Clues written by W. F. Goodman
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Show results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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W. F. Goodman | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 9 | Oct 1961 | Sep 1976 | 14y 11m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1974-1975 | ||||
146 | CHARADES | VHC | Initially Chambers’s has ‘acted riddles’ as definition – enough said! | first letters & lit. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1969-1970 | ||||
1066 | RAVE / PAIR (DLM) | VHC | Nor dallied with a piece on the side, however alluring, whilst the English were rapidly put to flight | rave2; pair = flight of stairs |
1968-1969 | ||||
1045 | SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left) | First | Lisp in confusion the beginning of that screed of Burns: recite “Wee thleekit, cow’rin’, tim’routh beathtie” | anag. + t(hat); lisping pron. of ‘mouse’; screed (Scot.) = tear |
1966-1967 | ||||
911 | DRAGON | VHC | Sail in, proud Spaniard—Drake’s here! | rag in don; drake2 |
1965-1966 | ||||
882 | SNAPDRAGON | VHC | Sudden unending pain; doctor called in. I’m stuck in bed | Dr in snap agon(y) |
864 | PATERNAL | VHC | Crown and anchor operators get a pound from father | Pate RN a L; dice game |
1964-1965 | ||||
812 | ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left) | VHC | This month football training is cut short: a match around Saturday noon may act as a tonic. | Ab + RU + PT; Sa + n in tie |
1963-1964 | ||||
773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | Dress suit on loan | fit1 (vb.) + out |
1976-1977
234 HOROSCOPIST
221 PADDY-WHACK
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1093 MARTINET
1091 WENCESLAS
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
834 CARRIED
821 SOMERSET
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
730 ARCH-PIRATE
708 HEARTS
1961-1962
664 MANIPULATE
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1968-1969 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |