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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capt G. Langham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 8 | Nov 1948 | Dec 1977 | 29y 1m | Capt Langham |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 276 | AMTRACK | VHC | At last off the drink, I tear up the tarmac | anag. + k, & lit. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | Is J.B. lay our Reveille, arranged for 1977? | anag.; ref. Betjeman |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | Loud-mouthed flogger of false weight | i.e. slang2 w. hanger |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 941 | HYPODERMIC | VHC | To depress with chemical action before unravelling crime. This was Holmes’s method | hyp OD + anag.; hyp = hypochondria |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 634 | BEDSTEAD | VHC | Complex debates drift without a division; what the M.P. longs for! | anag. + d(rift); rift = division |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 569 | PROPOSAL | VHC | An offer of support, love, glamour, and a good start in life | prop O SA l(ife) & lit. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | An unlawful dea/th in Ganymede’s pots | Mede |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 121 | SNAPSHOT | VHC | Taking the likeliest tips into my reckoning, I forecast a photo finish | naps in shot |
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
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 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 | – |