HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
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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. Brain | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 23 | May 1948 | Dec 1987 | 39y 7m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 712 | PANTOMIME HORSE | First | ‘I can appear as thespian or mome,’ articulated stage hack | anag. |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 662 | BARGE-COUPLE | VHC | This set can make gable top secure | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Azed! Make su/re category details superfluous | |
| 594 | DOINGS | VHC | That chap spells murder to G & S; given role he makes hash of ‘Gondoliers’ | do in G S, comp. anag. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 495 | CACOETHES | VHC | The endless soccer rioting includes a compulsive viciousness | a in anag. incl. socce(r) |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 404 | CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Test bowler (West Indian) by artificial light – a bonce scarer | sconce-bearer; candle + Holder; ref. Vanburn H. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | It’s OK to be reformed TT and so like Johnson | comp. anag.; ref. Dr Samuel J. and William E. J. (see pussyfoot in C.) |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Where old sweat lost affection, but returned after a making up | powdering + but (rev.) |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 40 | FANTOCCINI | VHC | One devoted to quintet from Puccini for string performers | fan to (Pu)ccini |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 935 | MALAPROP | VHC | For her 50 per cent of maladies stay—in the contagious countries? | mala(dies) prop; contiguous |
| 920 | ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I, Ma’am, abe/d, grow stubby without exercise | |
| 911 | DRAGON | VHC | An early bird was saved from this early worm, by George! | cryptic def.; arch. mngs. |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | Yellow people need e.&o.e. after fish before entering answer | Pareoeans; par e. o.e. + ans; ref. No. 898! |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 839 | GINGER (Printer’s Devilry) | First | Butler’s wider—a n/ew honour—choice for irony! | ‘Erewhon’ |
| 834 | CARRIED | VHC | Taken by force, Charles briefly tried, beheaded | Car. + (t)ried; ref. Charles I |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 624 | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | VHC | If your cat is hyper-sensitive he must have doctored neurosis. A-Tom powders restore confidence! | |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | What sound ye, tuba, horn? Nowel! | |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 116 | WATERLOO | VHC | Bridge may be a wet card game, but Nap’s damper! | water loo, 2 defs.; W. Bridge, defeat of Napoleon |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 84 | SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left) | Third | Try this freshly-mixed dry English cocktail, “Short Cut.” Just one if you’re tipsy—to have more would be rash | anag. of try this; anag. of English; i.e. ‘single’ pronounced with slur; i.e., shingles |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 76 | VALEDICTORY | VHC | I can see the old vicar yet, making his farewell address | anag. |
1987-1988
814 SPOUSAGE
788 CROW
1985-1986
731 STRING
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
1984-1985
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
653 INTERNUNCIO
649 AUSTRALORP
1983-1984
609 LUCKY-BAG
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1981-1982
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
1974-1975
135 GABIONADE
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
45 NEMORAL
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1967-1968
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
894 WITENAGEMOT
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
829 FAREWELL
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1962-1963
703 SCAPEMENT
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
647 MADCAP
1958-1959
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
438 MACARONI
1948 (2)
85 SERGEANT
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |