Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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A. A. Malcolm | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 11 | Dec 1958 | May 1971 | 12y 5m | Miss A. Malcolm |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1036 | CORONETED | VHC | Blimey! Taking on a singular young roughneck? I’ll be crowned | cor one Ted |
1967-1968 | ||||
975 | HALE | First | Almost stop with the end of a cue, producing drag | hal(t) + (cu)e; ref. snooker, billiards |
1966-1967 | ||||
936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | Note about fashionable dress items:—they’re up to date, but far from down to earth. | mi + in (rev.) + skirts |
1965-1966 | ||||
873 | VETERANS | VHC | For wearers of crowns they were staunch, and never sat uneasily | anag.; cf. “Uneasy lies…” |
864 | PATERNAL | VHC | The top—four infernal concluding items—of the pops | pate + (infe)rnal |
1964-1965 | ||||
851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | VHC | Vesta by Heavenly Toga out of Swan-Maiden | tog a; matches; vestal virgin |
825 | COACHES | VHC | The Scout can provide some useful material for these sections of the Express | 2 mngs.; ref. newspaper racing tipster and football |
1963-1964 | ||||
786 | METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | As Madge might have said:—“What? I ski s/econd?”… Dancing in air! | M. Wildfire in Scott, ‘Heart of Midlothian’ |
1961-1962 | ||||
647 | MADCAP | VHC | I get rash every now and then; but I’m always better after doctor’s seen about one! | a in MD + cap; cap (vb.) = better |
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1123 MAXIMIST
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1041 TEA-LEAD
1023 CONSOLE
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
945 OBLITERATE
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
1965-1966
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
817 WYLIE-COATS
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
1961-1962
664 MANIPULATE
651 NIPCHEESE
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
634 BEDSTEAD
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
621 CHASE
617 COLOPHONY
608 CUSTOMER
1959-1960
555 JURYWOMAN
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1967-1968 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1963-1964 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 3 | – |
1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |