Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs N. Perry | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 16 | Dec 1957 | Jul 1970 | 12y 7m | N. Perry |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1041 | TEA-LEAD | VHC | Drink to live, in case it is a strengthener | tea lead; lead = live, vbs. trans. |
1967-1968 | ||||
987 | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | You/r own people’s estimation?—“Ha! ‘Snow’ gone to ‘Pot’” | |
984 | Word containing a first name (Anonymous) | VHC | Having a rounded, solid figure I’m a slow mover | SPH-ERIC-AL; Ambler, author; def. |
1966-1967 | ||||
936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | We can’t go much higher in mist and risk having a crash | anag. |
924 | MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left) | Third | I entertain gent embracing me—lace up tight before beginning and end of the pinch | me in mister; anag. plus t(h)e |
1965-1966 | ||||
878 | ENTOMOSTRACA | VHC | Rock adherents perhaps can master twisting and shaking too | anag. |
873 | VETERANS | VHC | The old regulars catch up after endless prohibition | vet(o) + snare (rev.) |
1964-1965 | ||||
851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | VHC | Echo by Ringo out of Mersey Sound | Liverpool Echo; Beatles |
1963-1964 | ||||
786 | METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry) | First | Always weary: our hel/p ill: without one, may end life | |
782 | SWELL | VHC | Model’s head upside down in trick enlargement | w in sell; M upside down = W |
780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Scotland’s number five joins Ten Bos in a scrummage of the highest order | anag.; Scottish rugby player |
764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | Twisting Sheikh Sammy performed at flappers’ hops | anag. |
760 | METAMORPHOSE | VHC | Debauched hep room-mates reform | anag. |
1960-1961 | ||||
608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | A vagabond courts me, but I’ve fallen for a counter-attraction | anag. |
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
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1966-1967 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 6 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
1963-1964 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 4 | 7 |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |