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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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V. Jennings | 25 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 47 | 30 | Oct 1955 | Oct 1981 | 26y 0m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1981-1982 | ||||
473 | HERRING-BONE | VHC | Tweed, possibly, yielding fish finger | herring bone; finger, bone = steal |
1978-1979 | ||||
358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | Rise and shine, end of rest – get cracking! | rest; up star + t |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1961-1962 | ||||
669 | DRUM | VHC | Dead queer strike—even beats come out! | d rum |
660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | Needed for a wife—a number of hands! | wipe; 2 mngs. |
647 | MADCAP | VHC | Mum’s got 8/4d. coming to her from Dad’s rise—she feels quite reckless! | Ma + Pa C d. (rev.); C d. = 100 pence (8s. 4d.) |
1960-1961 | ||||
638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | I’m the official in charge—I bring together in conflict Caesar and Brutus—seconds out! | anag. less s,s |
630 | STREAKY | VHC | Yorkshire’s opener has a flash to begin with—what could be rasher! | streak + Y |
621 | CHASE | VHC | Portrays Miss Blandish without bloomers, revealing skin around her extremity! | (Blandis)h in case; case = skin, (vb.); ref. book ‘No Orchids for Miss B.’ by J. H. Chase |
617 | COLOPHONY | Third | Put on a bow and crash hop in West End restaurant | anag. in ‘Colony’ |
608 | CUSTOMER | First | It’s implied that I can do no wrong, but copper gets me pinched in shop when something’s missing! | Cu me in stor(e) & lit.; “the c. is always right” |
1959-1960 | ||||
590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If you want to, boa/r, eat your skin with oil—and lo! a fat, black pool! | |
586 | HEBDOMADARY | VHC | Just like the Sunday papers to distort the relationship of Dad, Ma and her boy! | anag. |
578 | GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number) | VHC | Crowded easterly city asked not to broadcast news before first day of attack | easterly (n.); Gath ere D(-day) |
573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | It’s frightfully low-class having to hold a split suspender—I ought to get a length of rope! | a peg in anag.; i.e. clothes peg |
543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Little beast due to be flayed shows sign of hesitancy—with sorry mien, head has to freshen up to give something warming! | er + anag.; nut + air (rev.); ref. school caning |
1958-1959 | ||||
525 | MORALE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Absinthe, navy drink, ru/ins hips, messes officers’ swiggin’ | |
521 | SOUP | VHC | Taken on a special plate, and well mounted, but is vulgar material for a photograph | so up; s. = developer |
504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | See that there’s a limit to what you put on a dog, and if it goes down then you won’t be completely sunk | lead + line |
490 | CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number) | Third | After class, what you need to appreciate any kind of sound is—liquid! | appreciate; cl + ear |
1957-1958 | ||||
486 | BARACAN | Second | Camelot of old, Arthur’s capital, in support of fair sex, would need keep for preservation! | A in bra + can; can (vb.) = preserve; camelot2 |
467 | A humorous definition (Humorous definition) | First | DYE—Stain, as used to preserve the colour of the hair, and the illusions cherished beneath it | |
460 | ASTONISHMENT (Misprints) | VHC | Take a street full of stylish males, and see the effect of a stocking! | shocking; a + tonish men in St |
438 | MACARONI | VHC | Here, I can roam freely: in Italy, I would certainly be put inside | anag.; put inside = eaten |
1956-1957 | ||||
430 | GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Instead of striking, dispatch box to ban/isters’ head. Might be more effective | House of Commons |
417 | SINECURE | VHC | Jock’s after a remedy for a careless engagement! | sine3 cure |
1981-1982
495 CACOETHES
1980-1981
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
410 CUL-DE-SAC
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
298 NOSER
294 HUMECT
267 MORRIS-DANCE
Ximenes competitions
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
1962-1963
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
725 SILENUS
721 KERB-MERCHANT
708 HEARTS
703 SCAPEMENT
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
682 PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left)
678 TESSELLATED
664 MANIPULATE
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
634 BEDSTEAD
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
612 CARGO (Misprints)
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
582 MARRY
571 PESTER
569 PROPOSAL
564 SHE-BEAR
555 JURYWOMAN
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
464 STRAWED
456 PLAFOND
447 TOUSLE
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
1956-1957
434 CARTON
425 TRAVERSE
421 DOVETAIL
404 POLENTA
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
356 METOPOSCOPY
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1960-1961 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 3 | 5 | 3 |
1959-1960 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
1958-1959 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 11 |
1957-1958 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 6 | 5 |
1956-1957 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |