Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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E. G. Phillips | 21 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 91 | 24 | Dec 1946 | Sep 1967 | 20y 9m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1963-1964 | ||||
777 | TAILOR-BIRD | VHC | Builder with business overseas flies—a cutter merely gets a scornful rejection | tailor bird; busy-ness |
1961-1962 | ||||
669 | DRUM | VHC | Penny on drink having been saved, you put a penny on this! | d rum; ref. Salvation Army song, “throw a penny on the d.” |
1960-1961 | ||||
638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | A pest about the office; contrary, that’s what he is! | cf. rat c. bureau, & lit. |
1958-1959 | ||||
525 | MORALE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | When amorous coiffeur starts this fresh cut, i.e. feels a tre/ss, steady hand is now at work | |
1957-1958 | ||||
464 | STRAWED | VHC | What Moses did with the remains of the calf in the Sinai Desert, in brief, polluted water | anag. in S, D, & lit.; ref. Exod. 32:20, “strawed it upon the water” (KJV) |
1955-1956 | ||||
356 | METOPOSCOPY | First | For a facial study of character, in caricature, Poy comes top | anag.; ref. cartoonist Percy Fearon |
1954 (1) | ||||
269 | ASCENT | VHC | Up-grade of Latin American Currency | as3, cent |
1953 (2) | ||||
233 | SAWDUST | VHC | Starts with a wise-crack, then comes to earth—on the floor of the pub! | saw3 dust |
1952 (2) | ||||
204 | ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | The press i/s always ready to fill the bill—with garbage sometimes! | pressiroster, wading bird |
197 | SCALES | VHC | It’s a sign of the beginning of the Autumn Sales when there’s a bit of a crush inside | c in sales; sign of Libra |
1951 (2) | ||||
178 | HIDEOUS | VHC | If we get just the same as before in the reconstituted House—that’s horrible! | id. in anag.; ref. 1951 Gen. Election |
171 | SERINGAS | VHC | For trees yielding india-rubber, one has to cut away the bark in rough places | ring, vb., in seas |
1951 (1) | ||||
159 | SPANIEL | VHC | He comes up with leaps, bounding in, always ready for game | in, in leaps (all rev.); see bound3 |
1950 (2) | ||||
150 | CAPILLAMENTS | VHC | Cries of grief follow when the disease of plica starts and fine hairs are all matted together | anag. + laments; see plica Polonica in C. |
1950 (1) | ||||
122 | LEATHER | VHC | To give the boy a beating puts the enraged Head in a sweat! | e(nraged) in lather |
1949 (1) | ||||
92 | PARTRIDGE | VHC | Cantankerous college servant tarred and feathered | anag. of gip, tarred |
1948 (2) | ||||
89 | SEASON | VHC | To see what a riotous ass one may be, think of Pickles! | anag.; ref. Wilfred P., comic radio presenter |
1948 (1) | ||||
76 | VALEDICTORY | VHC | A little win, a drink, a back-yard party and so farewell! | V(ictory) + ale + CID (rev.) + Tory |
1947 (2) | ||||
56 | SHEEP-RUN | VHC | A pasture in Goshen—there’s nothing against this grazing land anyhow, thought Jacob | comp. anag. incl. 0; ref. Gen. 47. 1, Jacob sheep |
1947 (1) | ||||
52 | RATION | VHC | A daily allowance, served out at ten in the Navy? | at 10 in RN |
40 | Suitable Present (Suitable Present) | Second | Whisky for Scarus | “Six scotches more” Anthony & Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 7 |
Ximenes competitions
1967-1968
971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
962 PALING
1966-1967
941 HYPODERMIC
933 COTTABUS
1965-1966
900 PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS
898 POCHARD
894 WITENAGEMOT
890 DEBENTURE
882 SNAPDRAGON
864 PATERNAL
1964-1965
829 FAREWELL
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
769 PENNY
760 METAMORPHOSE
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
703 SCAPEMENT
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
1960-1961
634 BEDSTEAD
608 CUSTOMER
1959-1960
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
569 PROPOSAL
564 SHE-BEAR
560 CONGENITALLY
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
521 SOUP
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
1957-1958
486 BARACAN
482 LEASING-MAKER
477 SEDATENESS
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
456 PLAFOND
447 TOUSLE
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
412 SERVIETTE
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
1955-1956
369 BERET
364 HELLEBORE
360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
347 TELEVISOR
343 EPIGONI
338 SHE-ASS
329 HAMADRYAD
1954 (2)
295 SENSE-ORGANS
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
281 SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
273 COUSIN
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
261 DECANTER
259 AGANIPPE
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
253 DERATION
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
227 CATEGORIES
219 SOCIALIST
213 LEMONADE
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
201 AMETHYST
195 WALLABAS
1952 (1)
191 DENIGRATE
190 CHEQUERS
189 SALTIRE
1951 (2)
170 GUINEA
1951 (1)
165 CABBAGE
164 NEWTON
161 TILLER
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
151 OPEN-SESAME
148 FILIBUSTER
145 STEWART
1950 (1)
126 RASPBERRY
121 SNAPSHOT
1949 (2)
113 CRICKETER
1949 (1)
104 STARE (Printer’s Devilry)
102 ARCHIMEDES
100 Word containing ADDING
96 INTERLOCK
95 SPOONER
94 SARDELLE
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
79 SALOME
1947 (2)
63 STILETTO
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1955-1956 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 7 | – |
1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
1952 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 3 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1947 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 0 | – |