| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs F. Begg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 7 | Mar 1948 | Jan 1969 | 20y 10m | Mrs Begg |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 316 | BATHROOM | VHC | clue not given | |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 197 | SCALES | Second | Our weight goes up and down, but we keep firm in a belt | 2 mngs.; zodiac belt |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 178 | HIDEOUS | VHC | How ghastly if the reassembled House should have the same brief occupancy | id. in anag.; ref. 1951 Gen. Election, 20 months after previous one |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 103 | MOSES | VHC | I was rescued from the drink, and guided my family through the perils of it | cryptic def.; drawn from Nile, crossing of Red Sea |
| 96 | INTERLOCK | VHC | Composition of clinker to prevent ladders slipping—especially those of painters! | anag.; ladder-resistant hosiery; i.e. inter ‘locked’ in painters |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 83 | BUDAPEST | VHC | It is quite in order to shoot an undesirable with base designs on the banks | bud a pest; banks of Danube |
Ximenes competitions
1968-1969
1041 TEA-LEAD
1967-1968
958 DRY MEASURE
1963-1964
782 SWELL
777 TAILOR-BIRD
1962-1963
725 SILENUS
1961-1962
651 NIPCHEESE
1960-1961
626 WOMAN-TIRED
1959-1960
586 HEBDOMADARY
564 SHE-BEAR
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
495 PARTISAN
1956-1957
434 CARTON
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
1955-1956
377 MALISON
334 CHEROOT
1953 (1)
227 CATEGORIES
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
196 SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)
1952 (1)
182 MISTLETOE
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
143 LAMPREY
1950 (1)
123 LEECHES
1948 (1)
72 TEMPLE BAR
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |