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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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R. S. Caffyn | 42 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 109 | 44 | Jun 1953 | Feb 1985 | 31y 8m | R. Caffyn S. Caffyn |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1984-1985 | ||||
666 | Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts) | VHC | I was, classically, a saying, pithy | e(pig)ram; eram (L.) = I was |
1983-1984 | ||||
594 | DOINGS | VHC | Lectures on digs, badly delivered, exhaust Geological Society | anag., do in GS; lecture = scolding |
585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | Some birds, seen from behind, are fat – film role’s unlikely | flab + anag. |
1982-1983 | ||||
576 | TOP-NOTCH | VHC | Super grass sent back to nick | pot (rev.) + notch |
538 | INGRAIN | VHC | Dyed-in-the-wool Tory head of government confronts ‘wet’ | in g rain; in = member of governing party |
534 | DODGEM | VHC | Go with me, determined first and last to bump | anag. incl. d, d, & lit. |
1981-1982 | ||||
517 | IMMORTELLE | VHC | All up with me? Rot, I’m blooming well going on for ever | anag. (?) |
508 | POSTURE-MAKER | VHC | Pokes rear and tum into unnatural positions, he does | anag. & lit. |
486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | Parvenu, lacking finish: bounder and cheat | jumpe(r) + dup(e) |
1980-1981 | ||||
454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Chocolates, said to contain assorted centres of whisky (Drambuie), Marsala etc.? | anag. of is mb rsa t, all in ‘chox’, & lit. |
443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | Might make person’s head swelter, cone like this | anag. incl. p, & lit. |
426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Azed’s constant aim: bending infinitely agile minds | anag. incl. agil(e) |
1979-1980 | ||||
414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | One rubs M.O. the wrong way? More than likely! | anag. & lit. |
1978-1979 | ||||
366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | Trick played on me, I think: yes, and it’s come off! | anag. less it |
340 | BOOKSIE | Second | Reading – for the wrong reasons? – capital of Berks. Looks lacking, for a capital, that is | B(erks) (L)ooks i.e. |
1977-1978 | ||||
294 | HUMECT | VHC | Touch me without love, unkindly, and you’ll see what tears can do | anag. less 0 |
272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | A glutamate compound: can be used in seed-cakes – or angel cakes? | anag. |
1976-1977 | ||||
243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Airline sacks myopic pilot – ’op it, out, out! | comp. anag.; O. Airways |
225 | VALETA | VHC | Dance in shattering heat-wave wilts – whew, it’s awful, not to be contemplated | anag. less anag.; ref. summer heatwave |
1975-1976 | ||||
183 | PICKLE | VHC | Tiresome child gives outrageous lip and cheek – he’ll have to go! | anag. less he |
178 | A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent) | VHC | The present period may cause agriculturist to lose heart | ag(riculturali)st |
165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | VHC | Problem can take age… No, no – probable hunch, amenable, too… Ah, coin drops! | |
156 | OMBROPHOBOUS | VHC | Disreputable pubs with room to accommodate tramp reluctant to take showers | hobo in anag. |
1974-1975 | ||||
152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | And Romeo, a profligate Don Juan, perhaps, encradles bastard – it’s a scandal | anag.; anag. |
148 | BALLYHOO | VHC | Blooming moonshine, half of it, a lot of razzmatazz | bally hoo(tch) |
130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Even hippies admit that br/andy | |
123 | SCATTERGOOD | Second | Unusual so to grade Scot | anag. & lit. |
114 | PANIC | VHC | What passengers on a sinking ship show – no thanks to drunken captain! | anag. less ta |
1973-1974 | ||||
84 | MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left) | VHC | Doom-laden, coming back from garden, emollients dispel soil, grime, vertigo | hidden rev.; anag. |
1972-1973 | ||||
50 | CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent) | VHC | Overweight Tories’ leader’s cure: lop a bit off! | anag. incl. T; ref. Heath’s check-up |
45 | NEMORAL | VHC | Le roman en traduction: Within a Budding Grove? | anag.; ref. Proust, ‘A la Recherche…’ |
40 | FANTOCCINI | VHC | Football Club’s left-wingers in action disciplined for display of manipulation | anag. incl. F C |
31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | Where Cooks are in charge, getting Chink to Med isn’t too difficult | anag.; Chink, offensive |
18 | EPIGONE | VHC | Anybody succeeding leaders of eminence – pretty inferior, generally | initial letters + one, & lit. |
14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Noah kept all animals (pairs) sheltered, drier – triumph! | |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1969-1970 | ||||
1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Di/ver: man for whom lines are absolutely vital | Dior |
1968-1969 | ||||
1006 | CHROME-PLATING | VHC | Lamp right, once put in order—it shines beautifully | anag. |
1967-1968 | ||||
971 | MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left) | VHC | Old bird—sounds a most unattractive dish—could make date once, anyhow, I’m told | i.e. maggot pie; anag. |
1966-1967 | ||||
920 | ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If you want some scandal, give an Intimate di/nner | |
1964-1965 | ||||
808 | WAGONER | VHC | Group of stars produce the Ring in a most suitable setting | O in Wagner; ref. constellation Auriga |
1963-1964 | ||||
800 | Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram) | VHC | More than power graces me, he felt | |
1959-1960 | ||||
551 | PITCHER | VHC | Pavement artist in London might so describe a sample of his work | ‘picture’; p. = paving stone |
1984-1985
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
657 SILLY-BILLY
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
631 INTERLOCK
1983-1984
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
618 CRETISM
615 HISTORIETTE
609 LUCKY-BAG
607 CARNEY
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
590 MINEVER
1982-1983
564 PARAMENT
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
552 NOURICE-FEE
543 STAYING POWER
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
504 SIMMENTHALER
495 CACOETHES
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
452 DISSENTERISM
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
406 BOIL
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
354 SHEER-HULK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
332 NUT-CASE
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
306 DICKENS
301 TROLLOPISH
298 NOSER
276 AMTRACK
267 MORRIS-DANCE
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
247 FLIVVER
229 METRICATE
216 SCANTITY
1975-1976
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
174 EPEOLATRY
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
135 GABIONADE
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
95 THUNDERCLAP
92 BRAINWASH
88 BLOOMERY
62 SOLITAIRES
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
36 CRUSADER
27 VINEGAR
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1158 ELEPHANT-SEAL
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1080 ANDROMEDA
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
989 GRENADINE
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
975 HALE
1966-1967
929 AMPHITHEATRE
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
885 GALIMATIAS
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
825 COACHES
821 SOMERSET
1963-1964
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
730 ARCH-PIRATE
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
708 HEARTS
1961-1962
669 DRUM
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
630 STREAKY
621 CHASE
617 COLOPHONY
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
1959-1960
571 PESTER
569 PROPOSAL
564 SHE-BEAR
560 CONGENITALLY
1958-1959
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
517 CAROTID
1957-1958
486 BARACAN
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
1956-1957
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
364 HELLEBORE
347 TELEVISOR
334 CHEROOT
1954 (2)
289 CISTERN
1954 (1)
271 TRIPLET
1953 (2)
235 ASPHETERISM
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1978-1979 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 6 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1975-1976 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
1974-1975 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 2 | 11 |
1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
1972-1973 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 9 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |