Clues written by Capt G. Langham
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Capt G. Langham8008428Nov 1948Dec 197729y 1mCapt Langham
 
 Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1977-1978
276AMTRACKVHCAt last off the drink, I tear up the tarmacanag. + k, & lit.
1976-1977
255ROYAL SILVER JUBILEEVHCIs J.B. lay our Reveille, arranged for 1977?anag.; ref. Betjeman
Ximenes competitions
1968-1969
1049SLANGWHANGERVHCLoud-mouthed flogger of false weighti.e. slang2 w. hanger
1966-1967
941HYPODERMICVHCTo depress with chemical action before unravelling crime. This was Holmes’s methodhyp OD + anag.; hyp = hypochondria
1960-1961
634BEDSTEADVHCComplex debates drift without a division; what the M.P. longs for!anag. + d(rift); rift = division
1959-1960
569PROPOSALVHCAn offer of support, love, glamour, and a good start in lifeprop O SA l(ife) & lit.
1957-1958
473LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)VHCAn unlawful dea/th in Ganymede’s potsMede
1950 (1)
121SNAPSHOTVHCTaking the likeliest tips into my reckoning, I forecast a photo finishnaps in shot

 
HCs awarded to Capt G. Langham
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1977-1978
  298 NOSER
  281 DINOCERAS
  259 TRANSIRE
 
1976-1977
  249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
  225 VALETA
  221 PADDY-WHACK
 
1975-1976
  174 EPEOLATRY
 
1974-1975
  152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
  123 SCATTERGOOD
 
1973-1974
  97 TREBUCHET
  53 ALEXANDERS
 
1972-1973
  18 EPIGONE
 
Ximenes competitions
 
1970-1971
  1143 MORGIANA
  1127 TRAYBIT
  1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
 
1969-1970
  1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
 
1968-1969
  1036 CORONETED
 
1966-1967
  933 COTTABUS
 
1965-1966
  898 POCHARD
  882 SNAPDRAGON
 
1963-1964
  800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
 
1962-1963
  708 HEARTS
 
1961-1962
  656 FIDDLESTICKS
 
1960-1961
  638 BUREAUCRAT
 
1957-1958
  486 BARACAN
  482 LEASING-MAKER
  467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
  451 MEGAPODE
 
1956-1957
  425 TRAVERSE
 
1952 (2)
  194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
 
1952 (1)
  190 CHEQUERS
  181 HANGABLE
 
1951 (2)
  180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
  179 CADRE
  177 DESOLATE
 
1951 (1)
  163 LORICATE
  158 RATING
  156 LAVEROCK
  155 LYTERIAN
 
1950 (1)
  118 MARAVEDI
 
1949 (1)
  98 HUMERI
 
1948 (2)
  89 SEASON
 


Annual Honours record of Capt G. Langham
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VHCsHCsPosition
1977-19780 1 2
1976-19770 1 3
1975-19760 0 1
1974-19750 0 2
1973-19740 0 2
1972-19730 0 1
 
Ximenes competitions
1970-19710 0 3
1969-19700 0 1
1968-19690 1 1
 
1966-19670 1 1
1965-19660 0 2
 
1963-19640 0 1
1962-19630 0 1
1961-19620 0 1
1960-19610 1 1
1959-19600 1 0
 
1957-19580 1 4
1956-19570 0 1
 
1952 (2)0 0 1
1952 (1)0 0 2
1951 (2)0 0 3
1951 (1)0 0 4
 
1950 (1)0 1 1
 
1949 (1)0 0 1
1948 (2)0 0 1