HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStatsShow results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs K. Bissett | 37 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 100 | 39 | Dec 1956 | Jan 2001 | 44y 1m | Mrs K. Bisset |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1494 | MARATHON | VHC | Race such as this is needs stamina – or hospital possibly? | comp. anag. incl. H |
| 1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A revolver could be a ro/d (a gun) | |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1242 | KNOCKERS | VHC | Smashing ——? Funny conk and kisser is ignored | anag. less is |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If it’s lo/wer, could be likened to the one that’s leaning | |
| 1024 | PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Always languishing, showing disturbing signs of ailments – me? | SEM(PRE SENT)IMENTAL; anag. |
| 1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | VHC | Kind of apple such as William might shove into cap has pack initially scrumped? | pear main; anag. incl. s; ref. Just W. stories |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 904 | VOETGANGER | VHC | Immature pest – and if abroad with other louts possibly discordant over penning | et gang in anag. |
| 900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Wanton taking one in place of love is an exotic beguilement | harlot with a for 0 + anag. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 844 | THEOLOGASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Cleric who’s quite potty? There’s a lot go like that | petty; anag. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | VHC | Lighter type of story about Princess – here’s where there’s a fast buck to be made | buck; Di in fib + US; ref. P. Diana |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 670 | TURNIP-FLEA | VHC | One eating at Savoy may give leap if this one does | i.e. turn ‘ip flea’ to ‘leap if’; S. cabbage and hotel |
| 660 | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram) | VHC | I’ve an anagram serious setter won’t trounce | |
| 649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | What may be roast – or pilau, if it’s old one | anag. less o I, & lit. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 603 | FIGULINE | VHC | One in Gulf moulded in Earth’s first clay | I in anag. + in E; ref. Omar Khayyam |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 552 | NOURICE-FEE | VHC | Entitlement for one involved in possible cure – in charge of N.H.S. Hospital beds maybe | I in anag. in no fee, & lit. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | A ‘something extra’ craft’s without nowadays | A plus tr(AD)e, & lit. |
| 464 | SIMKIN | VHC | I’m used to break up a kind of vessel – or launch one? | I’m in skin |
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | I’m stressed in cries for reform | anag. & lit. |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Signal with dim light could be | anag. & lit.; light = frivolous |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 379 | SCYTHEMAN | VHC | Possibly the originator of most hay scent | m + anag., & lit. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | Second | Jerk after break? | break; up + start, & lit. |
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | Bit of stuff arrives tightly clothed in what’s descriptive of three piece | odd ‘comesh’ ort; i.e. drunken pron. |
| 332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | With sort of bend for going round, one acts strangely | anag. with U for O, & lit. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 306 | DICKENS | VHC | A mild oath – about wot’s in Hell? | c. ken in Dis |
| 289 | AMNESIAC | First | Names I must jot endlessly | anag. + ac(e), & lit.; must4 adj. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 229 | METRICATE | VHC | What we must do to lose inches? That for me becomes difficult | me + (in)tricate |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Shewed to Raj a be/nison – would-be future ruler? | rani |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Musical waiter creates titter with pose | writer; anag. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 5 | SCEUOPHYLAX | VHC | Puzzled soul with cypher incomplete needing A. and X’s orthodox Greek | anag. incl. cyphe(r) + A, X; ref. Azed, Ximenes; ’s = is |
| 1 | ORGIAST | VHC | I may leave a wanton with one in the oven | r(I)g I in oast, & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1140 | CALLOUS | VHC | How Katisha did not remain to demand love as before | call 0 u.s.; ref. Mikado |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 975 | HALE | VHC | I call for an answer on sound | i.e. hail, & lit.; ref. quiz-master, Lionel H. |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 902 | WINCOPIPE | VHC | Leads to Percy’s pseudonym—well, not exactly—it’s obsolete in Chambers’s New Edition | anag. of initial letters, & lit.; ref. Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel |
| 898 | POCHARD | VHC | Is a duck a duck and a fish? There must be a bit of Printer’s Devilry about! | 0 char in P. D. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 843 | PRISTINE | VHC | Strip off! It’s not coarse to be topless—just primitive! | anag. + (f)ine |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 760 | METAMORPHOSE | VHC | The Classics Master’s after a butterfly! Sexy? Not half! Has to make a pass! | meta (Gr.) Morpho se(xy) |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 694 | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Standing by er/k—being picked-up! | Piccadilly Circus |
2000-2001
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1999-2000
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1419 SPLODGE
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1346 PHARISEE
1996-1997
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1247 PREDICANT
1220 CASSANDRA
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1181 SLADE
1161 ADIAPHORON
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1130 AGRESTAL
1126 CHEATERY
1117 STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters)
1108 GREEN
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1084 PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1030 PASTILLE
1013 ALVEARY
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1000 ONE THOUSAND
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
987 IRON CURTAIN
982 ALMANAC
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
934 LACE-UPS
926 NERD
917 HOOLIGANISM
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
849 VISITE
1987-1988
801 LINCHET
1986-1987
764 CHILDERMAS
762 OBELISE
1985-1986
714 MOTE
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
635 ROSEMARY
631 INTERLOCK
1983-1984
609 LUCKY-BAG
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
543 STAYING POWER
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
504 SIMMENTHALER
486 JUMPED-UP
473 HERRING-BONE
1979-1980
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
1978-1979
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
327 HEMLOCK
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
298 NOSER
1976-1977
225 VALETA
1975-1976
183 PICKLE
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
127 FRITHSOKEN
1973-1974
95 THUNDERCLAP
79 SLAPSTICK
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
66 NONSENSE
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
40 FANTOCCINI
36 CRUSADER
18 EPIGONE
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1968-1969
1041 TEA-LEAD
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
993 JONATHAN
1966-1967
936 MINI SKIRTS
935 MALAPROP
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
916 DIAPASON
1965-1966
900 PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
1964-1965
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
847 FRENETICAL
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
825 COACHES
821 SOMERSET
1963-1964
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
1960-1961
638 BUREAUCRAT
1957-1958
469 DAISY
1956-1957
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 1977-1978 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |