HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | 63 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 118 | 76 | Jan 1946 | Jan 1978 | 32y 0m | Cdr Dickson |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 146 | CHARADES | VHC | Hostess might suggest these, having had races disastrously | anag. |
| 135 | GABIONADE | VHC | Faulty big end; ring A.A. It’s no insurance against a charge, these days | anag. incl. O |
| 110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Liable to be suspended? Possible result of slag pile row | anag. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 40 | FANTOCCINI | VHC | If coin can’t fiddle it, we must have string-pullers | anag. |
| 27 | VINEGAR | VHC | Garvin English perhaps | anag. incl. E, & lit; ref. J. L. G., editor of the Observer |
| 23 | SCLERODERMIC | VHC | R. M. cleric does, perhaps, like leathernecks | anag. |
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Mount Ararat thrilled a skipper; less rain helped him | |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1154 | CLARIONET | First | I only want a blow and there’s blood around in about a round | O in in, all in claret |
| 1110 | IMPERSONATE | VHC | In a different way permeations get into the skin of the subject | anag. |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1032 | TENONER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | My good resolution was ale, n/ightly approved by the vicar | |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 945 | OBLITERATE | VHC | Practically blot out, repeat, blot out | anag. of blo(t) + iterate |
| 907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | A cautious question such as “What is the result when situations contain an alternative?” | captious; or in sites |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 890 | DEBENTURE | VHC | It is a drawback to live in a false set | be in denture; drawback = refund of duty |
| 878 | ENTOMOSTRACA | VHC | Lower Form shrimps, perhaps, from Eton, untidy and nearly all worthless | anag. + most raca |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 800 | Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram) | VHC | Rome was then the place of merger | |
| 786 | METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Ask a politician x questions and you’ll get the sa/p on sex (Times) | |
| 760 | METAMORPHOSE | VHC | What transformers do, to ampere-ohms, perhaps | anag. |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 519 | RIDICULE (DLM) | VHC | W. a terribly U, idle, rich schoolboy and chaff? One needs fags, the other feeds nags | |
| 500 | MOTHERS-IN-LAW | Third | They become ours automatically when we marry; what’s more, most of the linen comes from them | anag. of what’s more lin(en), & lit. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 460 | ASTONISHMENT (Misprints) | VHC | The fog encircling us produces it in many though possibly not in the mass | dog; anag. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | Abdul won. Where’s Anthony? Out? | ref. A. Nasser, A. Eden, Suez |
| 412 | SERVIETTE | VHC | In very non-U circles it protects, roughly, vest, tie and a bit of the trousers | anag. incl. (trous)er(s), & lit. |
| 404 | POLENTA | VHC | No plate so concocted could compare with Scotch spaghetti! | anag.; i.e. Italian porridge |
| 390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Poor old dear can’t s/ight your legs: don’t like standing | |
| 386 | CLEITHRAL | VHC | 100% of the rich all live in such a house: 90% could build it | anag. less h, & lit. |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 377 | MALISON | VHC | With the whole Mohammedan world seething, no backing could result in all sorts of trouble | anag. of Islam + no (rev.); ref. tensions in Egypt, etc. |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 325 | MARRYING | VHC | There’s more to it than putting the ring on a girl; it needs a change of heart | i.e. y,r swapped in Mary ring, & lit. |
| 304 | ORLEANS | VHC | The Germans attacked it in 1870, so the French ran in disorder | anag. incl. le; ref. Franco-Prussian War |
| 293 | CAB | VHC | There’s nearly three pints there, but I’m for keeping the driver dry | 2 mngs. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 281 | SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number) | Second | Two reasons pubs need chuckers-out | pubs; cryptic def.; i.e. for fights and food waste |
| 277 | PRODIGALLY | Third | The modern state behaves like this child who knows too much about everything | all in prodigy; ref. the Welfare State |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 253 | DERATION | VHC | We hope Lloyd George will soon damn near do it. | anag. & lit.; ref. Gwilym Lloyd George, Food Minister |
| 251 | UNMETHODICAL | First | All over the place, though not like a doctor doing the rounds | tho’ in unmedical, & lit. |
| 241 | MANDOLINE | VHC | Pluckable? Yes, a fellow to swindle to the limit | man do line; pluck = swindle |
| 237 | BASTINADE | VHC | In short, I had an upset with Cook about the batter on the soles | anag. of I’d an in baste |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 229 | MASCOT | VHC | I’m nuts about the Colonel and the regiment is nuts about me | CO in mast2 |
| 213 | LEMONADE | VHC | An article in a French paper is sometimes sparkling and still occasionally juicy | a in Le Monde; sparkling & still L. |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 199 | HONESTY | VHC | Bees make the most of this flower | i.e. hone(st)y |
| 195 | WALLABAS | First | By degrees the feller gets us down | walla, BAs, & lit. |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 192 | WATSON | VHC | Was not, one might infer, the recipient of an elementary education | anag.; “Elementary, my dear W.” |
| 189 | SALTIRE | Second | Rate is very ragged, around fifty, and both strokes are leaning sideways! | L in anag. of rate is; ref. cross on saltire, and rowing |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 164 | NEWTON | VHC | Modern heavy-weight; he early discovered why bodies fall | new ton; N.’s law of gravity |
| 162 | TITANESS | VHC | Of outstanding size and strength, it should be planted with an edging of character | it, an in Tess; ref. T. of the d’Urbervilles |
| 155 | LYTERIAN | VHC | Curing cancer? Bevan trial may so result | anag. of Nye trial; ref. Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, Min. of Health |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 151 | OPEN-SESAME | Second | The only way to defeat the slam when there is no means of entry in the hand | cryptic def.; bridge |
| 149 | DOMESTIC | First | Capped many years ago, but can still make them break | cryptic def.; maid’s cap, cricket |
| 135 | STRIPPED | VHC | With no honours South came down by a trick | S tripped |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 126 | RASPBERRY | First | A Lloyd George product lately received by his successors | 2 mngs; Ll.G., popular variety of r.; ref. poor result for Liberals in 1950 Gen. Election |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 114 | TAPPIT-HEN | VHC | Whisky Galore. Begin with apt wreck; many confused types then follow | anag. + pi then; ref. 1949 film |
| 112 | SHEET (DLM) | VHC | Wall Street Shaken—Turnover Large—Cotton Piece Goods Up | |
| 105 | SMITHEREENS | VHC | Possible result of the Sappers’ mines | anag. of the RE’s mines, & lit. |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 99 | SCARABEE | VHC | South, with ace bare, upset East’s completion of the contract | anag. incl. S; scarab used as seal |
| 92 | PARTRIDGE | First | Cartoonist of Der Tag. May he rest in peace | anag. of Der Tag, RIP; ref. Sir Bernard P. died 1945 |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 81 | CHARADE | VHC | The problem is hard without the ace: play may provide solution | anag. of hard ace |
| 80 | GONERIL | Second | Bedevilled girl with half a throne | anag. incl. (thr)one, and Lit. |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 65 | PIVOT | VHC | Depend upon it, a cup of tea about four is not enough | IV in pot |
| 57 | THEORBOS | Third | Double-necked, not treble; just as well, as they might be both sore | anag.; bass instruments |
| 56 | SHEEP-RUN | VHC | If one may use puns here, this is where to find “12’s 47s” | anag.; Lamb’s Tales, tails; ref. puzzle solutions |
| 54 | SPONGE | VHC | Naturally without issue on earth | sp on Ge, & lit.; i.e. sea creature |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 47 | GLOCKENSPIEL | VHC | You may get sick of this instrument and its long peel | anag. of sick, long, peel |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 39 | GNATHIC | VHC | Hang it, chaps! Barring accidents it could be the making of you | anag. less haps, & lit.; chaps = cheeks |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 20 | NIERSTEINER | VHC | Wine manufacturer takes one over the eight and retires | anag. of nine, retires |
| 15 | ARRANGES | VHC | O for the rest of the blade to make fruit of sorts | i.e. arranges with o for ar (from oar) = oranges |
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
298 NOSER
294 HUMECT
276 AMTRACK
1976-1977
221 PADDY-WHACK
1975-1976
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
165 Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram)
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
1973-1974
92 BRAINWASH
88 BLOOMERY
79 SLAPSTICK
1972-1973
45 NEMORAL
36 CRUSADER
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1145 GENIPAP
1140 CALLOUS
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1969-1970
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1041 TEA-LEAD
1036 CORONETED
1010 MOTORIST
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1000 THOUSAND
980 OMNIBUSES
1966-1967
949 BROWSING
936 MINI SKIRTS
929 AMPHITHEATRE
1965-1966
894 WITENAGEMOT
1964-1965
843 PRISTINE
825 COACHES
1963-1964
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
769 PENNY
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
1962-1963
746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)
725 SILENUS
721 KERB-MERCHANT
712 RHEUMATICKY
703 SCAPEMENT
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
651 NIPCHEESE
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
634 BEDSTEAD
612 CARGO (Misprints)
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
571 PESTER
569 PROPOSAL
1958-1959
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
464 STRAWED
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
1956-1957
421 DOVETAIL
417 SINECURE
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
369 BERET
364 HELLEBORE
360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
347 TELEVISOR
338 SHE-ASS
334 CHEROOT
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
295 SENSE-ORGANS
291 APAGOGE
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
273 COUSIN
271 TRIPLET
269 ASCENT
267 TRADE
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
255 SCUTTLE
239 GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry)
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
227 CATEGORIES
217 DEPOSIT
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
200 ACCOUNT
197 SCALES
1952 (1)
193 TRADUCER
190 CHEQUERS
187 GROWLER
1951 (2)
174 ANACREONTICS
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
157 ORANGE
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
152 SEA-LION
150 CAPILLAMENTS
148 FILIBUSTER
147 GATHER
1950 (1)
128 AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry)
122 LEATHER
119 UMBLE-PIE
1949 (2)
109 PERI
107 STRAMASH
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
100 Word containing ADDING
97 NESTOR
96 INTERLOCK
1948 (2)
89 SEASON
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
83 BUDAPEST
1948 (1)
76 VALEDICTORY
74 DEODAR
1947 (2)
59 TAME
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 1953 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1950 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 1947 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |