| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Hardie Keir | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 35 | 29 | Feb 1946 | Mar 1969 | 23y 1m | J. Hardie Kier |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | We’re fashionable, eye-catching—and teeny-weeny? Not half! Sit around carelessly and there’s a shocking risk involved | min(ute) + anag. in anag., & lit. |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 796 | STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints) | VHC | The “fore and aft” expanse of flank exposed by a spreadeagled skater | plank; anag. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 443 | HALF-SEAS-OVER | VHC | At the “point of no return,” between one harbour “bar” and another? | double mng.; ref. to drinking |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 343 | EPIGONI | VHC | A short peignoir fashioned for the younger generation—the “A line” has gone! | anag. less r |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 287 | MANCHESTER | Second | An “urbanity” of bustling English merchants, and a “despondency” of cricketers | anag. incl. E; ‘nouns of multitude’; ref. rain-interrupted cricket at Old Trafford |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 275 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | “Splicing the mainbrace with raw A.B.s in the ‘con’ duc/t? I! Go and hang!” Over | raw absinthe conduces vertigo; con = steering |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | First | Top-line artiste uses “no soap” recipe for make-up—it entails only a very short time in a mud-pack | anag. incl. r; mo in glaur |
| 241 | MANDOLINE | VHC | Round-backed, long-necked, and with “strings to pull”—just the bloke to dodge the army | man do line |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 229 | MASCOT | VHC | “The Daughter of the Regiment”—and obviously “nuts” about the Colonel | CO in mast2; ref. Donizetti opera |
| 225 | TOUCHSTONES | VHC | Hutton’s second blob! Looks disastrous with the Tests in sight! | anag. incl. sec 0; blob = duck; ref. Len H., cricketer |
| 219 | SOCIALIST | VHC | Type inclined to the left, as inverted italics | so + anag. |
| 207 | PAGEANT | VHC | The fascinating spectacle of a goodly stretch of well-turned leg in singularly brief unmentionables | a + (l)eg (rev.) in pant(s) |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 193 | TRADUCER | VHC | A crude tar derivative for the fabricator of dark stains | anag. |
| 189 | SALTIRE | VHC | Tirl aboot in sic Hielan’ fashion, an’ ye’ll mak’ the Scots Cross! | anag. of tirl in sae (so, Scot.) |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 164 | NEWTON | VHC | In all gravity, he proved the obvious—there’s little weight in a light gas | wt in neon; N.’s law of gravity |
| 160 | RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Mark how fa/ded Kitty’s prints! | |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 150 | CAPILLAMENTS | VHC | Plans upset by a fickle climate get you down | anag. of plans, climate |
| 139 | HECATOMB | Third | The killing that got Macbeth in a fuss about nothing? | O in anag. |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 71 | MITRAILLEUSE | VHC | French weapon (1870) that would make an R.A. Lieut. smile (1948) | anag.; refs. to seige of Paris and year of puzzle |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 64 | GLASTONBURY | VHC | Travel via Goodwin Sands (change Rugby and Alston) and here you are | anag.; ref. G. K. Chesterton ‘The Rolling English Road’, “… we went to G. by way of Goodwin Sands” |
| 54 | SPONGE | VHC | Colonel Chinstrap, C.B. | 2 mngs.; ref. drunken sponger in radio comedy ‘ITMA’; C.B. = Companion of the Bath |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 33 | TAMBERS | VHC | And these, in balanced combination, content a bandmaster! | comp. anag. incl. and, & lit. |
| 32 | TEMERAIRE | VHC | Did Nelson’s “reckless lady” meet her end in the Méditerranée? Possibly | comp. anag. with end; téméraire (Fr.) = reckless |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 17 | SICCA | First | The newer coin of the two a canny Scot mak’s sure of | sicca(R); R = rupee; newly minted coin |
Ximenes competitions
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1965-1966
890 DEBENTURE
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
1962-1963
746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)
1958-1959
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
477 SEDATENESS
451 MEGAPODE
447 TOUSLE
1954 (2)
293 CAB
1954 (1)
281 SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number)
277 PRODIGALLY
271 TRIPLET
267 TRADE
1953 (2)
243 LODESTAR
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
1952 (2)
205 CANTANKEROUS
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
198 THIRD
1952 (1)
191 DENIGRATE
190 CHEQUERS
1951 (2)
173 HATCHING
1951 (1)
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
148 FILIBUSTER
1949 (2)
105 SMITHEREENS
1948 (2)
88 BRISTOL
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
1948 (1)
76 VALEDICTORY
69 MISANTHROPE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |