| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. R. Huxtable | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 9 | Feb 1947 | Aug 1955 | 8y 6m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 325 | MARRYING | VHC | Winning hand involves conventional response to call of two hearts | cryptic def. |
| 295 | SENSE-ORGANS | VHC | Some of these aids to transport involve bridges, some canals and others arterial ways | cryptic def.; parts of organs |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 169 | HOUSE | Second | A crack may bring it down. A split may keep it up | 2 cryptic defs.; wisecrack in theatre, split in Parliament, & lit. |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 117 | LION | VHC | As a possible reason for an Albert Memorial in Blackpool, he is a roaring success | ref. Marriott Edgar, ‘The Lion and Albert’, created for Stanley Holloway |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 103 | MOSES | VHC | Beginning as a doctor, he won renown for his tablets, but caused more pestilence than he cured | starts with MO; tablets of stone, plagues of Egypt |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 71 | MITRAILLEUSE | First | “Let not the grape go to the head” (Old French maxim) | cryptic def.; grape shot; breech-loading Maxim-gun |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 43 | DRESSING | VHC | Prominent, both up and down, in salad days | 3 mngs.; dressing up, dressing down, salad dressing |
Ximenes competitions
1955-1956
347 TELEVISOR
1954 (2)
304 ORLEANS
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
1954 (1)
271 TRIPLET
1952 (1)
187 GROWLER
183 SAUSAGES
1951 (2)
173 HATCHING
170 GUINEA
1951 (1)
167 PARMESAN
166 RACHIDES
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
151 OPEN-SESAME
146 BELDAME
135 STRIPPED
1949 (2)
116 WATERLOO
105 SMITHEREENS
1949 (1)
100 Word containing ADDING
1948 (2)
87 SISKIN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1947 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |