| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. I. N. Kessel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 7 | Nov 1947 | Apr 1968 | 20y 5m | Dr W. I. N. Kessel |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 984 | Word containing a first name (Anonymous) | VHC | Makeshift wrongly made-up Santas | TIMENO-GUY; de Maupassant, author; anag. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 935 | MALAPROP | VHC | I’m a virago: and so, I might say, is this puzzle | cryptic def.; farrago |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | “We’ve christ/ened Sherrin,” said Hugh Greene, “Son-of-our-letter-programmes” | Ned S., BBC |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 434 | CARTON | VHC | Box and Cox full of trickery | art in con4 |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 261 | DECANTER | VHC | This month’s so short—aren’t presents a vexation? People get liquor out of me | Dec + anag.; presents vb. |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 67 | SURFEIT (DLM) | VHC | I will always make double sure if there’s some over bidding | some over; ref. bridge |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 64 | GLASTONBURY | VHC | To get here try a bus with long détour by way of Goodwin Sands | anag.; ref. G. K. Chesterton ‘The Rolling English Road’, “… we went to G. by way of Goodwin Sands” |
Ximenes competitions
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1959-1960
571 PESTER
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
1955-1956
343 EPIGONI
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
259 AGANIPPE
1953 (2)
249 BALM
247 VAMPIRE
237 BASTINADE
1952 (2)
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |