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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. B. Widdowson | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 43 | 14 | Dec 1947 | May 1992 | 44y 5m | A. G. R. McKay J. R. Widdowson Mrs J. R. Widdowson |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 993 | JONATHAN | VHC | Swift among his friends; without a friend, swifter than an eagle | 2 mngs.; Jonathan S. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 945 | OBLITERATE | VHC | Bitter aloe growing rampageous in scrub | anag. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 856 | RODOMONTADE | VHC | Speech of one who is boastful or too damned excitable! | anag. |
| 851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | VHC | Dodo by Dead Duck out of Same Again | do. = ditto |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 790 | PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam) | VHC | Sellers’ Market | Peter S., mark = see |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 508 | CUMBERGROUND | VHC | Copper medal with former royal cipher inscribed in circle has no cash value | Cu MBE + GR in round |
| 504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | I’m heading for a low dive—all I need is my make-up! | anag. |
| 500 | MOTHERS-IN-LAW | VHC | Makes horseman wilt and grooms shudder, the way the chestnut goes! | anag.; chestnut = stale joke |
| 490 | CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number) | VHC | It’s plain the article has gone to press back to front, with the middle missing | press; transposition of ar(ti)cle |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Calling a sputnik a stra/w hat—misleading! | |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 143 | LAMPREY | VHC | Having got hit on the head, the victim may perhaps be caught in the gully, though not by the spinner | lam prey; spinner = angler’s fly |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 101 | BARRACKS | VHC | Rails about the mutton and complains about the game | rack (= neck of mutton) in bars |
| 97 | NESTOR | VHC | It’s a wise man who boxes nearly all the compass clockwise | i.e. N, E, S to r(ight) |
| 96 | INTERLOCK | VHC | There is so close a fit here that no trickle can escape | anag. |
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1989-1990
895 TONE DEAF
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
869 HOLD-UPS
1987-1988
827 MICKEY-TAKING
818 EMBUSQUÉ
809 DOLCE VITA
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
779 MISSING LINK
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
1983-1984
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
1980-1981
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1967-1968
989 GRENADINE
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
1964-1965
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
760 METAMORPHOSE
1959-1960
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
1956-1957
408 BILLET
404 POLENTA
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
269 ASCENT
259 AGANIPPE
1953 (2)
249 BALM
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
1952 (2)
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
1952 (1)
183 SAUSAGES
1951 (1)
166 RACHIDES
1949 (2)
115 MISNOMER
114 TAPPIT-HEN
1949 (1)
100 Word containing ADDING
98 HUMERI
1948 (1)
76 VALEDICTORY
1947 (2)
65 PIVOT
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |