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Show results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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A. J. Young | 42 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 85 | 47 | Jun 1952 | Apr 2022 | 69y 10m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2021-2022 | ||||
2599 | DESIDERATA | VHC | Duke, scattering readies, soldiers on, wish list items in mind | d + anag. + TA |
2019-2020 | ||||
2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | VHC | These days have little sun, with fall over, are wet, windy and hard going therein | S + prat + h in anag. |
2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | What could prepare one seeking Azed fame – a trial run of cerebra at home might | bra in power; trial2 |
2018-2019 | ||||
2428 | SHEPHERDS | VHC | Having unfortunately pressed very hard on pencils we are tending to use dipping pens | anag. incl. HH |
2016-2017 | ||||
2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Some ar/ctic problems avoiding cold buffets | orectic |
2015-2016 | ||||
2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | A drop of malt is grand in a mince pie | m is + M in hash |
2272 | SNOWMOBILE | VHC | New blooms I cultivated one winter transport me in bowl so cleverly arranged | double anag. |
2014-2015 | ||||
2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | What berk loading up might resort to | anag. & lit. |
2013-2014 | ||||
2187 | WEST | VHC | In terms of show attendance and Charles Cruft this is where you may see red setter regularly | last letters |
2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Duration of one major conflict – it’s true involving limits to nationality can provide the answer | truce; anag. incl. n, y; ref. 100 years war |
2011-2012 | ||||
2091 | SNIFTER | VHC | New features in old riddle — what is shot, blows up and keeps running back | n in sifter, 3 mngs.; sniff stops nose running |
2070 | MISTREATMENT | VHC | T. Emin’s art met furious abuse | anag. |
2049 | PARTY-POOPER | Third | Having distributed Tory paper outside chamber one might turn jolly blue! | po in anag. |
2010-2011 | ||||
2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | See hobble skirts put on in period window dressing | c + ran in hamble |
2009-2010 | ||||
1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | Heading for Putney and Mortlake and a win, hearts pounding – just what’s needed | anag. incl. P M, & lit.; ref. Boat Race |
1945 | PRISON | VHC | Bird’s done at one – parson’s nose is turning into this season’s fancy | comp. anag. |
1940 | SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number) | VHC | Want answers from politicians? Start by taking a pinch of salt | pinch; s + cant |
2008-2009 | ||||
1906 | MORSE | VHC | What would help cope with loose braids – extra grips succeeded | s in more; morse2 |
1893 | EARTHY | VHC | Need to spend a penny? Yen goes after having visited bog, perhaps | (d)earth + Y |
2007-2008 | ||||
1884 | FREELOADER | VHC | Federer, disturbed about a couple of lost and one close set – one set on finding generous cheer | lo a in anag. |
1836 | POSTHASTE | VHC | South with heart void gets pushed into slam, upset at the double! | anag. less u in paste; ref. bridge |
2005-2006 | ||||
1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | VHC | Run up from long grass near fairway – some that fear wedges will succeed | rough + dread in any |
1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | The confines of divinity have to accept ‘tit for tat’ | udder in d, y; ref. ‘an eye for an eye’ |
1752 | MIDWINTER | VHC | Wind curls to fit in headdress – one might manage it better with a pair of combs | anag. in miter; combs = combinations |
1750 | PLOUGHMAN | VHC | A long hump may be my undoing but the earth still moves for me! | anag. |
1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Centimo – different version of a mite, say | anag. |
2001-2002 | ||||
1528 | STROP (Spoonerisms) | Third | Feature of gastropod – cone for safer hut! | hone … cut; hidden |
1999-2000 | ||||
1439 | JOHN CANOE | VHC | W.I. seasonal shindig with dominos and ladies’ craft | John canoe; WI 2 mngs.; domino = mask |
1990-1991 | ||||
952 | STAR (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Amazing blasphemy – black mass on the Sabbath | a blazing mass for me; S + tar |
1989-1990 | ||||
934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | Open casuals? No, as these are tied up | comp. anag. & lit. |
1985-1986 | ||||
705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | As to hypericum, transported it may bring a little composition to the beds | anag. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1962-1963 | ||||
730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | Hook, for example, a sharp curve, after exaggerated hip movement ending in drive by railing! | arc + anag. of hip + rate2; ref. golf |
1961-1962 | ||||
686 | FEMALE | Second | Bird having worm inside’s not proverbially early, though | 3 mngs.; worm = thread of screw |
682 | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | Second | Wench wants our pram, having a second—must be deranged! / One’s enough for most people, but many have more in later life—must be mental! | a, as second letter in anag.; cryptic def. i.e. double chin, mental2 |
1958-1959 | ||||
519 | RIDICULE (DLM) | VHC | Why is idle curiosity like a jolly good hand at solo? Because they both put an end to the kitty! | jolly, vb. |
1957-1958 | ||||
469 | DAISY | VHC | Will a green-keeper help to raise it? Only over his dead body, it’s said! | cryptic def.; pushing up the daisies |
443 | HALF-SEAS-OVER | VHC | Between shores, or having to be propped up | 2 mngs.; ref. drinking; shore1,2 |
438 | MACARONI | Second | Tube fare—one buck | 2 defs.; fare = food |
1953 (2) | ||||
257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | Very light construction is proverbially unsuccessful in wet weather | Very light = flare; ‘damp squib’ |
1953 (1) | ||||
225 | TOUCHSTONES | VHC | They are used in the old saying—People who live in glasshouses shouldn’t even ——! | i.e. touch stones; saying (obs.) = assaying |
1952 (2) | ||||
202 | SPALPEEN | VHC | Stewed apples and a pinch of cayenne are the ingredients for this unsavoury Irish pickle! | anag. incl. (cayen)ne |
194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | VHC | Sconce and butter, perhaps, obtainable from the light buffet! | knowledge box2; i.e. head butt; sconce4, buffet2 |
2021-2022
2586 BALDERDASH
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2564 CLEARING
2556 TOERAG
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2486 BRUHAHA
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2421 SPASMODICAL
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2016-2017
2334 ALLELUIAH
2313 PERFECT
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2279 CLEMENTINE
2274 SIMPATICO
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2218 FOREIGNER
2213 SOLECISM
2013-2014
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2170 SAYONARA
2161 FARRAGO
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2122 NICETY
2118 BLOKEISH
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2113 PICAROON
2109 THICKETY
2011-2012
2083 BEWITCH
2078 RÉCOLLET
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2058 ROBUST
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2031 EMBROIDERY
2012 BLOATING
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1997 FADO
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
2007-2008
1879 LITTER BASKET
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1866 BINGE
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2006-2007
1814 HIPSTER
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2004-2005
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1628 ENCOMION
2001-2002
1519 CARRY-ON
2000-2001
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1992-1993
1074 DEMIREP
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1034 BURLAP
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1978-1979
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
1975-1976
161 ANCON
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
Ximenes competitions
1964-1965
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
1958-1959
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
456 PLAFOND
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
1954 (1)
273 COUSIN
267 TRADE
1953 (2)
247 VAMPIRE
241 MANDOLINE
1953 (1)
219 SOCIALIST
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
203 WEATHERS
200 ACCOUNT
196 SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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2020-2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
2019-2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
2018-2019 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
2016-2017 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
2015-2016 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
2014-2015 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
2013-2014 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
2011-2012 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 26 |
2010-2011 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
2009-2010 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
2008-2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
2007-2008 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
2005-2006 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
2001-2002 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1999-2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1990-1991 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1961-1962 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 0 | 0 | 17 |
1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1957-1958 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 1 | 15 |
1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |