Clues written by Rev E. G. Riley
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Rev E. G. Riley1302113115Mar 1950Jun 197020y 3m
 
 Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
Ximenes competitions
1966-1967
936MINI SKIRTSVHCThey’re affectin’ ’im strongly rising round the top of the stockings in strikin’ ’im (rev.), & lit.
1965-1966
868DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)VHCHat with posh inside fringe, red and twirly, is the rage of New YorkU in topee; anag.
1964-1965
847FRENETICALVHCDrunken Celt in fear of deliriumanag.
1963-1964
769PENNYVHCTelly was too small, so she passed the time weavingcryptic def.; ref. Telemachus, son of Penelope (the weaver) and Odysseus
1962-1963
734NASALITYVHCSpeaking down one’s nose was not formerly a settled end of oratorynas (Spens.) a lit (orator)y
717STAR-MAN (Misprints)VHCSaint, sailor, soldier, for him every scar has something to tellstar; S tar man
1961-1962
673ERISTICALVHCControversial article is in need of drastic editinganag.
660RUBBER (Misprints)VHCAmerican overshot target set at bridgeovershoe; 2 mngs.
1960-1961
595INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)VHCDo a human being wrong and you’ll have a weak-minded Irishman, simple to take in, hold forth about the Northanag.; in + N in orate
1959-1960
564SHE-BEARSecondShe is youth personified in a short shirt at Holyrood: her skin almost blinds the guardsHebe in sar(k); bearskin
1957-1958
460ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)SecondIn confusion the man sits on a sarong feeling that the unexpected has happenedstrong; anag.
1955-1956
351LUSTREVHCIt’s enough to put a saint in a bait, dropping bits of glass all roundSt. in lure
347TELEVISORVHCFluttering veils, nothing on, three times round—must have a screenanag. of veils + O in ter

 
HCs awarded to Rev E. G. Riley
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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)
 


Annual Honours record of Rev E. G. Riley
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YearPrizes
(1, 2, 3)
VHCsHCsPosition
Ximenes competitions
1970-19710 0 1
 
1966-19670 1 2
1965-19660 1 1
1964-19650 1 3
1963-19640 1 4
1962-19630 2 4
1961-19620 2 2
1960-19610 1 5
1959-19601 (0, 1, 0) 0 3
1958-19590 0 2
1957-19581 (0, 1, 0) 0 2
1956-19570 0 1
1955-19560 2 0
 
1950 (1)0 0 1