Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
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Rev E. G. Riley | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 15 | Mar 1950 | Jun 1970 | 20y 3m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1966-1967 | ||||
936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | They’re affectin’ ’im strongly rising round the top of the stocking | s in strikin’ ’im (rev.), & lit. |
1965-1966 | ||||
868 | DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left) | VHC | Hat with posh inside fringe, red and twirly, is the rage of New York | U in topee; anag. |
1964-1965 | ||||
847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | Drunken Celt in fear of delirium | anag. |
1963-1964 | ||||
769 | PENNY | VHC | Telly was too small, so she passed the time weaving | cryptic def.; ref. Telemachus, son of Penelope (the weaver) and Odysseus |
1962-1963 | ||||
734 | NASALITY | VHC | Speaking down one’s nose was not formerly a settled end of oratory | nas (Spens.) a lit (orator)y |
717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | Saint, sailor, soldier, for him every scar has something to tell | star; S tar man |
1961-1962 | ||||
673 | ERISTICAL | VHC | Controversial article is in need of drastic editing | anag. |
660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | American overshot target set at bridge | overshoe; 2 mngs. |
1960-1961 | ||||
595 | INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left) | VHC | Do a human being wrong and you’ll have a weak-minded Irishman, simple to take in, hold forth about the North | anag.; in + N in orate |
1959-1960 | ||||
564 | SHE-BEAR | Second | She is youth personified in a short shirt at Holyrood: her skin almost blinds the guards | Hebe in sar(k); bearskin |
1957-1958 | ||||
460 | ASTONISHMENT (Misprints) | Second | In confusion the man sits on a sarong feeling that the unexpected has happened | strong; anag. |
1955-1956 | ||||
351 | LUSTRE | VHC | It’s enough to put a saint in a bait, dropping bits of glass all round | St. in lure |
347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | Fluttering veils, nothing on, three times round—must have a screen | anag. of veils + O in ter |
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1966-1967
945 OBLITERATE
935 MALAPROP
1965-1966
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
1964-1965
843 PRISTINE
834 CARRIED
829 FAREWELL
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
777 TAILOR-BIRD
773 FIT-OUT
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
730 ARCH-PIRATE
725 SILENUS
712 RHEUMATICKY
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
678 TESSELLATED
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
634 BEDSTEAD
630 STREAKY
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
608 CUSTOMER
1959-1960
586 HEBDOMADARY
582 MARRY
571 PESTER
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
1957-1958
464 STRAWED
456 PLAFOND
1956-1957
412 SERVIETTE
1950 (1)
128 AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1959-1960 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1957-1958 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |