| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs G. Bonsall | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 11 | Feb 1955 | Jan 1970 | 14y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1045 | SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left) | VHC | Here’s a speaker—rant, disrupt; that’s what students do about leaders of plutocracy | 2 mngs.; pl(utocracy) in sit; ref. protests against LSE Director, Dr W. Adams |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | Copper, having received information, exposes dean in improper situation | mean; penny wise |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 743 | CHEMIST | VHC | Should Ministry heads intervene in a case for pay? Yes, like Boyle | Mi in chest; ref. Edward B., Min. of Education, and Robert B. |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 669 | DRUM | VHC | Call a copper, queer old party seems to have been beaten up by housewife | d rum; ref. def. in C., “…beating up crowds…” |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 547 | STORMY | VHC | Black as ink dispute may seem, it’s just blustering | 3 mngs; ref. printers’ strike |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 438 | MACARONI | VHC | Here’s the mixture in the hopper—take a masher and we get tubes of paste | 4 mngs.; see mash2 |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 386 | CLEITHRAL | VHC | A bridge opening is thoroughly slated—ruined their call! | anag., 2 defs. |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 377 | MALISON | VHC | Confounding the leaders of the visiting Russian party is not impossible | Mal(enkov) is on; ref. visit of former Soviet premier Georgy M. to UK, Mar 1956 |
| 373 | PRESTONPANS | VHC | From a field of forty-five pick a winner not backed in the papers | nap not (all rev.) in press; 1745 |
| 360 | WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left) | VHC | This suggests a variety of wrenlike tailless tern with an oval body, commonly female | anag. less e; egg bird |
| 338 | SHE-ASS | VHC | Has chess disaster: check, out of it, fool’s mate | anag. less ch. |
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1093 MARTINET
1962-1963
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
1959-1960
555 JURYWOMAN
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1958-1959
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
451 MEGAPODE
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
421 DOVETAIL
1955-1956
356 METOPOSCOPY
351 LUSTRE
347 TELEVISOR
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |