Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
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J. Thompson | 30 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 72 | 37 | Mar 1948 | Dec 1965 | 17y 9m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1960-1961 | ||||
630 | STREAKY | First | This kind of shot is hit into the air, with not quite the full pace in it | trea(d) in sky, & lit.; shot, adj.; sky, vb.; ref. cricket [see comments] |
624 | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | VHC | Are you a cypher? “Stimulo” removes your inhibitions! | |
1959-1960 | ||||
560 | CONGENITALLY | VHC | Ab origine? Only G.C.E. Latin is needed for translation | anag. |
1958-1959 | ||||
512 | NAYLOR (Libel) | Second | She’ll make do with any queer fellow with a title, even if he hasn’t a penny: round about fifty there’s no alternative | anag. + lor(d), L in nay or |
1957-1958 | ||||
467 | A humorous definition (Humorous definition) | VHC | BUS—Conveyance run for the general public—or vice versa | |
464 | STRAWED | VHC | Queen Elizabeth’s tossed about: steward sick | anag.; ref. Elizabeth I and liner |
460 | ASTONISHMENT (Misprints) | VHC | Reading, oddly enough, isn’t on Thames—makes one ponder! | wonder; anag.; i.e. reading oddly |
1956-1957 | ||||
430 | GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Di/e if you must, Daddy, but don’t go down! | |
1955-1956 | ||||
377 | MALISON | VHC | No trump raise with a singleton heart? It’s asking for trouble! | I in no slam (rev.), & lit.; slam = trump, game |
329 | HAMADRYAD | Second | Body found in trunk: Yard in a flap following furious chasing after gunmen. | HA (Heavy Artillery) + mad + anag. |
1954 (2) | ||||
293 | CAB | VHC | A Scotsman takes one—it may be with hesitation!—if he’s having a fling | cab(er), & lit. |
1954 (1) | ||||
279 | CRYPTOGRAM | VHC | There’s obscure writing, rumour and talk of a doubtful nature about Churchill going round | cry + argot (rev.) in PM; ref. rumours following C.’s stroke in 1953 |
277 | PRODIGALLY | VHC | The bright young thing is embracing everybody in a wanton manner | all in prodigy |
1953 (2) | ||||
257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | Second | The sort of light entertainment you don’t look for on the Third | BBC Third Programme; 3rd Nov |
251 | UNMETHODICAL | VHC | You can have the clue! I’m hot and bothered—inclined to leave things to chance | anag. |
1953 (1) | ||||
213 | LEMONADE | VHC | Len made a duck—tickled a fizzer! | anag. incl. 0; ref. Len Hutton, Yorkshire & England batsman |
207 | PAGEANT | VHC | Attentive boy—model of industry—result, exhibition! | page ant |
1952 (2) | ||||
206 | PIEPOWDER | Second | A fair cop here? Half pint on top of wee drop—hopelessly intoxicated! | pi(nt) + anag. |
194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | VHC | Dope case to be tried here: Keep it under your hat! | knowledge box1; dope = information |
1952 (1) | ||||
188 | Beware the Ides of March (Anagram) | VHC | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
187 | GROWLER | Third | Potential Home Guard increase supported by Butler: objection withdrawn | grow + (but)ler; ref. R.A. Butler, CE, and 1952 reconstitution of the Home Guard |
1951 (2) | ||||
168 | PIPS (Misprints) | VHC | Our agency has set right many a match gone wrong: a card will find us | watch; 2 mngs.; time signal |
1951 (1) | ||||
165 | CABBAGE | VHC | Appropriate material for a B.B.C. Variety Time | anag. + age; cabbage2 |
162 | TITANESS | VHC | Moving about in a Test’s a feminine enormity | anag. |
157 | ORANGE | VHC | Pithy address to a fuel consumer | i.e. O range! |
1950 (2) | ||||
151 | OPEN-SESAME | Third | Patent oil-producer may cause unemployment in key industry | open sesame |
135 | STRIPPED | VHC | Made a faux pas on the Sabbath, is exposed and perhaps unfrocked | S + tripped |
1950 (1) | ||||
121 | SNAPSHOT | VHC | After a light meal one pellet will suffice: it’s taken in an instant! | snap + shot |
1949 (2) | ||||
115 | MISNOMER | VHC | Faulty calling: it disregards the spade convention | cryptic def.; ‘call a spade a spade’; ref. bridge |
1948 (2) | ||||
86 | ODOMETER | VHC | You may reorganise or demote if you like, but it’s a revolutionary measure | anag. of or demote |
Ximenes competitions
1965-1966
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
1962-1963
712 RHEUMATICKY
1961-1962
673 ERISTICAL
669 DRUM
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
638 BUREAUCRAT
634 BEDSTEAD
621 CHASE
617 COLOPHONY
612 CARGO (Misprints)
608 CUSTOMER
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
1959-1960
571 PESTER
547 STORMY
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
495 PARTISAN
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
477 SEDATENESS
456 PLAFOND
447 TOUSLE
1956-1957
434 CARTON
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
404 POLENTA
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
373 PRESTONPANS
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
267 TRADE
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
249 BALM
247 VAMPIRE
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
225 TOUCHSTONES
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
1952 (2)
195 WALLABAS
1952 (1)
190 CHEQUERS
185 STOUT
183 SAUSAGES
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
178 HIDEOUS
176 SPIGOT
175 HAIR-LINE
174 ANACREONTICS
171 SERINGAS
170 GUINEA
1951 (1)
159 SPANIEL
158 RATING
1950 (2)
152 SEA-LION
150 CAPILLAMENTS
143 LAMPREY
139 HECATOMB
1949 (2)
117 LION
113 CRICKETER
107 STRAMASH
1949 (1)
104 STARE (Printer’s Devilry)
100 Word containing ADDING
97 NESTOR
96 INTERLOCK
95 SPOONER
94 SARDELLE
93 BUMBLE-PUPPY
1948 (2)
88 BRISTOL
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
81 CHARADE
1948 (1)
72 TEMPLE BAR
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1960-1961 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 8 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1958-1959 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 5 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1955-1956 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1953 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1952 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
1952 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 3 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1950 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |