Clues written by G. G. Lawrance
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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. G. Lawrance | 40 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 62 | 46 | Feb 1948 | May 1985 | 37y 3m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Special festival presentation: Variety with Mr Sachs – it can be seen on television | anag. + box; ref. Andrew S., presenter of ‘The Good Old Days’ |
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The postman cannot deliver unless he can see the mai/d dress | |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 924 | MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left) | VHC | Appropriate clue, made up in the head, merits me being commended for a change! Laurel, perhaps? | anag. in head; anag. ref. L. & Hardy |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Perhaps Falstaff would have refused port with a bluff hai/ry man | |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The child’s full of ze/rumbet. Ray’s no need for a psychiatrist! | betrays |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 400 | Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary) | VHC | Steady increases in the complexity of xs are seen (12) | accrescences; anag.; x = CCCC |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | I produce abbreviated tableaux vivants—or else I break down! | anag. incl. t.v., & lit.; see “tableau” in C. |
| 334 | CHEROOT | VHC | It’s uncouth in her company to smoke | anag. incl. Co.; smoke, n. |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 316 | BATHROOM | VHC | clue not given | |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 267 | TRADE | VHC | Association with this business would turn a Unionist into a Labour supporter | i.e. T. Unionist |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 235 | ASPHETERISM | Third | Keeping the mass ripe for revolt is part of the Communist creed | anag. |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 195 | WALLABAS | VHC | We could provide lining for camel hair jackets, or at least a pair of trunks! | wall, abas; wall = lining of organ [see comments] |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 192 | WATSON | VHC | The first character in whodunits to get badly sat on | w + anag., & lit. |
| 190 | CHEQUERS | VHC | The Prime Minister’s address included a reference to the Queen—that’s what the applause was about | Qu. in cheers; ref. PM’s country residence |
| 188 | Beware the Ides of March (Anagram) | VHC | … which Rab seemed to fear | ref. R. A. Butler, Chancellor in recently-elected government |
| 183 | SAUSAGES | VHC | They may be cooked to demonstrate the Aga’s uses | anag. & lit.; ref. Aga cookers |
| 182 | MISTLETOE | VHC | I live with my host throughout the year and get put up for Christmas | cryptic def.; m. is a parasite |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 180 | HESPER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Bevan-wis/e M.P. (Tory) calls for increases in armaments to cease | ref. Nye Bevan’s resignation over health service cuts to fund defence |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 164 | NEWTON | VHC | Devonian Abbot who originally associated the apple with the reason for the Fall | 2 mngs.; N. Abbot, Devon; N.’s law of gravity; apple, Adam & Eve |
| 163 | LORICATE | VHC | There’s a sloppy article about love appearing in the Mail | O in anag. of article |
| 160 | RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry) | First | If the Government ration sex, T/ories will be a problem for the housewives! | ref. food rationing |
| 158 | RATING | VHC | Standing allowed only on the lower deck | 2 mngs. |
| 155 | LYTERIAN | VHC | Putting Nye on trial might result in stopping the rot, according to the doctors | anag. of Nye trial; ref. Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, Min. of Health |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | Love, the French think, has such a charming way of laughing at locksmiths! | 0 + pense (Fr.) + same; such, same = of like kind (C.); ref. proverb “love laughs at l.” |
| 150 | CAPILLAMENTS | VHC | A scalp ailment requires treatment when the hairs fall out | anag. |
| 143 | LAMPREY | VHC | One might have been ample for Henry IV and V: Henry I had more than enough | anag. + ry (4th and 5th letters of Henry); ref. ‘surfeit of l.s’ |
| 135 | STRIPPED | VHC | Impoverished tipper torn between shillings and pence | anag. In s, d |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 130 | MODERN | VHC | Recent attempt to introduce monarchy broken by Communist rising | red (rev.) in mon. |
| 123 | LEECHES | Second | If Attlee and Churchill formed a coalition, these doctors would have only a single form to fill in | sing. hidden in Attlee-Churchill; ref. impending Gen. Election, Feb 1950; i.e. singular form |
| 121 | SNAPSHOT | Second | A photo finish with two horses neck and neck coming up in the lead | span (rev.) in shot (= lead pellets) |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 117 | LION | VHC | A word in Pygmalion which, among ladies, is a most dreadful thing! | (Pygma)lion; ref. Bottom in M.N.D. III.1, “a lion among the ladies …”, and use of “bloody” in P. |
| 109 | PERI | VHC | She stood at the gate but wasn’t given an opportunity to see over it | peri(scope); ref. Thos. Moore, ‘Paradise and the P.’ |
| 106 | HELIOTROPE | VHC | Signalling device salvaged from a small observation post on the Loire | anag. of OP the Loire; see heliograph |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 103 | MOSES | VHC | How the sick bay carries on perhaps, with half the nurses arriving after the doctor | MO (nur)ses; mose vb. |
| 94 | SARDELLE | First | French Chamber divided—over a confounded red herring by the look of it! | anag. in salle (Fr.) |
| 92 | PARTRIDGE | VHC | One of the backs must always be on side in this game | part, ridge; ridge = the back (obs.) |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 91 | CRETONNE | VHC | Material salvaged from the wreck of R.101 | anag. of R, cent, one; ref. airship crash 1930 |
| 81 | CHARADE | VHC | Enigma Variation No. 1. and hard to compose | anag. incl. “C. A. E.” ; ref. Elgar, title of E.V. No. 1 |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 77 | MAROON | First | Air raid warning red | 2 mngs. |
| 76 | VALEDICTORY | VHC | Like Mr. Dalton’s last budget, a great success—about a penny on beer | ale d in victory; ref. leaked details of 1947 budget, and resignation of Hugh Dalton, CE |
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
1977-1978
259 TRANSIRE
Ximenes competitions
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
945 OBLITERATE
933 COTTABUS
929 AMPHITHEATRE
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1965-1966
894 WITENAGEMOT
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
1955-1956
338 SHE-ASS
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
1953 (2)
251 UNMETHODICAL
239 GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry)
1952 (2)
202 SPALPEEN
200 ACCOUNT
199 HONESTY
197 SCALES
1952 (1)
189 SALTIRE
187 GROWLER
185 STOUT
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
181 HANGABLE
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
178 HIDEOUS
176 SPIGOT
175 HAIR-LINE
174 ANACREONTICS
173 HATCHING
171 SERINGAS
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
167 PARMESAN
162 TITANESS
161 TILLER
159 SPANIEL
157 ORANGE
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
149 DOMESTIC
148 FILIBUSTER
147 GATHER
146 BELDAME
139 HECATOMB
1950 (1)
128 AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry)
119 UMBLE-PIE
1949 (2)
115 MISNOMER
110 LEVIGATE
107 STRAMASH
105 SMITHEREENS
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
100 Word containing ADDING
99 SCARABEE
98 HUMERI
95 SPOONER
1948 (2)
86 ODOMETER
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
83 BUDAPEST
79 SALOME
1948 (1)
70 GARBAGE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 1950 (1) | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |