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Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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R. H. Adey | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 46 | 22 | Dec 1967 | Nov 1987 | 19y 11m | R. Adey |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1987-1988 | ||||
809 | DOLCE VITA | VHC | It’s lived at Como, happily, but without distinction | anag. less OM, & lit. |
1986-1987 | ||||
753 | SHEEPDOG | First | I can make or mar Hodge’s penning record | EP in anag., & lit. |
1984-1985 | ||||
644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | Where what consumers do can net new stereos for nothing a year | anag. with y for O in eat, & lit. |
1983-1984 | ||||
594 | DOINGS | VHC | Party is adopting leaders of the new guard, to give what’s-’er-name the works | n g in do is, 2 defs. |
1981-1982 | ||||
495 | CACOETHES | VHC | Smoking? A top runner in the finals of the Olympics – odd | a Coe in anag. incl. cs; ref. Seb C. |
486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | Like some whizz-kids – bound to finish nameless | jump + e(n)d up |
1979-1980 | ||||
393 | INTRACARDIAC | Second | In a blood donor one welcomes an act carried out with no hint of egoism | I + anag. less e |
375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Get into rough from the tee and par’s hard, you’ll find | anag. incl. h; rough n. = rough state |
1978-1979 | ||||
327 | HEMLOCK | VHC | It can make you choke, imbibing a very small dose | ml in anag., & lit. |
1977-1978 | ||||
259 | TRANSIRE | First | It’s roughly concerned with confining what the smuggler did | ran in anag., & lit. |
1976-1977 | ||||
238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | Pickwick as literature? See the chapter ‘Tupman and the strolling actor’ | c. ram-bo + Jingle; ref. characters Tracy T., Alfred J. |
1974-1975 | ||||
118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Easy shot hoisted, tucked away by favourite, love set to him. His play’s like Gorman’s | German’s; sitter (rev.) in 0 pet; Sir Edward G.; ref. Tom Gorman, US tennis player |
1973-1974 | ||||
100 | CENTENARIAN | Second | Am able to receive that letter from the Queen at last, aren’t I excited! | en + anag. in can, & lit.; ref. Royal telegram |
1972-1973 | ||||
5 | SCEUOPHYLAX | VHC | Versatile playhouse accommodating a hundred gets unknown to produce ‘The Caretaker’ in Greek | anag. incl. C + X |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | Abuse and rage about White House leaders can often be heard at Hyde Park Corner | WH in slang, anger |
1041 | TEA-LEAD | VHC | Packing for what, without intoxicating, will cheer, perhaps elate, a driver’s head | anag. + a d |
1036 | CORONETED | VHC | Peered through a pair of spectacles, centred badly | anag. incl. O,O; peer1, vb. |
1032 | TENONER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The choice before us:—wash, or none is bea/u—lest he roost for four years | ref. US election 1968, Humphrey, Nixon |
1987-1988
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1985-1986
722 SUPERNACULUM
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
701 BALUSTRADE
1984-1985
653 INTERNUNCIO
1983-1984
615 HISTORIETTE
609 LUCKY-BAG
590 MINEVER
1982-1983
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
538 INGRAIN
534 DODGEM
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
508 POSTURE-MAKER
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
216 SCANTITY
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
174 EPEOLATRY
165 Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram)
1973-1974
97 TREBUCHET
95 THUNDERCLAP
75 GROCETERIA
1972-1973
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
10 LINGERIE
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1154 CLARIONET
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1127 TRAYBIT
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1967-1968
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1986-1987 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1979-1980 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1977-1978 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1973-1974 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |