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 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Lowe | 31 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 147 | 35 | Dec 1951 | Mar 2002 | 50y 3m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1411 | LOOK-SEE | VHC | Butcher’s beginning to kill in unrestrained ecstasy! | k in loose + E |
| 1398 | PERMETHRIN | VHC | First sign of raspberries? Ripen them, spraying a bug-killer! | anag. incl. r |
| 1367 | SANBENITOS | VHC | Dressed up a son in best clothes for a sizzling send-off! | anag. |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | VHC | Wrinkled old bags hope for burgeoning beauty from the mud! | anag. |
| 1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | Verbally abusive about a ‘misconstruction of architects’ | c. a + anag. |
| 1322 | CARPET | VHC | Short stretch limo? 50% saving in gas! | car pet(rol) |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1181 | SLADE | VHC | Unhappy about Labour’s lead? The merest hint of election creates depression! | L in sad + e |
| 1178 | BOOTLEG | VHC | Run incontinent to bog? Leak? – not half! | anag. incl. le(ak) |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 995 | STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I go in la/ke, a regular duck! | |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 943 | BARAGOUIN | VHC | Gobbledegook – or a bug in a programmable? | anag. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 779 | MISSING LINK | VHC | Breakdown in train? – failure to catch connection! | 2 mngs. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 731 | STRING | VHC | Sunday trading not in this day and age? Humbug! | S tr(AD)ing; humbug vb. = hoax |
| 701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | Bear south with traffic, coping with a series of hold-ups? | balu S trade |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 640 | MACHETE | Third | A small mark on the ace, well shuffled – it can certainly assist in the cut! | m + anag. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | Specific treatment for suckers almost fully exposed in the ground | nake(d) in soil |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | Second | Break my toe on chunk of wood? – Figure the volume of verbal originality! | anag. + log + icon |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 319 | PODESTA | VHC | Latin beak’s poem set in past imperfect | ode in anag. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Ma’s shy st/ill – sour appreciation of Pop! | |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Teacher takes aside by the ear – and straps! | ‘Sir singles’ |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | A wasteful dispenser gets a doctor in trouble | anag. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 564 | SHE-BEAR | VHC | One who may cheer a grizzly mate by waggling her base! | anag. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 486 | BARACAN | VHC | Almost naked, a naughty dance—not half! Strong stuff for old ’uns! | bar(e) a can(-can) |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 304 | ORLEANS | VHC | Never completely worsted, the Arsenal lost its head and panicked against the finish of Dynamo | (Dynam)o + anag. of (A)rsenal; A. beaten 5-0 by Moscow D., Oct 1954 |
| 285 | PARALYSES | VHC | As players lose their form, they cause members to refrain from giving active support | anag.; paralyses pl. n. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 271 | TRIPLET | VHC | One out of three emerges from the peril involved in Man’s hazardous race | anag. in TT |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 206 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Is it fair justice when only one copper in the force goes after disorderly types? | pie2 + d. in power |
| 199 | HONESTY | VHC | Would it be the best policy to have Nye shot out of hand?! | anag.; ref. Nye Bevan |
| 195 | WALLABAS | Third | Indian workers have absorbed a certain degree of learning: they put the South Americans in the shade! | BA in wallas |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 193 | TRADUCER | VHC | His portraits are smeared distortions—crude art run riot | anag. |
| 188 | Beware the Ides of March (Anagram) | VHC | Fear Cimber, what he does | or, Fear what he, Cimber, does |
| 186 | ASHMOLEAN | VHC | Broad hint to exhibition entrants—sliced ham on sale in Oxford! | anag.; A. is in Broad St., Oxford; ref. food shortages |
2001-2002
1554 PEARL
1546 TRANSPARENT
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1541 CHUPRASSY
1533 MASTER-MARINER
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1494 MARATHON
1467 CANAPÉ
1999-2000
1454 GET-UP
1450 PRETENDANT
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1439 JOHN CANOE
1437 MISTLETOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1419 SPLODGE
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1406 CHASSEPOT
1402 PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)
1394 BERGAMOT
1363 MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number)
1997-1998
1355 DIACATHOLICON
1342 ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)
1336 STOCKING
1316 FINGERLICKIN’
1312 REST-CURE
1996-1997
1300 OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1273 SIPOREX
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1225 CURRY
1220 CASSANDRA
1212 HILDING
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1190 DENARIUS
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1165 YAPSTER
1993-1994
1130 AGRESTAL
1126 CHEATERY
1104 BURYING-PLACES
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1991-1992
1026 LET-OFF
1021 BEARD
1013 ALVEARY
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
982 ALMANAC
969 BUNTER
956 SPEAR-SIDE
1989-1990
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
913 ARCHIBALD
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
866 NECTAREOUS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
840 SONDE
1987-1988
831 COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)
827 MICKEY-TAKING
818 EMBUSQUÉ
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
814 SPOUSAGE
809 DOLCE VITA
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
770 HERMITS
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
740 ESCADRILLE
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
683 BANISH
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
662 BARGE-COUPLE
635 ROSEMARY
631 INTERLOCK
1983-1984
615 HISTORIETTE
610 DOUBLETHINK
609 LUCKY-BAG
585 FLABELLIFORM
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
538 INGRAIN
530 PROMETAL
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
443 STEEPLECROWN
434 JARDINIÈRE
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
401 GO-AHEAD
393 INTRACARDIAC
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
349 ODDCOMESHORT
340 BOOKSIE
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
301 TROLLOPISH
294 HUMECT
281 DINOCERAS
272 MALAGUETTA
267 MORRIS-DANCE
1976-1977
243 OLYMPIC
234 HOROSCOPIST
1975-1976
203 BOGY
187 POWDERING-TUB
169 THUGGEE
165 Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram)
1974-1975
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
40 FANTOCCINI
Ximenes competitions
1959-1960
590 STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)
1957-1958
456 PLAFOND
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
434 CARTON
421 DOVETAIL
412 SERVIETTE
404 POLENTA
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1955-1956
377 MALISON
373 PRESTONPANS
347 TELEVISOR
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
293 CAB
1954 (1)
273 COUSIN
1953 (2)
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
229 MASCOT
225 TOUCHSTONES
219 SOCIALIST
217 DEPOSIT
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
202 SPALPEEN
201 AMETHYST
200 ACCOUNT
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
1952 (1)
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
183 SAUSAGES
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |