HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStatsShow results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. G. Arnott | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 91 | 28 | Aug 1965 | Jul 2008 | 42y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1849 | AUXESIS | VHC | Going over the top, Australia’s opening pair smashed sixes | Au + anag. |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1611 | LEISLER | VHC | A chap learning to drive relies on wildly swinging the bat | L + anag. |
| 1572 | SHIELD-MAY | VHC | A lass like Joan of Arc in the king’s absence led his army into conflict | anag. less R |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | In France this provides room for a brief siesta | a nap in ce, & lit. |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1220 | CASSANDRA | VHC | She was like a prophetess at the end, in a car and mad | as s in anag., & lit.; ref. Aeschylus: ‘Agamemnon’ |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1194 | DONET | VHC | What used to give the tense after UT and NE? | do ne t, & lit.; ut1,2 |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 922 | REFORMADO | VHC | A former discharged party | anag. + do, & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 762 | OBELISE | VHC | Allege corruption against a BBC TV programme made in Libya? End of these blasted lies | OB + e + anag.; ref. reporting of US attack on Tripoli |
| 750 | SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue) | VHC | Burlesque after Corelli’s favourite (but not English) medley | Th(E)lma + guy; see names in C |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 714 | MOTE | VHC | The very old may dribble | 2 mngs; mote2 |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | Pound Cantos: ‘Enter here, wreak hope’s abandonment’ | anag.; ref. Ezra P. and Dante |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 100 | CENTENARIAN | VHC | What Azed has become, by squaring X? | 2 mngs.; 100 = 102; X = Ximenes |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 40 | FANTOCCINI | VHC | They dance if I act on the ends of a chain | anag. incl. c, n, & lit.; dance vt |
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Animals packed, till drier. Mr. Noah. P.S. Let earth perish | |
| 10 | LINGERIE | VHC | It’s to slip a leg in and most of a raw hide | anag. + rie(m), & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1162 | BEAM-ENDS | VHC | Close follows Ray—Somerset’s first to make terms for the deal | beam + end + S; ref. cricket, Brian C., R. Illingworth |
| 1127 | TRAYBIT | VHC | Bat I try to swing makes—how many?—six | anag.; make2 = ½d. |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1100 | BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent) | VHC | What a rude chap swallows may cause deletion—Henry King? | ule in bear: ref. Belloc poem |
| 1093 | MARTINET | Second | Highland cow’s one difficulty—being too fond of bull | mart2 I net; ’s = has; being, noun; bull = military discipline |
| 1084 | ANGEL-FOOD | VHC | Los Angeles tart? Something similar—a mischievous creature with an attractive exterior | elf in an good; exterior, adj.; ‘City of Angels’ |
| 1080 | ANDROMEDA | First | A man rode with devil’s head to rock for me | anag. incl. d, & lit., Perseus, Pegasus, Medusa |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1015 | HOAR-HEADED | VHC | Like Father William’s brain—heard there’s nothing inside to worry about | head in anag. incl. 0; ’s=is; ref. Lewis Carroll, ‘You Are Old, F. W.’ |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 967 | CREMOSIN | VHC | Colour of rims once afflicted with tears | anag. & lit. |
| 958 | DRY MEASURE | VHC | Yes, durra is threshed without me—but not computed | me in anag. & lit. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | I’ve had it, bruises on both sides—I’m a philosophical loser | poser; it in sores |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 864 | PATERNAL | VHC | Round, round, round a trio of the pops | a tern2 in lap (rev.) |
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1845 UPBRAID
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1753 DIAGONAL
2004-2005
1728 EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number)
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
2003-2004
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1641 GADGETEER
1637 AMNESIC
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
2000-2001
1511 DEEP-SEATED
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1999-2000
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1454 GET-UP
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1424 HEIST
1419 SPLODGE
1998-1999
1394 BERGAMOT
1376 LOGO
1372 MASTERSTROKE
1997-1998
1360 BOG-ASPHODEL
1338 SMART ALEC
1334 CATACHRESTIC
1322 CARPET
1316 FINGERLICKIN’
1996-1997
1294 TRANSENNA
1290 NITERIE
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1247 PREDICANT
1242 KNOCKERS
1994-1995
1180 COLD TURKEY
1165 YAPSTER
1993-1994
1139 BENJAMIN
1126 CHEATERY
1122 BASILIAN
1108 GREEN
1992-1993
1061 MAGIC
1052 AGANIPPE
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1021 BEARD
1990-1991
961 WAVESON
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
926 NERD
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
1986-1987
764 CHILDERMAS
1985-1986
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
688 CUCURBITAL
1983-1984
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
615 HISTORIETTE
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
1973-1974
88 BLOOMERY
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
1972-1973
18 EPIGONE
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1143 MORGIANA
1140 CALLOUS
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1123 MAXIMIST
1119 RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1968-1969
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1036 CORONETED
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1010 MOTORIST
1006 CHROME-PLATING
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
980 OMNIBUSES
962 PALING
1966-1967
945 OBLITERATE
941 HYPODERMIC
933 COTTABUS
929 AMPHITHEATRE
916 DIAPASON
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
898 POCHARD
890 DEBENTURE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 2 | 8 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |