| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. S. Y. Fowler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 6 | Jan 1951 | Mar 1968 | 17y 2m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 534 | RAIL-SPLITTER | VHC | Guy preparing to deal with a fence in Chicago is sure to curse an informer | rail splitter; sure = surely, Amer. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 417 | SINECURE | VHC | It’s wrong to keep a scoundrel in ease, by the sound of it, but this has done it sometimes | sin + cur in ee (‘E’s’) |
| 412 | SERVIETTE | VHC | Supported by a waiter’s arm, I find myself in Vine Street, confused with no end of gin | anag. less n; ref. police station |
| 400 | Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary) | VHC | Described by Jaques (a Frenchman, of course) as “a Greek invocation” of the x spirit (7) | ducdame; du + CD + âme; ref. As You Like It II.5 |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 356 | METOPOSCOPY | VHC | Here you can see an engineer, with head appearing above a large blue-print, reading dials | ME top OS copy |
| 347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | Strange love rites can he observed in quite respectable suburban villas | anag. |
Ximenes competitions
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
1966-1967
935 MALAPROP
1965-1966
873 VETERANS
1964-1965
843 PRISTINE
829 FAREWELL
1962-1963
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
543 NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)
1957-1958
469 DAISY
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
408 BILLET
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
373 PRESTONPANS
369 BERET
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
293 CAB
1953 (2)
237 BASTINADE
1951 (1)
158 RATING
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |