Clues written by K. Reed
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Reed | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 18 | Jan 1948 | Aug 1981 | 33y 7m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | ‘Poop art pusle’ – as very Ancient Mariner might have explained one to guests | anag.; poop = undo |
| 460 | SWOOP | VHC | Dive over with try to win in the middle of Arms Park | woo in s P; ref. Cardiff rugby stadium |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | Freshman at Oxford seen on Sabbath on the Broad | Sabbath; up + S + tart; Sabbath = time of rest |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | Third | Mine’s a kind of duck I don’t serve rare. Wolf freely! – shooting it was magic | 2 mngs.; anag. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 84 | MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left) | VHC | Old men lie injured – a disastrous result of some scrimmaging round middle of whirligig? | anag.; (wh)irlig(ig) in anag. & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1093 | MARTINET | VHC | Tart mien becomes me | anag. & lit. |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | Third | A quick passer of a ball, Matthews is without peer | seer; arm in Stan; i.e. firearm, ball = bullet; ref. Stanley M., footballer |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 571 | PESTER | VHC | Clue not given; osmose, smores, crosse, rosace | |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 447 | TOUSLE | VHC | Result of a perm? Far from it! | anag. less far; perm (vb. imp.) = permute |
| 438 | MACARONI | VHC | A Minorca cooks well, but the Leghorn has it licked hollow when it comes to the table | anag. ; types of chicken; L. = Livorno, Italy |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 421 | DOVETAIL | VHC | A neat chiselling job: mark the two sides in a vice, finish off with a file and join end to end | do3 v(ic)e tail, 2 defs. |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 373 | PRESTONPANS | VHC | A large scale depression is centred near to France and shallow troughs are widespread in Scotland, where storms caused forty-five casualties | ton in près (Fr.) pans; 1745 |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 184 | MEREST / WYOMING (DLM) | First | Freezing or snowing, my Yellowstone Geysers are renowned for a constant supply of purest hot water. Easy terms.—Eli Zinnerwaum, Bath | |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 68 | ANTIGROPELOS | Second | Permutation in pools great advantage while grounds are waterlogged. (Advt.) | anag.; ref. def. in C. “Prob. this barbarous word was orig. an advertisement” |
1981-1982
486 JUMPED-UP
1980-1981
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
1977-1978
298 NOSER
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1123 MAXIMIST
1960-1961
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
1959-1960
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
555 JURYWOMAN
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
495 PARTISAN
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
464 STRAWED
1956-1957
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
1955-1956
369 BERET
364 HELLEBORE
1953 (2)
251 UNMETHODICAL
1953 (1)
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
1952 (1)
190 CHEQUERS
185 STOUT
1948 (1)
72 TEMPLE BAR
67 SURFEIT (DLM)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |