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Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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D. P. M. Michael | 172 | 10 | 26 | 136 | 197 | 208 | Apr 1946 | May 1986 | 40y 1m | Maj Michael Maj D. P. M. Michael P. M. Michael |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1985-1986 | ||||
731 | STRING | VHC | This has little King in pain, the cause of his death | R in sting, & lit.; ref. Belloc’s Henry K. |
701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | Foolishly adulates BR rail-guard, usually ornamental | anag. |
696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | Third | Kind of effect Lotus had on me Mini can’t supply | anag.; supply adv. |
683 | BANISH | VHC | After Belgium, Italy gets short answer about end of English – ‘Out!’ | B + I in ans + h; ref. ban following Heysel Stadium riot; out vb. |
1983-1984 | ||||
615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | That is, in short, title devised without length | i.e. in anag. less l, & lit. |
600 | Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram) | VHC | Ah, just then the foe that line of doom hit low! | |
1982-1983 | ||||
559 | EMBASE | VHC | Lower 5th and 6th in Assembly disturbing peace | m b in ease |
547 | GLEEMAN | VHC | Gig dissolved in silly laughter by retired celebrity’s voice | (gig)gle + name (rev.) |
538 | INGRAIN | VHC | In forecasting rain-doctors give colour to yarns before manufacturing them | hidden |
1981-1982 | ||||
500 | BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Duped dazed solver, for instance – before the game’s up! | dupe Azed; bef. + loo (rev.) |
473 | HERRING-BONE | VHC | Height’s wicked – taking lift or staggering up steps | h + erring + bone; bone = steal |
1980-1981 | ||||
456 | BALADINE | VHC | Twister possibly anyone might see as an old mischief, lying about a racket | a din in bale; charlatan |
454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Festive season’s present, but its charm’s distorted on the telly | anag. + box |
452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | Discord among otherwise set minds | Eris in anag., & lit.; goddess of discord |
447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Re-writes unaltered Greek in a version of Sappho after some hesitation; nervous reaction to song causes complaint | a + Gr. in anag.; ur + tic + aria |
423 | ACCOUTRE | VHC | A little volume, beyond what is proper – fit for scrapping | a cc outré |
1979-1980 | ||||
410 | CUL-DE-SAC | VHC | With copper left at entrance, upset for burglariously planned reconnoitre? | Cu l + cased (rev.), & lit. |
393 | INTRACARDIAC | VHC | Locating love even in a cold climate and arctic air possibly | anag.; ref. N. Mitford title |
388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | Second | Answer to unknown quantity in a phial – crime thwarted? | x in anag., & lit. |
384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Stretching the marge | double mng.; marge1,2 |
375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Hideous past and here is chap en route for Dartmoor | anag. |
1978-1979 | ||||
327 | HEMLOCK | VHC | Bane of Socrates’ life – having to shut up, after he married? | he m + lock; ref. Xanthippe |
1977-1978 | ||||
298 | NOSER | VHC | No Sunday paper? Without that sop, what a facer! | no S (pap)er |
276 | AMTRACK | VHC | Teal’s beak, scoter’s tail, a waterproof covering. Member of duck family? | t, r in a mack; duck4 |
263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Every p/aper one peers at, a disadvantage! | ref. ‘Iolanthe, or the Peer and the Peri’ |
1976-1977 | ||||
247 | FLIVVER | VHC | I’ve almost knocked over Vicar following female learner’s tin Lizzie | f L + I’v(e) + Rev (rev.) |
229 | METRICATE | VHC | Change the system. Following Monsieur, create it anew | M. + anag. |
225 | VALETA | Second | See, almost all tea destroyed. Boston occasions this kind of revolution | v. + anag. less l; ref. Boston Tea Party, waltz |
216 | SCANTITY | VHC | That’s to say, reduced quantity, without question short | sc. + (Qu)antity, & lit. |
208 | RALPH | VHC | Reader responds to this pressman’s mischief | 2 mngs.; Ralph R. |
1975-1976 | ||||
203 | BOGY | VHC | Frightening sound! Middle of night! Yard supplying copper | bo + g + y |
195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | I’ll boggle before and after and even in the attempt | I’ll in shy2 + all in shy2, & lit. |
183 | PICKLE | VHC | Arrow-head hung round about back of neck to punish Ancient Mariner | c. k in pile |
169 | THUGGEE | VHC | All in rugger in the form of holy terrorism | (r)ugger(r) in the |
1974-1975 | ||||
152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | A Don Juan (and a Romeo manqué) encradles bastard – scandal abroad! | anag.; anag. |
146 | CHARADES | VHC | Azed heartlessly in tortuous search for word plays | A(ze)d in anag. |
123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | Liberal party broadcast (sound) | scatter good |
118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Maestro of the vocab – could be number one, top setter | vocal; anag. incl. I |
110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | Third | Coming to the nub, in Orwell a pig’s revolutionary | anag.; ref. Animal Farm; nub = gallows |
1973-1974 | ||||
75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | What makes a G.O.C. retire unceremoniously? Large number of wives enters into it | anag. |
70 | GESTAPO (Misprints) | VHC | Secretly goes about to eavesdrop – disgraceful political farce | force; tap in anag. |
62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Anchors no longer tie sailors at sea | anag.; anchor = recluse (Shakesp.) |
1972-1973 | ||||
50 | CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent) | Second | Clue to Prince – short, ugly, very fat | anag. incl. Pr. |
43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | Second | FOOTLECHAMP | A |
18 | EPIGONE | VHC | One of seven who succeeded though falling short of heroic departed | epi(c) gone; ref. Seven Against Thebes |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | ||||
1145 | GENIPAP | VHC | With confidence I pulp fruit for W.I. jam-making | gen I pap; W.I. = West Indies |
1135 | HILAIRE BELLOC | VHC | What made him? Balliol he cried. It’s obvious when the penny drops | anag. less d.; “B. made me …” |
1115 | FLESH-POTTERY | VHC | The soft reply surprisingly associated by Israelites with Egypt | anag.; ref. Exodus 16. 3/4 |
1969-1970 | ||||
1106 | LEXICOGRAPHY | First | What, if amiss, makes X go preachily potty? | anag. & lit. |
1093 | MARTINET | VHC | Alternative to haunter of Macbeth’s residence? Bloody sergeant, perhaps | 2 mngs.; ref. Macbeth I.6, martlet, and I.2, sergeant |
1080 | ANDROMEDA | VHC | She starred in drama done at sea | anag. & lit. |
1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Welsh resort toc/sin—alarm as new quay blows up | |
1968-1969 | ||||
1054 | PINACOTHECA | VHC | It should artfully exhibit an apt choice | anag. & lit. |
1041 | TEA-LEAD | VHC | TV commercial about a blend that might include China or Ceylon | a in tele-ad.; blend of lead & tin |
1036 | CORONETED | VHC | One that, without the headgear, in having a heart is nobler than most | one t(hat) in cored, & lit.; that = coroneted |
1032 | TENONER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Does, not ro/es, train in sects of course | rotenone |
1023 | CONSOLE | VHC | Bust support could be short solution to fill out peaky figure | sol. in cone |
1015 | HOAR-HEADED | First | Gray’s description of rustic—not, it seems, unrimed but admittedly letterless | hoar(y)-headed, & lit.; rime = frost; ref. G.’s Elegy, lines 97, 115 |
1010 | MOTORIST | First | Once more is in wrong—in Britain, right is denied him | mo + is in tort; driving on left |
1006 | CHROME-PLATING | VHC | Perhaps replacing moth or preventing rust? | anag.; moth = corrosion |
1967-1968 | ||||
984 | Word containing a first name (Anonymous) | VHC | Humorous verse—in retrospect, concerning utter nothing | LIM-ERIC-K; Linklater, author; re talk nil (rev.) |
1966-1967 | ||||
945 | OBLITERATE | VHC | Obscure characters run amok in Beatle riot | anag. |
941 | HYPODERMIC | VHC | If poor dope is removed from this, it’ll make him cry | anag. of dope him cry, & lit. |
929 | AMPHITHEATRE | Second | Where Christians went to their reward—round it a harp theme might be woven | it in anag. |
916 | DIAPASON | VHC | Full volume of sound turned up formerly satisfied offspring | apaid (rev.) + son |
911 | DRAGON | Third | Drake’s for scrap when Spaniard’s about! | rag in don; drake2 |
907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | Places for building house or spacious adjoining premises | specious; or in sites |
1965-1966 | ||||
900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | Second | I found in devastated camp area only low forms of life like mules | paramecia; I in anag.; mules = slippers |
890 | DEBENTURE | VHC | Bond is to be found among set taken to dinner and sometimes to bed | be in denture |
1964-1965 | ||||
847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | Fine claret drunk direct from the bin | anag.; loony-bin |
825 | COACHES | VHC | These prime hides are penetrated by nothing but horse-flies possibly | 0 in caches, 2 defs.; prime, vb.; fly = light vehicle for hire |
1963-1964 | ||||
796 | STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints) | VHC | Old hat trick takers! | hit; anag. |
780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Exim: 14 (clue preferred) | |
773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | Cri de honte devant tout ensemble | fi! (= fie!, Fr.) + tout; honte (Fr.) = shame |
769 | PENNY | VHC | It used to be worth a lot more, once nigh on a pound | pen2 ny (= nigh, obs.) |
764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | Sheikh and helpless maids may wanton in abandoned dance | anag. incl. m(aid)s |
750 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | Third | X and X’s predecessor, beginning long ago, set on Sunday puzzles, number of most recent being unusually stiff when you include even most regular follower of X! | cross W ord (obs. noun) + S; even in anag. + Y |
1962-1963 | ||||
730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | Chief one of those leaving ship in confusion | arch + rat in pie, & lit. |
717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | Novice poisoner’s tin containing almost wherewithal to assist ascent into heavens! | prisoner; tarma(c) in Sn; runway |
703 | SCAPEMENT | VHC | In short, little physical exercise attracts me, but I’m certainly not long in the tooth! | PE me in scant |
700 | SOLOMON | VHC | For one thousand, forward! 700 gave me legitimate pleasure; 300 more were undoubtedly enjoyable! | solo M on; wives and concubines |
1961-1962 | ||||
694 | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Slig/ht weeds are as good as done, gals | Sligo, Donegal |
686 | FEMALE | VHC | Irresistible Parisienne? Not me—fat, plain Englishwoman! | fem(me fat)ale |
682 | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | VHC | Stream into which one chucks a pun lover. / Under which without mental cruelty one chucks (a pun!) lover | a ram2 in pour (n.); cryptic def.; chuck2, mental2 |
676 | TRELLIS (DLM) | VHC | With a Fit-U-Round open-work bedside screen, every patient will rest in peace in no time! | |
673 | ERISTICAL | VHC | Possibly it’s a relic, but I’m disposed to cultivate the spat! | anag.; s. = quarrel |
656 | FIDDLESTICKS | VHC | See these! Gus must be about to have a stab | stick in fiddles, & lit.; plural of gu |
1960-1961 | ||||
638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | Thrice he demands form’s submission, then by ancient usage dating from 753 B.C. some youngster’s slashed | ure AUC in brat; see AUC in C. |
634 | BEDSTEAD | Second | Une sainte interrompt un juron irlandais (et lit!) | Ste. in bedad; lit (Fr.) = bed |
630 | STREAKY | VHC | Is treasure in heaven not sure? This could describe what may have to be faced when one has risen | trea(sure) in sky; breakfast |
624 | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | VHC | Every cyclist a trick cyclist. The Spiracycle is guaranteed unfalloffable! | |
1959-1960 | ||||
586 | HEBDOMADARY | First | Shockingly bad Doh! Ray! Me!—not quite compassing an octave | anag. |
578 | GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number) | VHC | What Girton did to runaway student—shut her in, it’s understood | runaway; her in gated |
547 | STORMY | VHC | It’s a lie about the first of March being gusty—the really bad weather comes before the end of February! | M in story, storm + y |
1958-1959 | ||||
534 | RAIL-SPLITTER | Third | He renders first-aid to fencer—supports patient’s head, calling for stretcher | rails p litter |
525 | MORALE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Victoria loved her bal/d ward; her heir preferred his Gay Paree | |
521 | SOUP | VHC | It’s such good manners getting quietly drunk at the beginning of the meal | so U p |
517 | CAROTID | VHC | Such is the way the claret goes to the head with the last of the Medoc you require assistance to swallow the stuff | c + rot in aid; claret = blood |
508 | CUMBERGROUND | VHC | How Macbeth saw Duncan’s heir—similar end devised for him! | i.e. ground for land in Cumberland; ref. Macbeth I.4 |
490 | CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number) | Second | It’s easy to tell De Gaulle’s for circumscribing the French | tell; le in car; car (Fr.) = for |
1957-1958 | ||||
482 | LEASING-MAKER | VHC | Ye olde corrupter of a Kinges realm | anag. & lit.; old form of genitive |
469 | DAISY | VHC | Wild bloomer rarely seen on Twickenham ground gives Welshmen lead before close of play | i.e. Dais + (pla)y |
1956-1957 | ||||
395 | SCALE-ARMOUR | VHC | Listener beset by discordant clamours? This seems the best protection against neighbours’ piano-practising children | ear in anag.; i.e. musical scales |
1955-1956 | ||||
382 | ABSTAIN | VHC | Sailors ain’t sorry maybe to leave port! | ABs + anag. |
369 | BERET | VHC | Cap d’Antibes? | cryptic def. |
347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | Here far-fetched lights appear and tie solver in knots! | anag. |
334 | CHEROOT | Third | I offer her love in a cottage, but Winnie might accept me in spite of my bluntness | her 0 in cot; ref. Churchill |
329 | HAMADRYAD | VHC | Mary’d had a complex—she’d had it when a feller came her way! | anag. |
1954 (2) | ||||
302 | MARTIN | VHC | Member of family of noted bankers? Spot cash with skill in half a minute! | mar tin, art in min(ute); ref. Martins Bank |
295 | SENSE-ORGANS | VHC | They give you awareness or, here’s the snag, quite the opposite! | sense or + snag (rev.) & lit. |
291 | APAGOGE | VHC | Father gets excited about East End demonstration that what’s Left must be Right! | pa in agog + E |
1954 (1) | ||||
281 | SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number) | VHC | A candidate may refer to these in History examinations and wangle pass with credit | examinations; anag. incl. cr.; i.e. scraps of paper |
277 | PRODIGALLY | VHC | Small wonder, including everything, old girl, pay is squandered so! | all in prodigy, anag., & lit. |
267 | TRADE | Second | Mystery of the Headless Detective—Holmes would spot it immediately | (Les)trade; H.’s skill in spotting a person’s trade |
261 | DECANTER | VHC | Drunk from nectared bumbling among summer-tide Canterbury-bells | anag., hidden |
259 | AGANIPPE | First | What eases the strain and restores pep again? Spring | anag., 2 defs.; strain1 = flow of language |
1953 (2) | ||||
251 | UNMETHODICAL | Second | Making the lucid moan! | anag. & lit. |
241 | MANDOLINE | VHC | Destroying an old mine requires plenty of pluck | anag. |
233 | SAWDUST | VHC | ’Twas round about dusk almost. That’s what comes of cutting through the wood | dus(k) in ’twas (rev.) |
1953 (1) | ||||
223 | MELODRAME | VHC | Let the Tragic Muse have her head and push in a song! | Mel(pomele) + ram in ode, & lit. |
215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | VHC | Hunt follows quickly upon heels of quarry near Princetown | buck1 fast1 Leigh; ref. Leigh Hunt, Eng. writer and critic, b. 1784; Dartmoor Hunt |
1952 (2) | ||||
206 | PIEPOWDER | Third | Where once was fair payment for dirty work, here’s money and food to do a little dusting | pie5 and pie1 + powder |
203 | WEATHERS | VHC | Swear horribly about the above conditions | anag. |
201 | AMETHYST | VHC | She avoided so-called Salvation Army in China: being a Methodist sounded less odd | ‘a meth(odd)ist’.; ref. HMS A., the Yangtse Incident |
199 | HONESTY | VHC | Bloomer what spivs are not guilty of | 2 mngs. |
1952 (1) | ||||
193 | TRADUCER | VHC | Credatur should be translated literally, but let him not be believed! | anag.; C. (Latin) = belief |
187 | GROWLER | VHC | Bass may be imported in America, but means of conveyance must be found! | 2 mngs.; imported = meant |
186 | ASHMOLEAN | VHC | Noah’s male issue provides new home for Ark collection | anag.; the Tradescant collection, from their residence the “Ark”, gifted to Ashmole, initiated the museum |
1951 (2) | ||||
179 | CADRE | First | Establishment of peace could be crazy crusade without us | anag. less us & lit. |
177 | DESOLATE | VHC | Left alone could be so elated in a muddle! | anag. [see comments] |
176 | SPIGOT | VHC | Often wants to be taken out for a drink, but a brute in a boozer | pig in sot |
172 | GARNISHER | VHC | As herring pickled makes nicer eating, is pike nicer pickled? | anag., gar nisher (drunken pron. of nicer) |
1951 (1) | ||||
164 | NEWTON | Third | Following modern fashion, this scientist had attractive explanation for the Fall in the Garden | new + ton2; N.’s law of gravity; apple, Adam & Eve |
162 | TITANESS | First | Seat isn’t made to hold her! | anag. & lit. |
159 | SPANIEL | First | Lies curled up taking nap—let him sleep | anag. of lies, nap; “let sleeping dogs lie” |
156 | LAVEROCK | VHC | What Scots have left with a large stone? This is an unusual lark | aver2, rock; ref. theft of Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in 1950 |
1950 (2) | ||||
154 | RABBIT | Second | A B.R. casualty—got teeth into bun! | anag. + bit; ref. British Railways catering |
152 | SEA-LION | VHC | Lies on a rocky, salt-water, much sought after eminence | anag., sea lion, & lit. |
151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | Translates into sense a poem once said to entrance! | anag. |
147 | GATHER | VHC | Swell the crowd! Gate closing within hour | gate with last letter inside hr |
1950 (1) | ||||
122 | LEATHER | VHC | Prepared case of Buck and Others v. Wallop | 2 mngs.; v. = verb |
1949 (2) | ||||
116 | WATERLOO | VHC | Old Guard could still be in van here! | double mng.; railway station, O. G. of French army |
115 | MISNOMER | First | Result of getting wrong first answer to Catechism is me! | anag. of N or M is me, and lit.; ref. C of E Catechism, “Q: What is your name? A: N. or M.” |
112 | SHEET (DLM) | VHC | Shakespeare’s Theatre Reopened—Dramatist’s Ghost Walks In | |
110 | LEVIGATE | Second | Even an American general carries a six-shooter! | even, vb.; VI gat, in (Robert E.) Lee |
109 | PERI | VHC | Experience includes being seen with Peer at Savoy | hidden; ‘Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the P.’, Savoy opera by G & S |
1949 (1) | ||||
97 | NESTOR | VHC | Secret adviser on completion of Ximenes to Royal Person | hidden |
1948 (2) | ||||
90 | ROTHER | First | Stream of abuse to describe a bête noire? | 3 mngs.; river; black cattle variety |
86 | ODOMETER | VHC | It’s a revolutionary measure that would make me red too! | anag. of me red too |
84 | SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left) | VHC | Dry? Try this concoction. Not everyone has the head for it—round about six quarts make the legs unsteady | anag. of try this; haircut; hin (= 6 quarts) in anag. of legs |
82 | CURARE | VHC | Scientific copper runs up against uncommon poison | Cu rare |
80 | GONERIL | VHC | The fool compared me to a cuckoo, but I’m gone before the end of April | gone (Ap)ril; Lear I.4.209 “The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo” |
79 | SALOME | VHC | She wouldn’t take half a crown for herself but she did for John | cryptic def.; J. the Baptist; ref. Mark 6:23, “up to half my kingdom” |
1948 (1) | ||||
70 | GARBAGE | VHC | It may be rubbish, but Genesis suggests this followed the Age of Innocence | i.e. Garb Age; ref. Adam and Eve |
68 | ANTIGROPELOS | VHC | For two pins they’d brave the storm themselves—they could be large pins too! | anag.; pins = legs |
1947 (2) | ||||
63 | STILETTO | VHC | Let into poor Tosti it might give point to his good-bye! | let in anag.; ref. song ‘Good-bye!’, music by Paolo T. |
62 | HERCULES | Third | He’s about the most complicated cluer—unchecked in 12 is indicative of his efforts | anag. in he’s; ref. twelve labours of H.; extra clue to 12! [see comments] |
61 | CREASY | VHC | Military historian describes some ancient fronts | 2 mngs.; i.e. foreheads; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C. |
58 | ECLIPSE | VHC | Where the sun first shone, cut off some brief seconds, the sun there reappears | E clip s E, & lit.; sun rises in east |
56 | SHEEP-RUN | Third | Idyllic prospect of troubled sphere when United Nations succeed | anag. + UN |
54 | SPONGE | VHC | Cook’s sporting tourist? | cryptic def.; ref. ‘Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour’ by R. S. Surtees; Wm. Surtees Cook, relative of E. B. Browning; ‘Cook’s tour’ |
53 | SHIN | Second | Climb up! It’s only a shilling in the gods | sh in; shin (Jap.) = spirits, gods |
1947 (1) | ||||
46 | LYSANDER | VHC | Distinguished Ancient Mariner, Bridegroom and Wedding-guest in a Dream | 2 mngs.; ref. Spartan admiral and MND |
45 | RATTENED | VHC | Punished, for example, by breaking hammer or taking away sickle, failure in a Communist to dance attendance | attendance less dance in red; ref. Communist symbol |
40 | Suitable Present (Suitable Present) | VHC | Nylons for Hermia | “Legs … desires” M.N. Dream, Act 3, Scene 2 |
1946 (2) | ||||
39 | GNATHIC | Second | Mix a gin and chat of chaps we messed with | anag.; chaps = cheeks |
36 | TARTARUS | VHC | Dis-establishment—Homer raised Hell over it! | cryptic def.; Dis = Pluto |
32 | TEMERAIRE | Second | Fighting French in name only, found in English art and English rime | anag. of E art E rime; ref. Turner painting and Newbolt poem ‘The Fighting T.’ |
31 | APRIORIST | Third | Follows logically after Mar. 1 or 31st | Apr 1 or 1st |
27 | MEANDRIAN | VHC | Of course I am winding—I damn near got lost! | anag. |
1945 (2) | ||||
24 | SWELL-MOBSMAN | VHC | Lawless nob with a couple of thousand turns out to be a smart pickpocket | anag. incl. MM |
22 | SLEEPYHEAD | VHC | The pal she eyed proved to be no more than a nodding acquaintance | anag. |
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
722 SUPERNACULUM
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
709 GINGER
688 CUCURBITAL
1984-1985
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
631 INTERLOCK
1983-1984
609 LUCKY-BAG
590 MINEVER
585 FLABELLIFORM
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
543 STAYING POWER
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
521 ATTITUDINISE
517 IMMORTELLE
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
504 SIMMENTHALER
495 CACOETHES
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
482 BODY-SNATCHER
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
430 TEGULA
1979-1980
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
354 SHEER-HULK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
340 BOOKSIE
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
306 DICKENS
301 TROLLOPISH
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
289 AMNESIAC
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
281 DINOCERAS
267 MORRIS-DANCE
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
221 PADDY-WHACK
1975-1976
190 CASSANDRA
187 POWDERING-TUB
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
165 Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram)
161 ANCON
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
135 GABIONADE
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
97 TREBUCHET
95 THUNDERCLAP
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
45 NEMORAL
40 FANTOCCINI
23 SCLERODERMIC
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
10 LINGERIE
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1158 ELEPHANT-SEAL
1140 CALLOUS
1127 TRAYBIT
1123 MAXIMIST
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
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)
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
997 TREACLE
993 JONATHAN
971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
962 PALING
958 DRY MEASURE
1966-1967
949 BROWSING
936 MINI SKIRTS
933 COTTABUS
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
829 FAREWELL
821 SOMERSET
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
782 SWELL
1962-1963
746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)
743 CHEMIST
738 ANAESTHETIC
725 SILENUS
721 KERB-MERCHANT
712 RHEUMATICKY
1961-1962
664 MANIPULATE
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
626 WOMAN-TIRED
612 CARGO (Misprints)
1959-1960
582 MARRY
571 PESTER
569 PROPOSAL
564 SHE-BEAR
560 CONGENITALLY
555 JURYWOMAN
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1958-1959
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
504 LEAD-LINE
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
477 SEDATENESS
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
451 MEGAPODE
447 TOUSLE
1956-1957
434 CARTON
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
417 SINECURE
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
412 SERVIETTE
408 BILLET
404 POLENTA
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
364 HELLEBORE
360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
356 METOPOSCOPY
338 SHE-ASS
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
304 ORLEANS
293 CAB
289 CISTERN
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
279 CRYPTOGRAM
271 TRIPLET
269 ASCENT
265 THERMAE
1953 (2)
253 DERATION
243 LODESTAR
237 BASTINADE
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
227 CATEGORIES
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
202 SPALPEEN
200 ACCOUNT
1952 (1)
190 CHEQUERS
189 SALTIRE
188 Beware the Ides of March (Anagram)
185 STOUT
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
182 MISTLETOE
1951 (2)
178 HIDEOUS
174 ANACREONTICS
171 SERINGAS
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
167 PARMESAN
166 RACHIDES
163 LORICATE
161 TILLER
158 RATING
1950 (2)
150 CAPILLAMENTS
148 FILIBUSTER
145 STEWART
135 STRIPPED
1950 (1)
126 RASPBERRY
124 BARHAM or BRAMAH
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
113 CRICKETER
111 PLEASANT
105 SMITHEREENS
1949 (1)
103 MOSES
100 Word containing ADDING
96 INTERLOCK
92 PARTRIDGE
1948 (2)
89 SEASON
87 SISKIN
83 BUDAPEST
1948 (1)
76 VALEDICTORY
75 PETROLEUSES
71 MITRAILLEUSE
67 SURFEIT (DLM)
66 CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPET
1947 (2)
59 TAME
1947 (1)
52 RATION
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
1985-1986 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 5 | 11 |
1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
1979-1980 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 2 | 7 |
1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 2 | 9 | – |
1976-1977 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 2 | 13 |
1975-1976 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
1974-1975 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 3 | 11 |
1973-1974 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
1972-1973 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 1 | 6 | 13 |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1969-1970 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 8 | 9 |
1968-1969 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 6 | 3 | 1 |
1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
1966-1967 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 4 | 3 | 6 |
1965-1966 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1963-1964 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 3 | 4 |
1962-1963 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
1961-1962 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
1960-1961 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 3 | 8 |
1959-1960 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 7 | 10 |
1958-1959 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 4 | 4 | 2 |
1957-1958 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 9 | – |
1955-1956 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 5 | 6 |
1954 (2) | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
1954 (1) | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 3 | 5 | 5 |
1953 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 3 | 15 |
1953 (1) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1952 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 3 | 7 |
1952 (1) | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
1951 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 4 | 11 |
1951 (1) | 3 (2, 0, 1) | 1 | 5 | 2 |
1950 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 4 | 10 |
1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1949 (2) | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 3 | 4 | 3 |
1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1948 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
1948 (1) | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1947 (2) | 3 (0, 1, 2) | 4 | 1 | 1 |
1947 (1) | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
1946 (2) | 3 (0, 2, 1) | 2 | 0 | 3 |
1945 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |