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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. G. Stubbs | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 90 | 23 | Dec 1956 | Jan 1994 | 37y 1m | G. Stubbs |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Did Botham’s bouncers make wa/r o’ test in Pakistan? | ref. Ian B. and Wasim Bari |
| 618 | CRETISM | VHC | Bounce caught reckless smiter | c + anag.; bounce = lie |
| 600 | Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram) | VHC | Lines Alf doth jot out. Oh how fine that theme | |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | First | Notice gym loo stinking? Onions, possibly | anag.; ref. C. T. Onions, editor of Oxford Dict. of Eng. Etymology |
| 504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | Himmler’s neat? Could be! | anag. & lit. |
| 500 | BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Dollars, for example, go up in noised measure. What may the guilder do? | noise, guiler; oof (rev.) in bel |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Star ve/nds nugget; parts in play with flute | ref. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | The crummy bit turns up with hair on end, the liberty of going out like a slattern! | ort (rev.) + poll (rev.) + ish |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | In the bull-ring Manuela tore robe/s, handmade slips | a torero |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1158 | ELEPHANT-SEAL | VHC | The seaplane in a spin before long dives into the ocean | anag. + l |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1097 | PANTOPHAGIST | VHC | Tonight papa’s indisposed: he does not restrict his diet | anag. |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1045 | SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left) | VHC | Head of seraglio quietly attended with a lamp crack kisser in harem outhouse | s + p + lit; hidden; k. (slang) = mouth |
| 1041 | TEA-LEAD | VHC | I keep the dead leaves from the wood, spread out in the sun to dry round a meadow | a lea in ted |
| 1010 | MOTORIST | VHC | Tom’s worried about revolutionary figures—he’s no longer a follower of the red flag | tori in anag.; man with flag in early days |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 987 | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The huge sink in the old inn was the family ba/r and pastime | |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 949 | BROWSING | VHC | Dipping into novels in the library? Go for Scott without arguments | rows in bing2 |
| 936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | Two-thirds of a bikini, with further trims, is enough material for one of these | anag., incl. (bi)kini, & lit. |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 694 | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Did Millais late rout d/umb R.A.’s at the ford? | ‘Sir Isumbras…’, painted in 1857 |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 519 | RIDICULE (DLM) | VHC | Why does a schoolboy fisherman laugh at Euclid riders? Because he knows his lines and angles | |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | She’s a shady sports girl, a Mary, l/onely. C.I.D. ask news lightly | Amaryllis; ref. ‘Lycidas’ by Milton |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 421 | DOVETAIL | VHC | American dived in front of the train. Fit? Exactly! | dove3 tail |
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | Hobo (non-U, surely!) wanted thaw | |
1993-1994
1130 AGRESTAL
1991-1992
1021 BEARD
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
982 ALMANAC
1989-1990
930 SABULOSE
1988-1989
866 NECTAREOUS
1985-1986
701 BALUSTRADE
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
653 INTERNUNCIO
1983-1984
615 HISTORIETTE
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
572 SNAKE-OIL
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
552 NOURICE-FEE
534 DODGEM
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
478 BIBLIOPEGIST
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
456 BALADINE
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
410 CUL-DE-SAC
406 BOIL
401 GO-AHEAD
393 INTRACARDIAC
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
384 OUTSPREADING
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
354 SHEER-HULK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
319 PODESTA
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
298 NOSER
294 HUMECT
289 AMNESIAC
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
247 FLIVVER
243 OLYMPIC
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
216 SCANTITY
212 SURCINGLES
1975-1976
187 POWDERING-TUB
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
165 Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram)
161 ANCON
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
146 CHARADES
139 PIEPOWDER
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
127 FRITHSOKEN
114 PANIC
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
92 BRAINWASH
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
1972-1973
45 NEMORAL
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
36 CRUSADER
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1123 MAXIMIST
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1967-1968
997 TREACLE
980 OMNIBUSES
975 HALE
1966-1967
941 HYPODERMIC
933 COTTABUS
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
864 PATERNAL
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
829 FAREWELL
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
1961-1962
656 FIDDLESTICKS
1959-1960
571 PESTER
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
1957-1958
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |