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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. J. Thorpe | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 16 | Jul 1966 | Jan 1976 | 9y 6m | J. Thorpe |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Playful poet pinches rising model – makes good use of fingers | singers; sitter (rev.) in anag. |
| 110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Gravity permits rest in peace – at end of rope for such as this | g allows RIP e, & lit. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | How to persuade an intelligent man to accept women as horrific? | brain w as H; H, former film classification |
| 57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What man now finds mad a/rousers | |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | A set of instructions about bird. Cook’s got married – and left this ? | kit c. hen do m. |
| 18 | EPIGONE | VHC | An affair among the latest of the tree produces me | go in (th)e pine, & lit. |
| 1 | ORGIAST | VHC | May be out for love – gratis | anag. incl. 0, & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1127 | TRAYBIT | VHC | Retiring piece—keeping one aside? | I by in tart (all rev.), & lit.; tart, piece (offensive) = woman; collector’s piece; 3d. bit to be withdrawn in 1971 |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1100 | BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Changed to become a blue English king | anag. + E R, & lit. |
| 1058 | Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram) | VHC | Lor! Hal’s run way over R.C. bogey. Par’s one dame | |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1054 | PINACOTHECA | VHC | If badly set out it could give you an optic ache | anag. & lit. |
| 1032 | TENONER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | We can’t have a rot/ating top | |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 935 | MALAPROP | VHC | “Softly, Softly” broadcast with a moral often uses questionable expressions | anag. incl. p,p; ref. TV drama series |
| 933 | COTTABUS | First | Success in this brought Aphrodite’s blessing to cubs at sport | anag. & lit. |
| 911 | DRAGON | VHC | Philistine monster used to pinch queen—had hot pants! | R in Dagon |
1975-1976
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
139 PIEPOWDER
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
1972-1973
45 NEMORAL
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
40 FANTOCCINI
23 SCLERODERMIC
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
10 LINGERIE
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1143 MORGIANA
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1968-1969
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
993 JONATHAN
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
1966-1967
945 OBLITERATE
941 HYPODERMIC
936 MINI SKIRTS
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 12 |