| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Rennie | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 10 | Sep 1945 | Feb 1955 | 9y 5m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 267 | TRADE | VHC | Medicine men like Guinness and Worthington! | 2 defs.; Trade = people engaged in the liquor trade |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 162 | TITANESS | VHC | Ain’t to be confused wiv Tess (’Ardy or Two Ton) she being bigger ’n older than either | anag.; ref. T. of the d’Urbervilles, and ‘Two Ton’ Tessie O’Shea |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 154 | RABBIT | VHC | Round in say 99. The doctor to a tee! | rabbi + t; ref. golf |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 69 | MISANTHROPE | VHC | Rope’s end for suspicious character stowed away on H.M.S. Pirate | anag.; ends with rope |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 42 | HALLANSHAKER | VHC | Religious Mancunian dances under partition to keep out the cold. Poor beggar! | hallan + Shaker |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 31 | APRIORIST | VHC | Follower, in Paris riot, finds leader in overturned tank | anag.; i.e. anag. of Kant |
| 27 | MEANDRIAN | VHC | Highland John, under a poor little doctor, is twisting and turning in bed | mean Dr Ian; river-bed |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 21 | BODEGA | First | Good pull-up for Carmen | cryptic def.; i.e. car men, roadside tavern |
| 1945 (1) | ||||
| 6 | EGLANTINE | VHC | clue missing | |
Ximenes competitions
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
1953 (1)
219 SOCIALIST
1951 (2)
174 ANACREONTICS
1951 (1)
159 SPANIEL
158 RATING
155 LYTERIAN
1949 (1)
95 SPOONER
1948 (1)
74 DEODAR
1947 (1)
48 ADONIS (Knock-knock)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |