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 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. D. H. Atkinson | 69 | 2 | 6 | 61 | 154 | 77 | Aug 1952 | Mar 2005 | 52y 7m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 753 | SHEEPDOG | Third | I respond to pastor’s intonation (congregations follow) | sheep dog |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 670 | TURNIP-FLEA | VHC | Good jumper excited by flourishing crop could make punter fail | anag. |
| 653 | INTERNUNCIO | VHC | Perhaps ACAS could convert certain union (without Arthur’s lead) | anag. less A; ref. A. Scargill, miners’ strike |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | East’s weakness, thinks West, bidding caution: ‘Before you ——!’ | 2 mngs.; ref. Communism, bridge |
| 600 | Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram) | VHC | Who joineth in the hot oft-mouthed tale (Alf’s)? | |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 559 | EMBASE | VHC | Ashes half gone while England’s leader’s humble | emb(ers) as E |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 486 | JUMPED-UP | Third | Amiss (after having tossed) is eager to advance No. 1 quickly | jumped + up; ref. Dennis A., cricketer |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Characteristic of middle age – can lead to stupor in aged | anag. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | A Cinema’s shewing ‘Random Harvest’ – or its hero | anag.; ref. Ronald Coleman film |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | At the present time he draws helter-skelter the open hurdle rider | anag. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 183 | PICKLE | VHC | Spare rod: you’ll find me – in here | 2 mngs. & lit.; spoilt child; rod in pickle (qv) |
| 165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | VHC | Launched on anagram alone, hopes ebb. Pro bono meo catch pink bloater! | |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 148 | BALLYHOO | VHC | Brainwashing of the verbally hoodwinked | hidden & lit. |
| 139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Rustic bench – otherwise period pew | anag.; ref. Court of P. |
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | Liberal party broadcast – sound | scatter good |
| 110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Like one composing his imminent epitaph violently ‘Slew. Gaol. R.I.P.’ | anag. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 100 | CENTENARIAN | Third | You deserve congratulations, old man. You’ll hardly find an ancienter | anag. |
| 66 | NONSENSE | VHC | Man’s last oneness shattered by Babel | n + anag. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 23 | SCLERODERMIC | VHC | How I should be as rod circles me wielded violently | anag. & lit. |
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Ark-master hero shipped animal herds till rain let up | |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1140 | CALLOUS | Second | Summon and evict without quarter, like Rachman | call ous(t); notorious landlord |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1093 | MARTINET | VHC | I love to dominate men: it’s the wayward tart in me | anag. |
| 1076 | NEFAST (Misprints) | VHC | Not in fashion before—extravagant, exciting hats | hate; ne fast |
| 1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | p.m.—Went to the country, sought f/arm and ate | |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1023 | CONSOLE | VHC | Curvaceous support where the bust is placed to give uplift | 2 mngs. |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 1002 | PILLAGE | VHC | Rifle bore and sear | pill age (vb) |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 941 | HYPODERMIC | VHC | It could get you drugged, perverted into horrific vile crime | dopy (rev.) in H + anag., & lit.; H, film classification |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 902 | WINCOPIPE | VHC | Could be chewed up in cow but while flowering in fields served as a rustic barometer | anag. + pipe; but = butt, pipe |
| 900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | Slippery little pond creatures—after fission a pair came | paramecia; anag.; ref. reproduction |
| 898 | POCHARD | VHC | Belly full of fish—fond of a low dive—and poker—that’s me! | char in pod; poker, s.v. pochard |
| 885 | GALIMATIAS | VHC | There’s the girl I have designs on—I like a bit of nonsense | gal I’m at I as |
| 882 | SNAPDRAGON | VHC | Cold spell is bound to linger on—it will make fingers tingle at Christmas | snap drag on |
| 864 | PATERNAL | VHC | Pop, pop, pop! What can describe the old man’s feelings? | i.e. pa ternal (= threefold) |
| 860 | CORSAGE | VHC | Need uplift in a shift? This should help | sag in core2, & lit. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 829 | FAREWELL | Second | Feed luxuriously, leaving one with a double chin! | fare well; i.e. chin-chin! |
| 808 | WAGONER | VHC | Star group requires shake expert | wag oner; ref. constellation Auriga |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 769 | PENNY | Second | Change embraces it: shortly it could be dead | d., abbr., & lit.; ref. plans for decimalisation |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | My bish. copes, oddly enough, but yours—ha! Squa/res! | copes = wears a cope |
| 738 | ANAESTHETIC | VHC | Theatre’s sensational number: frenzied scene a hit | anag. |
| 712 | RHEUMATICKY | VHC | Characteristic of most second-rate joints—getting snotty about a deferred payment | a tick in rheumy |
| 700 | SOLOMON | VHC | “Divide the son”—see the mother’s start comprehended. This order reveals the sage | lo mo(ther) in son, & lit.; ref. 1 Kings 3:16ff |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 694 | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Conductor taking liberties: outraged virtu/e in protest | |
| 682 | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | VHC | Back the strike in the morning for us—this will disturb a union! / An effective place for a strike is in a rich industry | rap (rev.) + am our; hidden, ref. boxing |
| 678 | TESSELLATED | VHC | With the last of Israel intact, the sea settled after its upheaval in accordance with Mosaic design | anag. incl. (Israe)l; ref. Exodus 14:27; Mosaic = of Moses |
| 664 | MANIPULATE | VHC | Turn up in the morning about the last in the place? what is the manager to do? | up in a.m. (all rev.) + late |
| 660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | Difficulty the western part of Berlin is up against: it’s a gate East and West are trying to secure | game; rub Ber(lin); ref. bridge and building of B. Wall |
| 647 | MADCAP | VHC | He’s over-exuberant but very keen on the summit! | mad + cap |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | The practice from old days, from very old days, compassed by a chit, is a guide to me | ure AUC in brat, & lit. |
| 634 | BEDSTEAD | VHC | Trim the d—— debates! That will get us off the floor for a rest | anag. |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | At the radiance of the bride male eyes looked sunny, but female eyes looked mo/ony | Princess Margaret’s wedding |
| 573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | Killer up against Society makes the blood run cold, revealing animal malignity within | S + ape gall3 in cows & lit.; cow2 |
| 571 | PESTER | VHC | Clue not given; osmose, smores, crosse, rosace | |
| 560 | CONGENITALLY | VHC | “Nye ill—can’t go” upset constituents naturally! | anag.; ref. Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, MP |
| 555 | JURYWOMAN | VHC | Just see her confounded jaw run—O my! She’s trying! | anag. |
| 551 | PITCHER | VHC | You’ll find awful tripe highly commended. It’s the setter! | anag. incl. HC |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 529 | BUTTY-COLLIER | First | In t’pit an acquaintance forced by t’cruel toil | anag. & lit. |
| 521 | SOUP | First | Originally came from good stock, but has deteriorated since coming into a packet | cryptic def. |
| 517 | CAROTID | VHC | Describes channel originally aortic deviously spreading to the furthest part of the head | anag. + d, & lit. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | It’s not ginger that’s required now. Labour needs seats! | anag.; labour, vb. imp. |
| 464 | STRAWED | VHC | Steward in trouble because (like his master) he hadn’t | anag.; ref. Matt. 25:24, “thou hast not strawed” (KJV) |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | U.N. troubled—on way to new hash! | |
| 408 | BILLET | VHC | Is there any harm in a flutter? Yes, when it’s for the soldier’s leisure occupation | ill in bet |
| 400 | Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary) | VHC | Half the terrorists (about x) did it; his wife and children were massacred (7) | Macduff; CD in Mau (Mau) + ff; ref. Macbeth IV.3 |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 291 | APAGOGE | VHC | By turning the argument round I can hit on the flaw and the answer | ego gap a. (all rev.), & lit. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 277 | PRODIGALLY | VHC | If without a friend, stick among the swine like the younger brother | i.e. prodig(ally) = rod in pig; Luke 15 |
| 273 | COUSIN | VHC | The issue of a pop at Uncle’s is to put us in the money! | us in coin; issue = offspring; Uncle = pawnbroker, pop = pawn |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 243 | LODESTAR | VHC | A man learning songs needs the pitch for a guide | L odes tar |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 217 | DEPOSIT | VHC | Lay consists of an old song written about a traditional heroic story | epos in dit1 |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 201 | AMETHYST | VHC | In the third row with Agate for St. Joan?—a brilliant piece | cryptic def.; ref. Exodus 28:19, breastplate of judgement; James Agate, theatre critic, G. B. Shaw play |
2004-2005
1711 MINUS
2003-2004
1624 BELAY
2001-2002
1537 CAFTAN
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1999-2000
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1402 PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)
1997-1998
1329 PITHOS
1996-1997
1294 TRANSENNA
1995-1996
1247 PREDICANT
1216 CHAPERON
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1194 DONET
1178 BOOTLEG
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1993-1994
1130 AGRESTAL
1108 GREEN
1992-1993
1074 DEMIREP
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1990-1991
969 BUNTER
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
895 TONE DEAF
891 CAT
1988-1989
869 HOLD-UPS
862 OFF-AND-ON
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
1986-1987
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
714 MOTE
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
662 BARGE-COUPLE
635 ROSEMARY
1982-1983
572 SNAKE-OIL
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
547 GLEEMAN
538 INGRAIN
1981-1982
517 IMMORTELLE
1980-1981
456 BALADINE
452 DISSENTERISM
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
430 TEGULA
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
406 BOIL
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
276 AMTRACK
272 MALAGUETTA
267 MORRIS-DANCE
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
247 FLIVVER
243 OLYMPIC
208 RALPH
1975-1976
187 POWDERING-TUB
174 EPEOLATRY
161 ANCON
1974-1975
127 FRITHSOKEN
118 OPERETTIST (Misprints)
114 PANIC
1973-1974
95 THUNDERCLAP
88 BLOOMERY
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
45 NEMORAL
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
40 FANTOCCINI
36 CRUSADER
27 VINEGAR
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1158 ELEPHANT-SEAL
1154 CLARIONET
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1127 TRAYBIT
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1041 TEA-LEAD
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1036 CORONETED
1028 SATIRE
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
997 TREACLE
989 GRENADINE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
949 BROWSING
945 OBLITERATE
933 COTTABUS
929 AMPHITHEATRE
916 DIAPASON
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
890 DEBENTURE
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
1964-1965
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
847 FRENETICAL
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
821 SOMERSET
1963-1964
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
782 SWELL
773 FIT-OUT
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
743 CHEMIST
730 ARCH-PIRATE
725 SILENUS
721 KERB-MERCHANT
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
669 DRUM
656 FIDDLESTICKS
651 NIPCHEESE
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
626 WOMAN-TIRED
621 CHASE
612 CARGO (Misprints)
604 APOSTROPHISE
1959-1960
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
569 PROPOSAL
564 SHE-BEAR
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
1956-1957
434 CARTON
421 DOVETAIL
412 SERVIETTE
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
377 MALISON
364 HELLEBORE
351 LUSTRE
347 TELEVISOR
334 CHEROOT
1954 (2)
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
1954 (1)
269 ASCENT
267 TRADE
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
247 VAMPIRE
1953 (1)
229 MASCOT
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 1973-1974 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| 1964-1965 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 1958-1959 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |