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Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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M. J. Balfour | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 85 | 23 | Jan 1947 | Jul 1999 | 52y 6m | J. Balfour |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1994-1995 | ||||
1178 | BOOTLEG | VHC | Run in the sack-race | boot leg |
1992-1993 | ||||
1091 | SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms) | VHC | From Base IV might one attempt rocky pass to summit? | bait for mice; anag. + a go |
1991-1992 | ||||
1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | VHC | ‘A fruit, conking Newton’s head, am I?’ asks queer guy in camp cap | pear + anag.; chap in anag. |
1989-1990 | ||||
930 | SABULOSE | VHC | As boules ground? | anag. & lit. |
1986-1987 | ||||
764 | CHILDERMAS | VHC | It marks Herod’s claim to perdition, nothing less | anag. less 0, & lit. |
1983-1984 | ||||
603 | FIGULINE | VHC | I sniff limitless glue, being desperate for pot | anag. incl. (s)nif(f) |
594 | DOINGS | VHC | Fancy surrounds of dishes go in here | anag. incl. d, s, & lit. |
1982-1983 | ||||
568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Has pop a r/eal appeal? To this, blunt answer’s ‘No!’ | |
556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | Sun-stroke’s effect is to prickle | trickle; s-weal; trickle = gutter |
547 | GLEEMAN | VHC | F.B.I. rozzer gets slippery customer back inside – one who sang out a lot | eel (rev.) in G-man |
1981-1982 | ||||
525 | PABOUCHE | VHC | Pop’s corked, but fit for consumption? Fit for my foot – it’s flat! | pa + bouché |
513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | Brewer’s product gives me too cloying a sensation | anag.; Dict. of Phrase & Fable |
1979-1980 | ||||
388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | VHC | Such trivets did rightly make placid Mithridates VI, Rex | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. King M. of Pontus, father d. by poisoning |
1977-1978 | ||||
298 | NOSER | VHC | It’s said to cut grass right | nose r |
285 | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | VHC | Guy without finery – that’s off beat, nowadays! | beau; anag. in bod |
1976-1977 | ||||
229 | METRICATE | VHC | Convert to cm, litre et al. but not to pounds | anag. less to l, l & lit. |
1975-1976 | ||||
197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Kumari’s only be/nison – marrying a Rajah! | ranis |
165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | VHC | To pooh-pooh Callaghan in European market, comrade Benn nobbles B.A.C | |
1974-1975 | ||||
143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | VHC | By ruling (to Worthington) ‘—— is allowed,’ Ref made ——d and drew —— from crowd. The game may be strange, but each blank you will find Sounds wholly familiar to three of your kind | |
1973-1974 | ||||
88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | It’s fired – in brickyard? | i.e. bloomer + y |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1032 | TENONER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What Claudius did in his last years, Ma/o did | Nero, Agrippina |
1967-1968 | ||||
1002 | PILLAGE | VHC | A stack without frost-proof covering—say sacking—often spoils | lag in pile, 2 defs. |
987 | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Here we smelt (and thereby we found) bo/ots and pigs |
1999-2000
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1394 BERGAMOT
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1997-1998
1336 STOCKING
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1294 TRANSENNA
1995-1996
1247 PREDICANT
1242 KNOCKERS
1238 ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1220 CASSANDRA
1216 CHAPERON
1994-1995
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1993-1994
1139 BENJAMIN
1130 AGRESTAL
1992-1993
1078 KIRBEH
1991-1992
1021 BEARD
1990-1991
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
969 BUNTER
1989-1990
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
904 VOETGANGER
1988-1989
869 HOLD-UPS
862 OFF-AND-ON
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
818 EMBUSQUÉ
801 LINCHET
788 CROW
1986-1987
770 HERMITS
1985-1986
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
709 GINGER
683 BANISH
1984-1985
649 AUSTRALORP
640 MACHETE
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
609 LUCKY-BAG
607 CARNEY
590 MINEVER
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
564 PARAMENT
543 STAYING POWER
1981-1982
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
430 TEGULA
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
406 BOIL
401 GO-AHEAD
393 INTRACARDIAC
1978-1979
349 ODDCOMESHORT
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
319 PODESTA
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
221 PADDY-WHACK
216 SCANTITY
212 SURCINGLES
208 RALPH
1975-1976
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
139 PIEPOWDER
135 GABIONADE
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
92 BRAINWASH
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1158 ELEPHANT-SEAL
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1123 MAXIMIST
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1036 CORONETED
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1010 MOTORIST
1967-1968
997 TREACLE
989 GRENADINE
958 DRY MEASURE
1947 (1)
41 ALTOGETHER
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1992-1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1991-1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1947 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |