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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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| S. Goldie | 150 | 5 | 21 | 124 | 224 | 176 | Jan 1949 | Aug 1996 | 47y 7m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1255 | CATAFALCO | VHC | Crude afloat about Arctic’s edges — bears dead | anag. incl. c. A, c |
| 1247 | PREDICANT | Third | Barchester chap? Slope, led by unholy pride | anag. + cant; chap. = chaplain; ref. Trollope |
| 1242 | KNOCKERS | VHC | Keegan at kick-off blithely reckons outstanding two up front will take some holding | K + anag.; ref. Kevin K. |
| 1220 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Warners have her on roll as a name performing with little credit – sad! | anag. incl. n, cr. |
| 1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | A crocodile’s custodian – such a person shows no little suspicion | such a person less sus |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1178 | BOOTLEG | VHC | Kick on – this must be straight to goosestep … bent to pussyfoot | boot leg, 2 defs. |
| 1174 | DINGLE-DANGLE | VHC | Swinging you’ll find can become life-gladdening, if sent | anag. less if |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1143 | DEATH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Trusting any me/an do you forge the best urn? | Ganymede, Hebe |
| 1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | VHC | Old crock indefinitely sans MOT | anag. |
| 1113 | EMPLASTRUM | VHC | Trammels up wound | anag. & lit. |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1095 | STINK | VHC | What came from witches’ stirring? Brought up pieces of information… ‘King hereafter’ | nits (rev.) + K; ref. Macbeth |
| 1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | VHC | —— with both sides flushed with excitement can become rampageous | anag. incl. r, l, & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Regular order for wolf-pack, supper is co/ld, off, or ever seeking prey | ref. submarine flotillas |
| 1021 | BEARD | VHC | Full ——s may go with manes to carry Charon’s fee | bear d(enarius); manes = spirits of the dead |
| 1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | Buzzing pitch? A prankish ‘vale’ alas brought about Gower’s end | anag. + r in ay |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | Oxford types with useful tags – Latin ones hold at university | up in L aces |
| 926 | NERD | VHC | Our country embodying name abroad in drunken lout | anag. less n in UK |
| 922 | REFORMADO | VHC | Rode sadly around estranged from unit? | anag. + a, all in anag., & lit. |
| 895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | I’m ten under par – with Faldo disheartened; clinching end of game with perfect pitch? Contrariwise! | e in anag. of ten Fa(l)do; ref. Nick F. |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 827 | MICKEY-TAKING | VHC | Aiming pull to leg may get kick in googly | anag.; leg-pulling |
| 788 | CROW | VHC | What follows bee-line? | i.e. C row, & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 779 | MISSING LINK | Third | Modern man (Wise type!) needed my transformation: unable to see the join! | i.e. missing (the) link; ref. homo sapiens, Ernie W.; t. = false hair |
| 766 | GUBBINS | VHC | What puts the throb in Heath Robinson? Cannily using bits and bobs for starters | anag. incl. b b |
| 740 | ESCADRILLE | Third | Jet-set? Celles d’air sans souci | anag. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | A medley of Arthur Sullivan’s overtures to cure my hip? | anag. incl. A S, & lit. |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 679 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | To supper? (Nod eagerly) Conduc/t, I go | Pernod |
| 670 | TURNIP-FLEA | VHC | Rotation’s over whether, with last of crop in, fallow follows … I go for swede or cabbage | turn + p in if + lea |
| 660 | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram) | VHC | I savour innocent awe treasures get at morn | |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 627 | AMBIENT | VHC | Does is mean (a) eyre or (b) air? I’d make it mean (b) | anag. |
| 622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | First | A/erial is mended, as tone was being lost from the set in The Crown | ref. ‘the Jewel in the Crown’ |
| 585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | Moulin Rouge girl turned up to one party dressed in style – in a fan | Lab. + fille (rev.) in form |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 564 | PARAMENT | VHC | Name-part jauntily taking curtain perhaps – no hempen homespun, this | anag.; taking adj. |
| 547 | GLEEMAN | VHC | One who could hardly be keener to amass a gathering, entertaining ’em | ’em in glean; k. = mourner |
| 543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | The attribute of the long-distance runner that’s shared by a pigsty owner?! | anag.; share = plough |
| 530 | PROMETAL | VHC | Stuff for the witches’ cauldron? See the Props Mistress about frog’s innards and other things | ro in PM + et al. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | I’ll give you serendipity’s root: correct sources of my information go to Ceylon | anag. incl. m i |
| 506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | On piano, aspirin glass is next to present for pa – n/ude! | |
| 473 | HERRING-BONE | VHC | In Henri Bergson’s evolution, society skips a pattern, progressing by alternatives | anag. less S; ref. French philosopher 1859-1941 |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | Odysseus’ stern design? Settling up later with the last of the suitors | anag. incl. s |
| 464 | SIMKIN | VHC | For what the ’eathen called the Widow – skin ’im alive | anag.; the Widow = champagne; cf. Kipling: Barrack Room Ballads |
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Phosphorus, half wound with a rag, spits fire from touching air – cut air supply | anag. incl. phosp(horus); anag.; spit n., supply adv. |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 414 | UNBOSOMER | Third | A Mae West for confidence? See Bosun or me for issue | anag., 2 defs. |
| 384 | OUTSPREADING | Third | How the Empress kept her figure, doing rambles round rough pasture | anag. in anag.; ref. Wodehouse’s E. of Blandings |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 362 | SEA-SOLDIER | VHC | Mer-man? See this one slide ashore with craft, not with fish’s tail | sea soldier, anag. less h, & lit. |
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | One who’ll affect a strut, assuming leading part in play | play; p in anag., & lit.; play = holiday (Shak.) |
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | Not much material left – not even to yield old mini? | odd come short |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 298 | NOSER | VHC | What rebuffs possible threat from northeaster – a sou’wester? | northeaster less anag. |
| 289 | AMNESIAC | Third | Manes drifting with one across Lethe made one this | anag. + 1 ac. |
| 276 | AMTRACK | VHC | A cat, Mr. K, wandering in the wet, this cat acts like a duck | anag.; ref. Kipling: ‘Just So Stories’; duck4 |
| 267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | Steps maybe seen first at the Alhambra; a crimson red, tessellated | anag.; morris dance ‘perh. of Moorish origin’ |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | It makes all loy E subj rev ERII | anag. & lit. |
| 216 | SCANTITY | VHC | In miniskirts, can’t I typify the soul of wit? | hidden; ‘brevity is…’ |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Captain to be content with no roar at sea | Corcoran; anag.; ref. H.M.S. Pinafore, ‘And with you we’re quite content’ |
| 195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | What did Hamlet do, being chary about outrageous fortune – shun getting all involved? | ill in shy1 + all in shy1 |
| 187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Where you find mart for junk – Edinburgh two p stall – no end of rubbish | anag. less h; mart2; stall = lose control, junk = salt meat |
| 183 | PICKLE | VHC | What’s fished for with a runcible spoon, nickel-plated, and let away embarrassingly? | comp. anag. |
| 165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | VHC | Can one harpoon, net, and hook be ample, catching us? A probable bloomer! | |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Name of pedestrian run down, Blind Pew. Period | anag.; run down (obs.); blind = drunk |
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | One who can fritter dough, or act lively with stodge | anag. |
| 110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Rope will sag; this guy alters that | anag. |
| 105 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram) | VHC | —— whom I’ll honour, ran a very tolerable abecedarian cargo | |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 95 | THUNDERCLAP | First | Levin gave warning of this crash – a report in The Times? | 2 mngs.; levin = lightning; ref. ‘The Thunderer’, Bernard L. |
| 92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | Twist mealymouthed bloody war has in treatment of prisoners nowadays | anag. incl. b |
| 75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | Shell coterie in smashing rag in tuckshop, super | anag. in anag. |
| 70 | GESTAPO (Misprints) | VHC | To pages broadcast in the Third Reith applied ruthless control | Reich; anag.; ref. Lord R., BBC Third programme |
| 66 | NONSENSE | Second | Pish-Tushery? Japanese drama with small currency in all quarters but the West | no + sen in N, S, E; ref. The Mikado |
| 57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | With those legs, the things to get mad – a/rousers! | |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | VHC | BOUTIQUENIK | E |
| 36 | CRUSADER | Second | Palmer and I made same pilgrimage: cursed Royal and Ancient rough | anag. incl. R(&)A; ref. Arnold P., golfer; palmer = pilgrim to Holy Land |
| 31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | Greasy Joan’s province is female, with Tom and Dick kept out, discomfited | hen in anag. |
| 23 | SCLERODERMIC | VHC | Mr. Croc’dile, ’e’s uncommonly so | anag. & lit. |
| 18 | EPIGONE | VHC | At the end of the line what might have been a tantony one | e + pig one, & lit. |
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | His ark prompted smiles; unparalleled rain hit earth | |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1154 | CLARIONET | VHC | Real tonic rambling in the woods—it’s breathtaking | anag. |
| 1135 | HILAIRE BELLOC | VHC | I found delight in Sussex hills—an endless one; local beer I found smashing | hil(l) + anag.; ‘Hills and the Sea’ |
| 1131 | CAROUSER (Misprints) | VHC | Rooster who wakes our cares anew | roister; anag.; wake = hold late revel (obs.) |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1106 | LEXICOGRAPHY | VHC | Revised provides X with gear—he’s original with policy | anag. & lit. |
| 1097 | PANTOPHAGIST | VHC | I’m hopeless at shopping at foodstores—I like all they have | anag. |
| 1084 | ANGEL-FOOD | VHC | What would be delicacy to Dwight D. could make F. Delano go wild | anag.; Eisenhower, Roosevelt |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1045 | SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left) | VHC | Master, in the open, at front of hazard, lipped hole in crisp little crack with wedge | M out h; hidden; ref. golf Open Championship |
| 1023 | CONSOLE | VHC | Cheer loser on coming in damned close | on in anag. |
| 1019 | DISCORD (Misprints) | VHC | Something grating on the car—part of brake, maybe, against bent rod | ear; disc + anag. |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 989 | GRENADINE | VHC | What makes a silky lap, a soft lap, endearing | anag. |
| 987 | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Model finds hiding “gir/l”—amorous clot! He’s impossible! | |
| 958 | DRY MEASURE | VHC | Cor—that was one of my units in Israel, scattering Druse Army eastwards | anag. + E; ref. Six-Day war; cor2 |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 949 | BROWSING | VHC | Is it A. feeding B. speeding C. reading? B is wrong, quiet wrong | anag. & lit. |
| 936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | They are always fetching on girl-skaters, inducing chronic rink-itis in masculine society | anag. in m S |
| 929 | AMPHITHEATRE | VHC | I had endless rows with people about the sand trap—I h-hate ’em being untidy | anag. |
| 907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | I’ve more than one sink in my premises; it’s surrounded, by plague-spots | link; it in sores |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | Tiny creatures, looking like mules? It’s Pa and I, taken with faulty camera! | paramecia; pa + anag. incl. I; mules = slippers |
| 894 | WITENAGEMOT | VHC | Scrappy game I went to—wasn’t it King’s Old Boys and a representative district team? | anag. |
| 884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Famous du/o was often accompanied by equally famous trio | Dumas |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 856 | RODOMONTADE | VHC | Ode on Mr. Toad might well turn out to be this! | anag. & lit. |
| 847 | FRENETICAL | Second | Descriptive of a cup-tie nowadays: the referee’s worried over what will make it clean | anag. of ref + anag. |
| 829 | FAREWELL | VHC | New-style wear in shaggy hair—a parting, and it’s waved | anag. in fell4 |
| 825 | COACHES | Third | One who does may make progress by stages with diligence | double mng.; coach (vb.) = study with tutor |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Exim: 16 | |
| 769 | PENNY | VHC | The light breaks when it drops | cryptic def. |
| 764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | First | A hop in the days of Prohibition would make m-me s-say h-hik! | anag.; hop1,2 |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 712 | RHEUMATICKY | VHC | Stiff hiker may cut rambling | anag. |
| 708 | HEARTS | VHC | Elastic-sided pumps—everyone’s wearing them; last you a life-time; half-heel, semi-straight back | he(el) + stra(ight) (rev.) |
| 703 | SCAPEMENT | VHC | You will take ten paces, Monsieur—agitated? Yes, I see the seconds are on time with the revolvers! | anag. incl. M |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 678 | TESSELLATED | VHC | What’s the floor like at the Alhambra? Get a dance team up, let’s lead with the Twist, and see! | set (rev.) + anag.; A. dance-hall and Moorish palace |
| 656 | FIDDLESTICKS | VHC | Moonshine! Art trifling with ’empen ’omespuns? | fiddlest ’icks; ref. MND |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 634 | BEDSTEAD | VHC | Support needed for all-night session, with stormy debates going on to the beginning of daylight | anag. + d |
| 630 | STREAKY | VHC | Describes sob-sister’s make-up. Where you see stars embracing phoney tear produces this! | anag. in sky |
| 621 | CHASE | VHC | clue not given [see comments] | |
| 604 | APOSTROPHISE | First | Extravagantly aspire to posh address—you’ll probably need a thou or two to do this! | anag.; thou1,2 |
| 600 | The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram) | Third | Exhibits true high-bred old England! | |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 578 | GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number) | Second | Edgar the Unsteady got wind of something—what the Witan did—and folded! | wind; anag., 3 defs. |
| 560 | CONGENITALLY | VHC | Do you see potential little Conservative, little Liberal in gal yet? Naturally, according to Gilbert! | Con + anag. incl. L; ref. ‘Iolanthe’ |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 486 | BARACAN | VHC | It took a real jerker to get me in tears—“The Waif’s Return” has the power! | Arab (rev.) can |
| 456 | PLAFOND | First | You see many admiring me in the Sistine Chapel almost fall head over heels in the piscina! | fal(l) (rev.) in pond |
| 447 | TOUSLE | VHC | Get that crazy hair-do! Absolutely remodelled, after having ends (skilfully!) trimmed | anag. of (ab)solute(ly), i.e. ably removed |
| 438 | MACARONI | VHC | I can roam freely in Vauxhall Gardens now he’s no longer a menace | anag.; ref. S. Pepys 1667, “young gallants misbehaving…” |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 425 | TRAVERSE | VHC | It’s half-crazy to have uneven skirts short—shows one leg of course | rav(ing) in terse |
| 417 | SINECURE | Third | Cushy job gives us nice change: what’s next to do being the last thing to consider! | anag. + re2 & lit. |
| 408 | BILLET | VHC | Quarter is what you ask for when you’ve had enough—with the extremes of entreatment! | bill + e,t |
| 400 | Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary) | Third | x years before Napoleon was beaten, a Geneva assembly settled the French hash (9) | Agincourt; a gin court; x = 400; ref. battle of A. 1415, and Waterloo 1815 |
| 390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Having an egg (gull). I’ve ran on party-member’s Ma. S/it her end! | Gulliver, Big- and Little-endians |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 302 | MARTIN | VHC | Swallow a cocktail? Not I—Black-and-White if it’s on the house | Martin(i); colour of house martin, B&W whisky |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 283 | SOBER | Second | What Jack isn’t after splicing the mainbrace to greet the Queen! | sob ER, & lit.; greet2 = lament; ref. Queen’s return from Commonwealth tour |
| 269 | ASCENT | VHC | Rise in accidents involved special police being sent out | anag. less CID |
| 267 | TRADE | VHC | Traffic halting at red—change gear | anag. (halt2), 2 defs. |
| 263 | We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram) | VHC | Who knows not that the Nile delights us? | |
| 259 | AGANIPPE | VHC | Caused some choice language, this spring in Epping—backed new van into a roadman’s sign! | i.e. g of Epping (rev.) in AA; new van = first letter after reversal |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 255 | SCUTTLE | VHC | To hole in one is generally matter for getting lit-up—let’s cut capers! | anag., 2 defs.; pause after ‘hole’ |
| 253 | DERATION | Second | Make ample amends to a diner | anag. & lit. |
| 247 | VAMPIRE | VHC | I’m a fast finisher when I’m in the vein, but personally I’m dead against the current rage for speed records | v. amp ire; ref. de Havilland V. jet, air speed record holder |
| 245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | VHC | What was it, the attraction of a Peach Melba? So soft, then melted away to nothing | cryptic def.; so p ran 0; ref. Dame Nellie M. |
| 241 | MANDOLINE | VHC | Ravel—il m’a donné quelque chose à jouer! | anag. & lit.; ravel = disentangle |
| 235 | ASPHETERISM | VHC | Not allowing you a penny of your own? The old worm! Confound the miser! | asp + anag. |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 231 | PREAMBLE | VHC | Entrée. What about minced lamb? Hae a wee bite! | anag. in pree |
| 229 | MASCOT | Third | Causes endless stomach trouble—unlike Jonah! | anag. less h; ref. J. and the whale |
| 213 | LEMONADE | VHC | Appears in emblem on a design suitable for chidren’s mugs | hidden |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 201 | AMETHYST | Second | Have a stout with methylated in it—half-and-half; take it from me, you won’t get drunk | methy(lated) in a st(out), & lit. |
| 198 | THIRD | Third | If you get the bird, you need not be upset—this programme doesn’t suit all tastes | the bird less be (rev.); BBC Third Programme |
| 195 | WALLABAS | VHC | Indian feller, him clever, has degrees: him go chop-chop with us in Guiana | walla BAs |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 192 | WATSON | VHC | Wasn’t worried by a duck: he was quite handy for Lord’s and had a little quiet practice | anag. incl. 0; ref. proximity of Baker St to Lord’s cricket ground, medical practice |
| 184 | MEREST / WYOMING (DLM) | VHC | Remember “Goin’ My Way,” “Happy State,” “Out West”? How about your song? Simplest way to make a hit—submit MS. Treeblatt & Leafbaum | |
| 181 | HANGABLE | VHC | After shooting, how’s the game? Capital? In Bengal—ah, that’s different! | anag.; 2 defs.; capital punishment |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 177 | DESOLATE | VHC | Stormy sea led to wreck | anag. |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 166 | RACHIDES | VHC | Tail-enders depend on such mainstays as Edrich being out of form | anag.; ref. Geoff E., cricketer |
| 164 | NEWTON | VHC | Studied small weight—and the light broke | wt in neon, & lit.; ref. A. Pope’s epitaph to N.,“and all was light” |
| 161 | TILLER | VHC | Director pushing shares? He might come a cropper here | 2 mngs.; tiller1, share2; come = become |
| 157 | ORANGE | VHC | Capacity second to none is pressed into service for the under-fives | 0 + range; ref. free o.-juice through Welfare Food Scheme |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 149 | DOMESTIC | Third | Spending a lot of time at home messing about I’d met little Society | anag. incl. Soc. |
| 139 | HECATOMB | VHC | Clearly a bit of a she-cat and a bit of a tomboy; a deadly combination! | (s)he-ca(t) + tomb(oy) |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 105 | SMITHEREENS | VHC | Shiver me! The sirens! What will happen if a bomb drops? | anag. |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 94 | SARDELLE | VHC | This fish should find it easy to get in and out of Dardanelles | anag. of Dar(dan)elles |
1996-1997
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1212 HILDING
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1165 YAPSTER
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1108 GREEN
1104 BURYING-PLACES
1992-1993
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1084 PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)
1074 DEMIREP
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1061 MAGIC
1052 AGANIPPE
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1026 LET-OFF
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
982 ALMANAC
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
930 SABULOSE
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
904 VOETGANGER
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
874 BLUESTOCKING
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
866 NECTAREOUS
862 OFF-AND-ON
849 VISITE
840 SONDE
1987-1988
831 COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
814 SPOUSAGE
805 LITOTES
801 LINCHET
796 UPHOLSTERY
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
774 VICTORINE
764 CHILDERMAS
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
753 SHEEPDOG
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
1985-1986
731 STRING
727 WELL-TO-DO
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
714 MOTE
701 BALUSTRADE
683 BANISH
1984-1985
662 BARGE-COUPLE
649 AUSTRALORP
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
615 HISTORIETTE
607 CARNEY
603 FIGULINE
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
594 DOINGS
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
559 EMBASE
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
534 DODGEM
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
521 ATTITUDINISE
508 POSTURE-MAKER
504 SIMMENTHALER
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
486 JUMPED-UP
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
443 STEEPLECROWN
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
406 BOIL
401 GO-AHEAD
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
393 INTRACARDIAC
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
379 SCYTHEMAN
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
354 SHEER-HULK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
340 BOOKSIE
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
332 NUT-CASE
327 HEMLOCK
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
301 TROLLOPISH
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
294 HUMECT
272 MALAGUETTA
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
247 FLIVVER
243 OLYMPIC
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
225 VALETA
208 RALPH
1975-1976
203 BOGY
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
1974-1975
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
135 GABIONADE
127 FRITHSOKEN
114 PANIC
1973-1974
88 BLOOMERY
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
45 NEMORAL
27 VINEGAR
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1140 CALLOUS
1123 MAXIMIST
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1080 ANDROMEDA
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1041 TEA-LEAD
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1966-1967
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
898 POCHARD
882 SNAPDRAGON
873 VETERANS
1964-1965
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
817 WYLIE-COATS
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
782 SWELL
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
730 ARCH-PIRATE
725 SILENUS
1961-1962
682 PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left)
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
664 MANIPULATE
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
638 BUREAUCRAT
626 WOMAN-TIRED
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
612 CARGO (Misprints)
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
586 HEBDOMADARY
582 MARRY
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
571 PESTER
569 PROPOSAL
564 SHE-BEAR
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
504 LEAD-LINE
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
477 SEDATENESS
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
464 STRAWED
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
451 MEGAPODE
1956-1957
434 CARTON
404 POLENTA
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
377 MALISON
373 PRESTONPANS
364 HELLEBORE
343 EPIGONI
338 SHE-ASS
329 HAMADRYAD
1954 (2)
316 BATHROOM
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
277 PRODIGALLY
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
265 THERMAE
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
239 GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry)
237 BASTINADE
1953 (1)
217 DEPOSIT
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
205 CANTANKEROUS
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
199 HONESTY
197 SCALES
1952 (1)
193 TRADUCER
187 GROWLER
185 STOUT
182 MISTLETOE
1951 (2)
178 HIDEOUS
175 HAIR-LINE
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
150 CAPILLAMENTS
1950 (1)
130 MODERN
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
1949 (1)
99 SCARABEE
97 NESTOR
96 INTERLOCK
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 1973-1974 | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 1972-1973 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1963-1964 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 1959-1960 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 1956-1957 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 1953 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 1953 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 1952 (2) | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 1950 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |