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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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D. A. Nicholls | 43 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 49 | 51 | Jul 1945 | Nov 1979 | 34y 4m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1979-1980 | ||||
384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Pound is great abroad: going even further | anag. |
1977-1978 | ||||
267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | A nice set of figures for the Fiesta – outcome of Cowley capers? | i.e. Morris dance; ref. Ford F. and Morris Co. based in Cowley |
1974-1975 | ||||
146 | CHARADES | Third | Freeze? No, no place for that, but unions must help our problems | char Ades; ref. miners’ strike |
1973-1974 | ||||
53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | It’s Brew Ten, and the last word in beers: builds great men? That’s something to chew on perhaps | ale X and (be)ers, 2 defs. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1967-1968 | ||||
1000 | THOUSAND | VHC | X joins Ringo in this week’s top number | i.e. 10 O o |
1964-1965 | ||||
856 | RODOMONTADE | VHC | More to-do and rampaging around—the sort of palaver we expect from Cassius! | anag.; ref. C. Clay |
829 | FAREWELL | VHC | Last words do nicely | fare well |
1963-1964 | ||||
790 | PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam) | Third | Panorama | Peter Pan |
780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | First | Exim: 20 marks out of 25 | |
773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | Home unsuitable? No! No! The order’s changed but it’s much the same set! | i.e. out (not home) fit (not unsuitable) in reverse order; ref. Douglas-H.’s appointment as PM |
769 | PENNY | VHC | Cheap, common piece, much discussed in a recent Report! | cryptic def.; ref. Halsbury report on decimalisation, and Denning report on Profumo affair |
1958-1959 | ||||
521 | SOUP | VHC | To dunk bread in this will he non-U | i.e. so(U)p, & lit. |
504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | Government policy is made up to sound all right—but it flops! | lead line, 2 defs.; sound3 |
1957-1958 | ||||
482 | LEASING-MAKER | Third | Any constructive person catching on to the Rent Act becomes a speaker of seditious words! | leasing + maker; ref. deregulation of private renting in 1957 |
477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | Unflappability? That’s dense, with seats in jeopardy! | anag.; ref. to Lord Hailsham |
473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Explorer’s signa/l—odious to us people—sears | ref. Explorer 1, USA’s first satellite |
456 | PLAFOND | VHC | Jittery “flap” over a round object—no date given for upshot. Gaze upward to admire its convolutions! | anag. + O + n.d.; ref. Sputnik, launched Oct 1957 |
447 | TOUSLE | VHC | Herbert Morrison’s tip-top in a riotous Left-wing scuffle! | hidden, 2 defs.; ref. H.M.’s hairstyle |
1956-1957 | ||||
425 | TRAVERSE | Third | What do television scanners do? Disturb rest with an intrusion of utter drivel! | rave (vb.) in anag.; surveying |
421 | DOVETAIL | VHC | A bit of craftsmanship in the construction of the Cabinet has brought Macmillan’s sleep back! | dove2 tail; ref. PM Harold M., Cabinet reshuffle, 1957 |
417 | SINECURE | VHC | You may have your work cut out to find such a situation: you certainly will in keeping it! | cryptic def. |
415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | “What weather, boy!” “No sun, old ’un!” | |
1955-1956 | ||||
334 | CHEROOT | VHC | The corona should have an end cut off to give a decent smoke! | anag. of the coro(na) |
329 | HAMADRYAD | VHC | Not like Guinness to lead to a day with the staggers and the doctor in—must be the wood spirit! | ham + Dr in anag.; w.s. = meths.; ref. Alec G., actor |
1954 (2) | ||||
316 | BATHROOM | VHC | clue not given | |
304 | ORLEANS | VHC | Sound French jean, dark, for my maid—that’s the stuff! | i.e. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’, Maid of O. |
302 | MARTIN | VHC | Who’d be blessed with his summer damp and autumnal? I’m about ready to quit this country! | 2 mngs.; St. M.’s Summer: “a season of mild damp weather in late autumn” (Webster); migration |
300 | COCCO | VHC | clue not given; 16 greedier, 23 cocco, 30 Pucio (Point in Philippines), 33 stork | |
289 | CISTERN | VHC | My dribbling finishes with proper ball control, my tap supplies Dixie—so back gets the bird! | sic (rev.) + tern; ball-valve; D. Dean, footballer |
287 | MANCHESTER | VHC | The East has contracted and merchants must take it—but there’s a rumpus here! | E in anag., & lit. |
1953 (2) | ||||
253 | DERATION | First | Abandon the cut-aways and cross-overs of standard pattern books—try a neat Dior creation! | anag.; ref. ration books and coupons |
1953 (1) | ||||
213 | LEMONADE | VHC | Coward’s name made in Bitter Sweet! Press effusive about “this refreshing production” | anag. of Noël made, 3 defs.; B.S., operetta by N.C. |
1952 (2) | ||||
206 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Court where givers of short measure were tried—and wiped, perhaps, with a knotted rope! | anag. of wiped, rope |
1951 (2) | ||||
178 | HIDEOUS | VHC | Only a slight change in the House; the result is about the same. It’s ghastly! | id. in anag.; ref. 1951 Gen. Election |
174 | ANACREONTICS | VHC | Such free verse could be made the subject of a transoceanic exchange long before 1941! | anag.; ref. transatlantic calls between Churchill & Roosevelt |
173 | HATCHING | VHC | Getting down and out? | cryptic def.; down2 |
171 | SERINGAS | VHC | Cut a circle from the bark and see the floods around the rubber-trees! | ring, vb., in seas |
1951 (1) | ||||
161 | TILLER | First | Keep your head, cox, or I’ll show you who’s master | i.e. (c)ox, & lit.; t. of boat and t. = master of ox |
1948 (1) | ||||
69 | MISANTHROPE | VHC | Just the man to maltreat orphan mites and give mothers pain | 2 anags. & lit. |
67 | SURFEIT (DLM) | VHC | I will never drink to excess (or X——s) if true merit receives no token | excess; i.e., Ximenes |
1947 (1) | ||||
50 | APOSTLE | VHC | One Simon (pre-Stylite) sat spread-eagled on a broken pole | anag. of sat, pole |
1945 (1) | ||||
3 | STOVEPIPE | First | Burst open two hogsheads to get a draught? My hat! | stove + pipe (cask size) |
2 | UNSPEAK | VHC | clue missing |
1979-1980
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
306 DICKENS
301 TROLLOPISH
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
298 NOSER
1976-1977
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
1973-1974
62 SOLITAIRES
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1143 MORGIANA
1965-1966
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
817 WYLIE-COATS
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
782 SWELL
777 TAILOR-BIRD
1962-1963
721 KERB-MERCHANT
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
486 BARACAN
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
364 HELLEBORE
347 TELEVISOR
1954 (2)
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
295 SENSE-ORGANS
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
281 SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number)
277 PRODIGALLY
271 TRIPLET
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
251 UNMETHODICAL
243 LODESTAR
241 MANDOLINE
1952 (1)
182 MISTLETOE
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
177 DESOLATE
176 SPIGOT
175 HAIR-LINE
172 GARNISHER
170 GUINEA
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
162 TITANESS
1949 (1)
93 BUMBLE-PUPPY
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
1947 (2)
65 PIVOT
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1974-1975 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1963-1964 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1957-1958 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 2 | 5 |
1956-1957 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 2 | 8 |
1955-1956 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1954 (2) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1953 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
1951 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1947 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1945 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 0 | – |