Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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Lt J. A. Flood | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 11 | Feb 1948 | Nov 1959 | 11y 9m | J. A. Flood |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1957-1958 | ||||
460 | ASTONISHMENT (Misprints) | VHC | Wanderer’s experience holds the Villa players in this rough-and-tumble | wonderer’s; Aston + men in anag.; ref. football, Aston V., Bolton W.s |
1953 (2) | ||||
241 | MANDOLINE | VHC | Damn, blast, the Circle Line! This is not right for the Angel | anag. of damn + O + line |
239 | GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Consult the M.O.? No/, dam’ it, ’e’s hell, say all of us | monogenist: Adamites |
1953 (1) | ||||
217 | DEPOSIT | VHC | Use side, screw, and pot. This gets rid of the red and returns you to black | anag.; ref. snooker |
213 | LEMONADE | VHC | The problem on a Derby Day is where to get a drink! | hidden |
1952 (2) | ||||
205 | CANTANKEROUS | VHC | A sunken actor goes into variety, having an aptitude for cross talk | anag. |
1952 (1) | ||||
191 | DENIGRATE | VHC | Get a red in having gone to pot black | anag.; black, vb. |
185 | STOUT | VHC | The porter is astute, carrying nothing without tips | 0 in (a)stut(e) |
1950 (2) | ||||
146 | BELDAME | Third | Elbe dam bombed by an old Spitfire. Probably a miss, though! | anag.; i.e. a female spitfire; oblique ref. to 617 Sqn ‘Dambusters’ raids |
1949 (2) | ||||
110 | LEVIGATE | VHC | Polish Ambassador who possesses letters of introduction to Austrian Capital | Vi(enna) in legate |
Ximenes competitions
1959-1960
564 SHE-BEAR
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
486 BARACAN
469 DAISY
451 MEGAPODE
1954 (2)
289 CISTERN
285 PARALYSES
1953 (2)
251 UNMETHODICAL
243 LODESTAR
237 BASTINADE
1953 (1)
219 SOCIALIST
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
207 PAGEANT
1951 (1)
164 NEWTON
163 LORICATE
1950 (2)
149 DOMESTIC
148 FILIBUSTER
147 GATHER
1949 (2)
106 HELIOTROPE
105 SMITHEREENS
1948 (1)
71 MITRAILLEUSE
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1950 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 3 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |