| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Koop | 61 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 80 | 74 | Nov 1945 | May 1966 | 20y 6m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 885 | GALIMATIAS | VHC | Lag as I am it makes sentence meaningless | anag. |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Fancy Noel with a little British Summer Time! How topping—when fine | anag. incl. BST |
| 773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | Livery? Well then dash into the open! | fit, hyphen, out |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 690 | ASCERTAIN | VHC | In case Art goes astray, make sure that’s kept right here! | anag.; ref. e.g. Leonardo painting |
| 673 | ERISTICAL | First | Regarding con´troversy or controv´ersy, it is clear which is wrong | anag. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 447 | TOUSLE | VHC | It’s a rather ’iggledy-piggledy ’otel you’ll find us in: you’ll have to rough things! | us in anag. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 434 | CARTON | VHC | One can make a packet on the Exchange—or can’t, as the case may be | anag., 2 defs. |
| 412 | SERVIETTE | VHC | What a sitter Eve would make as illustration of a front cover for The Fall! | anag.; ref. Camus novel |
| 404 | POLENTA | VHC | Fare to Italy—including meals! This is where to take the plane to for a change | anag.; meal = grain |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 343 | EPIGONI | VHC | No “Queen” to appear in an improper peignoir! (In the contest those who succeeded triumphed with a vengeance!) | anag. less R; ref. Sophocles, ‘Epigoni’ |
| 334 | CHEROOT | VHC | For inspiration, drawing, treatment of foliage all rolled in one—that’s possibly Corot, eh? | anag.; ref. 19c landscape painter |
| 329 | HAMADRYAD | VHC | I’d die if some feller destroyed my home (Mary’d had a sort of upset) | anag. |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 289 | CISTERN | Second | My room admits so much wet—it’s nicer shuffling about the street! | St in anag. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 261 | DECANTER | VHC | In me you see that drawn, down-trodden expression after losing the deposit | cryptic def.; ref. wine-making, lees |
| 259 | AGANIPPE | VHC | I take a nip, a peg perhaps—when I’ve palpitations. (Well—of all the artful women!) | anag.; i.e. Muses |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 255 | SCUTTLE | VHC | After shuffling let’s cut—and pass quickly. What I hold has usually a black outlook! | anag., 2 defs. |
| 249 | BALM | Second | It’s appeasement that leads you by the nose. Rub that in! | 3 mngs. |
| 239 | GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | As a guide to skiers, in wen/t Ethel! And Mark’s to follow! | Wengen, Switzerland |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 223 | MELODRAME | VHC | A piece of ham? Not for a song nowadays! | cryptic def.; ham acting; ref. high meat prices |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 205 | CANTANKEROUS | VHC | Kate can run so wild! That’s how she struck Petruchio | anag.; ref. Taming of the S. |
| 202 | SPALPEEN | VHC | Wanted—Cork limb. Would exchange for apples—New England variety | anag. incl. NE; limb = imp |
| 200 | ACCOUNT | VHC | Bill, missing nothing, shows how to shift the cocoa-nut! | anag. less 0 |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 189 | SALTIRE | VHC | A sinister figure appears, crossing Right. It’s Lear—quite mad! | anag.; heraldic mng. of sinister; ref. King Lear, IV:6 |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 176 | SPIGOT | VHC | When one’s in a hole it’s the check on outgoings that can be bitter! | cryptic def. |
| 174 | ANACREONTICS | VHC | Lyrics on Love, Wine—possibly on Circe, Satan | anag. |
| 173 | HATCHING | VHC | What concerns many sitters is the artist’s treatment of lines—it makes them cross! | 2 mngs.; hatch2,3 |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 166 | RACHIDES | VHC | These blooming branch lines! Always behind, they hold everybody up | 2 mngs. |
| 165 | CABBAGE | VHC | This kind of grub at the Savoy can be ruinous—a little dear chez Maxim’s too! | cryptic def.; cabbage grub; ref. Savoy & Maxim’s restaurants; chou (Fr.) |
| 159 | SPANIEL | Third | Due to spring perhaps, he’ll soon find some flapper falling for his fetching ways! | cryptic def.; springer s.; flapper = game bird; s. may be gun dog or retriever [see comments] |
| 157 | ORANGE | VHC | “With how depraved a quality—O Regan!” (This fruity line is nothing to the row that follows!) | anag., 0 range; ref. King Lear II.4 |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 153 | SAMISENS | VHC | Messina’s tremors shown by recording instruments in Tokyo | anag.; ref. Sicilian city destroyed by earthquake in 1908 |
| 152 | SEA-LION | Second | His essay on fish would go with a roar | anag. of Elia’s + on; see Elia’s on hash |
| 147 | GATHER | First | It’s vital to get harvests—waistcoats off! | anag. of get har(vests); [see comments] |
| 146 | BELDAME | VHC | How the blade trembles before me! Stage fright? | anag. + me; ref. Macbeth II.1 and witches |
| 143 | LAMPREY | Third | One reading of Mr. Paley’s evidences was too much for Henry! | anag.; ref. William P., theologian, and death of Hen. I |
| 139 | HECATOMB | VHC | That bumping off theory in practice, so altogether fatal to one’s beastly century! | cryptic def.; ref. cricket; sacrifice of 100 cattle (Brewer) |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 116 | WATERLOO | VHC | In a big fight I’m well content with a game finish—or a towel thrown in! | water (content of well) + loo (card game) |
| 106 | HELIOTROPE | VHC | A signaller in peril, he too can make a bloomer mixing up red with blue | anag. of peril he too; 2 defs., see heliograph |
| 105 | SMITHEREENS | VHC | I sent “Hermes” carelessly packed for an exhibition of pieces—and look what’s happened! | anag. |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 100 | Word containing ADDING | VHC | Sustaining drones after inflation is enough to make Old Nick go sad! | sack-doodling; anag.; bagpipes |
| 99 | SCARABEE | VHC | When is a dor not a dor? When it’s a charm! | cryptic def.; dor = mockery and dung-beetle |
| 95 | SPOONER | VHC | I might say Kew knowledge made me famous—for frizzy daisies! | cryptic def.; New College; dizzy phrases |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 85 | SERGEANT | VHC | The way to ruin gets near—the constable and the inspector between them have got me! | anag.; ref. police ranks |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 72 | TEMPLE BAR | VHC | What those City folk went through was the limit—one above the cheek-bone then another buffet! | temple + bar; boundary of City of London |
| 70 | GARBAGE | Third | Cattle truck? Rubbish! It’s those beastly tubes that are unfit for use | cryptic def.; truck = rubbish, tubes = bowels |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 65 | PIVOT | VHC | You turn a revolver on me, and, depend on it—you’ll swing! | cryptic def. |
| 63 | STILETTO | VHC | You may say “Good-bye” for ever, should this possibly let Tosti touch you too deeply | anag.; ref. song ‘Good-bye!’, music by Paolo T. |
| 61 | CREASY | VHC | In a hundred odd years I may be gathered into the fold | C + anag. of years |
| 58 | ECLIPSE | VHC | Diana naturally takes umbrage when she comes across another body in the passage! | cryptic def.; Goddess of moon; umbrage = shadow |
| 57 | THEORBOS | Second | Rare plucked ’uns, they had the guts for these neck and neck affairs | cryptic def.; gut strings |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 50 | APOSTLE | Second | Having cause to prop a gate that’s closed he upholds it: see holder | crytic def.; i.e. propagate, bishop’s see |
| 48 | ADONIS (Knock-knock) | VHC | —— one of the nuts | a dough ’un is |
| 45 | RATTENED | VHC | No tool in the hands of the independent labour party after this! | cryptic def.; ILP MPs defected to Labour Party in 1947 |
| 43 | DRESSING | VHC | Pick me up, says the drill-sergeant, or you may get me down; I’m tiring | 3 mngs.; d. = proper alignment of troops, drill (OED); dressing down; tire3 = dress |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 37 | MISLABEL | VHC | Put a wrong construction on and you may find ulterior aims’ll be used in evidence | anag. |
| 36 | TARTARUS | VHC | Where many a “wrong ’un” sent down down under is held in the deep | cryptic def.; realm below Hell |
| 31 | APRIORIST | VHC | A spirit or otherwise, I’ll follow my leader anywhere in reason | anag. |
| 28 | HELCOSIS | Third | The Way of All Proud Flesh | cryptic def.; proud = raised; cf. Samuel Butler title |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 20 | NIERSTEINER | VHC | Something expressed as light, and still capable of making Einstein err | anag.; i.e. previously pressed; light, still wine |
| 15 | ARRANGES | Second | What one does in the placing, more or less like a Ranji’s, makes a difference to the score | ‘a-Ranji’s’; music score; ref. Ranjitsinhji, cricketer |
| 1945 (1) | ||||
| 11 | IMMANACLE | Second | “Put on Bill Bowes!” That’s a sound suggestion | i.e. sound of ‘bilboes’; cricketer |
Ximenes competitions
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
882 SNAPDRAGON
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
1964-1965
825 COACHES
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
1962-1963
725 SILENUS
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
1960-1961
621 CHASE
617 COLOPHONY
608 CUSTOMER
1959-1960
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
569 PROPOSAL
1958-1959
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
517 CAROTID
508 CUMBERGROUND
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
469 DAISY
456 PLAFOND
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
421 DOVETAIL
417 SINECURE
408 BILLET
1955-1956
377 MALISON
364 HELLEBORE
351 LUSTRE
338 SHE-ASS
1954 (2)
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
302 MARTIN
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
295 SENSE-ORGANS
291 APAGOGE
287 MANCHESTER
1954 (1)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
277 PRODIGALLY
273 COUSIN
269 ASCENT
265 THERMAE
1953 (2)
247 VAMPIRE
241 MANDOLINE
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
227 CATEGORIES
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
199 HONESTY
198 THIRD
195 WALLABAS
1952 (1)
185 STOUT
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
177 DESOLATE
175 HAIR-LINE
172 GARNISHER
171 SERINGAS
169 HOUSE
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
161 TILLER
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
1950 (1)
130 MODERN
124 BARHAM or BRAMAH
123 LEECHES
122 LEATHER
1949 (2)
117 LION
109 PERI
1949 (1)
98 HUMERI
96 INTERLOCK
94 SARDELLE
92 PARTRIDGE
1948 (2)
91 CRETONNE
90 ROTHER
89 SEASON
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
82 CURARE
1948 (1)
75 PETROLEUSES
73 RHODESIA
68 ANTIGROPELOS
67 SURFEIT (DLM)
1947 (2)
59 TAME
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 1950 (2) | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 1947 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1946 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1945 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |