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Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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F. B. Stubbs | 103 | 4 | 9 | 90 | 161 | 116 | Aug 1951 | Nov 1988 | 37y 3m | B. Stubbs |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1988-1989 | ||||
849 | VISITE | VHC | Quick round is hardly tiring for the modern woman | is in vite; tiring = attire |
844 | THEOLOGASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Ground hogs tolerate inept rooter among traditional worms | words; anag. |
1987-1988 | ||||
809 | DOLCE VITA | VHC | Retrograde in initiative, clodhoppers appreciate feather-bedding | hidden rev. |
1986-1987 | ||||
762 | OBELISE | VHC | Brand having less than half the limit in fat | li(mit) in obese |
1985-1986 | ||||
718 | FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Heading for fence, taking bits of loot once illegally nicked | first letters & lit. |
705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | Third | Presenting my Orpheus act I supply a soothing influence | anag.; supply adv. |
1984-1985 | ||||
644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | Making merry on this, you could have eaten oysters | comp. anag. & lit. |
640 | MACHETE | VHC | Club split on admitting the flamboyant blade | anag. in mace |
635 | ROSEMARY | VHC | This, adding a bit of taste, could transform my roaster | comp. anag. incl. t, & lit. |
1982-1983 | ||||
568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I designed lingerie, my for/mal step in sex (cited Eskimo ladies) | step-ins |
559 | EMBASE | VHC | Space on the ground floor | em + base; floor vt. |
558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | The vitals of many piers seem to be affected by a sort of grub | pies; mince meat |
556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | Nutter streaks tail first | gutter; weals with s to start |
1981-1982 | ||||
506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Hungry spider ho! Pest/s – lots of flies! | tela |
486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | Risen smartly, like some men with piles | 2 mngs. |
482 | BODY-SNATCHER | VHC | Loose sod by a trench could point to me | anag. & lit. |
1980-1981 | ||||
464 | SIMKIN | VHC | It’s a pity about Mark I – no joy for the TT, pop | Mk I in sin; TT = race, teetotal; pop = champagne |
452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | Attitude of unorthodox preacher may make sidesmen stir uneasily | anag. |
434 | JARDINIÈRE | VHC | I render j’ai clumsily; bloomers may be commited here | anag. |
1979-1980 | ||||
414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | Wrong hormone – bust reduced on both sides, I do confess | anag. less h, t |
401 | GO-AHEAD | VHC | Third in Divinity should be superseded by one with ambition | godhead with a for d |
393 | INTRACARDIAC | Third | Crumpled train ticket, the first clue central to pulsating action | anag. + card + 1 ac |
375 | SPREATHE | VHC | With outlying villages neglected, Dorset, perhaps, cut up rough | anag. less dorps |
371 | GRADIN | VHC | Order seat on this to see tragedians | comp. anag. & lit. |
1978-1979 | ||||
366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | It must envisage some kind of butt to be a success | monkey shine; monkey, butt, liquor vessels |
1977-1978 | ||||
310 | STERNFAST | VHC | Holding under severe restraint in the dock | stern + fast |
294 | HUMECT | VHC | What may give you nasty tummy-ache? This water may | comp. anag. |
289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | Fugal variation on amen is close to a vicar’s heart | anag. + a c; fugue, type of amnesia |
285 | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | VHC | Beak applying stick laid about fiery dissident | beau; anag. in bond |
276 | AMTRACK | VHC | A kind of duck – modified Mark III derived from caterpillar originally | anag. incl. cat; i.e. 3 letters; duck4 |
272 | MALAGUETTA | Second | For the seedy, small traces of ginger, dry, are given after sickness and fever | mal ague TT a; are2 |
1976-1977 | ||||
247 | FLIVVER | VHC | See five in a Tiger Moth, perhaps – that’s as much as this can take | v V in flier, & lit. |
234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | I offer one interpretation of Scorpio, amongst many | anag. in host, & lit. |
229 | METRICATE | VHC | Tartar emetic (salt is out) drunk to get rid of the stone, perhaps | anag. less tar |
212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Girdles securing the middles of cassock and pillion, perhaps, when adjusted | s l in anag., & lit. |
208 | RALPH | VHC | Take all our letters, losing half – that’s his nature | r alph(abet), & lit. |
1975-1976 | ||||
197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Noble challenge – Rover/s put in an epoch-making shot | Rasputin |
190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | First signs of countless alarms she sounded, all negatived directly by the sun-god | initial letters + Ra, & lit. |
187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Big pot we’d run for pickling – if we had no deep freeze | anag. |
183 | PICKLE | VHC | Salt cabbage? A wee bit for the little monkey to nibble | 5 mngs.; cabbage2 |
156 | OMBROPHOBOUS | VHC | Poor hobo bums aimlessly around, enjoying the Costa Brava, perhaps | anag.; ref. ‘the rain in Spain...’ |
1974-1975 | ||||
152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | Perhaps a don needs a dona – more frisky capering ends with clear cause for gossip | anag.; anag. |
139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Unsettled type, might set out about first sign of dawn | pie2 + d in power |
135 | GABIONADE | VHC | System using reinforced earth could take a big anode in circuit | anag. |
118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | He conjures up the night air – tries to pet bats | light; anag. |
114 | PANIC | VHC | An inglorious outcome of operations having mug in charge | pan i/c |
110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Slip low gear clumsily – liable to elimination from the race | anag. |
1973-1974 | ||||
79 | SLAPSTICK | VHC | Wash stooge’s head in jam? That suits me! | lap s in stick |
75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | I offer prog. Pâté & Rice – New! 2p off!! | anag. less pp, & lit. |
70 | GESTAPO (Misprints) | VHC | There’s creamed sago, pet, and perhaps some Hamburgers with chips | whips; anag. |
62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Games suggested by precocious girl when topless with men around | (L)olita in sires |
57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | No vices? Take vows and keep the/reat | |
53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | Stale salad relaxes and goes flabby | anag. |
1972-1973 | ||||
36 | CRUSADER | Third | Rud Acre’s ground – perchaunce I did! | anag. |
10 | LINGERIE | VHC | Pause that is part of a stripper’s stock-in-trade | linger i.e. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1969-1970 | ||||
1089 | ENCLOISTER | VHC | Keep within bounds. Try “Corset Line”—free fitting | anag. |
1968-1969 | ||||
1049 | SLANGWHANGER | First | He gives a rambling performance with heartless fury | slang2 + w(it)h + anger, & lit. |
1028 | SATIRE | VHC | It needs to clothe criticism with wit | SA tire3 |
1015 | HOAR-HEADED | Third | Having one sign of advancing years, stop—take care about another | hoa + r + AD in heed |
1967-1968 | ||||
984 | Word containing a first name (Anonymous) | VHC | Underwater breathing apparatus used to be unsafe | P-ERIC-ULOUS; Gill, sculptor; def. |
980 | OMNIBUSES | VHC | We give service—if you wait | double mng. |
967 | CREMOSIN | VHC | Incomers rekindled bygone colour issues | anag. |
962 | PALING | VHC | See the old man fish for whiting | pa ling |
1966-1967 | ||||
949 | BROWSING | VHC | This does often nibble the front part of the pen | brow Sing(-Sing); does = deer |
936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | We’re almost restricted to bottom gear in mist—risk must be reduced | anag. |
933 | COTTABUS | VHC | Programme of flings which made a splash long ago—but a Scot must have shuddered | anag. |
924 | MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left) | VHC | Muse first ignored—appropriate echo—stir me, stir me | (s)peculate; anag.; ref. Echo & Narcissus and 1958 book “Stir of Echoes” by Richard Matheson |
1965-1966 | ||||
902 | WINCOPIPE | First | It used to be quoted in weather lore—start about the first of October to plough | O pip3 in wince |
885 | GALIMATIAS | VHC | It’s idiotic—not half!—a limit badly observed when the light indicates a mix-up | ga(-ga) + anag. + as (= when); light = key-word |
884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Was Tes/s in the back row of the chorus? Never! | |
868 | DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left) | VHC | Darned tricky gang calmly conceals capital deficiency; a couple take the rap, we hear | anag.; ‘two pay’; dander2, gang, vb. |
1963-1964 | ||||
782 | SWELL | VHC | If you’re sea-sick, you won’t want this macaroni! | 2 mngs. |
773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | Engagement announced—could mean trousseau, or tails and topper | fit (n.) out |
764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | Black-bottom? Not exactly. Pardon my slip—I take that back! | shim my shake, shake my shim; shim = slip2; shake (hands) = settle differences |
760 | METAMORPHOSE | Third | Let me have a variable phase motor and we’ll see what the transformer can do | me + anag. |
1962-1963 | ||||
743 | CHEMIST | VHC | On the first sign of a cold, he takes a dose of his own medicine | c + he + mist. (= mixture) |
708 | HEARTS | VHC | Spirits for the quarter deck—cheers! | 3 mngs.; deck of cards |
1960-1961 | ||||
630 | STREAKY | VHC | Like the curate’s bacon? | cryptic def.; “good in parts” |
608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | The old solicitor is always right | 2 mngs.; “the c. is …”; customer = prostitute (obs.) |
1959-1960 | ||||
543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | First | Found rooting about the bank—could spell ruin at Old Street—magistrate’s livery | anag.; 2 mngs.; ref. Ermine St., old Roman Road, and O.S. Magistrate’s Court |
1957-1958 | ||||
469 | DAISY | Third | Cyclist’s girl-friend disappears after dressing in the finest lawn | 2 mngs.; ref. “Daisy, Daisy” |
460 | ASTONISHMENT (Misprints) | VHC | It comes naturally to the Wanderers to smash ten in willy-nilly | wonderers; anag.; ref. Bolton W. FC |
451 | MEGAPODE | VHC | This bird’s egg’s beginning to crack inside a sort of dome | e(gg) gap in anag., & lit. |
438 | MACARONI | VHC | Perhaps a noodle enjoys swimming in icy water dressed to the nines | 3 mngs. |
1956-1957 | ||||
404 | POLENTA | VHC | Is this porridge creamy, or has the —— watery flavour? | i.e. Po lent a |
1955-1956 | ||||
347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | Independent vote riles modern Home Ruler | anag. |
338 | SHE-ASS | VHC | Be still, wild seas, called Jenny—Jack’s my boy | sh! + anag. |
1954 (2) | ||||
291 | APAGOGE | VHC | Primate goes about eager to offer rebuttal of all non-conformity | agog in ape |
287 | MANCHESTER | VHC | Where spinners and weavers may find their merchants’ English capital | anag. incl. E, & lit,; ref. textile industry |
285 | PARALYSES | Second | Port with plenty of nuts cures cripples | Pará lyses; i.e. Brazil nuts |
1953 (2) | ||||
253 | DERATION | VHC | Free Trade! Let digestion know no law! | anag. + (digest)ion, & lit.; digest2 |
245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | VHC | A spot of gIad-eye leading to a full-blooded affaire—it looks as if the parson’s frantic with love for a girl in the choir | g + l’amour, & lit.; anag. incl. 0 |
241 | MANDOLINE | VHC | Harry Lime—and no zither? But it’s round at the back! | anag.; harry = harass; ref. film ‘The Third Man’, theme played on zither |
1953 (1) | ||||
217 | DEPOSIT | VHC | Silt from the river, helping to strengthen the banks | 2 mngs. |
211 | CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES | VHC | They bid us rejoice or sling cares to the winds | anag. |
1952 (2) | ||||
199 | HONESTY | VHC | Frankness puts the nosy out of countenance | anag. |
198 | THIRD | VHC | The degree of heat turned on in the cooler | cryptic def.; third degree |
197 | SCALES | First | Attached to skates, they help to give you balance | 2 mngs.; fish scales |
196 | SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left) | VHC | Artfully a siren of eastern origin uses magic to deceive an adherent | anag.; sham an; adherent, adj. |
194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | VHC | Small tree, after application of Golden Kew Compound, is above shoulder height | anag. + box3 |
1952 (1) | ||||
189 | SALTIRE | Third | Part of our universal flag | (univers)sal + tire, & lit.; saltire part of Union Jack |
185 | STOUT | VHC | When Pussy was well-soaked, this porter took her in hand | cryptic def.; ref. nursery rhyme, “Ding, dong, bell, Pussy’s in the well …who pulled her out? Little Tommy Stout |
1951 (2) | ||||
172 | GARNISHER | VHC | Never is he in need of a recipe to give the finishing touch | garn is he + r., & lit; garn! (sl.) = go on! (expressing disbelief) |
1988-1989
862 OFF-AND-ON
853 DEBACLE
840 SONDE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
827 MICKEY-TAKING
818 EMBUSQUÉ
805 LITOTES
796 UPHOLSTERY
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
788 CROW
1986-1987
779 MISSING LINK
770 HERMITS
766 GUBBINS
764 CHILDERMAS
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
753 SHEEPDOG
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
740 ESCADRILLE
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
722 SUPERNACULUM
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
709 GINGER
701 BALUSTRADE
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
683 BANISH
1984-1985
670 TURNIP-FLEA
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
649 AUSTRALORP
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
618 CRETISM
610 DOUBLETHINK
603 FIGULINE
585 FLABELLIFORM
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
552 NOURICE-FEE
1981-1982
521 ATTITUDINISE
513 ETYMOLOGICON
478 BIBLIOPEGIST
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
443 STEEPLECROWN
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
384 OUTSPREADING
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
349 ODDCOMESHORT
332 NUT-CASE
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
301 TROLLOPISH
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
281 DINOCERAS
267 MORRIS-DANCE
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
225 VALETA
221 PADDY-WHACK
216 SCANTITY
1975-1976
203 BOGY
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
161 ANCON
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
127 FRITHSOKEN
1973-1974
97 TREBUCHET
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
66 NONSENSE
1972-1973
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
40 FANTOCCINI
31 KITCHENDOM
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1140 CALLOUS
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1080 ANDROMEDA
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1041 TEA-LEAD
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1023 CONSOLE
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1000 THOUSAND
989 GRENADINE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
975 HALE
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
941 HYPODERMIC
935 MALAPROP
929 AMPHITHEATRE
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
911 DRAGON
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
894 WITENAGEMOT
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
834 CARRIED
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
825 COACHES
1963-1964
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)
712 RHEUMATICKY
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
673 ERISTICAL
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
621 CHASE
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
582 MARRY
555 JURYWOMAN
547 STORMY
1958-1959
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
517 CAROTID
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
456 PLAFOND
447 TOUSLE
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
364 HELLEBORE
356 METOPOSCOPY
351 LUSTRE
334 CHEROOT
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
295 SENSE-ORGANS
293 CAB
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
255 SCUTTLE
251 UNMETHODICAL
237 BASTINADE
1953 (1)
219 SOCIALIST
213 LEMONADE
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
201 AMETHYST
200 ACCOUNT
1952 (1)
186 ASHMOLEAN
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
1951 (2)
174 ANACREONTICS
173 HATCHING
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1988-1989 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 9 | – |
1985-1986 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 6 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
1979-1980 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 5 | 7 |
1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
1977-1978 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 5 | 8 |
1976-1977 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
1975-1976 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
1974-1975 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
1973-1974 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
1972-1973 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1968-1969 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 8 | 7 |
1967-1968 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
1966-1967 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
1965-1966 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 1 | 15 |
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1963-1964 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 1 | 12 |
1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1959-1960 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1957-1958 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 5 | 9 |
1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1954 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 4 | 14 |
1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1952 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 3 | 4 |
1952 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 2 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |