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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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Col P. S. Baines | 48 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 81 | 55 | May 1948 | Sep 1975 | 27y 4m | Maj Baines Lt CoI P. S. Baines Lt Col P. S. Baines Maj P. S. Baines |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1975-1976 | ||||
156 | OMBROPHOBOUS | VHC | Variety of broom, quiet rambler, American, unsuited to Manchester garden | anag. + p hobo US |
1974-1975 | ||||
146 | CHARADES | VHC | Techniques, said Torquemada, without question quite mad, can literally compose these playful puzzles | anag. less anag. |
105 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram) | VHC | Election over, Labour lead by narrow margin. Ha-ha, oracle! | |
1972-1973 | ||||
14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Animals all in purported pairs. The mere elk’s hard-hit! | |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | ||||
1127 | TRAYBIT | VHC | In special appearance near to retiring—still good for some matches | by (rev.) in trait, & lit.; 3d. bit to be withdrawn in 1971 |
1969-1970 | ||||
1097 | PANTOPHAGIST | VHC | A tapping shot. How’s that? Out. I snap up everything | anag. |
1968-1969 | ||||
1039 | TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number) | VHC | The F.B.I. follow an endless number. There’s protection in flight | endless; te(n) + G-men |
1967-1968 | ||||
962 | PALING | VHC | Nothing in the way of a trespasser? Quite the reverse | nil in gap (all rev.), & lit. |
1963-1964 | ||||
782 | SWELL | VHC | A nut to crack in the days of the real X! | crack = boast, obs. |
773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | Feminine attraction leading to love at first note! Effects of Spring? | f. + it + 0 + ut1; personal effects |
1962-1963 | ||||
734 | NASALITY | VHC | Sound characteristic of North America, perhaps (incl. lit!) | lit. in NA say, & lit.; American accent |
717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | What lands part-time and seaborne soldiers in the sick-bay? Beer! | seer; TA, RM in san |
1961-1962 | ||||
682 | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | VHC | Fill up cups, let the musician enter, for kindness’ sake (lang syne)! / Don’t quite fill up cups, etc.—a teenager should not have it double! | ARAM in pour; chin(a) + a |
673 | ERISTICAL | VHC | What is the derivation of Ulrica—strife—fur flying?! | anag. less fur, & lit.: all 3 eristical: U. = wolf-rule, C. names |
1960-1961 | ||||
634 | BEDSTEAD | VHC | Layers spread about one should not be left the wrong way | beds + a in ted, & lit. |
600 | The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram) | First | Blunder led to XI H bearding heights | 11th Hussars |
1959-1960 | ||||
573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | Murderer perhaps turns pale—when comprehending the judge’s change of head dress for example! | cap + eg in sallows & lit. |
571 | PESTER | VHC | Clue not given; osmose, morses, crosse, rosace† | |
551 | PITCHER | VHC | What a vessel! Guaranteed to produce an uneasy sensation inside for everyone! | itch in per, & lit. |
1958-1959 | ||||
529 | BUTTY-COLLIER | VHC | Underground Collaborator Perverts T.U.C.—Tory Libel | anag. |
521 | SOUP | VHC | Augustus declined it with increasing vigour—previously very good, thereafter in revolt | so up & lit.; ref. Struwwelpeter story |
519 | RIDICULE (DLM) | Second | Roast the turkey, baste with lard, Stuff with garlic—Dieu vous garde! | |
517 | CAROTID | VHC | Captain takes a collapse in hand—brings fresh blood to bowler’s pitch! | a rot in Cid; bowler hat |
508 | CUMBERGROUND | VHC | “It’s not worth a fig.” The Physician is mentioned in the hint. Take it! Then the derivation is apparent! | MB in cue + r + ground; Chambers def. refers to Luke 13.7, “why cumbereth it the ground” (KJV) |
1957-1958 | ||||
486 | BARACAN | VHC | Butler returns with a tankard of old—good strong stuff! | RAB (rev.) a can; ref. R. A. Butler, politician |
482 | LEASING-MAKER | VHC | Given proper editing, managers like an unscrupulous reporter | anag. |
1955-1956 | ||||
343 | EPIGONI | First | Ptolemy, Seleucus and Co. have a feast on dividing the crowns of Egypt and India | pig on in E, I; successors to Alexander |
1954 (2) | ||||
325 | MARRYING | Third | Conjugation involves the right endings in grammar—very trying! | (gram)mar (ve)ry (try)ing |
297 | CONTRAPUNTAL | VHC | Kind of bark with flat bottom A in deep-voiced lady unused to combining melodies | punt1 + A in contral(to) |
295 | SENSE-ORGANS | VHC | Newspapers don’t lead opinion here. The Herald appeals to some—The Observer exploits others! | sense (= opinion) + organs (newspapers), 2 cryptic mngs. |
1954 (1) | ||||
263 | We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram) | Third | Wet hosts—should know the Nile at night | |
1953 (1) | ||||
211 | CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES | VHC | Real crossing jam—pedestrian waits! | anag.; wait1 (n.) |
209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | The virtue of a dome of silence is no peal from it! | dome; anag.; elapse = pass quietly |
1952 (2) | ||||
204 | ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | They burn Christian sinne/r. I bled. Ay. It was cruel! | Nero |
1951 (2) | ||||
180 | HESPER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | “I’ll set out to tea. C/an Toby go, d-doctor?” Zamenhof cried | Esperanto; Dr L. L. Z. |
1950 (2) | ||||
148 | FILIBUSTER | Second | Petty Liberal and Unionist in wanton strife obstruct legislation | Lib U in anag. |
147 | GATHER | VHC | Increase Goliath? | cryptic def.; G. of Gath, i.e. Gath-er (cf. Londoner) |
1949 (2) | ||||
117 | LION | VHC | 74 shillings for an old Scotsman—51, 11 and 12 exactly! | LI + O (11, medieval) + n. (noon) |
113 | CRICKETER | VHC | What is Crappit-head? Cod’s head with bits of rice, leek, suet, and pepper | c(od), ric(e), (lee)k, (su)et, (pepp)er; see crap2 in C.; ref. Jack Crapp, batsman in England’s 1948-9 winter tour |
110 | LEVIGATE | First | Smooth passage after a vile storm | anag. of vile + gate |
107 | STRAMASH | VHC | Trim in a sense may involve mortality—vide a digression in the middle volume of Tristram Shandy! | (Tri)stram Sha(ndy) with ‘a’ relocated; trim = thrash; ref. Cpl. Trim’s speech on subject of death, T.S. Vol. 5 |
105 | SMITHEREENS | VHC | These miners show little signs of striking | anag. |
1949 (1) | ||||
103 | MOSES | VHC | Suffers disease, as a horse. Mosquitoes leave nothing out! | mosquitoes less quit 0; mose = to have glanders |
96 | INTERLOCK | VHC | Marry! Pope’s advice to Lord Petre and Miss Arabella Fermor when separated? | cryptic def.; ref. ‘Rape of the Lock’, written to allay quarrel |
95 | SPOONER | VHC | Self-styled master of queue knowledge? He appears to exert a playful shove! | 2 mngs.; master, not capitalised = Warden; S. was Warden of New College 1903-24; spoon = shove |
1948 (2) | ||||
91 | CRETONNE | VHC | No centre to broken deck-chair? Jolly tough! | anag.; i.e. to deck chair |
90 | ROTHER | VHC | In due course East passes Robert’s bridge contract and South doubles, making a wry mouth to declarer | cryptic def.; i.e. Robertsbridge, ‘Rye’, on course of river in Sussex |
81 | CHARADE | VHC | Technique, said Torquemada (without question quite mad), is needed for this playful puzzle | anag. less anag. of q. q. m.; [see comments] |
1975-1976
183 PICKLE
1974-1975
139 PIEPOWDER
135 GABIONADE
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1973-1974
95 THUNDERCLAP
92 BRAINWASH
79 SLAPSTICK
75 GROCETERIA
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
66 NONSENSE
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
40 FANTOCCINI
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1154 CLARIONET
1143 MORGIANA
1123 MAXIMIST
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1969-1970
1093 MARTINET
1080 ANDROMEDA
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
989 GRENADINE
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
949 BROWSING
1965-1966
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
1964-1965
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
790 PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
760 METAMORPHOSE
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
703 SCAPEMENT
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
678 TESSELLATED
664 MANIPULATE
1960-1961
608 CUSTOMER
604 APOSTROPHISE
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
582 MARRY
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
555 JURYWOMAN
547 STORMY
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
504 LEAD-LINE
1956-1957
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
347 TELEVISOR
334 CHEROOT
329 HAMADRYAD
1954 (2)
304 ORLEANS
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
269 ASCENT
267 TRADE
265 THERMAE
1953 (2)
247 VAMPIRE
1953 (1)
213 LEMONADE
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
187 GROWLER
1951 (2)
178 HIDEOUS
1951 (1)
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
1950 (2)
151 OPEN-SESAME
1950 (1)
118 MARAVEDI
1949 (2)
116 WATERLOO
114 TAPPIT-HEN
112 SHEET (DLM)
111 PLEASANT
109 PERI
1949 (1)
102 ARCHIMEDES
94 SARDELLE
1948 (2)
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
83 BUDAPEST
1948 (1)
76 VALEDICTORY
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1960-1961 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
1958-1959 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 8 |
1957-1958 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1955-1956 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
1954 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 2 | 14 |
1954 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 4 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1950 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1949 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 5 | 4 |
1949 (1) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |