Clues written by Mrs N. Perry
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Mrs N. Perry1411124016Dec 1957Jul 197012y 7mN. Perry
 
 Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
Ximenes competitions
1968-1969
1041TEA-LEADVHCDrink to live, in case it is a strengthenertea lead; lead = live, vbs. trans.
1967-1968
987THING (Printer’s Devilry)VHCYou/r own people’s estimation?—“Ha! ‘Snow’ gone to ‘Pot’” 
984Word containing a first name (Anonymous)VHCHaving a rounded, solid figure I’m a slow moverSPH-ERIC-AL; Ambler, author; def.
1966-1967
936MINI SKIRTSVHCWe can’t go much higher in mist and risk having a crashanag.
924MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)ThirdI entertain gent embracing me—lace up tight before beginning and end of the pinchme in mister; anag. plus t(h)e
1965-1966
878ENTOMOSTRACAVHCRock adherents perhaps can master twisting and shaking tooanag.
873VETERANSVHCThe old regulars catch up after endless prohibitionvet(o) + snare (rev.)
1964-1965
851Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)VHCEcho by Ringo out of Mersey SoundLiverpool Echo; Beatles
1963-1964
786METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)FirstAlways weary: our hel/p ill: without one, may end life 
782SWELLVHCModel’s head upside down in trick enlargementw in sell; M upside down = W
780NOBLEST (and Eximenamination)VHCScotland’s number five joins Ten Bos in a scrummage of the highest orderanag.; Scottish rugby player
764SHIMMY-SHAKEVHCTwisting Sheikh Sammy performed at flappers’ hopsanag.
760METAMORPHOSEVHCDebauched hep room-mates reformanag.
1960-1961
608CUSTOMERVHCA vagabond courts me, but I’ve fallen for a counter-attractionanag.

 
HCs awarded to Mrs N. Perry
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Ximenes competitions
 
1970-1971
  1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
  1110 IMPERSONATE
 
1969-1970
  1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
  1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
  1062 CALLING-CRAB
  1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
 
1968-1969
  1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
  1023 CONSOLE
 
1967-1968
  1002 PILLAGE
  980 OMNIBUSES
  971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
  962 PALING
 
1966-1967
  941 HYPODERMIC
  929 AMPHITHEATRE
  920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
  916 DIAPASON
  911 DRAGON
  907 SORITES (Misprints)
 
1965-1966
  884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
  882 SNAPDRAGON
  868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
 
1964-1965
  856 RODOMONTADE
  843 PRISTINE
  839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
  834 CARRIED
  832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
  825 COACHES
  817 WYLIE-COATS
  808 WAGONER
 
1963-1964
  800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
  796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
  790 PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam)
  773 FIT-OUT
 
1962-1963
  730 ARCH-PIRATE
  708 HEARTS
 
1961-1962
  694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
 
1960-1961
  642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
  621 CHASE
 
1958-1959
  517 CAROTID
 
1957-1958
  464 STRAWED
 


Annual Honours record of Mrs N. Perry
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YearPrizes
(1, 2, 3)
VHCsHCsPosition
Ximenes competitions
1970-19710 0 2
1969-19700 0 4
1968-19690 1 2
1967-19680 2 4
1966-19671 (0, 0, 1) 1 6
1965-19660 2 3
1964-19650 1 8
1963-19641 (1, 0, 0) 4 4 7
1962-19630 0 2
1961-19620 0 1
1960-19610 1 2
 
1958-19590 0 1
1957-19580 0 1