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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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R. N. Chignell | 40 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 50 | 46 | Nov 1947 | Jun 1967 | 19y 7m | N. Chignell |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1967-1968 | ||||
958 | DRY MEASURE | VHC | Miller’s work may be gauged by this hash Surrey made | anag.; hash, imperative; ref. poss. Joseph or Frederick. M., early cricketers |
1966-1967 | ||||
954 | CERATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Bertie Wooster needed a “Bra/very!” telegram from Aunt Dahlia | |
1964-1965 | ||||
843 | PRISTINE | VHC | The old punishment is about right on diminutive first former | R 1st in pine |
1961-1962 | ||||
682 | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | VHC | Spooner might now be described as a tainted suitor … / … Punch invariably includes this sort of feature prominently | Spoonerism & lit.; hidden & lit. |
669 | DRUM | VHC | Here’s something that might roll out the “ridge” | 2 mngs.; ref. Lord’s |
664 | MANIPULATE | VHC | You can dish up a meal with some form of tin, cook | anag. |
660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | First | The aches may come back after another of these; you need a masseur | ashes; 2 mngs. |
647 | MADCAP | VHC | Bats with peak outrageously inclined | mad + cap |
1959-1960 | ||||
560 | CONGENITALLY | VHC | Tory yelling wildly about tax cut—how strain can affect one! | Con + ta(x) in anag. |
555 | JURYWOMAN | VHC | Silks appeal to me, and I am a fair judge of a suit | cryptic def.; silk = QC, suit = action at law |
1958-1959 | ||||
538 | BANISHING | VHC | His being seen fuddled in disorderly Inn in the embrace of a number of birds could mean expulsion | anag. in anag., all in bag; game bag |
517 | CAROTID | VHC | Should a captain go in in a collapse? Quite the reverse. Pressure here might occasion a fatal stroke | a rot in Cid; go in = be written in diagram; cf. England captain Peter May in 1958-9 Ashes tour |
512 | NAYLOR (Libel) | VHC | She gives you “Only a rose” with ’er stockings off, tipsily—she sounds a piercing type | anag. less ’ose, ‘nailer’ |
508 | CUMBERGROUND | VHC | This was no good for fruit but a change of soil would make it a good place for climbers | ground for land in Cumberland; ref. Luke 13.7 |
504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | I get hauled in from the deep to reinforce the covers after hard shot | lead2 + line2; ref. cricket |
1957-1958 | ||||
482 | LEASING-MAKER | VHC | You might find him in Hyde Park loosening up on top of a mare in a bowler | easing + m in Laker; ref. Peter L., bowler and cricket writer, Speaker’s Corner and Rotten Row |
477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | Getting the fruit on the head, following the ends of science, denotes gravity | s(cienc)e, date, ness; ref. I. Newton |
469 | DAISY | First | Girl who did not have a stylish service weeded out early at Wimbledon | 2 mngs.; ref. “Daisy, Daisy” |
467 | A humorous definition (Humorous definition) | VHC | BUS—(Coll.), owner’s description (used with pride, affection, or apology, according to make and age) of private car | |
1956-1957 | ||||
425 | TRAVERSE | First | How gunners get a line on either end of the target | t RA verse, & lit. |
417 | SINECURE | VHC | It could give you sure income with no end of freedom | anag. less (freed)om, & lit. |
412 | SERVIETTE | VHC | I’ve come to grief in blitzed street involved in mopping-up operations | anag. in anag. |
408 | BILLET | First | I got into a performance of the Bolshoi without a ticket | I in b(a)llet |
390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The monkey likes cherries judging by the bun: c/at feeding time in the afternoon | |
1955-1956 | ||||
382 | ABSTAIN | VHC | Don’t drink absinthe not having the reserves within | TA in absin(the) |
373 | PRESTONPANS | First | Fashion page article in several papers encouraged wearers of kilts | ton2 p. an in press |
364 | HELLEBORE | VHC | It can lend colour to Christmas where spirits are followed by duck with free beer all round | hell + O in anag. |
356 | METOPOSCOPY | VHC | An arrangement of poems to reproduce the interpretation of lines on mug | anag. + copy |
334 | CHEROOT | VHC | It could be the Corona with the end clipped | anag. of the Coro(na), & lit. |
329 | HAMADRYAD | Third | She could have died in the middle of a hard May | d. in anag., & lit. |
1954 (2) | ||||
304 | ORLEANS | VHC | Victory for French Girl Champion. Cotton worsted interlocking | 2 mngs.; ref. Joan of Arc, Siege of Orléans, and Henry C., golfer |
297 | CONTRAPUNTAL | VHC | With players putting on so many airs, can’t plan tour differently | anag. |
1953 (2) | ||||
253 | DERATION | VHC | It could make an Editor remove the limit on short articles | anag. |
1953 (1) | ||||
221 | BUNTHORNE | VHC | He had a passion for the potato but disliked dirty greens | ‘If you’re anxious for to shine’ and ‘Am I alone and unobserved?’ |
211 | CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES | VHC | Worried racing losers hope to pick up a bit at Christmas meetings | anag. |
209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | Partner gets into an almighty row all round for passing | almighty; pal in noise (all rev.) |
1952 (2) | ||||
205 | CANTANKEROUS | VHC | Bit of a song about the wine ration, gets us finally in bad temper | anker in canto + us; alcohol not officially rationed during and post WW2, but in short supply |
204 | ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Kortright was the p/ro.: ring Ames at Lord’s | pro’s terror; ref. Charles K., gentleman bowler for Essex, 1889-1907, and Les A., batsman for Kent |
203 | WEATHERS | VHC | Altered hats were features of the season | anag. |
194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | VHC | Information on the case is found at the top of the column | knowledge + box1; spinal column |
1980-1981
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1968-1969
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
1965-1966
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
817 WYLIE-COATS
1963-1964
780 NOBLEST (and Eximenamination)
1962-1963
721 KERB-MERCHANT
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
673 ERISTICAL
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
626 WOMAN-TIRED
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
612 CARGO (Misprints)
608 CUSTOMER
604 APOSTROPHISE
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
1958-1959
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
521 SOUP
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
456 PLAFOND
451 MEGAPODE
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
434 CARTON
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
421 DOVETAIL
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
404 POLENTA
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
377 MALISON
351 LUSTRE
1954 (2)
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
223 MELODRAME
217 DEPOSIT
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
196 SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)
1947 (2)
63 STILETTO
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1961-1962 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 3 | 8 |
1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
1957-1958 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 9 |
1956-1957 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 3 | 7 | 4 |
1955-1956 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 2 | 2 |
1954 (2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |