | 13 | 9 | 92 | 108 | 136 | Feb 1954 | Jan 1984 | 29y 11m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1978-1979 | ||||
314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Some charmer I like – one of the sort for a bed-game | set for a boardgame; hidden |
1977-1978 | ||||
310 | STERNFAST | VHC | When sailing it’s let go aft and RN sets out | anag. |
301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | Moving round, wiggling hips with nothing on – that’s not ladylike | troll2 + 0 + anag. |
294 | HUMECT | VHC | Humble dwelling with mortar therein half missing and rising damp | cem(ent) (rev.) in hut |
289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | He has a scrap of material knotted in case he forgets | a m + anag. |
281 | DINOCERAS | First | A monster long ago dead I once stuck out on the head | d. + anag. + ras |
276 | AMTRACK | First | Two items of transport in one with waterproof protection | tr in a + mack, & lit. |
267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | Car breakdown ? You could still hoof it in the age-old way | Morris dance; breakdown (q.v.) = dance |
1976-1977 | ||||
250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | No. CCL hatched: court thanks the setter | |
243 | OLYMPIC | Second | So-called sports imply running in elevated company | anag. in Co. (rev.), & lit.; sports vb.; Mt. Olympus |
238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | A composition following Cowper in outline in which The Task is mirrored? – Nothing so inspired | C, r + job (rev.) in a mingle; ref. poem by William C. |
234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | I write lots the Observer has no room for. Pooh, cross it out | anag.; no horoscopes in Observer |
229 | METRICATE | First | To me losing inches is far from simple: we must, if we must | me + (in)tricate |
216 | SCANTITY | VHC | On girl in St. Tropez what is there to view? – Not a great deal | scan + tit y; y (Fr.) = there |
208 | RALPH | VHC | Reader? Could be – one surely can’t help reading | 2 mngs.; Ralph R. |
1975-1976 | ||||
203 | BOGY | VHC | Scratch runner in fabulous shape | 3 mngs.; S. = the devil; one who runs in |
190 | CASSANDRA | First | One having prior dope and held in little credit | ass and in cr. + a, & lit. |
187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Container of e.g. rib put down in pickle | anag. |
178 | A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent) | Third | Summer period abhorrently unsettled? Not this year | aghast less ha. |
165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | VHC | An anagram can be a pronounced problem – a shibboleth to help cook one | |
161 | ANCON | VHC | Joint, the sort drinkers use, is one with convenience attached | an + con. (abbrev.) |
1974-1975 | ||||
152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | I’m an amorist, a Romeo and disposed to end up in endless secret intriguing or scandal | anag.; land in anag. less t |
148 | BALLYHOO | VHC | Blatant sales-talk: it’s round you without end without moderation | ho in ball yo(u) |
143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | VHC | May your Christmas be merry and bright! Though room at the inn is so tight, The landlord will laugh, we surmise, When told that there’s more come and wise | |
135 | GABIONADE | First | I form bulges erected on a defence’s sides | I bag (rev.) on a d, e, & lit. |
127 | FRITHSOKEN | First | It must have reduced the risk of ending in prison | anag. + n, & lit. |
114 | PANIC | VHC | Bit of consternation 1 down’s brought about? | c I nap (rev.), & lit.; 1 down = ossifrage |
1973-1974 | ||||
100 | CENTENARIAN | VHC | With what puzzles I entrance – one, Azed, about no. 3,700? | anag. + an; i.e. puzzle no. by time of Azed’s centenary |
92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | Female underwear consisting of filmy covering – that’s torment with seduction in mind | bra in wash |
75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | Where it’s right to go round taking tea and rice ad lib. | r in go + anag. |
70 | GESTAPO (Misprints) | VHC | Rampant love caresses e.g. in the car could be fatal to those inside | war; 0 pats e.g. (all rev.) |
66 | NONSENSE | First | A bit of silliness – being in love is just that | s ens in none |
62 | SOLITAIRES | Second | Bottoms are loaded with sex-appeal – an aspect we don’t flaunt in company | it air in soles |
57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Like the coat? I’ve r/obes, hot at all times | coati |
53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | Whose jazz combo is best in song and improvisation for the sticks | 2 mngs.; ref. A. Ragtime Band; celery sticks |
1972-1973 | ||||
50 | CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent) | VHC | Stout work – fifty right cute puzzles | anag. incl. op L r |
36 | CRUSADER | VHC | Has fought in modern sophisticated wars and longer ago in less sophisticated it appears | SA (= it) in cruder; ref. C. tank |
31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | Do men crumble under constant irritation where women rule the roast? | k itch + anag. |
23 | SCLERODERMIC | VHC | Breaking mile record’s tiptop of course and extremely hard | anag. incl. c |
14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Did all animals put here perhaps trek miles thro’ rain? | |
1 | ORGIAST | Third | I realise gravity in a riot’s out of place | g in anag., & lit. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | ||||
1145 | GENIPAP | VHC | Before being discarded orange-pip might make excellent fruit tree | anag. less or3 |
1140 | CALLOUS | VHC | Term applied to hearts of stone, bureaucrats, assassins | call o u s, & lit. |
1127 | TRAYBIT | Third | This would account for waiter getting pained | tray bit, & lit. |
1110 | IMPERSONATE | VHC | Take off raiment and pose undressed—all actors appear to | anag.; 2 defs. |
1969-1970 | ||||
1106 | LEXICOGRAPHY | VHC | You must know words for this chap X, e.g. roily, plaguy | anag. |
1097 | PANTOPHAGIST | VHC | I’ve broad tastes—after pop I’m excited at things about opera | pa + op. in anag. |
1089 | ENCLOISTER | VHC | A laced in corselet is bound to cramp movement | anag.; bound = vb. trans. |
1076 | NEFAST (Misprints) | VHC | Not very old libertine makes exciting mate | hate; ne fast |
1968-1969 | ||||
1054 | PINACOTHECA | Third | To a nice chap, sophisticated, I might allow visits to see etchings | anag.; s. = adulterated |
1049 | SLANGWHANGER | Second | Billingsgate merchant—likely agent for whoppers caught by dissembling anglers | whang (= thong) in anag. |
1010 | MOTORIST | VHC | I’m often in the saloon when I should be abstemious or T.T.—I’m so naughty | anag.; saloon car, drink-driving law |
1006 | CHROME-PLATING | First | Shiny skin—a sorry plight no cream is good for | anag. |
1967-1968 | ||||
980 | OMNIBUSES | VHC | They’re helpful to waiters—except when they leave them behind | double mng.; they, them, deliberately ambiguous |
975 | HALE | VHC | To function as drawers bloomers should be light round figures—not O.S. | hal(o)e(s); 2 defs.; bloom in health |
971 | MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left) | VHC | My class used to chatter: master having got a bit distraught caned most of school from bottom up, I’m told | MA got pie5; anag. + Eto(n) (rev.) |
967 | CREMOSIN | Third | More muddling in Civil Service—because of antiquated sort of tape it uses? | anag. in CS + in (= because of) |
962 | PALING | Third | Each year women’s clothing (half unnecessary) is getting lighter | p.a. ling(erie) |
958 | DRY MEASURE | VHC | Empty bar? That expresses volumes—short of liquor | dry measure |
1966-1967 | ||||
954 | CERATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Tut! Men can’t live well on meagre pie/s | |
949 | BROWSING | VHC | In the library it’s common to be vocal and get a b—— scolding over it | b row sing |
941 | HYPODERMIC | VHC | Compiling my cipher do I needle some queer people?—Well, sometimes | anag.; i.e. ill and not ill |
935 | MALAPROP | VHC | Dame, popular, but lacking in good taste and precision | Ma + anag. less U, & lit. |
929 | AMPHITHEATRE | VHC | A chap with a seat should get something the audience will clap at in here | a MP hit + at in here, & lit. |
916 | DIAPASON | VHC | To give a child a bath involves a whole lot of sounds (often meaning stop) | a in dip a son |
911 | DRAGON | First | With the scent I’ve got on many romantic blades have made passes at me | drag on |
1965-1966 | ||||
900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | Knock back French spirit here and one can fabricate slippery creatures invisible to ordinary eyes | paramecia; rap (rev.) + âme ci (Fr.) + a |
890 | DEBENTURE | VHC | Bond and young lady run into danger—without first being introduced | deb (v)enture |
882 | SNAPDRAGON | VHC | I’m cultivated—and open to squeezing and impromptu horseplay in a fellow’s embrace! | snap + rag in don |
878 | ENTOMOSTRACA | VHC | E.g. Cyclopes—a race not to be trifled with when the majority gets devoured | most in anag. |
864 | PATERNAL | VHC | Disc, with a long following, cut by Ringo’s top of the pops | R in paten + a, l.; l. = long |
1964-1965 | ||||
856 | RODOMONTADE | VHC | Series of words with self-evident theme and more to add on in variation | anag.; i.e. about oneself |
847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | Modern wood compound got from small North California tree | anag. incl. N Calif; wood, (obs.) = mad |
839 | GINGER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | We’ll have our tots, being soused, to Pop’s win/e.— They can talk! | |
834 | CARRIED | VHC | What is a portable? A medium for Radio Caroline primarily | Carrie + (ra)d(io); ref. portable radio and pirate station |
832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | For meat like a goose you’ll need a bit (not very much) sage | mean; penny wise |
1963-1964 | ||||
804 | DETRUNCATE | VHC | Operate on a loose end with a cutter | anag. & lit. |
800 | Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram) | VHC | Got ephemeral crown—there’s fame! | |
750 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | VHC | These teasers! They’re contrived by X and the language output of X’s following if in a hole must slip into the yes—indecorous! | cross + words; f. if in vent in anag.; language = words |
1962-1963 | ||||
743 | CHEMIST | VHC | The sick need me and I knead (sic) them | anag. |
730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | Roguish leading seaman who turns up to divide the spoil | arch + tar (rev.) in pie & lit. |
721 | KERB-MERCHANT | VHC | Under-skirt specialist—a Petticoat Lane chap, perhaps? | cryptic def. |
712 | RHEUMATICKY | VHC | Semi-humans will get with it and do the twist with creaky and painfully stiff results | anag. of hum(ans) it creaky |
700 | SOLOMON | VHC | Individual married to a back number? A long way back, yes—but what a number! | solo m. + no. (rev.); 700 wives |
1961-1962 | ||||
690 | ASCERTAIN | VHC | See the light? Don’t look on it —— —— like some will do! | as certain; ref. puzzle |
678 | TESSELLATED | VHC | ’Eck, one detests jiving around with squares! | ’ell a in anag. |
673 | ERISTICAL | VHC | With the Queen in Alice it’s mortifying to be this | R in anag., & lit.; mortify = become corrupt |
669 | DRUM | VHC | A Haydn symphony with Roll out the Barrel—there’s something for all ears | 3 mngs.; ref. Symphony No. 103, ‘Drum Roll’ |
664 | MANIPULATE | VHC | To work, content to be “up in the morning—early”? Just the reverse—just the reverse! | up in a.m. (all rev.) + late |
651 | NIPCHEESE | First | Lavish presentations are not my line—the likes of Felix and Mickey Mouse satisfy me! | nip3 cheese; i.e. what F. & M.M. like |
1960-1961 | ||||
642 | SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | When’s a turn sin?—Viewing lasses—observer swill/ing—sex tending round it | Saturn’s |
626 | WOMAN-TIRED | First | Yesterday was too mild to wear trousers, to-day seems too gusty for skirts: that’s Eve with clothes! | woman + tired (= clothed); gusty = irritable, skirts = women |
621 | CHASE | VHC | clue not given [see comments] | |
612 | CARGO (Misprints) | VHC | Portion of snails à la française on chips—it’s the goods! | ships: hidden in escargots |
1959-1960 | ||||
582 | MARRY | VHC | Get your monkey up! Many couples do it before breakfast | yr. ram (rev.); wedding b. |
573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | First | Among lags here is one lag who ought to be strung up head first | cape + lag (rev.) in slows, & lit. |
547 | STORMY | VHC | Rowing is giving ground to rock and roll: that’ll be a blow and the end of Henley! | storm + y; rowing = brawling; ground = sufficient reason |
1958-1959 | ||||
529 | BUTTY-COLLIER | VHC | A cover with a setting of black diamonds in the shaft: what a cute brolly it would make! | anag.; cover = confederate |
512 | NAYLOR (Libel) | VHC | She’ll show you a bit of leg in rayon negligé—and she’s actually fifty or more! | l in anag., nay L or |
508 | CUMBERGROUND | VHC | Being a vain piece of goods, I prefer the extravagant Mr. Cube to granulated! | anag. + ground; ref. trademark of sugar cubes |
504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | Something for the plumber to leave behind—which has to be left of course! | lead line; i.e. line (= course) to the left of lead (= leave behind) |
1957-1958 | ||||
486 | BARACAN | VHC | Strip (nearly nude)—one can let go in a rowdy dance once drapery is out of the way! | bar(e) a can(-can); out of the way = rare |
467 | A humorous definition (Humorous definition) | VHC | CHEST—The thorax; by extension (usu., in women, the utmost possible), its measurement | |
451 | MEGAPODE | VHC | Cause (and effect) of a mouldy dome incorporating a modicum of egg-space | e(gg) gap in anag., & lit. |
1956-1957 | ||||
434 | CARTON | VHC | A burlesque leaving nothing to the imagination: one such case was severely cut in Paris | cart(o)on, 2 defs.; ref. Sydney C., ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ |
425 | TRAVERSE | VHC | Made by half the voyagers—accompanied by the other half of course | trave(llers) (cou)rse, & lit. |
421 | DOVETAIL | VHC | “Square”—an expression typifying “innocence” to a follower of the Comets—isn’t expected to rock and roll | dove tail; ref. Bill Haley & his C.s, in Britain Feb 1957 |
390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | First | Any M.P. has, we’re told, hopes for immortality after tribulations here—a c/ross in vocation? | Eros’s |
1955-1956 | ||||
382 | ABSTAIN | VHC | Don’t indulge first-of-ApriI disposition to make saint b—— wild (If Ximenes uses his head, he won’t). | A + anag., 2 defs.; i.e. X in voting |
377 | MALISON | VHC | Work of the weird sisters, perhaps.—Macbeth, I ii, l. 1 and so on (nothing less). | M, a, l, I + s(o) on; ref. witches |
360 | WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left) | VHC | One connected with the sea swallows nutriment in shell form—its source, a king among shellfish, is the cockle | egg bird; R in winkle (see cockle3) |
351 | LUSTRE | VHC | In the Gilbert-Sullivan topsyturvydom is a certain quality manifested by A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes | hidden rev.; ref. song from “The Gondoliers” |
347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | It isn’t half elevating to sit back without—or with it (all depending on how you look at it) | elev(ating) in sit (rev.) + or, & lit. |
1954 (2) | ||||
289 | CISTERN | VHC | In the Civil Service one is not enough—a triplicate form is required. It must be properly filled up to be of use | I in CS + tern2 |
1983-1984
610 DOUBLETHINK
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
272 MALAGUETTA
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
247 FLIVVER
212 SURCINGLES
1975-1976
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
183 PICKLE
169 THUGGEE
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
139 PIEPOWDER
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
97 TREBUCHET
95 THUNDERCLAP
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
79 SLAPSTICK
1972-1973
45 NEMORAL
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
40 FANTOCCINI
27 VINEGAR
18 EPIGONE
10 LINGERIE
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1154 CLARIONET
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1093 MARTINET
1091 WENCESLAS
1080 ANDROMEDA
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1968-1969
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1041 TEA-LEAD
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1036 CORONETED
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1023 CONSOLE
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
997 TREACLE
989 GRENADINE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
1966-1967
945 OBLITERATE
936 MINI SKIRTS
933 COTTABUS
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
885 GALIMATIAS
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
1964-1965
825 COACHES
821 SOMERSET
817 WYLIE-COATS
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
777 TAILOR-BIRD
773 FIT-OUT
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
717 STAR-MAN (Misprints)
703 SCAPEMENT
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
682 PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left)
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
638 BUREAUCRAT
630 STREAKY
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
617 COLOPHONY
604 APOSTROPHISE
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
1959-1960
586 HEBDOMADARY
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
555 JURYWOMAN
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
477 SEDATENESS
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
469 DAISY
464 STRAWED
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
447 TOUSLE
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
417 SINECURE
412 SERVIETTE
408 BILLET
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
369 BERET
356 METOPOSCOPY
343 EPIGONI
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
302 MARTIN
1954 (1)
273 COUSIN
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1977-1978 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 5 | 6 | 4 |
1976-1977 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 5 | 4 | 4 |
1975-1976 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
1974-1975 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 4 | 4 | 5 |
1973-1974 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 6 | 4 | 1 |
1972-1973 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 2 | 10 |
1969-1970 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
1968-1969 | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 1 | 8 | 4 |
1967-1968 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 4 | 4 | 7 |
1966-1967 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 5 | 6 |
1965-1966 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
1964-1965 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
1963-1964 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
1961-1962 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
1960-1961 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 6 | 8 |
1959-1960 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 3 | 10 |
1958-1959 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
1957-1958 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
1956-1957 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 8 |
1955-1956 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |