Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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L. Johnson | 36 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 57 | 40 | Jun 1945 | Dec 1968 | 23y 6m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1036 | CORONETED | VHC | How like Tolloller! His voice is raised in the exposition of a peculiar code | tenor (rev.) in anag.; ref. Lord T., Iolanthe, Act 2: “It’s a family tradition…” |
1966-1967 | ||||
933 | COTTABUS | VHC | Frivolity in Greek period: crib put to almost improper use | cott (= cot1) + abus(e) |
907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | A sophisticated form of poker in which a singled-out player is beset by hawks | poser; It in sores; sore2 = young hawk |
1965-1966 | ||||
900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | A pair came fuddled: they’re likely to be present if there’s still standing of liquor | paramecia;anag. |
1962-1963 | ||||
746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Archaeologist would be delighted to dis/h R.A. i/c statuary | ref. Roman temple unearthed in London [NB. join is in ‘dish’] |
1961-1962 | ||||
660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | Play about sink, with left tendency, gives message | massage; ebb (rev.) in RUR; ref. Capek play |
1958-1959 | ||||
525 | MORALE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | My conceited actor friend asked me to name my preference: (hi/c) Guinness! | Alec Guinness |
1956-1957 | ||||
430 | GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I, Fido—routine work? I’m just a co/ot! | |
1955-1956 | ||||
377 | MALISON | VHC | As it might be, simla to. (Atrocious spelling!) | anag. + on |
364 | HELLEBORE | VHC | Briefly, he will be changed by the end of Pinafore, Buttercup providing the solution | he’ll + be (rev.) + (Pinaf)ore |
329 | HAMADRYAD | VHC | One of those in the Oaks, deriving her constitution from a hardy dam | anag.; ref. horse racing |
1954 (2) | ||||
306 | CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left) | First | I don’t score as I used to, a hundred an hour! I stick, block quietly with skill—I’m purely defensive | c h I cane; ram p art |
1954 (1) | ||||
283 | SOBER | VHC | In such fashion live up to Rechabite’s ancient principle | so be R, & lit.; principle (obs.) = beginning; R.s promote abstention |
271 | TRIPLET | VHC | Make a false step and suffer. A near thing to quad! | trip let |
263 | We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram) | VHC | Len Hutton’s high hits won’t do last week! | cricket |
1953 (2) | ||||
255 | SCUTTLE | VHC | Wretched slut, etc., often taken in hand for getting slack | anag.; slack2 = coal dross |
245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | VHC | It’s typical of a siren, beginning at midnight, to give some nasty knocks to our disorderly A.R.P. and so on, making high-pitched sounds | (ni)g(ht) + lam + our; anag. |
1953 (1) | ||||
225 | TOUCHSTONES | VHC | Hutton all at sea (bad cess to him!) with a duck in the Tests | 0 in anag. of Hutton cess; ref. Len H., cricketer |
221 | BUNTHORNE | Second | The muddled bonne Ruth would have done for this disappoinied suitor | anag.; R., nurse in ‘Pirates of Penzance’ |
1952 (2) | ||||
196 | SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left) | VHC | Quiet please! An individual, Asiatic version of The Sorcerer, composed by A. S. (Erin), completely orientalised | sh!, a man; anag.; Arthur Sullivan, Irish |
1952 (1) | ||||
193 | TRADUCER | VHC | Ill-disposed censor mangles the ruder act | anag. |
191 | DENIGRATE | VHC | It’s the dreadful diet range that makes you run down | anag.; ref. rationing |
190 | CHEQUERS | VHC | Is it not for the Prime Minister to go to the country? The question is put amidst loud applause | Qu. in cheers; ref. PM’s country residence |
184 | MEREST / WYOMING (DLM) | VHC | Buffalo is here! Order now my gigantic steaks, a superlative variety of pure red meat. You’ll pester me for more! B. Bill, Butcher, Bulminster | |
182 | MISTLETOE | VHC | Spray covering the smacks—slight fog starting—put to into shelter! | mist + to in lee; smack = kiss |
1951 (2) | ||||
173 | HATCHING | VHC | Getting the bird, and then some, as the result of putting down a sitter | cryptic def., ref. cricket |
1951 (1) | ||||
166 | RACHIDES | VHC | The dog has his day, and that means bones! | rach Ides |
1950 (1) | ||||
128 | AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | To make their car look like a taxi, the raiders put ash/ on it | |
122 | LEATHER | VHC | What makes her late? Being dressed for the sports ball, perhaps | anag.; leather ball |
1947 (1) | ||||
45 | RATTENED | VHC | Damaged braces, etc., offered by trade (net) | anag. of trade net, brace=boring tool |
41 | ALTOGETHER | VHC | It’s exceptional to get hermits thus, you can quite see | hidden, & lit. |
1946 (2) | ||||
34 | STAROSTA | First | Lead for Russian Hamlet? Get him from the Tass rota | anag.; T. news agency |
31 | APRIORIST | VHC | Disorderly rip in the past, now attached to a reputable German school | anag. of rip in aorist |
29 | RATAN | VHC | Cane? A constituent of sugar, at any rate | hidden |
1945 (2) | ||||
26 | HAWSER (Misprints) | VHC | Was her anagram made of twisted words? Yes | cords; anag. |
1945 (1) | ||||
1 | CAT-LAP | Third | clue missing |
Ximenes competitions
1968-1969
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1966-1967
929 AMPHITHEATRE
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
894 WITENAGEMOT
882 SNAPDRAGON
873 VETERANS
1964-1965
834 CARRIED
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
829 FAREWELL
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
782 SWELL
773 FIT-OUT
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
734 NASALITY
721 KERB-MERCHANT
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
682 PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left)
678 TESSELLATED
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
1955-1956
369 BERET
351 LUSTRE
347 TELEVISOR
343 EPIGONI
1954 (2)
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
295 SENSE-ORGANS
293 CAB
291 APAGOGE
289 CISTERN
287 MANCHESTER
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
277 PRODIGALLY
273 COUSIN
269 ASCENT
267 TRADE
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
253 DERATION
249 BALM
243 LODESTAR
237 BASTINADE
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
223 MELODRAME
213 LEMONADE
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
202 SPALPEEN
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
1952 (1)
189 SALTIRE
1951 (2)
176 SPIGOT
1951 (1)
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
1949 (1)
104 STARE (Printer’s Devilry)
1948 (2)
88 BRISTOL
1947 (2)
63 STILETTO
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1954 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 7 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
1953 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1947 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1946 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 0 | 11 |
1945 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1945 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |