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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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C. Allen Baker | 258 | 20 | 30 | 208 | 210 | 308 | Jul 1945 | Aug 1986 | 41y 1m | C. A. Baker |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1985-1986 | ||||
722 | SUPERNACULUM | VHC | For which the usual cup men take is bubbly | anag. incl. r, & lit. |
714 | MOTE | VHC | What should be cast when May is out | 2 mngs.; mote2; ref. Matthew 7:5 |
701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | Loading dice is a proper fiddle – one shouldn’t fall for it | U Strad in bale; for = because of |
1984-1985 | ||||
675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | Cat – one mewing and lashing tail gets put out | stern in anag. |
670 | TURNIP-FLEA | VHC | My routine is to leap and bite a leaf ragged | rut (rev.) + nip + anag., & lit. |
662 | BARGE-COUPLE | VHC | Sort of truss, adjustable to cope with a bulge – right? | anag. incl. r; truss = framed structure |
649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | What is no doubt free-range in a rural spot | anag. & lit. |
1983-1984 | ||||
622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | ‘I’ve got no bra,’ s/aid sweet Fanny Adams | |
618 | CRETISM | Second | ‘It can’t be true!’ (It’s McEnroe, bickering, having lobbed one out) | anag. less one (rev.); ref. John M. |
603 | FIGULINE | VHC | Here’s a little number, trendy in rubber or plastic… | fig. + in in ule |
590 | MINEVER | VHC | Border round uniform, tipped | even in rim (all rev.), & lit. |
585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | I’m showing spread … excess fat on stomach I must get rid of by drill | flab + (b)ell(y) I + form |
1982-1983 | ||||
568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | The ra/ider takes a fence spoils – chance of clearance, perhaps? | |
558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Slapstick sport from pantomimes, etc. – tossing a load of pies | spot; anag. less anag. |
556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | Scotch tape secures wrapping without snapping | scorch; w(rapping) in seal |
552 | NOURICE-FEE | VHC | Nightingale’s due … cue for one to get camouflaged with evening about to close in | anag. in den (rev.); Florence N. |
547 | GLEEMAN | VHC | When Fed puts squeeze on grass – he’ll sing | lee in G-man |
538 | INGRAIN | Second | Free half going? I must get into the pub fast | gra(tis) I in inn |
1981-1982 | ||||
521 | ATTITUDINISE | VHC | A nudist tie – crazy; pinning it could turn out to be a poser | it in anag. |
517 | IMMORTELLE | VHC | Me, rot? ME? I’ll explode that! | anag. & lit. |
506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Youngster swills no gin as I d/o. (Tally unheeded!) | |
504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | Its yield will make the milkman sore when it’s not OK, being turned | anag. less KO, & lit. |
495 | CACOETHES | First | Ache to wallow in the embrace of pros? One shouldn’t start it | anag. in (a)ces, & lit. |
473 | HERRING-BONE | VHC | Goner in the briny (not tiny) after decomposition | anag. less tiny, & lit. |
1980-1981 | ||||
456 | BALADINE | First | One like Barnum and Bailey, endlessly pranking | anag. less y; prank = dance; ref. P. T. Barnum, hoaxer |
452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | A bent trendies miss | anag. & lit. |
447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Rash: just up and shaved I caught one, getting the breeze up… psora – horrific! A G.P. treated others just the same | tru(e) (rev.) + I c a + air (rev.); anag. incl. H; former film certificate |
443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | What’s high and possibly worn on the head of a lad bottom of the Remove and a bit of a clot? | steep + l e c + anag., & lit.; dunce’s cap |
1979-1980 | ||||
406 | BOIL | Third | This upon the seat being doctored can give one unable to sit hope | comp. anag. & lit. |
397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | VHC | Rickshaws start rolling up to one in the Far East | kickshaws; jib (rev.) + I in outer E |
388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | VHC | What is lexical I hamper – resort to me for that | comp. anag. & lit.; re-sort |
384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Getting fat? That’s duff or spud-eating | anag.; duff adj. |
375 | SPREATHE | VHC | There’s Pa with a switch; rough for some! | anag.; rough v. |
1978-1979 | ||||
362 | SEA-SOLDIER | Second | I’m jolly well disciplined: I do what’s said – or else | anag. |
358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | I may break into a strut, fraught with power | break; anag. incl. P, & lit. |
336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | VHC | Much noise on the railway being high, here’s a tip for the passenger: give the corridor a wide berth | el1 + far + row; cut + anag., wide = erroneous |
327 | HEMLOCK | VHC | Makes a man become stiff, a measure having been swallowed | m in he lock, & lit.; m = em |
323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | A proper fool, a bit wanting | U koo(k), & lit. |
319 | PODESTA | Second | One can get a throbbing seat after school from the beak for bad Latin | pod + anag. |
1977-1978 | ||||
310 | STERNFAST | VHC | Tackle RN sets aft, coiled | anag. & lit. |
301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | Being slack in stays reduces roll to ship on the turn | anag. + anag. |
289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | I can’t remember names – not even with a leading clue | anag. + 1 ac. |
285 | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | VHC | One may get slain if fired on by crooks | swain; anag.; crook vb. |
259 | TRANSIRE | VHC | An ungainly rear isn’t conducive to making a pass | anag. |
1976-1977 | ||||
255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | Behind this milestone of the Queen’s rule verily lies a job well done | anag. |
250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Don’t chestnut arches clothe the track? | ref. poem lines |
247 | FLIVVER | VHC | Plane in which the onset of repeated vibration is inevitable | v, v in flier, & lit. |
243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Such a dedicated type, covering a mile, admits no limits | m in holy pica less h, a, & lit. |
238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | Doggerel stuff – a trifling effort reflected in short laughter | cram + job (rev.) + in gle(e) |
229 | METRICATE | VHC | To base one’s workings on X can get one in a list of merit, etc. | a in anag.; X = ten, Ximenes; list4 |
225 | VALETA | VHC | Measure a gill – accepted about a quarter of a pint | (pin)t in vale, a; gill4 |
216 | SCANTITY | VHC | ‘Look at the birdie’ … snap youngster’s head and supply pretty negative | scan tit + y; snap = secure, supply noun |
212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | They’re adjusted by users and cling tightly to the stomach | anag. in anag., & lit. |
208 | RALPH | VHC | Take ‘Lofty Peak’ – the lightest element for the pie-maker | r alp H; ‘L. P.’ popular brand of flour |
1975-1976 | ||||
200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | I’ll give you recipe put together with satisfactory conclusion | (Fanny) Craddock; r add OK, & lit. |
195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | Crackers must contain the ultimate in rubbish, all wrapped in skimpy trimming | h in silly + all in shy1; trim = fluctuate |
174 | EPEOLATRY | VHC | What is indeed manifest in English mystical poetry | la2 in E + anag. |
169 | THUGGEE | VHC | The sides of the throttle getting well-nigh squeezed in | hugge(d) in t, e, & lit. |
156 | OMBROPHOBOUS | VHC | Hobo – poor bum’s frowzy, not being overfond of water | anag. |
1974-1975 | ||||
143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | First | With gifts weighed down, frost-flecked, adorned, And star above, ye wise men three-O, ‘Tis little wonder, sirs, that ye Might well be termed a Christmas tree-O | |
139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Court’s out-of-date, just imposing pound fine on petty pilferer | pie3 + powder (vb.); ref. Court of P. |
135 | GABIONADE | Second | Turn-up collar – one aid possibly in protection against storm | bag (rev.) + anag. |
123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | Sort to cadge when broke | anag. & lit. |
118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Merry widow I treated to drink titters tipsily – no head for it | created; (t)ope + anag.; ref. Lehár operetta |
110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Not the kind for whom rope will sag slackly | anag. |
105 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram) | VHC | Lo! I gave many a brace harbour ere the cool rain drown all | |
1973-1974 | ||||
97 | TREBUCHET | VHC | Pitcher – ancient English pitcher, not very good, but unusual | anag. incl. E less pi |
95 | THUNDERCLAP | VHC | This may turn what’s in a plated churn | anag. & lit.; thunder said to turn milk sour |
92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | Make people change a lot – that’ll get support in the laundry | bra in wash |
88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | Beauty, quite topless – a real temperature-raiser | bloom (v)ery |
79 | SLAPSTICK | VHC | Film in which endless paste is thrown about | anag. less e in slick, & lit. |
75 | GROCETERIA | Third | Where one may see a caterer go, I fancy | anag. & lit. |
66 | NONSENSE | VHC | Humbug… God’s being taken in by no part of it | ’s ens in none; ’s = God’s |
57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | We must support our tea/-urn fixture – it’s very shaky | |
53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | This is a draw in green salad if topped, with dressing | X in anag. less g, & lit. |
1972-1973 | ||||
45 | NEMORAL | VHC | Shaw’s adjective is not disfavoured now – quite acceptable in fact | ne + moral; ref. Pygmalion, ‘not bloody likely’; shaw = wood |
31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | Where equipment’s around a woman cook before noon | kit c. hen do m |
27 | VINEGAR | VHC | About midday I’ve chips and fish – I’m stuck on it | n in anag. + gar; chip vb., n = noon |
10 | LINGERIE | VHC | I’ll wear it, says Danny – in drag, that is | linger i.e.; ref. D. la Rue |
5 | SCEUOPHYLAX | Second | Cheap, lousy ‘X’ flicks? I watch the blessed things | anag.; flicks = flutters |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | ||||
1158 | ELEPHANT-SEAL | VHC | Scotch then pale ales—you’ll get me swimming in drink | anag. |
1154 | CLARIONET | Second | Blow me, I carol riotously—X has slipped up | anag. + ten (rev.); ref. X’s error [see comments] |
1145 | GENIPAP | VHC | A tree that’s preposterous in a small space | pine (rev.) in gap, & lit. |
1143 | MORGIANA | First | Pantomime dame: a man disguised, with a built-in bust | orgia in anag.; see orgy and bust2 |
1140 | CALLOUS | VHC | Do in the local, ending with us insensible | anag. + us |
1131 | CAROUSER (Misprints) | VHC | A cat endlessly on the alert makes a great mouser | bouser; ca(t) + rouser |
1127 | TRAYBIT | First | “A tip, this?”, the waiter snapped | tray bit |
1119 | RONDE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Man! That Scrubs—a ni/ck in Great Britain—must be tough! | Brunel, SS Gt. Britain |
1115 | FLESH-POTTERY | VHC | Body’s a crock—and a tyre’s faulty; it’s one blow-out after another | flesh pot + anag. |
1110 | IMPERSONATE | VHC | One must get into step in Rome being moved to do as the Romans do | a in anag. |
1969-1970 | ||||
1093 | MARTINET | VHC | He who drives must remain t.t. | anag.; must4 = frenzied |
1084 | ANGEL-FOOD | VHC | Dog flea on mongrel (a bit of chow, perhaps?) | anag. |
1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | From mini to maxi—I’d call that di/vergent! | Dior |
1968-1969 | ||||
1054 | PINACOTHECA | VHC | Where a Constable may arrest one breaking quietly into a cache | anag. incl. p |
1041 | TEA-LEAD | VHC | Early stages of trials expose a deal wrong in a certain liner | t, e, a + anag.; ref. QE2’s faulty turbines |
1039 | TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number) | Second | One of many users of sheepskin chaps (or hide) | many; i.e. teg men: ref. chaps = chaparajos |
1015 | HOAR-HEADED | VHC | Hullo! Shot dead a large bird in the heart? A bit like the ancient Mariner | ho! + rhea in anag.; ref. ‘Rime of the A. M.’ |
1967-1968 | ||||
1002 | PILLAGE | Second | For strip tease—the Pigalle | anag. |
997 | TREACLE | VHC | Electra complex: this exhibits excessive adherence | anag. |
984 | Word containing a first name (Anonymous) | VHC | Ant-killer should be scattered under the rose | ESOT-ERIC-ALLY; Linklater, author; anag.; i.e. sub rosa |
967 | CREMOSIN | VHC | “Bloody” no longer upsets censor, I’m without doubt | anag. |
1966-1967 | ||||
945 | OBLITERATE | VHC | It contributes nothing to be a litter bug; remove all traces completely | anag. incl. 0; bug = crazy |
936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | They’re so Parisian, up to the minute, and just right with the young cats around | min + si (Fr.) (rev.) + r in kits, & lit. |
935 | MALAPROP | VHC | One of the central characters in comedy—one taking up pages with oral blundering | (co)m(edy) + a + anag. incl. pp, & lit. |
933 | COTTABUS | VHC | It was a trial of skill proving the Grecian bend to act with only half a bustle | anag. incl. bus(tle) |
920 | ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | How bad is the di/g? O ‘tis mire, peated to excess | egotism |
911 | DRAGON | VHC | Nothing less than an armed horseman could do for me | drago(0)n, & lit. |
1965-1966 | ||||
898 | POCHARD | Third | Fowl, no doubt? Better try fish, too, just in case… (but surely not good red herring!) | char in pod |
894 | WITENAGEMOT | VHC | If one X puts on a stone (to an already round figure!) in weight, the answer is—diet! | I ten a gem o in wt. |
884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | As revellers might s/o sit, snow being specially covered for New Year | |
868 | DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left) | Second | Monkey, clad in a red-backed jacket and passing the hat round for all to see, may make application for a nut | and in red (rev.); U in topee; m. = temper |
864 | PATERNAL | VHC | One given the right backing before long may go to the top of the pops | pate + an r. (rev.) + l.; l. = long |
1964-1965 | ||||
851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | VHC | Dodo by Double Act out of Cold Refusal | no, pron. with cold |
829 | FAREWELL | VHC | We’re inevitably corrupted, being beset by sin for so long! | anag. in fall |
825 | COACHES | VHC | If we part company, some human sufferings may well result | c. less Co. = aches, & lit. |
812 | ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left) | Third | Sex-appeal going west? Restore it with the “Top-Right” remedy—in short, a moulded bra combined with correct exercising! | It (rev.) + SA + NE; anag. + U + PT |
808 | WAGONER | Third | One of many to have departed, heading west | W + a goner, & lit. |
1963-1964 | ||||
804 | DETRUNCATE | VHC | “Eddy back!” snaps King Canute at sea. Result? … Cut off! | Ted (rev.) + anag. incl. R |
782 | SWELL | VHC | Pre-fab.—mushroom growth that may not come down in a hurry! | 2 mngs.; fab., slang: mushroom, vb. |
769 | PENNY | First | Source of a clink, no? Only if one is dropped | pen3, n(a)y, & lit. |
760 | METAMORPHOSE | VHC | To reshape hammer-toes a minor operation is involved | anag. incl. op |
1962-1963 | ||||
738 | ANAESTHETIC | VHC | Storm in a tea-chest! (That would really put one out!) | anag.; storm vb. tr. |
728 | ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent) | VHC | I give a tow- service: if I have a breakdown it makes me real mad! | anag. |
725 | SILENUS | VHC | In two ticks I would go on the batter proper! | I Len U in s.s. & lit.; tick = second; on t.b. = on a drunken spree; ref. L. Hutton, England batsman |
708 | HEARTS | Second | What comes at the end of every sentence in a stag-party? “Cheers!” | e in harts |
700 | SOLOMON | VHC | Individual appearing to have married continuously! | solo m. on, & lit.; 700 wives |
1961-1962 | ||||
686 | FEMALE | VHC | I’ve got what it takes to lead fellows on—and then drive ’em to drink! | f ’em ale, & lit. |
682 | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | VHC | He’s foolish to write letters—and certainly soft, putting one in the mail. / Such indiscretion may reveal an affair right under somebody’s nose! | p + a in armour2 & lit.; hidden |
678 | TESSELLATED | VHC | Being sedate tells when doing the Twist, showing up squares! | anag. |
673 | ERISTICAL | Second | In describing the scene between Tweedledum and Tweedledee, a considerable amount is concerned with its anger.—“Through the Looking-glass” | lac its ire (all rev.) |
656 | FIDDLESTICKS | VHC | Bows and scrapes and old-fashioned bobs may merely make one twist stays! | fiddles ticks, fiddle-sticks; bob, tap = tick (obs.), twist = fiddle |
1960-1961 | ||||
638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | I may produce for you a new form to bear—for everyone, in fact, in duplicate: black carbon coming up! | anag. of bear, U, U + tar C (rev.), & lit. |
630 | STREAKY | VHC | Forming an endless track in the heavens, like a mackerel-sky | trea(d) in sky |
624 | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | VHC | Buggo deals with bugs! Don’t just suffer the itch—spray with Buggo now! | |
621 | CHASE | Third | Be sure to note a source of water in case fire should be discovered | H in case: fire, (vb.) = drive out |
617 | COLOPHONY | VHC | A fiddler’s essential when there’s an informal hop in the Community Centre | anag. in colony |
612 | CARGO (Misprints) | VHC | To bet, and start off by backing the first three in a race?—that’s some laying! | lading; rac(e) (rev.) + go |
608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | Those characters at the rear of the counter are there to take me in! | me in (aba)cus to r. & lit. |
604 | APOSTROPHISE | VHC | To declaim “Out, damned spot! out, I say!” may be translated in prose as “Hop it!” | anag.; ref. Macbeth V.1 |
1959-1960 | ||||
590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | First | Cleopatra was dazed and lo/ony, shaving. Come to! Hi! Send on a blade! | |
582 | MARRY | VHC | Take after Mum (bringing up Junior later!) | Ma + r + yr (rev.), & lit.; yr. = younger |
573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | Carver of SPACE TO LET midway between top and bottom of gibbets, perhaps! | anag. of space + allow in g(ibbet)s, & lit. |
571 | PESTER | VHC | Clue not given; osmose, morses, scorse, cosher | |
560 | CONGENITALLY | VHC | For me it’s always the sack; a real bad egg, chum, right from the cradle—that’s me! | congé nit ally |
555 | JURYWOMAN | VHC | I’m just no saint, and there’s war on my variety; you’ll see me in court almost daily | ju(St.) + anag. |
551 | PITCHER | VHC | A caster who gives the leading part in a play to someone who’s lousy may be a bit cracked! | p + itcher |
543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Make certain of “The Detective Disappears, or The Long-Bodied Creature”! It’s hair raising enough to make the blood dry up! | (det)ermine; nut (= young blood) + air (rev.) |
1958-1959 | ||||
519 | RIDICULE (DLM) | VHC | ’Tis idle curiosity that Has cooked the goose of many a cat! | goose, vb. |
517 | CAROTID | VHC | Cut-throat’s objective, perhaps—and a jar of acid to eat away the body! | rot in anag.; jar = conflict, body = middle part |
512 | NAYLOR (Libel) | VHC | She’s one that lifts; watch your pockets! | an (rev.) + lo in yr.; pockets = encloses |
508 | CUMBERGROUND | VHC | A white elephant is that on which something may be raised only after considerable trouble | cumber + ground |
504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | I can’t resist earthy attractions: all I need is to be vamped, and I’m sunk | anag., 2 defs. |
490 | CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number) | VHC | How to balance our account lay in the credit squeeze | balance; lea in cr; lay = lea |
1957-1958 | ||||
486 | BARACAN | VHC | For strong stuff there’s only one May. What a summer in store! | bar a can, a CA in barn; bar (prep.) = except, only; ref. Peter May, test cricketer; summer = one who sums [see comments] |
477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | Attitude of the staid—even though seated wretchedly on a point! | anag. + ness |
473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Whatever is a stra/w hat veiled for? Plain folk! | |
469 | DAISY | VHC | You should see, on the stage, that little bit extra Miss Mansfield has on Miss Russell! What a smasher! | dais + y; ref. Jayne M. and Jane R., film stars |
464 | STRAWED | VHC | Middle age spread gives rise to the first signs of decline—with noticeable protuberances! | de-warts (rev.); i.e. in middle ages |
451 | MEGAPODE | VHC | Get me sitting on a loaded shell in a mass of earth? Not this bird! | me + a pod in Ge, & lit.; m. does not sit on eggs |
447 | TOUSLE | Third | “Top-of-the-table United lose disastrously!” That’s sure to upset somebody’s perm! | t(able) + U in anag.; ref. football pools |
438 | MACARONI | First | It must be swell, being a little waterproof duck in a rain-storm! | mac + O in anag. |
1956-1957 | ||||
430 | GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Baring a bit o’ fle/x may give one a shock | |
417 | SINECURE | VHC | There’s money for jam in safe-breaking! | in in secure |
412 | SERVIETTE | VHC | In an unconventional set, a form of tie cover used when no company is present! | anag. less co. in anag., & lit. |
408 | BILLET | VHC | British, left to separate Israel and Egypt sides, find occupation the answer | B + l in I(srae)l, E(gyp)t |
395 | SCALE-ARMOUR | VHC | Suez Canal headings … Fear About Egypt’s Leader … Our Defence Being Virtually Doubled | S C + E in alarm + our; ref. Suez crisis |
390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Face dirty still! Whow! A s/ight, years old! | |
1955-1956 | ||||
382 | ABSTAIN | VHC | Only half the bags brought up—it’s an outrage! Don’t tip the porter! | ba(gs) (rev.) + anag.; porter ale |
364 | HELLEBORE | VHC | A blooming early riser sets the alarm when retiring to ring hours before needing to be about! | bell (rev.) + O all in h + ere |
351 | LUSTRE | VHC | If a good man is led into temptation, a five-year stretch in jug may well give cause for reflection | St. in lure, 2 defs. |
347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | I divert the lot I serve | anag. & lit. |
338 | SHE-ASS | VHC | One feels a Colt with a cartridge of brass containing explosive | HE in sass |
334 | CHEROOT | Second | Something to set aglow the heart of a good old Tory champion—a 50% Tory backing! | (Chur)c(hill) + hero + To(ry) (rev.) |
1954 (2) | ||||
316 | BATHROOM | VHC | clue not given | |
306 | CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left) | VHC | Fool! Taking a chance I crashed—wall run into and vehicle overturned | anag.; ram + trap (rev.) |
304 | ORLEANS | VHC | Bottom’s kind of work—supplying endless tailors including Starveling | lean in (tail)ors; ref. Nick B. (weaver) and Robin S. (tailor) in M.N.D.; see starveling (adj.) in C. |
302 | MARTIN | VHC | Turns egg with beak | nit ram (rev.), & lit. |
295 | SENSE-ORGANS | VHC | We sure are stirred by sirens seen dancing in loose sarongs! | anag. in anag. |
293 | CAB | VHC | Half a small room—sharing a bath with about sixteen others—no wonder I’m a growler! | (a) cab(in), 2 defs.; cab2, bath2; growler = horse-drawn cab |
289 | CISTERN | VHC | A hole in one? It just won’t hold water—you take about ten, sir, in the rough! | c. + anag. |
287 | MANCHESTER | VHC | One source of supply for English merchants | anag. incl. E, & lit. |
1954 (1) | ||||
283 | SOBER | VHC | Cry to the Queen and greet her!—make it what a home-coming should be! | sob ER (twice); greet2 = lament; ref. Queen’s return from Commonwealth tour |
279 | CRYPTOGRAM | VHC | Letters for the Postmaster-General to carry may be sometimes almost indecipherable | anag. incl. PMG |
277 | PRODIGALLY | VHC | So much money goes for grub, there isn’t a penny to play with | pro dig (d)ally; pause after “goes” [see comments] |
275 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If you catch agu/e—a tingle, this—stay end-up! | |
269 | ASCENT | Second | A track from a quarry? | a scent, & lit.; i.e. upwards |
265 | THERMAE | VHC | Mal-de-mer—and heat—can produce swimming spots accompanied by vapours | anag. of mer heat |
261 | DECANTER | First | The cause of somewhat unintelligible talk in a stag-party? | cant1 in deer, & lit. |
1953 (2) | ||||
253 | DERATION | VHC | I’m well laced in—I dare not relax the control of certain lines! | anag. |
251 | UNMETHODICAL | VHC | Much led into a muddle | anag. & lit. |
245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | VHC | Chorister gets parson intoxicated with love—charm composed of pill in white of eggs | anag. incl. 0; MO in glaur; pill = doctor; glaur = glair in contemporary ed. of C. |
233 | SAWDUST | First | Spotted duff—that‘s the stuff for stuffing! | saw dust; duff1 = coal dust |
1953 (1) | ||||
229 | MASCOT | First | Up in the morning with the sun and early bed is said to bring good fortune | a.m. (rev.) + S + cot |
221 | BUNTHORNE | VHC | Wed her? No—crushed (and getting the push early too!) | bunt1 + anag., & lit. |
219 | SOCIALIST | VHC | What makes many people cross at times is coal—it’s so rocky | anag.; i.e. cross on voting paper |
213 | LEMONADE | VHC | Men involved in a crooked deal will gain nothing—it only leads to the cooler | O in anag. of men in anag. |
211 | CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES | VHC | Bad losers gain little credit: they simply create a strain in harmonious company | anag. incl. cr. |
209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | Passing is a set-back to a partner absorbed in the achievement of a grand slam | grand; pal in noise (all rev.) |
207 | PAGEANT | VHC | One may have a gorgeous appearance, but if one’s age is fifty, there must be a trick in it! | i.e. L for age in pageant = plant |
1952 (2) | ||||
205 | CANTANKEROUS | VHC | It’s just like a rotter—lying about a ring with no intention of giving | tan1 in cankerous; tan, circus ring |
203 | WEATHERS | VHC | We have the wet share! | anag. & lit. |
198 | THIRD | VHC | When one plays gooseberry, one should get the bird—and then be turned out! | the bird less be (rev.); third wheel |
196 | SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left) | VHC | Ah Sin! Thy realm is a baited snare, drawing one in: a medium of enchantment in which a man has become enmeshed! | I in anag.; anag.; ref. A.S. in Bret Harte’s “Heathen Chinee” |
194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | VHC | The sconce yields its light to a blow | knowledge + box2; sconce4 |
1952 (1) | ||||
193 | TRADUCER | Third | One who gives a dog a bad name could himself be rated “Cur” | anag. |
191 | DENIGRATE | First | Smut—a blight of grain with deterioration beginning on the outside | anag. in dete(rioration); smut, vb. |
190 | CHEQUERS | VHC | A drop of liquor inside encourages some men to engage in a battle royal | qu in cheers; b.r. = chess (see Brewer) |
189 | SALTIRE | VHC | Arms-cross! Bend—right … over … bend—left …! Try it fifty times outside on rising. This develops the bearing | it L in eras (all rev.); heraldic mngs. of arms, bend, bearing |
188 | Beware the Ides of March (Anagram) | VHC | Heed wrath: Cimber’s a foe! | or similar |
187 | GROWLER | Second | “I am a dog, beware my fangs,” snarls the advancer, claiming the pound of flesh | L in grower; Merchant of V.III.3 |
182 | MISTLETOE | VHC | A fine spray in the air is a good sign for fishing smacks | cryptic def.; i.e. obtaining kisses |
1951 (2) | ||||
180 | HESPER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If the horses back it, c/haps, it’s got something! | |
179 | CADRE | VHC | Having a die-hard leader in charge will be the foundation of strength | d in care; ref. return of Winston Churchill as PM |
176 | SPIGOT | VHC | Servants should be given to early rising—or it’s the bung! | to gips (rev.); the bung = the sack (sl.) |
174 | ANACREONTICS | VHC | Though we may praise the pleasures of wine, our reactions can vary considerably! | anag. |
173 | HATCHING | VHC | Bursting shells send charging flanks to cover | hat + ch(arg)ing |
172 | GARNISHER | VHC | One who provides only fancy dishes causes husband to have his inside upset! | anag. of his in garner [see comments] |
168 | PIPS (Misprints) | Third | Stones that may be projected by people in glass houses! | protected; cryptic def. |
1951 (1) | ||||
166 | RACHIDES | VHC | Beginning to delight in rocking-chairs … we bow to old age | de(light) in anag. |
164 | NEWTON | First | One who is “fresh” and not well brought up is notable for making advances with his optics! | new + not (rev.); ref. Conduitt’s description of a “fresh-faced” Isaac N. and his early years, fatherless with absentee mother |
159 | SPANIEL | VHC | As a dog lies taking a nap all curled up, let it be! | anag. of lies, nap; “let sleeping dogs lie” |
156 | LAVEROCK | First | One-pound Hailstone Found in Field—Morning Herald | L, ave, rock; field lark; ref. newspaper published until 1869 |
1950 (2) | ||||
154 | RABBIT | VHC | Save up: a little in the bank will soon multiply | bar (= except) (rev.) + bit |
151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | Not the sort of bidding likely to result, in a grand slam | cryptic def.; bridge |
150 | CAPILLAMENTS | First | They’ll be unco pliant camels that can pass through the eye of a needle! | anag. |
148 | FILIBUSTER | VHC | Wanted: fleecer and stripper; also sound breaker of young mares, not averse to taking over occasional jade, etc. | ‘filly buster’, 2 defs.; jade = nag and treasure |
146 | BELDAME | VHC | Jezebel’s end made a considerable mess of—Jezebel! | (jeze)bel + anag. of made; ref. death of Jezebel, 2 Kings 9:30–37 |
135 | STRIPPED | VHC | Rent in small districts being put up a hundred-per-cent.: this must be exposed! | rip in depts (all rev.); h-p-c. = completely |
1950 (1) | ||||
126 | RASPBERRY | VHC | The cane’s responsible for my springing up from my stool! | cryptic def.; stool = stump |
123 | LEECHES | Third | He’s after the floating half of the electors to canvass both left- and right-wing borderers | anag. of elec(tors) + he’s; leech2 = sail edge; ref. impending Gen. Election, Feb 1950 |
119 | UMBLE-PIE | VHC | I’m always given to poor hands: my heart’s not in the game any more | 2 cryptic defs.; hands = employees, see Brewer’s |
118 | MARAVEDI | First | Winds varied in the morning: hail during the day to the north of the Pyrenees: little change to the south | anag. of varied, a.m.; ave in mardi (Fr.Tuesday) |
1949 (2) | ||||
116 | WATERLOO | VHC | Case of a cast-iron defence being later broken down in court | anag. in woo; battle |
113 | CRICKETER | VHC | Hearth companion set with copper finish—1/11 | cricket + (copp)er; ref. Dickens, ‘The Cricket on the Hearth’; one of XI |
111 | PLEASANT | VHC | I’ve got slim with all-round exercise—as for the waistline, it’s quite gratifying! | as in lean in PT |
1949 (1) | ||||
103 | MOSES | VHC | It’s some scramble on Sunday—X rules and his words are law! | anag. + S; ten commandments, Mosaic law |
99 | SCARABEE | VHC | Amulet: see the seventh line of the Abracadabra triangle worked into it! | anag. of see ABRAC; inverted triangle with word reduced by one letter each row |
98 | HUMERI | First | We start to murmur … our anger rises … then we’re up in arms! | hum + ire (rev.) |
96 | INTERLOCK | VHC | Scarf—to knit securely: allow 50 plain in the middle and knit purl at both ends, then reverse | L in core in anag. of knit (all rev.); 2 defs.; scarf2 vt. |
94 | SARDELLE | VHC | Red Sea flounders (about two pounds)—a fine substitute for herring | L, L in anag. |
93 | BUMBLE-PUPPY | Third | “The law is a ass,” he said, joining the youth contemptuously in unruly game | Bumble puppy; ref. Mr B. in Oliver Twist, ch. 51 |
1948 (2) | ||||
91 | CRETONNE | Second | Exposes one-sided figures on recent output | anag.; fabric patterned on one side |
90 | ROTHER | VHC | Roaring like bulls, both sides break off relations | (b)rother(s) |
86 | ODOMETER | VHC | “It’s nothing to do with me-me-me...” This may prove a broken record | 0 do me ter, i.e. ‘me’ three times |
81 | CHARADE | VHC | Wings chartered to beat blockade: some display, I guess! | i.e. char(tered … block)ade; wing vb.; ref. Berlin airlift |
1948 (1) | ||||
74 | DEODAR | First | Dreadnought, going into a storm, raises cones | anag. of dread, 0: cone = weather signal, in contemporary ed. of C. |
69 | MISANTHROPE | First | Like Scrooge, he rouses the phantoms’ ire | anag. |
66 | CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPET | VHC | Who would be an auctioneer, with only chopped spam for his Yuletide fare? | anag. in Christie; ref. Christie’s auction house |
1947 (2) | ||||
59 | TAME | VHC | Domestic required here. Apply 10 am. Non resident | domestic, adj.; anag. of te(n) a.m, i.e. non = no ‘n’ |
57 | THEORBOS | VHC | Such music-makers should be strung up or be shot to pieces | anag. of or be shot |
55 | NAUSEANT | VHC | Effect of the North Sea on aunt: no wonder, with her head in and her feet out! | anag. incl. N |
1947 (1) | ||||
49 | ESPERANTO | VHC | One’s pater puts out the tongue. So common! | anag. |
46 | LYSANDER | VHC | Her misdirected aim got him | her + anag. of aim = Hermia, lover of L. in MND |
1946 (2) | ||||
37 | MISLABEL | VHC | “Lamb’s ‘Eli’ Miscellany.” To call the essays so would be to do this | anag.; ref. Charles L., ‘Elia’ |
35 | RIFE (DLM) | VHC | He sighed “No. friends—too wide-spread in girth!” | |
1945 (1) | ||||
10 | ACROSS | First | The game is over when the French wing-halves drop out | (l)across(e) |
6 | EGLANTINE | VHC | clue missing | |
2 | UNSPEAK | VHC | clue missing |
1986-1987
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
731 STRING
727 WELL-TO-DO
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
688 CUCURBITAL
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
657 SILLY-BILLY
653 INTERNUNCIO
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
640 MACHETE
631 INTERLOCK
1983-1984
615 HISTORIETTE
610 DOUBLETHINK
609 LUCKY-BAG
607 CARNEY
594 DOINGS
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
572 SNAKE-OIL
559 EMBASE
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
486 JUMPED-UP
482 BODY-SNATCHER
478 BIBLIOPEGIST
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
401 GO-AHEAD
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
354 SHEER-HULK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
349 ODDCOMESHORT
340 BOOKSIE
332 NUT-CASE
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
298 NOSER
281 DINOCERAS
272 MALAGUETTA
267 MORRIS-DANCE
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
234 HOROSCOPIST
1975-1976
203 BOGY
187 POWDERING-TUB
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
165 Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram)
1974-1975
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
146 CHARADES
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
114 PANIC
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
62 SOLITAIRES
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
40 FANTOCCINI
36 CRUSADER
23 SCLERODERMIC
18 EPIGONE
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1123 MAXIMIST
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1062 CALLING-CRAB
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1036 CORONETED
1028 SATIRE
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1010 MOTORIST
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1000 THOUSAND
989 GRENADINE
980 OMNIBUSES
958 DRY MEASURE
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
949 BROWSING
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
916 DIAPASON
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
900 PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS
890 DEBENTURE
885 GALIMATIAS
873 VETERANS
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
847 FRENETICAL
834 CARRIED
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
817 WYLIE-COATS
1963-1964
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
780 NOBLEST (and Eximenamination)
777 TAILOR-BIRD
773 FIT-OUT
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)
734 NASALITY
717 STAR-MAN (Misprints)
712 RHEUMATICKY
703 SCAPEMENT
1961-1962
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
669 DRUM
664 MANIPULATE
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
626 WOMAN-TIRED
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
586 HEBDOMADARY
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
569 PROPOSAL
564 SHE-BEAR
547 STORMY
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
456 PLAFOND
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
1956-1957
434 CARTON
425 TRAVERSE
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
404 POLENTA
1955-1956
369 BERET
360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
329 HAMADRYAD
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
291 APAGOGE
1954 (1)
271 TRIPLET
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
249 BALM
243 LODESTAR
241 MANDOLINE
237 BASTINADE
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
225 TOUCHSTONES
223 MELODRAME
217 DEPOSIT
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
202 SPALPEEN
200 ACCOUNT
195 WALLABAS
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
186 ASHMOLEAN
185 STOUT
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
183 SAUSAGES
1951 (2)
177 DESOLATE
171 SERINGAS
1951 (1)
167 PARMESAN
163 LORICATE
162 TITANESS
161 TILLER
158 RATING
157 ORANGE
155 LYTERIAN
1950 (2)
153 SAMISENS
152 SEA-LION
149 DOMESTIC
145 STEWART
143 LAMPREY
1950 (1)
128 AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry)
124 BARHAM or BRAMAH
121 SNAPSHOT
1949 (2)
117 LION
110 LEVIGATE
109 PERI
108 HACKNEY
107 STRAMASH
106 HELIOTROPE
105 SMITHEREENS
1949 (1)
104 STARE (Printer’s Devilry)
102 ARCHIMEDES
100 Word containing ADDING
95 SPOONER
92 PARTRIDGE
1948 (2)
85 SERGEANT
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
82 CURARE
80 GONERIL
1948 (1)
72 TEMPLE BAR
71 MITRAILLEUSE
68 ANTIGROPELOS
1947 (2)
61 CREASY
58 ECLIPSE
1947 (1)
41 ALTOGETHER
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
1983-1984 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 3 | 5 | 6 |
1982-1983 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 4 | 4 | 3 |
1981-1982 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
1980-1981 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 14 |
1979-1980 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
1978-1979 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 4 | 7 | 5 |
1977-1978 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
1976-1977 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
1975-1976 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
1974-1975 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 5 | 4 | 2 |
1973-1974 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 8 | 3 | 1 |
1972-1973 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 3 (2, 1, 0) | 7 | 2 | 2 |
1969-1970 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
1968-1969 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 6 | 7 |
1967-1968 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 5 | 8 |
1966-1967 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
1965-1966 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 3 | 5 | 6 |
1964-1965 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 3 | 5 | 5 |
1963-1964 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 7 | 12 |
1962-1963 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 5 | 7 |
1961-1962 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 8 |
1960-1961 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 7 | 3 | 1 |
1959-1960 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 7 | 5 | 3 |
1958-1959 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
1957-1958 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 6 | 4 | 2 |
1956-1957 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 4 | 4 |
1955-1956 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 3 | 3 |
1954 (2) | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
1954 (1) | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
1953 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
1953 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 4 | 2 |
1952 (2) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
1952 (1) | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 4 | 5 | 1 |
1951 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 6 | 2 | 4 |
1951 (1) | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 2 | 7 | 6 |
1950 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 5 | 7 |
1950 (1) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
1949 (2) | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
1949 (1) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 5 | 3 |
1948 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 4 | 7 |
1948 (1) | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 1 | 3 | 5 |
1947 (2) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1947 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1946 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1945 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 0 | 1 |