Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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Mrs E. Shackleton | 30 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 50 | 38 | Mar 1947 | Nov 1968 | 21y 8m | Mrs Shackleton |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1032 | TENONER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Help? For a favour, i./e., I’d assist editing Ray’s poem | nereid; ref. Gray, “Ode on a favourite cat drowned…” |
1963-1964 | ||||
804 | DETRUNCATE | VHC | Decimate? I’m to leave misshapen runt in evidence | anag. in dec(im)ate & lit. |
1962-1963 | ||||
725 | SILENUS | VHC | Almost taciturn, genteel and sanctimonious character? Good God! Just the reverse! | silen(t) + U + S(anctimonious) & lit. |
1961-1962 | ||||
694 | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | There’s a matron, and all-in—whack/ed! Ward’s a riot! | ‘Whacko’, “Sir” is Edwards; ref. TV comedy with Jimmy E. |
647 | MADCAP | VHC | Rash one got from taking portion of toadstool after having violent appetite? | mad + cap; mad = violently affected by appetite |
1960-1961 | ||||
617 | COLOPHONY | Second | Gives the final touch before Yehudi starts? | colophon Y, & lit.; ref. Y. Menuhin |
1959-1960 | ||||
573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | Game (a brace?) should be hung | scape3, gallows; g. = one of pr. of braces |
555 | JURYWOMAN | VHC | She’ll have a case presented to her before she retires | cryptic def. |
547 | STORMY | First | Kind of stage setting for beginning of Macbeth | M in story, & lit.; story2 = kind of stage |
1957-1958 | ||||
447 | TOUSLE | Second | Difficult to manage with a crew cut to merely 50 in regular employment | to + L in use; i.e. crew-cut |
1956-1957 | ||||
415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | Bounty shown on earth we laud | |
1955-1956 | ||||
382 | ABSTAIN | VHC | Refrain from American religious number—“Ain’t misbehaving”! | ABS + anag.; American Bible Society; ref. Fats Waller song |
364 | HELLEBORE | VHC | Example of this season’s bloomers—modern style requiring 1⅓ lengths drill | H ell e(ll) bore; H-line |
360 | WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left) | VHC | Headline—In West latitude English find ice-berg and dig about for something Scott may have marked | rink in W l. E; anag., ref. Peter S., naturalist, and Captain S. |
338 | SHE-ASS | VHC | Heroine (a dumb type), who though smitten couldn’t make a pass! | cryptic def.; ref. Balaam’s ass, Numbers 22:28 |
1954 (2) | ||||
295 | SENSE-ORGANS | Second | These being seen so distorted led to the conclusion “Gran’s bogus!” | anag. + anag., & lit.; ref. Red Riding Hood, “what big eyes…,” etc. |
1954 (1) | ||||
261 | DECANTER | VHC | Tip for tots—put a list in a drawer for Santa! | cant2 in deer; i.e. reindeer |
1953 (2) | ||||
257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | Subject of recent reports—things going up owing to Parliamentary action | Gunpowder plot |
239 | GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | You know the story of Ha/l Lime? This American cad dies | Walter Hagen, US champion golfer |
1953 (1) | ||||
217 | DEPOSIT | Second | A complete solution leaves none to settle | dep. (= departs) 0 sit & lit. |
1952 (2) | ||||
194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | Second | Naturally the scholarship holder is at the top of the form | knowledge + box1 |
1951 (2) | ||||
173 | HATCHING | VHC | Reckon after this Burns’ night will be ruined with only half the usual food about! | anag. of nicht in hag(gis); i.e. count chickens after hatching |
1949 (2) | ||||
109 | PERI | VHC | About ripe at the bottom of our garden | anag.; “There are fairies …” |
1948 (2) | ||||
91 | CRETONNE | VHC | Kind of flowery printed matter to be sat on by the armchair critic? | cryptic def. |
90 | ROTHER | VHC | Encountered in “Coming thro’ the Rye”? Certainly comes pretty near! | hidden; river R. and Rye in Sussex; song ‘Loch Lomond’ |
85 | SERGEANT | VHC | He, with his remarks on private enterprise, can cause a gent’s ear to split | anag.; i.e. private soldiers |
1947 (2) | ||||
64 | GLASTONBURY | VHC | Where someone “left the thorn”—Burns’ lay got confused! | anag.; ref. R. Burns, “Ye banks and braes”; G. thorn |
62 | HERCULES | VHC | Spent twelve years doing odd jobs, but is now tired | cryptic def.; ref. twelve labours of H., and H. Cycle and Motor Company |
56 | SHEEP-RUN | VHC | Ground (probably at Canterbury!) where Woolley made a single? | sheep + run; canter-bury; ref. Frank W., Kent and England cricketer |
1947 (1) | ||||
45 | RATTENED | VHC | The bad workman who was treated thus had only himself to blame! | cryptic def.; “A bad workman blames his tools”, r. = had tools taken |
Ximenes competitions
1966-1967
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1965-1966
894 WITENAGEMOT
1964-1965
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
734 NASALITY
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
669 DRUM
656 FIDDLESTICKS
651 NIPCHEESE
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
569 PROPOSAL
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
521 SOUP
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
495 PARTISAN
1957-1958
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
464 STRAWED
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
356 METOPOSCOPY
351 LUSTRE
1954 (2)
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
1954 (1)
277 PRODIGALLY
273 COUSIN
271 TRIPLET
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
1953 (2)
247 VAMPIRE
1953 (1)
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
205 CANTANKEROUS
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
1952 (1)
189 SALTIRE
188 Beware the Ides of March (Anagram)
185 STOUT
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
175 HAIR-LINE
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
110 LEVIGATE
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
96 INTERLOCK
1948 (1)
76 VALEDICTORY
71 MITRAILLEUSE
70 GARBAGE
1947 (2)
65 PIVOT
61 CREASY
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1961-1962 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
1960-1961 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
1959-1960 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 10 |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1957-1958 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
1954 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1953 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
1953 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
1952 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1947 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |