HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStatsShow results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. E. Williams | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 63 | 18 | Jan 1948 | Feb 1981 | 33y 1m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 310 | STERNFAST | VHC | Strict dieting? This will stop you pushing out the boat! | stern fast |
| 300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | VHC | Chewing his wares could make us blink and retch | anag. & lit. |
| 259 | TRANSIRE | VHC | When my ship comes home I must get it dad – after a little time has quickly passed | ’t + ran + sire |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 225 | VALETA | VHC | Slow rhythmic movement activates vat full of liquor | ale in anag. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 146 | CHARADES | VHC | Party games after tea – Boston tea parties we hear | cha + ‘raids’; U.S. pronunciation |
| 143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | VHC | Bringing costly Eastern presents All on camels neatly packed Was much slower than a Jumbo But at least you weren’t hi-jacked | |
| 118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | His works may be hung – from treetop? – it’s doubtful | sung; anag. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 70 | GESTAPO (Misprints) | VHC | The scourge of Merlin could make a pest go | Berlin; anag. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | Cook’s responsibility worried him on deck rounding the Western point of Tasmania | T in anag. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 817 | WYLIE-COATS | VHC | Brawly nocturnal habits of female cat—i.e. yowls horribly | anag.; brawly, Scots. adj. & adv. |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Exim: 14 | |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 738 | ANAESTHETIC | VHC | Given by operators etc. in haste—a wrong number | anag., 2 defs. |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 686 | FEMALE | VHC | Puzzle! Does Dutch witch sow sultanas? Six of them! And this applies to them all | 6 words signifying females; puzzle2 (see pucelle) |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 642 | SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | You need a Sepoy too, ver/y ’ot work men! | ryot = peasant |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 519 | RIDICULE (DLM) | VHC | The idle cur in every race Will mock the winner of the chase | |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 417 | SINECURE | VHC | City district in ruins—in ruins up to the East End—office survives, but no work done | EC in anag. + E |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 356 | METOPOSCOPY | VHC | The study of the human face reveals imperfectly an empty shell—inside nothing positive, in brief just about nothing | 0 pos. c. 0 in anag. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 267 | TRADE | VHC | Traffic light at red | anag. |
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
384 OUTSPREADING
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
327 HEMLOCK
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
289 AMNESIAC
272 MALAGUETTA
1976-1977
212 SURCINGLES
1975-1976
183 PICKLE
1974-1975
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1973-1974
88 BLOOMERY
1972-1973
45 NEMORAL
40 FANTOCCINI
23 SCLERODERMIC
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1143 MORGIANA
1140 CALLOUS
1127 TRAYBIT
1969-1970
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1093 MARTINET
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1036 CORONETED
1010 MOTORIST
1967-1968
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
1966-1967
936 MINI SKIRTS
916 DIAPASON
1965-1966
898 POCHARD
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
829 FAREWELL
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
1962-1963
703 SCAPEMENT
1961-1962
669 DRUM
1960-1961
617 COLOPHONY
604 APOSTROPHISE
1959-1960
582 MARRY
569 PROPOSAL
560 CONGENITALLY
555 JURYWOMAN
547 STORMY
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
451 MEGAPODE
447 TOUSLE
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
412 SERVIETTE
408 BILLET
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1953 (2)
253 DERATION
237 BASTINADE
1953 (1)
217 DEPOSIT
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
1951 (2)
171 SERINGAS
1951 (1)
157 ORANGE
1948 (2)
89 SEASON
83 BUDAPEST
1948 (1)
67 SURFEIT (DLM)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |