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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. A. Vernon | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 14 | Oct 1947 | Dec 1982 | 35y 2m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | When stirred, Wales sings | singe; anag. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | VHC | CARNABEAVER | E |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 676 | TRELLIS (DLM) | VHC | Is your fair charmer still unresponsive? “Nocrack” plastic pebbles thrown through her lattice work wonders! | |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 529 | BUTTY-COLLIER | VHC | Underground helper makes City tube roll disconcertingly | anag. |
| 525 | MORALE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | There’s no zip in this. Play a last air (si/c); Guinness might enliven it | |
| 521 | SOUP | VHC | To dip your bread in it wouldn’t do: it would be non-U! | i.e. so(U)p, & lit. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 273 | COUSIN | VHC | Sassenach sib is unco glaikit! | anag. |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 189 | SALTIRE | VHC | To overcharge leads to resentment, making the Scots cross! | salt (sl.) + ire |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 167 | PARMESAN | VHC | It’s the vague smear in the middle of the dish that adds the savour | anag. in pan |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 117 | LION | VHC | He fought a fellow-supporter: players feared he’d scare lady onlookers | ref. nursery rhyme ‘The L. and the Unicorn’; heraldic supporters; Bottom in M.N.D. III.1 - “a lion among the ladies …” |
| 116 | WATERLOO | VHC | Small incident caused delay here. Guards had to wait | double mng.; W. station, Old Guard of French army |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 95 | SPOONER | Second | Fond, foolish youth: he lit the heather all over the field! | 2 mngs.; hit the leather; ref. Reggie Spooner, Lancashire and England batsman |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 62 | HERCULES | VHC | The labourer’s love was in violence; he’s cruel, warped | anag.; Iole (hidden in violence) was claimed by H. for a bride |
1982-1983
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
1980-1981
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
401 GO-AHEAD
1978-1979
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
267 MORRIS-DANCE
1976-1977
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
216 SCANTITY
1974-1975
139 PIEPOWDER
127 FRITHSOKEN
1973-1974
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
Ximenes competitions
1968-1969
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1965-1966
873 VETERANS
1964-1965
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
1963-1964
760 METAMORPHOSE
1962-1963
743 CHEMIST
734 NASALITY
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
617 COLOPHONY
612 CARGO (Misprints)
1959-1960
547 STORMY
1956-1957
412 SERVIETTE
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
251 UNMETHODICAL
243 LODESTAR
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
1950 (1)
123 LEECHES
122 LEATHER
1949 (2)
115 MISNOMER
1949 (1)
102 ARCHIMEDES
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |