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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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M. Woolf | 58 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 84 | 66 | May 1950 | Jun 1987 | 37y 1m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1984-1985 | ||||
657 | SILLY-BILLY | VHC | Will he be close to bats? Will, frequently! | silly + Billy, & lit. |
1983-1984 | ||||
618 | CRETISM | VHC | It’s a strange miscreant who is innocent of one | anag. less an, & lit. |
607 | CARNEY | VHC | The cold and the shivering yearn for flannel | C + anag. |
581 | SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number) | VHC | Steel – take SDP or no – a Liberal | take; anag.; ref. David S., Lib-Dem alliance |
1981-1982 | ||||
517 | IMMORTELLE | VHC | Can you see me rot? Me? I’ll flourish | anag. & lit. |
508 | POSTURE-MAKER | VHC | For all to see – Pom streaker running around – one could have dislocated neck! | U in anag.; ref. incident at Twickenham |
504 | SIMMENTHALER | Second | Harm Nestlé? Absurd! I’m providing an essential ingredient | I’m in anag., & lit.; milk chocolate |
1978-1979 | ||||
332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | Can’t use potty? Must be cracked! | anag. |
1977-1978 | ||||
310 | STERNFAST | VHC | Ties up RN – sets aft | anag. & lit. |
306 | DICKENS | VHC | Wrote a Cricket Book: ‘Snicked Through The Slips’ | anag.; ref. ‘Cricket on the Hearth’ |
301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | Posh? Rot! I’ll be damned if I am! | anag. & lit. |
1976-1977 | ||||
243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Such a committee should have a fixed policy about lead in medals | m in anag. |
221 | PADDY-WHACK | Second | It’s madness to swipe – you’ll get a ruddy duck | paddy whack; r. d., meaning in OED |
1975-1976 | ||||
174 | EPEOLATRY | First | With parole yet to be arranged, could this mean serving whole sentences? | anag.; serve = worship |
1974-1975 | ||||
139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Chap on the road who needs something to eat and something to keep dry | pie1 + powder; chap = chapman |
1973-1974 | ||||
62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Diamonds offered to birds for indoor games – should make the permissive sort liaise | anag., 3 defs. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | ||||
1119 | RONDE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Young Louis recognised the Cardinal’s hat—red, of f/urs | frondeurs; Louis XIV, Mazarin |
1110 | IMPERSONATE | VHC | Try to take off more—a step-in will fit if you reduce | anag. |
1969-1970 | ||||
1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | With a “la, te, do, so, me”, finish on tonic “f/a, re”. Yes—just what’s wanted | |
1966-1967 | ||||
916 | DIAPASON | VHC | I may be used with pedal-point for instance in the swell | I a p(edal) as, all in don1 & lit. |
1965-1966 | ||||
894 | WITENAGEMOT | First | Wessex leaders used to hold it; beginning of Norman era saw its end | it in We + N age mot, & lit. |
1964-1965 | ||||
856 | RODOMONTADE | VHC | A little instant deodorant sprinkled around forms a vapour | mo in anag. |
1963-1964 | ||||
780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Exim: 13 | |
1962-1963 | ||||
721 | KERB-MERCHANT | VHC | Police move me on, making me branch off and trek aimlessly around | anag. in anag. |
1960-1961 | ||||
626 | WOMAN-TIRED | VHC | Mr. Bumble was so dame-worn—it hurt! | anag. & lit.; ref. David Copperfield |
617 | COLOPHONY | First | The finishing touch to Yehudi’s bow | colophon Y, & lit.; ref. Y. Menuhin; bow3 = forepart |
608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | There’s a lot of use to me in a little credit! | us(e) to me in cr & lit. |
600 | The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram) | VHC | Exalt high this bold enduring breed! | |
1959-1960 | ||||
573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | Free wall-spaces go to show evidence of hanging-committee’s incompetence | anag. |
1958-1959 | ||||
519 | RIDICULE (DLM) | VHC | W. a guy on an idle cruiser and the dentist on an oil-carrier? One’s a Yank at anchor, the other’s a tanker yanker | |
504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | I give guidance to the route—all I need is to be cast | lead line, anag., & lit. |
1957-1958 | ||||
482 | LEASING-MAKER | VHC | For insurrection’s sake—maligner | anag. & lit. |
1956-1957 | ||||
408 | BILLET | VHC | The situation is—the Britsh, to keep extreme elements of Israel and Egypt apart, take a little latitude | B + l in I(srae)l, E(gyp)t; l = latitude; ref. Suez crisis |
386 | CLEITHRAL | VHC | Opening pair, making 150, hit runs in real abandon—that’s the kind of stand appreciated at Old Trafford! | CL + anag. of hit real; ref. rainy cricket ground |
1954 (2) | ||||
306 | CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left) | VHC | Taking a chance, I swerved to dodge the wall—hit a buggy—overturned | anag.; ram + trap (rev.) |
304 | ORLEANS | VHC | Town with the ill-fated Sorel an inhabitant | anag. & lit.; ref. Agnès S., mistress of Charles VII |
291 | APAGOGE | VHC | With this I pass to the answer by exposing the lie of the opposite | ego gap a. (all rev.), & lit. |
285 | PARALYSES | VHC | As parleys break down, you’ll see what a rail-strike does! | anag. |
1954 (1) | ||||
271 | TRIPLET | VHC | Presumably a tiny flock of birds trilling | i.e triplet = little trip2; trilling = one of 3 triplets |
259 | AGANIPPE | VHC | Well! What a big mouth to swallow such a little drink! | nip in a gape |
1953 (2) | ||||
257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | Musical show with a cast of coloured stars | |
255 | SCUTTLE | VHC | Way to hold a tailless lizard | scuttle(r); “the striped lizard” in contemporary ed. of C. |
245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | VHC | The attraction of a Peach Melba, perhaps, is the top part | cryptic def.; 2 mngs.; ref. Dame Nellie M. |
241 | MANDOLINE | VHC | Forever being picked at, I have the hump and fret | cryptic def.; fret2 |
239 | GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | This fish packed by “Canneries Inc.” open ha/sty! | Copenhagen |
1953 (1) | ||||
207 | PAGEANT | Second | “The Lord Mayor’s Show is one long-outmoded hold-up.” Worker | page2 ant; ref. newspaper “Daily Worker” |
1952 (2) | ||||
201 | AMETHYST | VHC | Meat pie, and by Harry it’ll take a good man to finish it—it’s a mauve one! | anag. + Hy + St |
199 | HONESTY | VHC | It’s fine, but where does it get you, eh? Stony broke! | anag. |
198 | THIRD | VHC | McDonald Bailey was inclined to be serious about the 200 metres | cryptic def.; ref. McD. B., third in 1952 Olympics and wavelength of BBC Third Programme |
197 | SCALES | VHC | With a little schooling you can make a performing seal balance dishes | sc(hooling) + anag. |
1952 (1) | ||||
189 | SALTIRE | VHC | X is enough to make the ordinary realist barmy! | anag.; heraldic mng. of ordinary (n) |
185 | STOUT | VHC | It looks black. Butler brings it home to the rich with reduced sterling allowance abroad | St. + out; ref. Wm. Butler & Co.’s stout, and R. A. Butler’s Jan 1952 proposal to reduce the travel allowance from £50 to £25 |
184 | MEREST / WYOMING (DLM) | Second | To secure a state of union, I spread “Wigloo” on my wig-lining. Containing purest gum, it never blisters me | |
1951 (2) | ||||
173 | HATCHING | VHC | The shell’s a thing of fragments, chick’s head appears; it’s coming out! | ch(ick’s) in anag. of a thing & lit. |
1951 (1) | ||||
167 | PARMESAN | VHC | Just a smear, melted in the pan, makes a delicious savoury | anag. in pan |
165 | CABBAGE | VHC | When pickled it’s best to take, steal or otherwise beg a cab | anag., 2 defs.; cabbage1,2 |
163 | LORICATE | Second | “It’s safer this way” said the Knight. “Rot!” Alice retorted | anag.; retorted (heraldic). = interlaced; ref. “Through the Looking-Glass” |
1950 (2) | ||||
139 | HECATOMB | VHC | Hundred head of beef offered at great sacrifice. Could let you have them B.O.A.C. | anag.; sacrifice of 100 cattle (Brewer); ref. airline |
1987-1988
788 CROW
1986-1987
762 OBELISE
753 SHEEPDOG
740 ESCADRILLE
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
722 SUPERNACULUM
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
688 CUCURBITAL
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
1983-1984
615 HISTORIETTE
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
594 DOINGS
1981-1982
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1978-1979
349 ODDCOMESHORT
1977-1978
289 AMNESIAC
276 AMTRACK
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
229 METRICATE
1975-1976
203 BOGY
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
1974-1975
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1127 TRAYBIT
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1036 CORONETED
1967-1968
980 OMNIBUSES
1966-1967
935 MALAPROP
929 AMPHITHEATRE
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
900 PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
834 CARRIED
1963-1964
773 FIT-OUT
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
730 ARCH-PIRATE
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
725 SILENUS
708 HEARTS
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
638 BUREAUCRAT
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
586 HEBDOMADARY
569 PROPOSAL
547 STORMY
1958-1959
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
517 CAROTID
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
469 DAISY
451 MEGAPODE
447 TOUSLE
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
1956-1957
434 CARTON
421 DOVETAIL
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
404 POLENTA
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
377 MALISON
369 BERET
364 HELLEBORE
351 LUSTRE
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
277 PRODIGALLY
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
273 COUSIN
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
1953 (2)
247 VAMPIRE
243 LODESTAR
1953 (1)
219 SOCIALIST
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
205 CANTANKEROUS
203 WEATHERS
202 SPALPEEN
200 ACCOUNT
1952 (1)
191 DENIGRATE
183 SAUSAGES
1951 (1)
166 RACHIDES
1950 (2)
135 STRIPPED
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1981-1982 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 1 | 19 |
1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1976-1977 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
1975-1976 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1965-1966 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1960-1961 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 1 | 8 |
1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1954 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
1954 (1) | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
1953 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
1952 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 2 | 14 |
1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1951 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 1 | 15 |
1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |