Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. M. Doulton | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 12 | Sep 1945 | Nov 1949 | 4y 2m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1947 (1) | ||||
47 | GLOCKENSPIEL | VHC | Sloping cleek? An instrument for bell-play, perhaps, but not for ball-play! | anag.; Ger. for bell-play; golf club |
1946 (2) | ||||
34 | STAROSTA | VHC | The Tass rota will show this man at the head | anag.; T. news agency |
31 | APRIORIST | VHC | I can perceive the trio, Paris judged, without resort to experience | anag. |
28 | HELCOSIS | VHC | Ochlesis is endemic in Mysore | anag.; o. = morbid condition due to overcrowding; pun on ‘my sore’ |
1945 (2) | ||||
25 | WERGILD | VHC | If I am keen about a piece of work, a fine composition should result | erg in wild; composition = payment |
22 | SLEEPYHEAD | Second | “A seedy help” inaccurately describes Wardle’s Joe | anag.; ref. ‘Pickwick Papers’, Mr. Wardle’s servant |
19 | SCREENINGS | VHC | Has the Southern Railway about one hundred damaged engines, which should be converted into scrap? | C in SR + anag. |
1945 (1) | ||||
13 | IPOMAEA | Third | Here you see the trailer of “A Poem in Indiana” | anag. of a poem in Ia[?]; film trailer; trailing plant |
12 | ACERBATE | VHC | clue missing | |
6 | EGLANTINE | VHC | clue missing |
Ximenes competitions
1949 (2)
116 WATERLOO
113 CRICKETER
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
99 SCARABEE
98 HUMERI
97 NESTOR
95 SPOONER
1948 (1)
68 ANTIGROPELOS
1947 (2)
65 PIVOT
61 CREASY
1947 (1)
41 ALTOGETHER
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1947 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1946 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
1945 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 0 | 6 |
1945 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 |