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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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P. H. Taylor | 38 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 42 | 40 | Sep 1945 | Dec 1979 | 34y 3m | Flt Lt P. H. Taylor PO P. H. Taylor |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1979-1980 | ||||
404 | CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Claim farrier might make and cheer old sorrel’s end | flame-carrier; anag. incl. l |
1972-1973 | ||||
1 | ORGIAST | VHC | I may use tigs or a rummer | anag. & lit.; tig, rummer = drinking cups |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1966-1967 | ||||
941 | HYPODERMIC | VHC | Crack my cipher, do; it’s an acute vehicle for transmitting a solution | anag.; ref. Playfair |
933 | COTTABUS | VHC | Having fun with a butt’s contents in Greek island? | anag. in Cos |
1965-1966 | ||||
873 | VETERANS | VHC | The even-star becomes them | anag. & lit.; twilight years |
1964-1965 | ||||
832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | See X’s predecessor, pinny awry, nearly mounting the rhino! | counting; anag. incl. W |
829 | FAREWELL | VHC | You’ll find the passenger enclosure near to each flight’s departure | fare well (= enclosure, etc.) |
1963-1964 | ||||
780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | August, beyond compare; but after the first of November, none is happy | N 0 blest |
1962-1963 | ||||
717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | You need beer to provide strength if below standard weight | seer; st. arm an |
708 | HEARTS | VHC | Beaters may cause flush and perhaps draw the game—in Scotland, of course | 3 mngs.; football team |
1960-1961 | ||||
642 | SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | To prepare, Africa s/aw me. A tough tide, ally to be beaten first | |
1957-1958 | ||||
467 | A humorous definition (Humorous definition) | VHC | DYE—When applied to ladies’ hair, the colour above the roots | |
1956-1957 | ||||
434 | CARTON | VHC | Skill in study becomes a pupil, and should be one’s aim | art in con; pupil = central spot within a spot |
1955-1956 | ||||
356 | METOPOSCOPY | VHC | Study from “Façade” (symphonic overture, tempo poco rubato) | anag. incl. sy(mphonic); rubato = distorted |
1953 (1) | ||||
225 | TOUCHSTONES | VHC | They prove what may be hocus on test | anag. & lit. |
1952 (1) | ||||
193 | TRADUCER | VHC | His misguided art is connected with crude misrepresentation | art (rev.) + anag. & lit. |
183 | SAUSAGES | VHC | A guess as to their contents? You’d better omit to! | anag. of a guess as; ref. poor quality of post-war s. |
1951 (2) | ||||
179 | CADRE | VHC | A mob gathers round me, led by a bus conductor! | i.e. starts with cad; cad = bus conductor, in contemporary ed. of C.; the mob = the army |
1951 (1) | ||||
166 | RACHIDES | VHC | I’d search all over the place to find what hold the bloomers up! | anag. |
1950 (2) | ||||
145 | STEWART | VHC | House that shows evidence of restoration outside, but a state of turmoil within | war in stet; House of Stuart |
1950 (1) | ||||
123 | LEECHES | VHC | Absolute suckers—might even be certified M.D. | 2 mngs.; MD = mentally deficient |
1949 (2) | ||||
111 | PLEASANT | VHC | Apologies aren’t accepted? Fair enough! | pleas an’t |
107 | STRAMASH | VHC | Take a conveyance, just in case (N.B. Bustle!) | tram in sash; N.B. = North British |
106 | HELIOTROPE | VHC | The poor lie, in the rough, may give cause for momentary reflection | anag.; ref. bad lie in golf; see heliograph |
1949 (1) | ||||
101 | BARRACKS | VHC | Possibly the judgment-place of one who hangs, draws and quarters! | bar + racks (= draws, stretches) |
93 | BUMBLE-PUPPY | VHC | Unruly behaviour at table might spoil one’s best suit! | cryptic def. |
1948 (2) | ||||
83 | BUDAPEST | VHC | Capital ingredients can make a superlatively good “pud”! | anag. of a best pud |
80 | GONERIL | VHC | Did France contribute nothing, even indirectly, to her retrograde record? | anag. of rien in log (rev.) and lit. |
1948 (1) | ||||
75 | PETROLEUSES | VHC | Old women of spirit are sure to sleep fitfully! | anag. |
72 | TEMPLE BAR | VHC | Archiepiscopal interdict once associated with Griffin of Westminster? | Temple bar; Cardinal G., Archbishop of Westminster in 1948; griffin statue on T.B. |
1947 (2) | ||||
60 | HEEL | VHC | Navy-list in the Elizabethan era | hidden |
56 | SHEEP-RUN | VHC | “Where’er you walk”’s interpreted by ear | cryptic def.; i.e. ‘ewe’ walk |
1947 (1) | ||||
50 | APOSTLE | First | No wooden spoon for the champion! | 2 mngs. |
47 | GLOCKENSPIEL | Third | Instrument for peeling locks—keys or no keys | anag. |
40 | Suitable Present (Suitable Present) | VHC | Periscope for Sicinius or Brutus | “eyes toward the napes” Cor. Act 2, Scene 1 |
1946 (2) | ||||
34 | STAROSTA | VHC | Muddle headed Tsar, so backward at retiring, finds himself demoted | anag. + so, at (each rev.) |
1945 (2) | ||||
23 | HICATEE | VHC | On exploding H.E.’s, oddly enough, a shell and its contents remain quite whole | anag. of aitch ee |
1945 (1) | ||||
6 | EGLANTINE | VHC | clue missing |
1972-1973
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
Ximenes competitions
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
975 HALE
1966-1967
936 MINI SKIRTS
929 AMPHITHEATRE
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
1965-1966
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
817 WYLIE-COATS
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
782 SWELL
1960-1961
638 BUREAUCRAT
1959-1960
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
571 PESTER
1958-1959
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
1957-1958
477 SEDATENESS
469 DAISY
1956-1957
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1955-1956
364 HELLEBORE
351 LUSTRE
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
1953 (2)
251 UNMETHODICAL
1953 (1)
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
1952 (2)
201 AMETHYST
198 THIRD
1951 (2)
170 GUINEA
1951 (1)
158 RATING
1950 (2)
151 OPEN-SESAME
148 FILIBUSTER
135 STRIPPED
1950 (1)
130 MODERN
124 BARHAM or BRAMAH
121 SNAPSHOT
118 MARAVEDI
1949 (2)
116 WATERLOO
1949 (1)
103 MOSES
102 ARCHIMEDES
96 INTERLOCK
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
1948 (1)
74 DEODAR
69 MISANTHROPE
1947 (2)
62 HERCULES
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1947 (1) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 0 | 5 |
1946 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1945 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1945 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |