Clues written by E. B. Stevens
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E. B. Stevens1520133717Aug 1945Aug 196722y 0mMrs E. B. Stevens
 
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Ximenes competitions
1965-1966
898POCHARDVHCYou’ll find him daily in the swimming school—a natural born diverchar in pod
860CORSAGEVHCU. S. bloomers that went with a bust made Grace so embarrassedanag., 2 defs.
1960-1961
638BUREAUCRATVHC“I like everything in its place,” as the autocrat said when he went to the desk after parking his carbureau for auto in autocrat
1958-1959
534RAIL-SPLITTERVHCFor fences I part logs one way, and trellis I part another wayanag.
1957-1958
477SEDATENESSVHCLet’s have some quietness, get seated properly, the monster’s homeanag. + (Loch) Ness
1956-1957
417SINECUREVHCWhere there’s never any work with a Scotch to follow—that’s what Father’s aftersine3 curé & lit.
1954 (1)
267TRADEVHCYou could call the bizarre art of Picasso’s rubbishanag. + de (Sp.); trade = rubbish (dialect)
1953 (1)
225TOUCHSTONESVHCCertain tests applied whereby in seconds a dud note is spotted by the feeltouch + anag. in s, s
1951 (2)
179CADREVHCA bus conductor must accept half fare for this skeletoncad + (fa)re; cad = bus conductor, in contemporary ed. of C.
175HAIR-LINEVHCLooks thin and drawn. Could it be the parting?2 mngs.
1949 (1)
99SCARABEEFirstHow Caesar came to be twisted round Cleopatra’s little finger?anag. of Caesar be; scarab charm; Antony and C.
1948 (2)
84SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)FirstLike a gasper? Try this mixture—close cut, English blendanag. of try this; short haircut; anag. of English; ref. cigarettes and tobacco
1947 (2)
57THEORBOSVHCOrpheus probably had one of these in the underworld, being a change from hot robesanag. ; ref. Hen. VIII, III.1.3, “Orpheus with his lute…”
1945 (1)
8KINCHINMORTVHCclue missing
5EDDYSTONEVHCclue missing

 
HCs awarded to E. B. Stevens
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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
 


Annual Honours record of E. B. Stevens
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YearPrizes
(1, 2, 3)
VHCsHCsPosition
Ximenes competitions
1967-19680 0 1
1966-19670 0 2
1965-19660 2 1
1964-19650 0 1
1963-19640 0 1
 
1961-19620 0 1
1960-19610 1 1
1959-19600 0 2
1958-19590 1 2
1957-19580 1 0
1956-19570 1 6
1955-19560 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