Clues written by E. G. Phillips
HCs  |   Annual honours  |   Other competitors
 Clues in
archive
First
Prizes
Other
Prizes
VHCsHCs Hons
points
First
mention
Latest
mention
Career
span
E. G. Phillips2112189124Dec 1946Sep 196720y 9m
 
 Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
Ximenes competitions
1963-1964
777TAILOR-BIRDVHCBuilder with business overseas flies—a cutter merely gets a scornful rejectiontailor bird; busy-ness
1961-1962
669DRUMVHCPenny 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
638BUREAUCRATVHCA pest about the office; contrary, that’s what he is!cf. rat c. bureau, & lit.
1958-1959
525MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)VHCWhen amorous coiffeur starts this fresh cut, i.e. feels a tre/ss, steady hand is now at work 
1957-1958
464STRAWEDVHCWhat Moses did with the remains of the calf in the Sinai Desert, in brief, polluted wateranag. in S, D, & lit.; ref. Exod. 32:20, “strawed it upon the water” (KJV)
1955-1956
356METOPOSCOPYFirstFor a facial study of character, in caricature, Poy comes topanag.; ref. cartoonist Percy Fearon
1954 (1)
269ASCENTVHCUp-grade of Latin American Currencyas3, cent
1953 (2)
233SAWDUSTVHCStarts with a wise-crack, then comes to earth—on the floor of the pub!saw3 dust
1952 (2)
204ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)ThirdThe press i/s always ready to fill the bill—with garbage sometimes!pressiroster, wading bird
197SCALESVHCIt’s a sign of the beginning of the Autumn Sales when there’s a bit of a crush insidec in sales; sign of Libra
1951 (2)
178HIDEOUSVHCIf we get just the same as before in the reconstituted House—that’s horrible!id. in anag.; ref. 1951 Gen. Election
171SERINGASVHCFor trees yielding india-rubber, one has to cut away the bark in rough placesring, vb., in seas
1951 (1)
159SPANIELVHCHe comes up with leaps, bounding in, always ready for gamein, in leaps (all rev.); see bound3
1950 (2)
150CAPILLAMENTSVHCCries of grief follow when the disease of plica starts and fine hairs are all matted togetheranag. + laments; see plica Polonica in C.
1950 (1)
122LEATHERVHCTo give the boy a beating puts the enraged Head in a sweat!e(nraged) in lather
1949 (1)
92PARTRIDGEVHCCantankerous college servant tarred and featheredanag. of gip, tarred
1948 (2)
89SEASONVHCTo see what a riotous ass one may be, think of Pickles!anag.; ref. Wilfred P., comic radio presenter
1948 (1)
76VALEDICTORYVHCA little win, a drink, a back-yard party and so farewell!V(ictory) + ale + CID (rev.) + Tory
1947 (2)
56SHEEP-RUNVHCA pasture in Goshen—there’s nothing against this grazing land anyhow, thought Jacobcomp. anag. incl. 0; ref. Gen. 47. 1, Jacob sheep
1947 (1)
52RATIONVHCA daily allowance, served out at ten in the Navy?at 10 in RN
40Suitable Present (Suitable Present)SecondWhisky for Scarus“Six scotches more” Anthony & Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 7

 
HCs awarded to E. G. Phillips
Clues  |  Annual Honours   |  Other competitors

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
 


Annual Honours record of E. G. Phillips
Clues  |  HCs   |  Other competitors
YearPrizes
(1, 2, 3)
VHCsHCsPosition
Ximenes competitions
1967-19680 0 2
1966-19670 0 2
1965-19660 0 6
1964-19650 0 2
1963-19640 1 4
1962-19630 0 2
1961-19620 1 2
1960-19610 1 2
1959-19600 0 4
1958-19590 1 4
1957-19580 1 7
1956-19570 0 4
1955-19561 (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