Clues written by H. W. Massingham
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. W. Massingham | 95 | 5 | 3 | 87 | 108 | 103 | Dec 1968 | Feb 2001 | 32y 2m | H. Massingham |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | One on board old warship, one used to the drink | COGITOPER; I in cog toper |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1387 | Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram) | VHC | His star hallows a shed, and in mystic clam | |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1238 | ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | It’s not like the MO – s/ot, with all that bottled-up fizz! | |
| 1234 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | A very anarchic pop star on the front pages | a v + anag. |
| 1232 | The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram) | VHC | How starlit – an outhouse – ’mid the cold snow! | |
| 1212 | HILDING | VHC | Yellow flag’s second on display in the course of harbouring | l in hiding |
| 1203 | CLERICALISM | VHC | All crime is under review after Conservative ministerial pressure? | C + anag. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1194 | DONET | VHC | Course for a novice chaser, say, entered in the jumps | one in DT; one = any drink |
| 1190 | DENARIUS | VHC | The smallest amount of LSD, and I sure hallucinated | anag. |
| 1181 | SLADE | VHC | Dean’s satire initially set aboard merchantman | s + lade; ref. Swift, ‘Gulliver’s Travels’; dean2 |
| 1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | ‘The little lord … ’ in crib (Luther’s primitive crib) evokes gospel truth? | Ld in cot + Ur-key; Ur- prefix from German |
| 1174 | DINGLE-DANGLE | VHC | Dig lead Glenn played with swing? | anag.; ref. G. Miller |
| 1156 | TERPSICHOREAN | VHC | Painter’s ochre in reproduction of canaries etc? | anag. & lit.; canary dance |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1147 | MAYDAY | VHC | Date linking might with extremes of armoury? | d between may and a, y, & lit.; ref. Red Square parade |
| 1130 | AGRESTAL | Second | Alas, Gert’s gone – like Daisy | anag.; ref. former comedy duo |
| 1126 | CHEATERY | VHC | Light, without a hint of trumps – that’s your chicane | a t in cheery |
| 1122 | BASILIAN | VHC | One under oath to God has trouble backtracking in dock | ail (rev.) in basin |
| 1108 | GREEN | VHC | Like pigeons in an area noted for its woods | 2 mngs.; pigeon = dupe |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | Disintegrating oiler’d split on inside – everything’s poured out of it | sold in anag. |
| 1084 | PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM) | VHC | In my heart, oh, I leap, Rebecca (open to Cupid’s old skill): Now you’re my priceless grail, Rebecca – you at your jingling till! | |
| 1078 | KIRBEH | VHC | Moorish source of water, bit of bogland, with hiker plashing about | b in anag. |
| 1069 | (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces) | First | Echt is opposite of this, note, in German | B; ti in Bosche, & lit. |
| 1065 | TANDOORI | VHC | This meat’s subtly marinated too | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1056 | ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Board indicates no ducks in batting ratio, none | ducks; anag. less 00 |
| 1052 | AGANIPPE | VHC | A jigger and piano, in time – that got the old feet going | a nip p in age |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | VHC | A pale gold, bottled measure noted for its hops | anag. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1034 | BURLAP | VHC | Decorative cloth’s indeed spotted in Belcher’s specialty? | la in burp |
| 1030 | PASTILLE | VHC | A photograph occupying page three ultimately symbolises a tabloid | a still in p e; see etym. of tabloid in C. |
| 1024 | PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Yes, rich exotic perfume certain men with boxes bring in with ceremony | CHY(PRE SENT)RIES; anag. |
| 1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | VHC | Drill airman order? One with a pip or two has packs checked out for military detail? | PE + anag.; anag. |
| 1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Fan at Wimbledon (say) or many an armchair supporter does | Dan; i.e. sports caster; ref. D. Maskell |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 987 | IRON CURTAIN | VHC | Reunion it bedevilled with onset of cold war and East / West splitting | anag. incl. c less E W, & lit. |
| 982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Eventful table involving e.g. Virgo, showing he’s blocked a source of reds | man in a lac; ref. John V., snooker player |
| 974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | TV soap op ran prodigiously from opening script | anag. |
| 972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | Hat, too laughable, can’t be funnier | |
| 961 | WAVESON | VHC | Woven as elasticated swimming trunks etc? | anag. |
| 956 | SPEAR-SIDE | VHC | Air introducing a tenor’s manly strain | Pears in side; ref. Peter P. |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 939 | A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left) | VHC | Score’s transposed to C sharp (formerly A) in masterpiece | anag. + C; 2 mngs.; sharp n. |
| 930 | SABULOSE | First | Gravelly rendering of a blues with Satchmo pouring his heart out | anag. incl. S(atchm)o; ref. Louis Armstrong |
| 926 | NERD | VHC | Adrenaline keeps the sap circulating | hidden rev. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 887 | MONSTER | VHC | Mutation in set norm? | anag. & lit. |
| 882 | DOSSIER | VHC | SIS forms filed by agent? | anag. in doer, & lit. |
| 869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | Effects of Unionist actions such as involved Mr. Tom King? | 2 mngs.: industrial stoppages, robberies; ref. NI Secretary and highwayman |
| 868 | ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels) | VHC | Some tar outraged Master Hornblower, RN lead swinging lad who went ashore | maestro, lander; anag.; anag. |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 835 | PROSAICAL | VHC | Avoiding ice, a police-car is involved with pedestrian | anag. less ice |
| 827 | MICKEY-TAKING | VHC | What may induce a nap? Teasing | 2 mngs.; i.e. taking a soporific |
| 818 | EMBUSQUÉ | VHC | Busy bees ’um, accommodating queen and drone | Qu. in anag. |
| 816 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter) | VHC | Behold one swaddled in source of a high church festival | lo a in pot Ch. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 779 | MISSING LINK | VHC | Wide of course reduced the figure needed to clinch the series | missing link(s); ref. golf, cricket |
| 762 | OBELISE | VHC | Bowdlerise so, bent on removing crude words | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | I need certain fuses, the type I found in every short | fumes; the roman I in eac(h) |
| 753 | SHEEPDOG | VHC | Such as never leads on a gallant? | sheep + dog, & lit.; see dog in OED |
| 750 | SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue) | VHC | A blend, unco malt Scotch, ultimately has one on fire | anag. incl. h + guy |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 727 | WELL-TO-DO | VHC | Sitting on nest-eggs produces a fluttering after spring? | well + to-do |
| 714 | MOTE | Second | Spin-off from edge of blade on a saw? | mot + e, & lit. |
| 705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | I suspect harmony’s used in this, with extremes of neuroses | comp. anag. incl. n, s, & lit. |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 657 | SILLY-BILLY | VHC | Close bowled rarely amiss – and never a wide one | silly + b + illy; ref. Brian C.; wide = astute |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | Primary factor in clearing the ground in exotic West | c + anag., all in Mae, & lit. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 618 | CRETISM | VHC | Free metrics, such as hath no feet! | anag.; ‘A lie hath no feet’, adage, ref. Brewer |
| 615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | Version of Thirties to onset of Eighties | anag. incl. E, & lit. |
| 594 | DOINGS | VHC | Astaire’s trim, stylish in tails | in in dogs; trim = accessories; ref. Fred A. |
| 590 | MINEVER | VHC | Winter coat camouflaged by white frost mainly to the north? | névé in rim(e) (rev.), & lit. |
| 585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | Fallible changes in criminal record – like open coolers? | anag. in form |
| 581 | SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number) | VHC | Perhaps a tuck hamper? Take for stuffing anon | take; pad r in soon; tuck = rapier |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | At heart of Christmas-tide you’ll find me in seasonal crate, blended | cate; m + anag. incl. me in, & lit. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 495 | CACOETHES | VHC | It could give the company cause to react, if non-U | anag. incl. co. less U, & lit. |
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | It has features of flat metal washer, in a sense! | even tye in sight, & lit.; holed disc |
| 482 | BODY-SNATCHER | VHC | A person, brand of thief, seen in violated charnels long gone | body + t in anag. less l, & lit. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | A supplementary ornament for trireme’s stern parts? | a plus + t r e, & lit. |
| 456 | BALADINE | VHC | Such as plugs sales in endless spurious patter | ad in ba(d) line, & lit.; charlatan |
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | Indication of split, unorthodox rent, embraced by a Quaker? | dis- + anag. in seism, & lit. |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 406 | BOIL | VHC | What trouter sees when fly almost has one caught | I in bol(t), & lit. |
| 404 | CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms) | VHC | He gave Leeds men bite, making Elland Rd. echo | bedesmen light; anag. |
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | What a petersham inside out might do? | anag. of (a) petersha(m), & lit. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 362 | SEA-SOLDIER | VHC | Oils mixed with reseda – what Old Masters called green? | anag.; shipmasters; green = inexperienced etc. |
| 323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | Unionist on strike, we hear – NUT? | U + ‘coup’ |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | Fish shop busy about one – as chippies usually are | troll2 + I in anag.; see chippy |
| 294 | HUMECT | VHC | Dab, cod, smelt etc. | hum2 + anag.; cod4 = hoax |
| 281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | Rhino sort of from U S rocks – coins read loosely | anag. |
| 276 | AMTRACK | VHC | Frontally modified waterproof landing craft, wheeled? | art (rev.) in mack with ma rev., & lit. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | First | To CCL then! – He’s the hardest nut to crack! | |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Feeling low pulse enlightened hospital nurse | Glumdalclitch; glum dal lit H; ref. Gulliver’s Travels |
| 174 | EPEOLATRY | VHC | What causes one to repel the end of lexicography? | anag. incl. a + y, & lit. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 135 | GABIONADE | VHC | A bottomless protection, round and worked in earth | a bi(b) O + anag., all in Ge, & lit. |
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | Sort to cadge, maybe | anag. & lit. |
| 110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Ketch made adequate knots for such swelling – i.e. prow’s weathered | gall + anag.; ref. Jack K. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 97 | TREBUCHET | VHC | One could chuck up rock and curb teeth decay | anag. |
| 70 | GESTAPO (Misprints) | First | Sound – a step in broadcasting – helped establish Reith | Reich; anag. in go; ref. Lord R. |
| 66 | NONSENSE | VHC | E.g., no retarded grades are backward | no + ESN ESN (rev.), & lit.; ESN = educationally subnormal |
| 53 | ALEXANDERS | First | A worthy original ingredient of salads? | Alexander + s, & lit.; Nine Worthies |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Like-pairs herded in, her ample hull spins to Mt. Ararat | |
| 1 | ORGIAST | Second | I celebrate ‘first’ and ‘last’ in Observer – Azed’s inauguration in point of fact | O, r + A in gist |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1140 | CALLOUS | VHC | Like Saul with Colossians shortly before conversion? | anag. incl. Col., & lit. |
| 1123 | MAXIMIST | VHC | Saw man’s dampened air—after a fashion down-at-heel | Maxi mist; saw3 |
| 1110 | IMPERSONATE | VHC | Moonstruck men aspire to take off | anag. |
2000-2001
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1247 PREDICANT
1242 KNOCKERS
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1186 GRISELDA
1178 BOOTLEG
1165 YAPSTER
1161 ADIAPHORON
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1134 TOVARICH
1117 STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters)
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1074 DEMIREP
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1026 LET-OFF
1021 BEARD
1013 ALVEARY
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
969 BUNTER
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
922 REFORMADO
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
917 HOOLIGANISM
913 ARCHIBALD
904 VOETGANGER
900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
874 BLUESTOCKING
866 NECTAREOUS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
849 VISITE
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
840 SONDE
1987-1988
831 COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)
823 SARBACANE
814 SPOUSAGE
805 LITOTES
801 LINCHET
796 UPHOLSTERY
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
774 VICTORINE
770 HERMITS
766 GUBBINS
764 CHILDERMAS
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
709 GINGER
701 BALUSTRADE
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
688 CUCURBITAL
683 BANISH
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
675 CONSTERNATE
670 TURNIP-FLEA
662 BARGE-COUPLE
653 INTERNUNCIO
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
610 DOUBLETHINK
609 LUCKY-BAG
607 CARNEY
603 FIGULINE
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
564 PARAMENT
534 DODGEM
1981-1982
513 ETYMOLOGICON
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
504 SIMMENTHALER
1980-1981
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
401 GO-AHEAD
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
384 OUTSPREADING
1978-1979
349 ODDCOMESHORT
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
298 NOSER
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
208 RALPH
1975-1976
187 POWDERING-TUB
1974-1975
127 FRITHSOKEN
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
92 BRAINWASH
62 SOLITAIRES
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1968-1969
1041 TEA-LEAD
1036 CORONETED
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 1993-1994 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 1992-1993 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 1989-1990 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 1985-1986 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 1976-1977 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 1972-1973 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |