Clues written by E. R. Prentice
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E. R. Prentice3223274937Apr 1949Aug 196617y 4m
 
 Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
Ximenes competitions
1964-1965
832PENNY-WISE (Misprints)VHCLow-priced style that’s close-fittedfisted; pence; penny wise
1960-1961
612CARGO (Misprints)VHCUse driving club with back swing and energy. It’ll go into the hole!hold; RAC (rev.) + go; ref. golf
1958-1959
517CAROTIDVHCDescribes what’s compressed when garrotted? Sounds like it with minor injury to headi.e. changing initial ‘c’ to ‘g’ sound, & lit.
512NAYLOR (Libel)FirstShe can spin a yarn about love after fifty—she’s no beginner either!L 0 in anag., nay L or
508CUMBERGROUNDVHCThis might he a vegetable that’s been cropped, left lying on the soil(cu)cumber + ground, & lit.
504LEAD-LINEVHCFor protection when compassing land at sea, I should be cast inI in anag. of land, all in lee1, & lit.
1955-1956
356METOPOSCOPYVHCWith the tempo so rubato follow closely the interpretation of expression marksanag. + copy; rubato = distorted
329HAMADRYADVHCThe serpent that beguiled the hardy Adamanag.
1954 (2)
289CISTERNVHCA Yank always makes me flush!cryptic def.
287MANCHESTERVHCHere almost an inch may fall, with Test Start abandoned: pages and pages written up about it(i)nch (t)est in ream (rev.), & lit.; ref. rain-interrupted 1953 Ashes Test at Old Trafford
1953 (2)
255SCUTTLEVHCOpening in the covers for a quick run, made use of by Fender3 mngs.; fireplace; ref. Percy F., Surrey and England cricketer
247VAMPIREThirdOne who returns to Graves after a surfeit of Claret?cryptic def.; claret = blood
241MANDOLINEThirdMy back may be arched, but I’m responsive when held by the neck and strokedcryptic def.
237BASTINADEVHCA foot may be cut by it and brokenanag. in base, & lit.
1953 (1)
231PREAMBLEVHCThe pros and cons of legislature distorted by a rebel M.P.anag.
223MELODRAMEVHCDrunk as a lord, you’ll see two of me about. Hardly a sober performance!anag. in me, me; double vision
221BUNTHORNEVHCThink of faint lilies, he said—then burn passionately with love within0 in anag.; B. to maidens, Act I
217DEPOSITVHCFirst instalment for a fur coat?2 mngs.
1952 (2)
202SPALPEENVHCThis rascal gets a friend to start the puzzles in Sunday Observers!pal + p, all in S een
196SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)VHCThis wizard makes the deceptive one rise the wrong way to one—indicating a Chinamansham an; anag. + an; C. = left-hander’s googly (cricket)
195WALLABASVHCFellow bathes without the trunks—and leaves!walla ba(the)s [see comments]
1952 (1)
191DENIGRATEVHCTreading carelessly onto the top of the escalator is enough to degrade any mananag. + e
189SALTIREVHCX looks like an awful trial on Sunday, and there’s a bit of Everyman to finishS + anag. of trial + E
188Beware the Ides of March (Anagram)VHCR. A. B.’s feat—Do we cheer him?ref. R. A. Butler, Chancellor in recently-elected government
181HANGABLEVHCSubject to the stress of mortal coil?cryptic def.; noose
1951 (1)
164NEWTONVHCDown goes the current heavy-weight! He explained why!new ton; N.’s law of gravity
163LORICATEVHCSupply a loose coat with equal amounts of iron and lead worked in for protectionanag. of coat, ir(on),le(ad), & lit. [see comments]
159SPANIELSecondResort to kennel without the house. I may be seen withinspa + I in (ken)nel & lit.; ken2
1950 (2)
152SEA-LIONVHCFed up with fish and salt water, I can be seen somewhere in the North half of Londonsea + I in Lon(don); ref. London Zoo
143LAMPREYVHCSecond note to M.P.—make a song about it—can’t say I’m not a sticker!re MP in lay; re 2nd tonic note
135STRIPPEDVHCTore off for a Sunday jaunt with a hamperS trip ped
1949 (2)
105SMITHEREENSFirstState of a steamship blown apart by an exploded mine: yet the waist’s there in one piece!there in anag. of mine in SS, & lit.

 
HCs awarded to E. R. Prentice
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Ximenes competitions
 
1966-1967
  916 DIAPASON
 
1964-1965
  847 FRENETICAL
 
1963-1964
  769 PENNY
  760 METAMORPHOSE
 
1962-1963
  746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)
  708 HEARTS
 
1960-1961
  604 APOSTROPHISE
 
1958-1959
  519 RIDICULE (DLM)
  500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
 
1957-1958
  482 LEASING-MAKER
 
1956-1957
  400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
 
1955-1956
  360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
  347 TELEVISOR
 
1954 (2)
  306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
  304 ORLEANS
  302 MARTIN
  297 CONTRAPUNTAL
  285 PARALYSES
 
1954 (1)
  265 THERMAE
  263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
  259 AGANIPPE
 
1953 (2)
  251 UNMETHODICAL
  249 BALM
  245 GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)
  243 LODESTAR
 
1953 (1)
  215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
 
1952 (2)
  205 CANTANKEROUS
  203 WEATHERS
  200 ACCOUNT
  197 SCALES
 
1952 (1)
  192 WATSON
  187 GROWLER
  186 ASHMOLEAN
  185 STOUT
 
1951 (2)
  174 ANACREONTICS
  173 HATCHING
  172 GARNISHER
  171 SERINGAS
  170 GUINEA
 
1951 (1)
  166 RACHIDES
  165 CABBAGE
  157 ORANGE
  155 LYTERIAN
 
1950 (2)
  145 STEWART
  139 HECATOMB
 
1950 (1)
  121 SNAPSHOT
 
1949 (2)
  116 WATERLOO
  110 LEVIGATE
 
1949 (1)
  101 BARRACKS
 


Annual Honours record of E. R. Prentice
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YearPrizes
(1, 2, 3)
VHCsHCsPosition
Ximenes competitions
1966-19670 0 1
 
1964-19650 1 1
1963-19640 0 2
1962-19630 0 2
 
1960-19610 1 1
 
1958-19591 (1, 0, 0) 3 2 11
1957-19580 0 1
1956-19570 0 1
1955-19560 2 2
1954 (2)0 2 5
1954 (1)0 0 3
1953 (2)2 (0, 0, 2) 2 4 7
1953 (1)0 4 1 15
1952 (2)0 3 4
1952 (1)0 4 4 14
1951 (2)0 0 5
1951 (1)1 (0, 1, 0) 2 4 15
1950 (2)0 3 2
1950 (1)0 0 1
1949 (2)1 (1, 0, 0) 0 2
1949 (1)0 0 1