Clues written by Maj V. E. Brooke
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Maj V. E. Brooke8008228May 1950Dec 19588y 7mV. E. Brooke
 
 Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
Ximenes competitions
1957-1958
486BARACANVHCBroadcloth as robust as camlet: Arabic name initiallyinitial letters & lit.
460ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)VHCThis Eton man’s degenerate; a kind of ape!awe; anag.
438MACARONIVHCThe Piedmont Piper’s pièce de résistance? A Romanic medleyanag. & lit.
1956-1957
412SERVIETTEVHCA model Table Mountain? Cover part in snowy stuff to make it Everest!anag.; cover = knife, fork, etc.; stuff = material; s. folded into peak
1953 (2)
243LODESTARVHCRelied on for centuries when things looked black in Lord’s tea-breakanag.
1953 (1)
227CATEGORIESVHCIn short, cognate and seriate arrangementsanag. incl. cog. & lit.
1952 (2)
206PIEPOWDERVHCPeriod pew, antique form or mediaeval benchanag.; i.e. antique form = old/worn appearance
1950 (2)
135STRIPPEDVHCEmpty as Sunday’s picnic-baskets trip ped

 
HCs awarded to Maj V. E. Brooke
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Ximenes competitions
 
1958-1959
  517 CAROTID
  500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
 
1957-1958
  473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
  467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
  456 PLAFOND
 
1956-1957
  434 CARTON
  417 SINECURE
  395 SCALE-ARMOUR
 
1955-1956
  373 PRESTONPANS
  360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
  347 TELEVISOR
  329 HAMADRYAD
 
1954 (2)
  302 MARTIN
 
1954 (1)
  273 COUSIN
  265 THERMAE
  259 AGANIPPE
 
1953 (2)
  241 MANDOLINE
 
1953 (1)
  221 BUNTHORNE
  217 DEPOSIT
  207 PAGEANT
 
1952 (2)
  203 WEATHERS
  202 SPALPEEN
 


Annual Honours record of Maj V. E. Brooke
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YearPrizes
(1, 2, 3)
VHCsHCsPosition
Ximenes competitions
1958-19590 0 2
1957-19580 3 3
1956-19570 1 3
1955-19560 0 4
1954 (2)0 0 1
1954 (1)0 0 3
1953 (2)0 1 1
1953 (1)0 1 3
1952 (2)0 1 2
 
1950 (2)0 1 0