Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. B. Stevens | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 17 | Aug 1945 | Aug 1967 | 22y 0m | Mrs E. B. Stevens |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1965-1966 | ||||
898 | POCHARD | VHC | You’ll find him daily in the swimming school—a natural born diver | char in pod |
860 | CORSAGE | VHC | U. S. bloomers that went with a bust made Grace so embarrassed | anag., 2 defs. |
1960-1961 | ||||
638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | “I like everything in its place,” as the autocrat said when he went to the desk after parking his car | bureau for auto in autocrat |
1958-1959 | ||||
534 | RAIL-SPLITTER | VHC | For fences I part logs one way, and trellis I part another way | anag. |
1957-1958 | ||||
477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | Let’s have some quietness, get seated properly, the monster’s home | anag. + (Loch) Ness |
1956-1957 | ||||
417 | SINECURE | VHC | Where there’s never any work with a Scotch to follow—that’s what Father’s after | sine3 curé & lit. |
1954 (1) | ||||
267 | TRADE | VHC | You could call the bizarre art of Picasso’s rubbish | anag. + de (Sp.); trade = rubbish (dialect) |
1953 (1) | ||||
225 | TOUCHSTONES | VHC | Certain tests applied whereby in seconds a dud note is spotted by the feel | touch + anag. in s, s |
1951 (2) | ||||
179 | CADRE | VHC | A bus conductor must accept half fare for this skeleton | cad + (fa)re; cad = bus conductor, in contemporary ed. of C. |
175 | HAIR-LINE | VHC | Looks thin and drawn. Could it be the parting? | 2 mngs. |
1949 (1) | ||||
99 | SCARABEE | First | How Caesar came to be twisted round Cleopatra’s little finger? | anag. of Caesar be; scarab charm; Antony and C. |
1948 (2) | ||||
84 | SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left) | First | Like a gasper? Try this mixture—close cut, English blend | anag. of try this; short haircut; anag. of English; ref. cigarettes and tobacco |
1947 (2) | ||||
57 | THEORBOS | VHC | Orpheus probably had one of these in the underworld, being a change from hot robes | anag. ; ref. Hen. VIII, III.1.3, “Orpheus with his lute…” |
1945 (1) | ||||
8 | KINCHINMORT | VHC | clue missing | |
5 | EDDYSTONE | VHC | clue missing |
Ximenes competitions
1967-1968
967 CREMOSIN
1966-1967
929 AMPHITHEATRE
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
882 SNAPDRAGON
1964-1965
808 WAGONER
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
1961-1962
678 TESSELLATED
1960-1961
617 COLOPHONY
1959-1960
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
564 SHE-BEAR
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
504 LEAD-LINE
1956-1957
434 CARTON
425 TRAVERSE
421 DOVETAIL
412 SERVIETTE
408 BILLET
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
364 HELLEBORE
356 METOPOSCOPY
1954 (1)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
245 GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)
241 MANDOLINE
1953 (1)
217 DEPOSIT
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
205 CANTANKEROUS
203 WEATHERS
199 HONESTY
1952 (1)
183 SAUSAGES
181 HANGABLE
1950 (2)
153 SAMISENS
150 CAPILLAMENTS
1949 (2)
110 LEVIGATE
107 STRAMASH
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
1950 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1949 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1945 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |