| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. P. O’Leary | 23 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 32 | 26 | Sep 1945 | Jun 1958 | 12y 9m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 430 | GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I scorch, cut in, poach the complete road, ho/ot! | |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 221 | BUNTHORNE | VHC | The brideless bard despoileth the unborn | anag. |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 175 | HAIR-LINE | VHC | A fine stroke, W. G. excelled in it; Plum less so | 2 mngs.; ref. cricketers W. G. Grace (bearded) and ‘Plum’ Warner (bald) |
| 168 | PIPS (Misprints) | VHC | Practice in the field: captain threw sub. one or two shoulder high | three; cryptic def.; military ranks |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 160 | RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What a heavy little villain! Baby car ne/edless | ref. Primo Carnera, boxer, reputedly weighed 17 lbs. at birth |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | Might one see spam en ragoût make an entrée for the Forty? | anag.; ref. Ali Baba, F. thieves, and F. Club |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 114 | TAPPIT-HEN | VHC | Draw mine, Jenny; a bumper | tap pit hen; b. = full glass, etc. |
| 106 | HELIOTROPE | VHC | Pica Cerasina: variety of Ohio petrel: green with red spots | anag.; Pica Cerasina jocularly = cherry pie; pica = magpie = pie, cerasus (L.) = cherry tree |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 95 | SPOONER | VHC | Lover with claims to coo knowledge but not maudlin! | 2 mngs.; New College, not Magdalen |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 89 | SEASON | Second | CYCLOPS. Shown twice daily at The Gate | i.e. sea son; ref. Polyphemus, son of Neptune; s. ticket |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 75 | PETROLEUSES | VHC | FIRE ladies! Turn out sleepers! | anag. |
| 68 | ANTIGROPELOS | VHC | Queer form shown by Tranmere’s win at Deepdale. P.N.E. 0 goals. T.R. 1. Mud defied! | anag.; Preston North End, Tranmere Rovers |
| 67 | SURFEIT (DLM) | VHC | I will never expect too much profit if sure of a pool | too much |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 61 | CREASY | VHC | Corrugated? Yes, iron | cryptic def.; corr. = wrinkled; iron, vb. imper. |
| 58 | ECLIPSE | Second | Oval. Fifty added in bad light | C for L in ellipse; i.e. 50 added to L = C |
| 57 | THEORBOS | VHC | The ball bounces and takes spin, but the sound player keeps them down | the + anag. of sorbo |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 38 | WIND-HOVER | VHC | Orchestral rhythm questionable; it’s the wind however when we go that really gets the bird | i.e. ‘or kestrel’, wind ho(we)ver |
| 34 | STAROSTA | VHC | The leading lad of the village backward in the company of lasses—O nonsense! | ATS O rats! (all rev.) |
| 30 | TWEEL | VHC | Cricket? We eleven can do our stuff in the north! | hidden |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 15 | ARRANGES | VHC | An Anglican Bishop settles with a turbulent Roman group | a RR + a + anag. of gens |
| 1945 (1) | ||||
| 11 | IMMANACLE | VHC | Give both hands to hold a catch | cryptic def.; give = gyve, vb. |
| 9 | DELETE (DLM) | First | L’automne de l’ennui efface l’été de l’amour | |
| 7 | PINCHBECK | VHC | clue missing | |
Ximenes competitions
1958-1959
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
443 HALF-SEAS-OVER
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1953 (1)
229 MASCOT
223 MELODRAME
217 DEPOSIT
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
205 CANTANKEROUS
203 WEATHERS
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
179 CADRE
174 ANACREONTICS
1951 (1)
167 PARMESAN
1950 (1)
128 AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry)
126 RASPBERRY
1949 (2)
113 CRICKETER
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
100 Word containing ADDING
97 NESTOR
1948 (2)
91 CRETONNE
90 ROTHER
83 BUDAPEST
1948 (1)
73 RHODESIA
71 MITRAILLEUSE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 0 | 1 |