| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. J. Iliffe | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 18 | Sep 1950 | Oct 1966 | 16y 1m | also B. J. Iliffe, who entered by cable from Capetown |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 924 | MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left) | VHC | The dumb fool won’t give me terms—I naturally pinch cash using loaf about false clue | anag.; pate in anag. |
| 920 | ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If reminiscences of royalty don’t earn a di/nner or two, the people can’t have heard | |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | Girls ready for fun and games in a cabaret, err if I cares/s! | |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 538 | BANISHING | First | He that prigs what isn’t hisn in bag rightly gets this! | anag. & lit.; prig3 |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | Quiet assignation in the early evening between one crooked character and two others! | date in ene, all in S, SS; S = crooked char. |
| 473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Although I love custard tarts—topping! A face, fu/ssy! | |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 269 | ASCENT | Third | Pooh follows a receding line of forebears | a scent; ref. Winnie-the-Pooh, bear |
| 265 | THERMAE | VHC | Early hot house flowers | cryptic def.; flow, vb. |
| 259 | AGANIPPE | Second | There’s racking pain and anguish in a page written without it | anag. in anag., & lit. |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 219 | SOCIALIST | VHC | I cast soil of a muddy variety | anag. & lit.; political mud-slinging |
| 215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | VHC | Darts? There’s one here; try to throw a snappy 50. Not quite—8! | buck1 (vb.) fast1 L eigh(t); i.e. darts (sing.) = Dart (river at B.) |
| 209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | Makes an aeon slip into absolute obscurity | absolute; anag. & lit. |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 152 | SEA-LION | VHC | The South Eastern Amateur League are leading 1—0 against the North: hear the Barking Roars | SE A l I-0 N; B. in SE London |
| 148 | FILIBUSTER | VHC | ’E ain’t a proper soldier, but ’is rifle’s in the Mess! | anag. |
Ximenes competitions
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
1960-1961
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
608 CUSTOMER
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
1956-1957
421 DOVETAIL
1954 (1)
271 TRIPLET
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
251 UNMETHODICAL
243 LODESTAR
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
229 MASCOT
225 TOUCHSTONES
217 DEPOSIT
1951 (1)
158 RATING
157 ORANGE
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
153 SAMISENS
150 CAPILLAMENTS
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |