Clues written by R. B. Adcock
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. B. Adcock | 21 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 24 | Oct 1954 | May 1991 | 36y 7m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 991 | BRASH (or BRUSH) | VHC | Our race? No it is America’s instead | British with US for it is, & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 779 | MISSING LINK | VHC | Beginning of ‘The Mikado’: lovers’ activity – jail – ‘to be beheaded, beheaded’ would complete the sequence | M + (k)issing + (c)link |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Clubman – the bird I abandoned in lodgings kicked back | Pickwick; k(I)wi in kip (rev.), & lit. |
| 197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Fairy Queen drops in here … yes! be/ndy, falling on bottom | A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 146 | CHARADES | VHC | What might transport vulgar party? – acts with nothing censored! | chara + d(0)es & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 916 | DIAPASON | VHC | Mortgage enveloping one and it’s rising further—that’s a burden “I will with deep groans bear” | a in dip + SA (rev.) + on; dip= mortgage: ‘Rape of Lucrece’, 1132 |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 898 | POCHARD | VHC | Kind of loom in which ball of thread travels backwards to fullest extent | cop (rev.) + hard; loom = loon2 |
| 868 | DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left) | VHC | Something to adorn a dome (about nothing on top)—to comb backwards around one would be madness! | 0 up in tee3, & lit.; and in red (rev.) |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | The Swan-maiden must get abnormally sinewy—like a miner! | miser; pen + anag. |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 804 | DETRUNCATE | VHC | That’s Dexter—four out of six hooked or cut savagely | De(x)t(e)r + uncate; ref. Ted D., England batsman |
| 782 | SWELL | VHC | Macaroni cheese is a bit off too! | (a)s well; cheese2; bit = bitten |
| 764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | What to do if partner’s trembling and bust makes him shy! | anag. |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 743 | CHEMIST | Second | A cough in the chest of the graveyard variety, and I’m made! | MI in chest, & lit. |
| 721 | KERB-MERCHANT | VHC | Result of hearing may be to restrain me over start of racket to swindle customers | ‘curb’ me r chant, & lit.; chant = sell horses fraudulently |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 686 | FEMALE | VHC | Race as of old, displaying style and no ordinary stamina | 2 mngs.; race (obs.) = sex; style, stamens in plants |
| 673 | ERISTICAL | VHC | Prepared for fall-out? Order a Lacticiser and there’s no need to worry about calcium | anag. less Ca |
| 664 | MANIPULATE | First | Not abed after midnight is to retire anything but early: do what Sir Toby did to that conclusion! | up in a.m. (all rev.) + late; ref. Twelfth Night II.3.1 |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 417 | SINECURE | VHC | Safe broken open by man in office: easy, lucrative job | in (n.) in secure |
| 395 | SCALE-ARMOUR | VHC | Just what secures the best coverage in the press, namely, famous king in disreputable love-affair | sc. + Lear in amour; press = battle |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 351 | LUSTRE | Third | What ended vice after sex had gone to the Roman’s head? | lust R (vic)e, & lit.; lustre2 |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 316 | BATHROOM | VHC | clue not given | |
1987-1988
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
1979-1980
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
1976-1977
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
216 SCANTITY
1974-1975
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
135 GABIONADE
Ximenes competitions
1968-1969
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1967-1968
967 CREMOSIN
1966-1967
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
864 PATERNAL
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
834 CARRIED
825 COACHES
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
777 TAILOR-BIRD
773 FIT-OUT
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
730 ARCH-PIRATE
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
1957-1958
469 DAISY
1956-1957
421 DOVETAIL
1954 (2)
304 ORLEANS
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |