HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStatsShow results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. J. Moore | 37 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 61 | 39 | Dec 1953 | Dec 1992 | 39y 0m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 766 | GUBBINS | VHC | Books among Penguins with authors not shown? Rubbish! | bb in (Pen)guins |
| 740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | French fleet caught in stormy sea on exercise near Spain | c in anag. + drill + E |
| 735 | MALIGN | VHC | Black African nation on the borders of Gabon | Mali + G, n |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 714 | MOTE | VHC | Bailey’s stonewalling impressed here, England’s opener and Graveney having been sent back | E Tom (rev.); mote3; ref. England cricketers |
| 709 | GINGER | VHC | Like Barbarossa, a trap set by Germany, exterminating great numbers | gin + Ger(many); ref. German invasion of Russia |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | Jock’s ankle, swelling inside, before long just like a loofah | curb in cuit + a. + l; a. = ante |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 662 | BARGE-COUPLE | VHC | Lighter? Match? They’ve finished off many an old timbered roof | barge couple |
| 649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | A wild rural spot, it provided just what Victorian poachers needed | a + anag. |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | Mack, once called ‘knife’ | mac hete; ref. ‘Threepenny Opera’ |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | Radiating outward in divergent folds, the onset of bombing will have destroyed all life-form around | b in anag. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 576 | TOP-NOTCH | VHC | A cut above the others | double mng. |
| 564 | PARAMENT | VHC | Feature of Emperor’s clothes, no doubt, extremes of paranoia – king not all there | p, a R ament |
| 552 | NOURICE-FEE | VHC | Fierce one, swinging wildly, catches middle of stump: this is still bedevilling Fowler | u in anag.; ref. nurses’ pay dispute, Norman F., Health Sec., and Graham F. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 495 | CACOETHES | VHC | Compulsive itch, first sign of chilblains; each toe’s affected | c + anag. |
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | I’m nearing 80, too old for discos, smooth, yet gnarled in appearance | even + anag., all in sight |
| 478 | BIBLIOPEGIST | VHC | Drink and oil going up? Maggie, it’s disastrous. My work’s bound to be shelved | bib + oil (rev.) + Peg + anag.; Peg, Maggie = Margaret; ref. M. Thatcher |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Skin eruption – it’s to be treated with curari – active initially as pimples or gatherings, with painfully sharp repetitions | anag. + a; a p o g + anag. |
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Carter and Reagan are hopeful, but is Anderson too fee/ble to succeed? | ref. US election: John A., independent candidate |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Dreadfully dismal batting; with one scored, gone, making one mistake | anag. + in + g(one); mistake v.i. |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 406 | BOIL | VHC | A gathering storm | 2 mngs. |
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Pier that is cast in sea by the rough south-westerly | p(i.e.)r in sea + the |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 354 | SHEER-HULK | VHC | Here’s, in altered form, the body of a ship, docked, deck mostly cut away | anag. + hul(l) + (dec)k, & lit. |
| 352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | A set of these can make a fir sightly | anag. & lit.; set = setting |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | The lands catch? O.K., let’s correct the nut | |
| 243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Such was the success of Fox – a change of policy ending in reform | anag. incl. m; ref. Jim F., gold medallist in Modern Pentathlon and George F., Quaker |
| 221 | PADDY-WHACK | VHC | Take the mickey out of me and it’s a clout I’ll be giving you | i.e. paddy-whack less Paddy = whack |
| 208 | RALPH | VHC | He could cause the hapless printer to lose false teeth in press | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1123 | MAXIMIST | VHC | My saws sparkle: the rule is to leave nothing out in the damp | axi(o)m in mist; saw3 |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 860 | CORSAGE | Third | Homer’s bound to put years on one: checking figures is more my line | cor’s age; cor2 = homer1 |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 634 | BEDSTEAD | VHC | Could Queen Elizabeth have slept here? Half the “beth” is missing from the sign and the date’s wrong | be(th) + d.s. + anag.; del segno, music |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 495 | PARTISAN | VHC | Amid the extremes of privation, with little artillery, I’d have the storm-troopers in pursuit | art. + I + SA, all in p,n, & lit. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 482 | LEASING-MAKER | VHC | K.’s general aim is to have a revolution here, and here’s a voice in support | anag. & lit.; Khrushchev |
| 451 | MEGAPODE | VHC | At a Victorian hen-party it would not be unusual to see me break into song | me gap ode; gap vb. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | First | “What laud you?” “The new-born Son” | |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 382 | ABSTAIN | VHC | Australia’s opening bats are shaky at the wicket: some sobering advice is needed | A + anag. + in |
| 347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | Where we watched the downfall of Revie’s lot | anag. & lit.; ref. 1955 FA cup final, Don Revie’s Man. City losing 3-1 to Newcastle |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 302 | MARTIN | VHC | After March it comes back North | Mar + it (rev.) + N, & lit. |
1992-1993
1074 DEMIREP
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1026 LET-OFF
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
982 ALMANAC
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
862 OFF-AND-ON
849 VISITE
840 SONDE
1987-1988
796 UPHOLSTERY
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
774 VICTORINE
770 HERMITS
764 CHILDERMAS
1985-1986
722 SUPERNACULUM
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
657 SILLY-BILLY
653 INTERNUNCIO
1983-1984
603 FIGULINE
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
521 ATTITUDINISE
513 ETYMOLOGICON
508 POSTURE-MAKER
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
482 BODY-SNATCHER
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
460 SWOOP
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
430 TEGULA
1979-1980
384 OUTSPREADING
379 SCYTHEMAN
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
332 NUT-CASE
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
289 AMNESIAC
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
247 FLIVVER
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1143 MORGIANA
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1964-1965
825 COACHES
1963-1964
782 SWELL
760 METAMORPHOSE
1959-1960
555 JURYWOMAN
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
504 LEAD-LINE
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
477 SEDATENESS
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
417 SINECURE
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
304 ORLEANS
289 CISTERN
1954 (1)
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |