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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. M. Coombs | 55 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 87 | 64 | Feb 1946 | Jun 1973 | 27y 4m | Capt P. M. Coombs |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 40 | FANTOCCINI | VHC | With art we can be shown in frantic action | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | Makes me think cod is the chef’s speciality | anag. |
| 27 | VINEGAR | VHC | A poor vintage and there’ll be no end of it to take | anag. less t + r, & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1162 | BEAM-ENDS | VHC | They are in distress on this airline and repairs are needed | BEA mends |
| 1135 | HILAIRE BELLOC | VHC | Treated bachelor ill, i.e. attacked don | anag.; G. G. Coulton |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1091 | WENCESLAS | VHC | New Class E destroyer victualling and refuelling on Boxing Day | anag. |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1039 | TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number) | VHC | The last thing to act? Here’s an example, “Soldiers”, that covers | soldiers; (ac)t e.g. men |
| 1010 | MOTORIST | VHC | I’m going on the streets. Motive? It’s improper | motor (adj.) + anag. |
| 1006 | CHROME-PLATING | VHC | Not exactly phlegmatic nor brilliant film producer | anag. |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 1002 | PILLAGE | VHC | Head of party bad; time to sack | p ill age |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 933 | COTTABUS | VHC | Rare old game in company; chucking wine with a small vessel around | Co. TT a + sub (rev.), & lit. |
| 929 | AMPHITHEATRE | VHC | Scrambling up the path there, am I right for the Devil’s Punchbowl? | anag.; natural a. in Surrey |
| 920 | ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Age/d? Was reverse! Was forward: hence her mishap | |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 902 | WINCOPIPE | VHC | Take over small firm with tube producing plant that’s old-fashioned | win co. pipe |
| 898 | POCHARD | VHC | Being pretty wet, if not actually fish-faced, you should get the bird daily in school | char in pod; being, noun |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | VHC | Catacomb by Felix out of Queen Bee | F. the Cat, honeycomb |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 804 | DETRUNCATE | VHC | Off the end with a cutter | anag. & lit.; off vb |
| 786 | METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Finding entertainment in the ho/t, I’ve young things out for fun | |
| 780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | Third | Exim: 19 | |
| 773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | Right! Dismiss and get equipment! | fit1 + out (imper.) |
| 764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | A slip—crack! My inside, too! Bit old for modern dancing! | my in Shim + shake; shim = slip2; shake = render |
| 760 | METAMORPHOSE | First | Change, by Medusa’s head, perhaps, to shape more rocky? | M + anag. |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 560 | CONGENITALLY | Second | How the little Conservative gets inside information—and the little Liberal, in the realm of opera | Con gen + L in Italy & lit.; ref. ‘Iolanthe’ |
| 543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Blonde’s fur wrap’s taken nearly all my “Ernie”—almost crazy raising the wind towards fur suitable for the wife! | anag. of m(y) Ernie; nut(s) + air (rev.); ref. Premium Bonds; raise the wind = raise funds |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 386 | CLEITHRAL | VHC | Call it her being “restricted by overheads,” if you like, but “broke” it is, really! | anag. |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 356 | METOPOSCOPY | VHC | Stop ’ome, silly, do like me, seeing what o’clock the character usually shows up! | anag. + copy; clock = face |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 261 | DECANTER | VHC | This must be put a stop to when one gets in half canned | can(ned) in deter, & lit. |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | These bright displays in autumn gardens draw attention to a chap’s wretched old plot | Gunpowder plot |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 217 | DEPOSIT | VHC | What a come-down after the solution I posted so light-heartedly! | anag.; d. in a solution; ref. Ximenes comp. |
| 207 | PAGEANT | First | Occasion for display of the buttons and bows of antiquity | page ant(iquity), & lit.; bows = front parts |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 202 | SPALPEEN | Third | What a mischievous party! I need a nap! (Sleep to make up) | anag. |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 190 | CHEQUERS | VHC | Agrees with Churchill to start with, then, oddly, queers his pitch when the House rises | Ch + anag.; ref. PM’s country residence |
| 185 | STOUT | VHC | Having much to carry around in big bags, you need a strong porter | 2 mngs.; bags = trousers |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 179 | CADRE | VHC | Concern about reduction in small expenditure: these leaders set an example! | d in care |
| 171 | SERINGAS | VHC | Exemplary bridge players, sound as they are, may give you the rubber | S, E, ring, as |
| 168 | PIPS (Misprints) | VHC | They are in The Grange, Bramley, playing cards | Orange; 2 mngs.; B. Seedling apple |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 155 | LYTERIAN | First | Ending disease is an awful trial with Nye interfering | anag. of trial Nye; ref. Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, Min. of Health |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 148 | FILIBUSTER | VHC | Enough to make Congress tart? True, if 1 lb.’s all you want | anag. incl I; tart = scathing |
| 143 | LAMPREY | Third | Strike at the quarry, so I stick to stones from the river | lam prey |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 122 | LEATHER | VHC | The real stuff: this will be the making of me, said Chinstrap | anag.; ref. Col. C., character in radio comedy ‘It’s That Man Again’ |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 98 | HUMERI | VHC | We are a bit inclined to lift the elbow: he and I are quite fuddled with rum | anag. |
| 96 | INTERLOCK | VHC | Knit two together. To make up: link ends in crochet | anag. of link, cro(ch)et |
| 92 | PARTRIDGE | VHC | September target achieved by alteration in armaments production | p for c in cartridge; ref. start of p. shooting season, Sep 1 |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 85 | SERGEANT | VHC | Textile worker gives private instruction in stripe effects | serge ant; private soldier; ref. insignia |
| 83 | BUDAPEST | VHC | I should make the spade but my bridge, Elizabeth, is not the sort you play in Hungary | anag.; ref. Elisabeth (Erzsébet) bridge in B. |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 77 | MAROON | VHC | clue missing | |
| 70 | GARBAGE | VHC | Rubbish bin the place to put one’s car these days | b in garage; bin = b in; ref. petrol rationing, introduced in 1948 |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 63 | STILETTO | VHC | Is it a means of getting rid of my blessed tenant? That’s the point | i.e., St I let to; dagger |
| 56 | SHEEP-RUN | VHC | Quick queue for getting mutton fat | cryptic def.; ref. rationing |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 39 | GNATHIC | First | About two we open for refreshments: you can get gin and have a chat here | anag. of gin, chat; i.e. pair of jaws |
| 35 | RIFE (DLM) | VHC | And showed manifest grief at his girth | |
| 34 | STAROSTA | VHC | The landlord, who normally didn’t lack polish, came back and said “There ’ain’t no alternative to tiles” | ’ats or ’ats (all rev.); i.e. Polish |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 20 | NIERSTEINER | VHC | Although control’s back on one type of hock (uniced), you can get this variety | rein (rev.) + Stein(berg)er; ref. rationing |
| 19 | SCREENINGS | VHC | Seen what Monty will be shortly? R.N. Rubbish, you’ve got it mixed | anag. of seen CIGS RN; Montgomery, Chief of Imperial General Staff from 1946 |
| 18 | LAMIA | Second | La ami devient une fantôme: it’s bad French and first-class English about a witch | anag., anag. of mal A1 |
1973-1974
66 NONSENSE
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1143 MORGIANA
1140 CALLOUS
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1089 ENCLOISTER
1080 ANDROMEDA
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1041 TEA-LEAD
1028 SATIRE
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
997 TREACLE
989 GRENADINE
971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
1966-1967
936 MINI SKIRTS
1965-1966
882 SNAPDRAGON
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
821 SOMERSET
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
782 SWELL
777 TAILOR-BIRD
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
730 ARCH-PIRATE
725 SILENUS
721 KERB-MERCHANT
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
686 FEMALE
682 PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left)
673 ERISTICAL
656 FIDDLESTICKS
651 NIPCHEESE
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
621 CHASE
617 COLOPHONY
608 CUSTOMER
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
582 MARRY
564 SHE-BEAR
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
517 CAROTID
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
508 CUMBERGROUND
1957-1958
486 BARACAN
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
464 STRAWED
451 MEGAPODE
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
421 DOVETAIL
417 SINECURE
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
412 SERVIETTE
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
347 TELEVISOR
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
302 MARTIN
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
295 SENSE-ORGANS
1953 (2)
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
229 MASCOT
1952 (2)
198 THIRD
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
189 SALTIRE
1951 (2)
173 HATCHING
172 GARNISHER
1950 (2)
153 SAMISENS
149 DOMESTIC
146 BELDAME
1950 (1)
128 AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry)
1949 (1)
103 MOSES
102 ARCHIMEDES
100 Word containing ADDING
97 NESTOR
1948 (2)
91 CRETONNE
1948 (1)
75 PETROLEUSES
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 1945 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 0 | 6 |