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Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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A. Lawrie | 116 | 4 | 10 | 102 | 176 | 130 | Dec 1956 | Sep 1992 | 35y 9m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1992-1993 | ||||
1056 | ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Go too near in slips and it’s out for ducks | ducks; anag. less 00 |
1048 | GALLOPADE | VHC | A pale gold liquid is what a jigger might display | anag.; jigger = dance, measure for drinks |
1991-1992 | ||||
1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A good firm ho/uri’s popular with holidaymakers | |
1024 | PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Maxim ready throughout times men are in tumult | SEM(PRE SENT)IMENT; anag. |
1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | VHC | School sap dressed to serve as of old in uniform cap, trim hair, we hear, is what may please teacher | sch. + anag. + ka2; ‘pare mane’ |
1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | Where metamorphosis of larvae close to honey may be found | anag. + y, & lit. |
1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | VHC | Plain gits? No ——, I fancy! | anag. & lit. |
1990-1991 | ||||
991 | BRASH (or BRUSH) | VHC | Lots of chips will make you plump and full of face | 3 mngs. |
974 | AVANT-PROPOS | Third | See one in part Poos played? | v. an in anag., & lit.; ref. steps by Jacques Poos towards EC-Iraq talks |
969 | BUNTER | VHC | Comparatively dull, lacking luminance, drab | b(l)unter |
956 | SPEAR-SIDE | VHC | Descent of man – dies having erred and eaten fruit | pears in anag. |
952 | STAR (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Blight in the loo from flow-back of water at stopcock | light ... blue; hidden rev. |
1989-1990 | ||||
920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | VHC | A-Z is Crowther in disguise and ’e’s out to thwart filling it in | cross in anag. less e; ref. puzzle |
904 | VOETGANGER | VHC | It can spell dangers, while wingless, to veg | anag. less d, s, & lit. |
900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Ailment (a rash) should be treated without me | anag. less me, & lit. |
1988-1989 | ||||
887 | MONSTER | Second | I make strong men both stop short and tremble | anag. less g n, & lit. |
1987-1988 | ||||
827 | MICKEY-TAKING | VHC | Chaff associated with corn needs removal | mickey + taking |
818 | EMBUSQUÉ | VHC | After start of examination doctor takes a half of whisky. I’m not impressed! | e + MB + usque(baugh) |
816 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter) | VHC | Crazy plot leads a child to love ‘Beano’ | anag. + a ch. + 0 |
814 | SPOUSAGE | VHC | For example when ‘Unionist’ operations arise? | e.g. as U ops (all rev.), & lit. |
1986-1987 | ||||
774 | VICTORINE | VHC | Some stole – old screw shut gang quickly inside | to rin in vice; gang, rin vbs. |
757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | One who’s looked at a nicer home moves | hooked; anag. |
753 | SHEEPDOG | Second | I restrain extended play between female and male | EP in she dog, & lit. |
735 | MALIGN | VHC | Knock Fell | 2 mngs.; Pennine peak |
1985-1986 | ||||
731 | STRING | VHC | Some horses train for one type of course | 3 mngs. |
709 | GINGER | VHC | Consort of William the First of Germany during turbulent reign | G in anag.; ref. character in ‘Just William’ stories |
705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | What can work at a ‘symphonic’ cure? This can | comp. anag. & lit. |
696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | Could be I’m not amnesic? No, not so | anag. less so, & lit. |
683 | BANISH | VHC | If in error don’t admit – do the opposite! | an in bish; an2 = if |
1984-1985 | ||||
679 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Spring turns a spent re/d ant green | |
657 | SILLY-BILLY | VHC | What can suggest him? Bottom with one end of donkey can | sill + y + billy; ref. MND |
635 | ROSEMARY | VHC | Me leaves are memory’s in play | anag. less me, & lit. |
1983-1984 | ||||
600 | Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram) | VHC | Who led them to the foe in that foolish jaunt? | |
1982-1983 | ||||
572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | Product of Salk, that is? No! | anag. incl. i.e., & lit. |
564 | PARAMENT | VHC | Past clothing not showing the first sign of impecuniousness | pa. ra(i)ment & lit. |
558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | Second | What’s made rout of English team after batting seen in most of their side! | out; in in MC(C) + anag. incl. E, & lit. |
1981-1982 | ||||
482 | BODY-SNATCHER | VHC | Nasty, he’d rob cemetery initially for dismembering | anag. incl. c, & lit. |
1980-1981 | ||||
469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | A soft dress material – it looked nice over the counter | a p lustre; c. = lower part of ship’s stern |
452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | Rebellious D.E.S. Ministers might show it | anag. & lit. |
426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | What dim signal could be | anag. & lit. |
423 | ACCOUTRE | VHC | Get head of clinic in to cure a broken arm | c in anag. |
1979-1980 | ||||
401 | GO-AHEAD | VHC | Conductor gives me violin part to be added to incomplete score | goa(l) + head |
397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | Second | Kings etc? Roughly their job is to rule us without hurt and loss | rings; anag. less hurt loss |
1978-1979 | ||||
352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | Give us Nowell then as glint we / Fir and holly might you see | comp. anag. & lit. |
340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Better to devour ‘The Saint’ – than be so pretentious? | S. in bookie |
332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | Where pie may be inferior to fruit cake | nut + case; pie2, i.e. printer’s case |
1977-1978 | ||||
300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | VHC | He’ll make sick stirk be lunch for us | anag. & lit. |
263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Teenagers may be driven by Pop to show. Ma’s shy, st/eering mildly | |
259 | TRANSIRE | Second | This allows through passage at Prestwick to stuff I take in | I r in transe, & lit. |
1976-1977 | ||||
247 | FLIVVER | VHC | In this an airman might carry ten, if split into two parties | V V in flier, & lit; 10 = V + V |
229 | METRICATE | VHC | —— and make every transaction really involved, causing all to err initially | initial letters & lit. |
208 | RALPH | VHC | Reader of ‘The Rover’? | 2 mngs.; ref. Ralph R., Southey ‘Ralph the Rover’, and comic |
1975-1976 | ||||
195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | I show badly over will – reluctant about it | illy shall in shy1, & lit. |
183 | PICKLE | VHC | For preserve try a wee drop of jam | 3 mngs. |
161 | ANCON | VHC | It might once have been described as an article in the American constitution | hidden; article = joint (obs.) |
1974-1975 | ||||
146 | CHARADES | VHC | Bomb scare had to cause diversions | anag. |
130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Mint’s the source of creme de menthe – and that of m/oney | |
110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Criminal brought back by law is, when in need of tombstone inscription and rope’s end | lag (rev.) low’s RIP e, & lit. |
1973-1974 | ||||
95 | THUNDERCLAP | VHC | Have lunch and depart tipsy – a heavy fall is likely after this | anag. |
92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | In war possibly, subject to pressure by degrees – horrific | anag. in BAs + H, & lit.; H, former film classification |
88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | With endless blast my ore is reduced | blo(w)+ anag., & lit. |
75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | I regret a small company, being converted into a supermarket | anag. incl. co. |
1972-1973 | ||||
36 | CRUSADER | VHC | I might prevail in fight against Saracens | double mng.; Christians v. Turks, tanks v. armoured cars |
14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Trains held up. ‘Oh Mr. Marsh!’ I appeal, let rail strike end!’ | William M., BR Chairman |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | ||||
1162 | BEAM-ENDS | VHC | Husbands ensnared by the old entreaties—ribs keep them in their place | men in beads; rib = wife |
1143 | MORGIANA | VHC | One got after a piratical chief encompassing Ali’s end | (Al)i in Morgan + a & lit.; ref. Capt. Henry M. |
1135 | HILAIRE BELLOC | VHC | Product of Balliol here—I associated with Chesterton initially | anag. + C, & lit.; “B. made me …”; friend of G.K.C. |
1131 | CAROUSER (Misprints) | VHC | Soar—an English river set in boggy ground | soak; Ouse in carr |
1115 | FLESH-POTTERY | VHC | This’ll give you fat round belly shape—soak up | pot ret (rev.) all in fleshy, & lit. |
1969-1970 | ||||
1084 | ANGEL-FOOD | VHC | Golfed on a broken down crummy course in the U.S. | anag.; crummy, 2 mngs. |
1066 | RAVE / PAIR (DLM) | VHC | But with a prayer, a vow to crush the foe, have set forth caparisoned to brace himself for battle | crush = infatuation |
1062 | CALLING-CRAB | First | I need rousin’ before end of big claw comes into play | callin’ (bi)g crab3 & lit. |
1968-1969 | ||||
1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | Gag when snarl erupts—that’s what he needs | anag. & lit. |
1028 | SATIRE | First | Are its cries for reform? Yes | anag. & lit. |
1010 | MOTORIST | VHC | Is in the wrong after a second short? He could be | mo (= moment) + is in tort, & lit.; i.e. short drink |
1967-1968 | ||||
993 | JONATHAN | Second | Prematurely cut off beloved one who caused David to lament | jo(y) + Nathan, II Sam. 12, & lit. |
987 | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | First | There’s not so much war? M/en appeasin’ more? Woolly yarns! | genappe |
980 | OMNIBUSES | VHC | You’ll find us in some little book stalls | anag. inc. b, & lit.; stall2 vb. |
975 | HALE | VHC | Well that would become a source of oil with Shell’s capital | i.e. S(hell) + hale = shale |
962 | PALING | VHC | It should be sound round a pound | a L in ping, & lit. |
958 | DRY MEASURE | First | What’ll do for durra—me? Yes | anag. & lit. |
1966-1967 | ||||
949 | BROWSING | VHC | Forage cap is wrong, quite wrong, with beefeater’s head | b + anag.; cap vb. imperative |
945 | OBLITERATE | VHC | I’m cross through having fallen in love with scold | lit in 0 berate; light3 = come down |
935 | MALAPROP | VHC | It’s a mile to the French shore—you should have someone ready with a gaff | m. à la prop; shore, vb. |
924 | MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left) | VHC | In pantomimes, Terry-Thomas is a comic actor it’s appropriate to look at when wanting an end to sadness | hidden; (s)peculate |
916 | DIAPASON | VHC | What uses the full set of eight in a span? I do | anag. & lit.; use = exercise |
911 | DRAGON | VHC | A monitor’s the fellow to keep horseplay in check | rag in don |
1965-1966 | ||||
900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | Before one in charge returns, sire meets odd mare, begetting little mule-like animals | (paramecia; pa + anag. + a i/c (rev.) |
898 | POCHARD | VHC | It has (and sounds like!) one of those beaks fine for foraging | ‘poacher ‘; one pron |
894 | WITENAGEMOT | Second | A diet’s just the thing to be imposed on somebody that’s gone up about a stone in weight | it + a gem in one (rev.) all in wt. |
885 | GALIMATIAS | VHC | Unfinished amalgam? It is, roughly | anag. less m, & lit. |
882 | SNAPDRAGON | VHC | Cold spell to be unduly prolonged, it seems; I’ll spend the whole blooming time in bed! | snap drag on |
873 | VETERANS | Third | Ernest and Virginia have got spliced; they’ve had a long engagement | anag. incl. Va |
868 | DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left) | VHC | Scurf’s untidy and Red Indian people, we hear, find it on the occasional scalp | anag.; ‘Tupi’; find, imper. |
1964-1965 | ||||
847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | In really high life, nectar is drunk | anag.; high = violent, tempestuous |
843 | PRISTINE | VHC | Prime Minister in favour? ’E’s out of it but makes a comeback in the end! | pri(e)st + in + e |
839 | GINGER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | My garden’s abo/mination—time every plant was drowned at birth! | |
832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | Wingate used to suggest “Fight with small units!” | tight; win = penny, gate = manner; cf. Chindits |
825 | COACHES | VHC | The causes, often, of aspirations succeeding completely | co- (prefix) + aches (= aitches), & lit.; C. p. 1324 |
817 | WYLIE-COATS | VHC | Nae less than twa cosy shifts to pass the night in! | lie in anag., & lit. |
808 | WAGONER | VHC | He can change gear now | anag. & lit. |
1963-1964 | ||||
782 | SWELL | VHC | Panjandarum may be also written without the “A” | (a)s well |
773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | The baggage must have little fidelity to be soliciting! | fi(delity) + tout |
769 | PENNY | Third | I’m not worth much: dam near out of currency | pen2 ny ( = nigh, obs.), & lit.; ref. plans for decimalisation |
764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | Granddad’s twist is thin-cut plug—horrific—gosh, object about it! | shim + H in my! sake1; H, film classification |
750 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | VHC | X must have a quarrel—he creates them! Stiff with envy, ’e gets upset where opponent in Lexicon comes out on top! | cross words; anag.; Chambers, p. 750 |
1962-1963 | ||||
712 | RHEUMATICKY | VHC | Hiker may cut rambling—wanting easy movement in a motor? | anag.; motor = muscle |
700 | SOLOMON | VHC | He might have used Davidson as a second name (for one must have a second name) | solo mo n.; son of D. |
1961-1962 | ||||
664 | MANIPULATE | VHC | Dislocated laminae put right by osteopathy | anag.; right, vb. |
1960-1961 | ||||
617 | COLOPHONY | VHC | You’ll find inscription of name, etc., at front end of yacht—it should be on bows | colophon + y(acht |
612 | CARGO (Misprints) | VHC | Motorists’ organization returns to work; tally clerks chuck it! | check; RAC (rev.) + go |
608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | For a body who may seek to bargain, T.U.C.’s disorganized—following is more undisciplined | anag. + anag. |
1958-1959 | ||||
538 | BANISHING | VHC | Getting rid of prohibition I shelebrate! | ban I ‘shing’ |
1957-1958 | ||||
486 | BARACAN | VHC | An old-fashioned bit of stuff showing great resistance may be a hindrance to a half-abandoned dance | bar a can(-can) |
469 | DAISY | VHC | A thing the lawnmower was invented to get rid of is resting in working hours! | is in day |
456 | PLAFOND | VHC | See the old fool in the Palladium rendering that artistic work “Underneath the Arches” | la fon in Pd |
1992-1993
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1034 BURLAP
1026 LET-OFF
1021 BEARD
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1000 ONE THOUSAND
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
987 IRON CURTAIN
982 ALMANAC
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
961 WAVESON
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
934 LACE-UPS
930 SABULOSE
922 REFORMADO
917 HOOLIGANISM
913 ARCHIBALD
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
895 TONE DEAF
891 CAT
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
862 OFF-AND-ON
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
853 DEBACLE
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
840 SONDE
1987-1988
823 SARBACANE
801 LINCHET
796 UPHOLSTERY
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
770 HERMITS
766 GUBBINS
764 CHILDERMAS
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
740 ESCADRILLE
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
722 SUPERNACULUM
714 MOTE
688 CUCURBITAL
1984-1985
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
662 BARGE-COUPLE
653 INTERNUNCIO
649 AUSTRALORP
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
640 MACHETE
631 INTERLOCK
1983-1984
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
610 DOUBLETHINK
609 LUCKY-BAG
590 MINEVER
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
559 EMBASE
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
547 GLEEMAN
534 DODGEM
1981-1982
508 POSTURE-MAKER
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
434 JARDINIÈRE
430 TEGULA
1979-1980
406 BOIL
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
354 SHEER-HULK
349 ODDCOMESHORT
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
327 HEMLOCK
319 PODESTA
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
294 HUMECT
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
281 DINOCERAS
276 AMTRACK
272 MALAGUETTA
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
243 OLYMPIC
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
234 HOROSCOPIST
225 VALETA
221 PADDY-WHACK
212 SURCINGLES
1975-1976
190 CASSANDRA
187 POWDERING-TUB
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
169 THUGGEE
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
139 PIEPOWDER
127 FRITHSOKEN
118 OPERETTIST (Misprints)
1973-1974
97 TREBUCHET
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
45 NEMORAL
40 FANTOCCINI
27 VINEGAR
18 EPIGONE
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1127 TRAYBIT
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1093 MARTINET
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1041 TEA-LEAD
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1036 CORONETED
1023 CONSOLE
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1000 THOUSAND
997 TREACLE
984 Word containing a first name (Anonymous)
971 MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left)
967 CREMOSIN
1966-1967
941 HYPODERMIC
936 MINI SKIRTS
929 AMPHITHEATRE
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
878 ENTOMOSTRACA
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
829 FAREWELL
1963-1964
780 NOBLEST (and Eximenamination)
777 TAILOR-BIRD
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
734 NASALITY
730 ARCH-PIRATE
725 SILENUS
721 KERB-MERCHANT
717 STAR-MAN (Misprints)
708 HEARTS
1961-1962
694 OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry)
673 ERISTICAL
669 DRUM
656 FIDDLESTICKS
651 NIPCHEESE
1960-1961
630 STREAKY
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
621 CHASE
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
551 PITCHER
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
521 SOUP
517 CAROTID
512 NAYLOR (Libel)
504 LEAD-LINE
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
477 SEDATENESS
464 STRAWED
451 MEGAPODE
1956-1957
421 DOVETAIL
417 SINECURE
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1992-1993 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1991-1992 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
1990-1991 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 5 | 10 |
1989-1990 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
1988-1989 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 7 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
1986-1987 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 5 | 16 |
1985-1986 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
1984-1985 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1982-1983 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 6 | 20 |
1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
1979-1980 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
1977-1978 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 6 | 20 |
1976-1977 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
1975-1976 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1973-1974 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
1972-1973 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
1969-1970 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 13 |
1968-1969 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 9 | 14 |
1967-1968 | 3 (2, 1, 0) | 3 | 6 | 5 |
1966-1967 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
1965-1966 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 5 | 4 | 2 |
1964-1965 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
1963-1964 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 2 | 7 |
1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1960-1961 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
1957-1958 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |