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. H. C. Leach | 32 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 97 | 35 | Jul 1964 | May 2010 | 45y 10m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Equip virile leading performer, tenor in demand | ST(AR M)ALE; t in sale |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | Granger, maybe, makes theatrical and affected noise | camp + anag.; ref. Stewart G. |
| 740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | French high-fliers get het up re cedillas | anag. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | Initially maddening, this caper you contrived – something ‘to soothe the savage breast’ is needed | anag. incl. m |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | Mixed-up bird gets starry about sign of class (or Prince) | U in astral + or P |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | Teach me to cook – I’ll produce great chops | anag. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | Man’s extremity contains elements of trite yarn typical of Maugham | anag. in his toe; ref. W. S. M. |
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | Line judge reckoning ‘in’ as ‘out’? That’s typical | double think; double, heraldry |
| 609 | LUCKY-BAG | VHC | I make undignified departure with immoral woman – you’ll wonder what’s got into me | lucky + bag; lucky3 = departure |
| 585 | FLABELLIFORM | Third | I create after loud band left – just like a fan | f label l + I form |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 534 | DODGEM | VHC | A bumper crop’s something greatly to be admired | dod gem; ’s = has |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 434 | JARDINIÈRE | VHC | Make discordant hubbub – that’s Royal Exchange stock-holder, typically | jar din i.e. RE; stock = flower |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 406 | BOIL | VHC | Brouhaha just beginning over source of energy could erupt nastily | b + oil |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | ‘Take in diseased lime’: rural mayors may use plea | players … me; r in anag. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 306 | DICKENS | VHC | It’s the devil, Richards catching England’s openers | en in Dicks; ref. Viv R. |
| 300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | VHC | Sirloin’s capital joint, but dear au charcutier: don’t buy from him! | S link but cher |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 208 | RALPH | VHC | Sacred stream might make scared scream when I get to work | i.e. misprints, R. Alph, & lit.; ref. Coleridge, ‘Kubla Khan’ |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 203 | BOGY | VHC | I’m troubled by God, endlessly | anag. less d, & lit. |
| 169 | THUGGEE | VHC | Oval reacts with clamour all round after Thomson’s opener – it’s murder | T + egg (rev.) in hue2; ref. Jeff T., Aus. bowler |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 66 | NONSENSE | VHC | Logician’s last to appreciate this stuff | n + on + sense; on = to |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 36 | CRUSADER | VHC | Marx, perhaps, in a way caused beginnings of Russian revolution | anag. incl. R, r |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1028 | SATIRE | VHC | I tear society to bits | anag. incl. S & lit. |
| 1019 | DISCORD (Misprints) | First | Czechs’ leader gets involved in what could become sordid war | jar; C in anag.; ref. A. Dubček, Prague Spring |
| 1010 | MOTORIST | VHC | Hill, typically, is a rocky height in rainy surroundings | tor in moist; ref. Graham H., racing driver |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 971 | MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left) | VHC | I’m roughly caned before almost the whole school from bottom to top: people tell me I was a dramatic mixture of black and white: am I to peg out? | anag. + Eto(n) (rev.); anag. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 954 | CERATE (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Who flung a boun/d, rich miller in the Test? | Edrich, Miller, cricketers |
| 911 | DRAGON | VHC | Pull to leg soars in the air—floored, by George! | drag on, 2 defs.; kite |
| 907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | Sobers carelessly dismisses Brown’s first one, getting it in the middle | riddle; it in anag. less B; cricket |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 898 | POCHARD | VHC | Just see me dive for fish in a shoal! | char in pod |
| 885 | GALIMATIAS | VHC | An incomplete amalgam—it is odd, this stuff | anag. less m |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | Like the Hatter, I can feel right confused about what starts the timepiece! | t in anag. incl. r; ref. ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Mad H. dipped watch in tea |
| 829 | FAREWELL | VHC | Pitcher makes a come-back in Yankees’ autumn final | ewer, (rev.) in fall |
2009-2010
1979 FAR-OUT
2007-2008
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
2002-2003
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
2000-2001
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1998-1999
1380 RAPPORT (Misprints)
1994-1995
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1993-1994
1130 AGRESTAL
1126 CHEATERY
1992-1993
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1991-1992
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
922 REFORMADO
1987-1988
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
805 LITOTES
801 LINCHET
788 CROW
1986-1987
766 GUBBINS
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
709 GINGER
688 CUCURBITAL
683 BANISH
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
670 TURNIP-FLEA
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
1983-1984
607 CARNEY
603 FIGULINE
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
590 MINEVER
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
564 PARAMENT
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
547 GLEEMAN
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
486 JUMPED-UP
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
430 TEGULA
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
401 GO-AHEAD
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
1978-1979
340 BOOKSIE
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
298 NOSER
259 TRANSIRE
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
183 PICKLE
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
139 PIEPOWDER
127 FRITHSOKEN
123 SCATTERGOOD
118 OPERETTIST (Misprints)
114 PANIC
1973-1974
88 BLOOMERY
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
62 SOLITAIRES
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
40 FANTOCCINI
27 VINEGAR
18 EPIGONE
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1145 GENIPAP
1123 MAXIMIST
1969-1970
1093 MARTINET
1089 ENCLOISTER
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1023 CONSOLE
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1000 THOUSAND
1966-1967
949 BROWSING
933 COTTABUS
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
916 DIAPASON
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
894 WITENAGEMOT
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
882 SNAPDRAGON
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
873 VETERANS
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
843 PRISTINE
834 CARRIED
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
808 WAGONER
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |