HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors
Show results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. B. J. Ambler | 23 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 48 | 26 | Jul 1948 | Aug 1970 | 22y 1m | D. Ambler |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1123 | MAXIMIST | VHC | After an early gin I become muzzy, I talk sententiously | max I mist |
| 1119 | RONDE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Did boatman cha/fe at attempts by infernal gate-crashers? | |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 949 | BROWSING | Third | Baby’s head is wrong, confound it: it keeps nanny occupied | anag.; ref. goat |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Weekend golfers may not see the proper for/ests on Sundays | |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | Did such a malady infect Lear? Disturbingly so | anag. & lit. |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | Fraser, needing two games to win, may easily be extended | eraser; 3 mngs.; ref. Neale F., tennis |
| 656 | FIDDLESTICKS | VHC | Financial wangles? With credit squeeze only just started, that’s absurd! | fiddles + tick4 + s |
| 647 | MADCAP | VHC | Jolly reckless bats to put in the first eleven! | mad cap (vb.) |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 612 | CARGO (Misprints) | VHC | Bus stop’s opposite: this might make lighter loads for the shopper | shipper; car go; bus = car (sl.); go = opp. of stop; lighter = type of barge |
| 608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | Person commonly seen in market of Pas-de-Calais town preceded by copper | Cu + St. Omer |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | There’s lemonade for abstainers, for the re/al us! | |
| 564 | SHE-BEAR | VHC | Here’s that partner of ours (French but Anglicised) embracing a wine-waitress in the Saracen’s Head! | Hebe in Sar(acen); ours, ourse, Fr. |
| 543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | Third | The tough’s got slight wind up: stole material of value, making a faltering claim to ownership, furtive beast | nut + air (rev.); er mine; stole1, n. |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 200 | ACCOUNT | Third | The chapters on love in an old, old woman’s story | cc + 0 in aunt |
| 197 | SCALES | VHC | A major’s one of several giving Staff College drinking parties | SC ales; mus. scale of A Major |
| 196 | SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left) | VHC | It’s merely deception, if the conjuror is near producing the celestial | sham an2; anag. |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 122 | LEATHER | VHC | Writer of a lot of nonsense about the sole protector of mankind | the in (Edward) Lear |
| 121 | SNAPSHOT | VHC | It’s so warm after the sudden cold spells we take it to be a record | snaps + hot |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 113 | CRICKETER | VHC | Fortnightly publication of over-production figures shows paralysing effect on net returns | crick + rete (rev.); magazine title; overs |
| 106 | HELIOTROPE | VHC | Ambassador leads labour rising—cable in Mirror; (or is it just a plant?) | HE, toil (rev.), rope; 2 defs., heliograph and plant |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 103 | MOSES | VHC | Mosquitoes discharge one round missing Liberator protected by smoke-screen | mosquitoes less quit 0; ref. WW2 fighters and bombers; Mt. Sinai |
| 94 | SARDELLE | VHC | The stone she found in Paris is no great catch compared with her wedding ring | sard, elle (Fr.); her ring; [see comments] |
| 92 | PARTRIDGE | VHC | Game in which the back is never off-side | part, ridge; ridge = the back (obs.) |
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1143 MORGIANA
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1093 MARTINET
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1968-1969
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
967 CREMOSIN
1966-1967
936 MINI SKIRTS
933 COTTABUS
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
898 POCHARD
890 DEBENTURE
885 GALIMATIAS
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
864 PATERNAL
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
825 COACHES
817 WYLIE-COATS
1960-1961
621 CHASE
1959-1960
586 HEBDOMADARY
569 PROPOSAL
551 PITCHER
547 STORMY
1956-1957
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
369 BERET
351 LUSTRE
347 TELEVISOR
334 CHEROOT
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
1952 (2)
199 HONESTY
1950 (1)
126 RASPBERRY
119 UMBLE-PIE
118 MARAVEDI
1949 (2)
117 LION
111 PLEASANT
110 LEVIGATE
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
99 SCARABEE
97 NESTOR
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
87 SISKIN
82 CURARE
81 CHARADE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |