HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStats | See also: H. R. & P. J. SandersShow results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. R. Sanders | 28 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 93 | 30 | Nov 1955 | Mar 2005 | 49y 4m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Foaming ale naturally shows up this ancient bottle | lagena; hidden |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1406 | CHASSEPOT | VHC | Can-can went with a bang in France | chassé + pot; can = dismiss, chimney pot |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1220 | CASSANDRA | VHC | My prognostications are discounted, attacked as canards | anag. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1165 | YAPSTER | VHC | Say, pert mongrel | anag. & lit. |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1143 | DEATH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Consort’s overexposure: ‘Help, Ed, I’m pe/eling!’ | atheling; ref. Lady Godiva |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | Where ‘vale’ is translated to ‘adieu’ initially, Greek secondly and ‘good-day’ finally? | anag. + a, r, y, & lit. |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 956 | SPEAR-SIDE | VHC | I hold kings and jacks but no queens: playing spades to East I must enter with king | I and R in anag. + E |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 779 | MISSING LINK | VHC | Young girl with old codger – long embedding essential for consummation | l in miss in gink |
| 770 | HERMITS | VHC | Crack gang caught in abortive heist – it’s solitary for them | RM in anag. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | The onset of senility leaving omniscient man befuddled? | anag. less s, & lit. |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | Clubs organised a curl, but I like squash | C + anag. |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | Alarm – off course – cannot steer! | anag. |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | What for Latin is a tree-cutter | che (It.) in maté, & lit. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 609 | LUCKY-BAG | VHC | One can get a prize here by clue-making: this – mine – could produce it | comp. anag. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 517 | IMMORTELLE | VHC | ‘Everlasting’ Rome met its fall, vandalised, fast devastated, forgotten | anag. less anag. of fast |
| 478 | BIBLIOPEGIST | VHC | I like covers to be big – I slip otherwise | anag. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 456 | BALADINE | VHC | Appearing in live pantomime – no mean dancer | Ala(d)din in be, & lit.; mean3 = middle |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 354 | SHEER-HULK | VHC | You’ll find her stripped and broke in a dump | he(r) + anag. of her, all in sulk, & lit. |
| 327 | HEMLOCK | VHC | Behead them! – Leaders of law and order campaign knock humane means of execution | (t)hem + initial letters |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 294 | HUMECT | VHC | Damp air this, could make one rheumatic | comp. anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | Junket, 1977 recipe, i.e. a sour jelly blended with a soupçon of butter, brought about liver upset | anag. in anag. incl. b |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 203 | BOGY | VHC | The game’s up – found breaking and entering by a copper! | go (rev.) in by |
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Shortly before I lean back, I look after the music | Cecilia; a I lie (rev.); patron saint of music |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | Second | Aglow with Persil, wrung, ready to be hung on the line | anag. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | VHC | BANBOTHERER | B: Gael. ban, white; bother, house |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 538 | BANISHING | VHC | Circumscription by big noise of liberty of going out and in | ish + in in bang & lit. |
| 495 | PARTISAN | VHC | Form of saint bearing the standard, or one in an unruly band? It depends which way you look at it | par + anag., I in an (rev.) + strap (all rev.), & lit. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 408 | BILLET | Third | Note from Britain’s leader: Cross Egypt’s borders! | B + ill + E(gyp)t; ref. Suez crisis |
Clues | Annual Honours | Other competitors | See also: H. R. & P. J. Sanders
2004-2005
1711 MINUS
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
2001-2002
1554 PEARL
1550 MEMORITER
2000-2001
1494 MARATHON
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1424 HEIST
1998-1999
1376 LOGO
1997-1998
1355 DIACATHOLICON
1312 REST-CURE
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1303 PONIARD
1294 TRANSENNA
1273 SIPOREX
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1247 PREDICANT
1216 CHAPERON
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1186 GRISELDA
1180 COLD TURKEY
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1130 AGRESTAL
1991-1992
1021 BEARD
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
974 AVANT-PROPOS
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
934 LACE-UPS
930 SABULOSE
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
913 ARCHIBALD
900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
862 OFF-AND-ON
849 VISITE
840 SONDE
1987-1988
823 SARBACANE
814 SPOUSAGE
1986-1987
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
1985-1986
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
1984-1985
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
653 INTERNUNCIO
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
615 HISTORIETTE
594 DOINGS
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
552 NOURICE-FEE
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
513 ETYMOLOGICON
486 JUMPED-UP
1980-1981
452 DISSENTERISM
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
349 ODDCOMESHORT
340 BOOKSIE
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
298 NOSER
289 AMNESIAC
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
247 FLIVVER
229 METRICATE
212 SURCINGLES
208 RALPH
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
169 THUGGEE
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
97 TREBUCHET
Ximenes competitions
1961-1962
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
612 CARGO (Misprints)
1959-1960
571 PESTER
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1956-1957
417 SINECURE
1955-1956
360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
Clues | HCs | Other competitors | See also: H. R. & P. J. Sanders
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |