Competition clues by J. H. Eyre

Clues written by J. H. Eyre
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	Clues in archive	First Prizes	Other Prizes	VHCs	HCs	Hons points	First mention	Latest mention	Career span
J. H. Eyre	6	1	0	5	17	7	Sep 1957	May 1967	9y 8m

	Clue word	Award	Clue	Explanation
Ximenes competitions
1962-1963
712	RHEUMATICKY	VHC	It’s the booze, what! back inside a second year and in trouble with the screws	eh! (rev.) in rum + a tick y; screw = broken-winded horse
1959-1960
578	GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)	First	The activity of a fly-by-night round that location could be learnt as the result of a pick-up	fly-by-night; there in gad, two defs.
569	PROPOSAL	VHC	Tender occasion when a man can be found with his confidence lacking support, also in some confusion	prop + anag., & lit [see comments]
547	STORMY	VHC	In “The Three Musketeers”, for example, one finds the Frenchman noisy and flashy, menacing anyone who dares to bare his steel	M. in story; lightning
1958-1959
534	RAIL-SPLITTER	VHC	A guy who cuts up rough posts curt letters in a perverted form of reprisal	litt. (= letters) in anag.
495	PARTISAN	VHC	Eligible spinster’s an old battle-axe. Aspirant shaken!	parti’s an, anag.

HCs awarded to J. H. Eyre
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Ximenes competitions

1966-1967
  954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
  920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)

1965-1966
  898 POCHARD
  894 WITENAGEMOT
  860 CORSAGE

1962-1963
  734 NASALITY

1961-1962
  686 FEMALE
  676 TRELLIS (DLM)
  656 FIDDLESTICKS
  647 MADCAP

1960-1961
  634 BEDSTEAD
  617 COLOPHONY

1959-1960
  590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)

1958-1959
  529 BUTTY-COLLIER
  504 LEAD-LINE

1957-1958
  477 SEDATENESS
  451 MEGAPODE

Annual Honours record of J. H. Eyre
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Year	Prizes (1, 2, 3)	VHCs	HCs	Position
Ximenes competitions
1966-1967	0	0	2	–
1965-1966	0	0	3	–

1962-1963	0	1	1	–
1961-1962	0	0	4	–
1960-1961	0	0	2	–
1959-1960	1 (1, 0, 0)	2	1	10
1958-1959	0	2	2	–
1957-1958	0	0	2	–