| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. O. Seymour | 40 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 83 | 47 | Sep 1948 | May 1971 | 22y 8m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1162 | BEAM-ENDS | VHC | One may see chaps wearing necklaces, but one shouldn’t be down on them | men in beads |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If the play’s theme is Po/verty, Nan will stage it nude | Kenneth Tynan |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 954 | CERATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Will pri/son deter? Gents sink lower still | |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 860 | CORSAGE | VHC | This part of a dress lends grace to an O. S. bust. Diana, topless, should be locked up! | anag., (D)ors in cage; Diana D., actress |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 738 | ANAESTHETIC | VHC | It is arranged that I can see a number of patients in surgery | anag. |
| 730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | See Never-never land in an uncommon rare Act I. Captain Hook plays his villainous role | HP in anag.; never-never = hire purchase |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 621 | CHASE | VHC | I keep in form: that’s what makes aches go quickly after game | anag., 2 defs.; form2 (forme) = type; chase3 |
| 612 | CARGO (Misprints) | Second | Prefect perhaps wants energy—spends most of the time in the hols lying about | hold; car go; Ford Prefect car |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 529 | BUTTY-COLLIER | VHC | There’s a friendly hand in mine after presenting a mongrel cur to an excited little boy | anag. |
| 508 | CUMBERGROUND | VHC | When a poor mug gets landed with a bouncer, that’s rotten—the letters R. D. make the thing useless | anag. of mug bouncer RD; i.e. bounced cheque |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | You may find (wearing no five inch) a ne/w hat expensive, but how alluring! | Chanel No. 5 |
| 443 | HALF-SEAS-OVER | Second | Is merry—sort of—has several to get in this state | anag. & lit. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 430 | GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | When buyin/g Vaseline, colour and texture should be considered | |
| 412 | SERVIETTE | Second | N—— discharged from Vine Street after much rumpus goes down under to cover many a lap | anag. less N; ref. Nina?, police station |
| 408 | BILLET | VHC | You’d find such a chit looking in the park for soldiers | 2 mngs. |
| 395 | SCALE-ARMOUR | VHC | It could have kept our male in the wars without a scar | i.e. anag. incl. scar, & lit. |
| 390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I admired all the glamour girls, but one W. Is/le vision had more uplift | ITA, broadcasting authority |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 360 | WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left) | VHC | A G.I. left a girl I knew in trouble. That’s a tip to encourage a girl to be a flighty thing at the seaside! | anag. of (GI)rl I knew; egg bird |
| 351 | LUSTRE | VHC | Only a five year stretch? Could have been a hanging affair | 2 mngs. |
| 343 | EPIGONI | VHC | We have not the capacity of our fathers. I should be laid out after pigeon pie | anag. + I; pie2 |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 316 | BATHROOM | First | Ideal place for a rendering of “Thora,” wearing negligee coming back | anag. in mob2 (rev.), & lit.; ref. song by F. E. Wetherly & S. Adams, 1905 |
| 304 | ORLEANS | VHC | A French entry for the Coronation Stakes? That’s not a good reason for the investment of a pound | L in anag.; ref. Louis Phillipe, House of O. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 269 | ASCENT | VHC | Adopting a faulty stance—that’s the way to top! | anag.; top (vb.) = topple |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 255 | SCUTTLE | VHC | The vessel’s complement is black, with, perhaps, the most villainous slack captain under the sun | S + Cuttle; slack2 = coal dross; ref. Capt C. in ‘Dombey and Son’ |
| 239 | GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The great hope of the Eu/ston E.W. people is the production of a goods train | eugenist … good strain |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 227 | CATEGORIES | VHC | Orders of singularly dainty food as a prelude to Bacchanalian orgies | cate + anag. [see comments] |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 191 | DENIGRATE | Second | Dine with the Great informally if you want to talk scandal in the old way | anag. of dine great |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 173 | HATCHING | VHC | Shady method of scoring gives me only a perishing H.C.—hang it! | anag.; hatch3 |
| 169 | HOUSE | VHC | This rising might have become extensive, but Government forces soon had everything under control | cryptic def.; ref. precarious position of Attlee Govt. in 1951 Parliament; rising = end of session |
| 168 | PIPS (Misprints) | VHC | Get details of hourly service, run to time, from the A.B.C. | B.B.C.; cryptic def.; time signal |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 157 | ORANGE | Second | Wild is a goner! Peel has constituted a force perilous to footpads | anag.; ref. Jonathan W., 18c. criminal, Sir Robert P., and slipping on o. peel |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 154 | RABBIT | VHC | An heroic success at multiplication can be a game failure in addition | 2 mngs.; m. = reproduction |
| 151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | Opening bid which might have been followed by a take-out in Diamonds | cryptic def.; ref. Ali Baba, bridge |
| 135 | STRIPPED | VHC | Made destitute through taking one false step about a worthless horse—down to the last penny! | rip3 in anag. + d |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 128 | AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Seeing now I lead/, ring Eve in the garden | |
| 119 | UMBLE-PIE | Second | It is humiliating in the Diet to make a mess of Internal Affairs! | 2 cryptic defs.; pie = a mixed state |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 100 | Word containing ADDING | VHC | In the heather lurks the serpent to the discomfiture of Eve | laddering; adder in ling |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 89 | SEASON | VHC | Cry of the regulars as they storm the barrier | cryptic def.; s. ticket |
| 86 | ODOMETER | VHC | The Home Secretary mixed up in the motor racket! A revolutionary measure is called for | anag. of Ede motor; ref. James Chuter Ede, Home Secretary 1945–1951 |
| 85 | SERGEANT | VHC | Strange ’e should be in a mess? Not at all | anag. & lit.; mess = canteen |
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
989 GRENADINE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
980 OMNIBUSES
1966-1967
936 MINI SKIRTS
935 MALAPROP
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1965-1966
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
1962-1963
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
686 FEMALE
673 ERISTICAL
656 FIDDLESTICKS
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
638 BUREAUCRAT
617 COLOPHONY
608 CUSTOMER
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
586 HEBDOMADARY
582 MARRY
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
569 PROPOSAL
564 SHE-BEAR
555 JURYWOMAN
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
486 BARACAN
482 LEASING-MAKER
456 PLAFOND
1956-1957
434 CARTON
425 TRAVERSE
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
377 MALISON
373 PRESTONPANS
356 METOPOSCOPY
334 CHEROOT
1954 (2)
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
273 COUSIN
271 TRIPLET
265 THERMAE
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
245 GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)
237 BASTINADE
1953 (1)
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
198 THIRD
1952 (1)
190 CHEQUERS
187 GROWLER
185 STOUT
1951 (2)
178 HIDEOUS
176 SPIGOT
172 GARNISHER
170 GUINEA
1951 (1)
162 TITANESS
161 TILLER
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
153 SAMISENS
150 CAPILLAMENTS
149 DOMESTIC
147 GATHER
145 STEWART
1950 (1)
130 MODERN
118 MARAVEDI
1949 (2)
107 STRAMASH
1949 (1)
102 ARCHIMEDES
101 BARRACKS
97 NESTOR
96 INTERLOCK
94 SARDELLE
1948 (2)
87 SISKIN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |