Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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Dr T. J. R. Maguire | 29 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 48 | 33 | Feb 1956 | Nov 1970 | 14y 9m | T. J. R. Maguire |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1969-1970 | ||||
1066 | RAVE / PAIR (DLM) | VHC | Where avouterers have shared Scotch with a flight of harpies | rave3 = rive = share2; pair = flight of stairs |
1968-1969 | ||||
1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | Ragger overriding links on a hunter, a whacking divot-cutter | slang3 whanger; whang1 |
1010 | MOTORIST | Third | The guy’s almost disposed to admit receptacles for blowing in | tori in most (US), & lit.; blow = bloom; breathalysers |
1966-1967 | ||||
949 | BROWSING | First | The makings of Blandings’ top sow, quivering among the layers | B + anag. in ring, & lit. |
935 | MALAPROP | VHC | Beginners in matrimony! A little aversion present relic oracularly proscribes? | initial letters, & lit.; relict, prescribes |
920 | ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | And says our Di/ves, “O to be dashed—ashes—off the Fire!” | Pepys |
911 | DRAGON | VHC | Duke in progress without a shred of clothing, horrifying watcher, in fairy-tale | rag in D on |
1965-1966 | ||||
900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | From a split came a pair, and so we are got | paramecia; anag. & lit. |
894 | WITENAGEMOT | VHC | The thing that influenced Harold? Shaky ménage, it being held by, roughly, two | anag. in anag.; thing1; Harold I |
890 | DEBENTURE | VHC | Bond with some presentable young woman. Sex … adventure? Not half! | deb + (sex adv)enture |
885 | GALIMATIAS | VHC | Amalgam? It is, in a way, but lacking, a primal element in mercury | anag. less m, & lit. |
1964-1965 | ||||
851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | VHC | Dodo by Cock of the Walk Out of Poll Spangle | flightless bird; dod O |
1963-1964 | ||||
780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Top ten? Not born on Lime Street, I’m out! | no b L(I’m)e St; ward in City of London |
764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | De Havilland’s thrilling. Valentino’s sound for some thrilling dance | shimmy2 + ‘sheikh’; thrilling = shaking; de H. aircraft; ref. Rudolph V. in film “The Sheikh”; Olivia de H., actress |
750 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | VHC | Mule eating cutlery puzzles MD not half. This makes it eight in ten minutes! | sword in cross; half of 1500 |
1962-1963 | ||||
730 | ARCH-PIRATE | First | For a whimsical version of me in a libretto, read Barrie. Capt. Hook | anag. of (b)arriecapth(ook), & lit.; ref. Peter Pan (1954 Musical) |
725 | SILENUS | VHC | Demigod, semi-buck, enwreathed with bay | le(ap) in sinus & lit. [see comments] |
708 | HEARTS | VHC | We of the leather-coat class generated old-time russets | middle letters, & lit.; ref. apples, cores containing pips |
700 | SOLOMON | VHC | As has been stated, wanton, bedding a thousand | so + M in loon, & lit.; wives and concubines |
1961-1962 | ||||
673 | ERISTICAL | VHC | “Throwing it aside, and stemming it with hearts…” What’s next? It’s clear I will need jogging! | anag.; “…of controversy,” J. Caesar i. 2 |
664 | MANIPULATE | VHC | What a mute may do perhaps to make himself plain | anag. & lit. |
1960-1961 | ||||
638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | I could be “Sir Joseph Porter,” having previous practice, from the first City production, in Pinafore | ure AUC in brat; ref. HMS Pinafore, Sir J. P.’s Song |
634 | BEDSTEAD | VHC | Setting for the Dream, showing Bottom on set, pixilated, with a donkey’s head | bed + anag. + a + d; ref. MND |
624 | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | VHC | Noo-Gloo mends chairs, typewriter ribbons or a crack on the head! | |
1959-1960 | ||||
590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | To fights in U.S., it is a special I./R.A. should be called in | sinusitis … antra |
547 | STORMY | VHC | As ever, with true love, fondly yrs., Tom | anag.; ref. proverb “the course of true love never did run smooth”; fond = silly |
1958-1959 | ||||
504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | Ocean Accident Insurance, fully paid and unencumbered guarantees security: all I need is to have an accident! | anag.; paid = allowed to run out (naut) |
1957-1958 | ||||
451 | MEGAPODE | VHC | Mo.-ped., crazy with age, gets a flying start from Shell | anag.; m. can fly from moment of hatching |
1956-1957 | ||||
390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | “One-solo-at/-a time” programmes? | ITA, broadcasting authority |
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1140 CALLOUS
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1093 MARTINET
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1080 ANDROMEDA
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1041 TEA-LEAD
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1036 CORONETED
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
989 GRENADINE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
967 CREMOSIN
1966-1967
945 OBLITERATE
933 COTTABUS
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
898 POCHARD
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
873 VETERANS
1964-1965
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
834 CARRIED
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
760 METAMORPHOSE
1962-1963
743 CHEMIST
738 ANAESTHETIC
721 KERB-MERCHANT
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
669 DRUM
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
621 CHASE
608 CUSTOMER
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
1959-1960
586 HEBDOMADARY
582 MARRY
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
1956-1957
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
1968-1969 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1966-1967 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 2 | 9 |
1965-1966 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
1962-1963 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 9 |
1961-1962 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |