| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. A. Clark | 33 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 39 | 37 | Jan 1946 | Feb 1953 | 7y 1m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 219 | SOCIALIST | VHC | What does old-time privilege lead to? I answer, “Cant!” | soc I a list, & lit.; a. = answer |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 198 | THIRD | VHC | To follow most of this—take a degree! | thi(s) + r + d, & lit.; BBC Third programme |
| 195 | WALLABAS | VHC | Fan-palms sway from right to left: They’re trees with a Red streak, you see | sabal + law (all rev.); sway (n) = rule [see comments] |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 184 | MEREST / WYOMING (DLM) | VHC | Hangar for hire, fairly roomy—wing span shd. be less than a Dakota’s. Neighbour has key. Moderate terms. Vacant by purest chance. BOX DK4U2C | |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 171 | SERINGAS | VHC | Their constituents are used for erasings | anag. & lit. |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 165 | CABBAGE | VHC | In prison you’ll find a yarn may help you to tolerate even the bully | abb in cage; bully2 i.e. c. may hide the flavour |
| 164 | NEWTON | VHC | Cambridge man that conceived the long pull—modern style | new ton2; N.’s law of gravity |
| 158 | RATING | Second | Taxing a man that sometimes finds it a job to pay | 2 mngs.; pay2 |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 130 | MODERN | VHC | Fall of Rome not dated? That’s right—not dated | anag. of Rome n.d. |
| 128 | AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Bar h/as music—all that anachronistic nonsense | Barham, Erasmus |
| 126 | RASPBERRY | VHC | In a jam, ’Erb prays King for a dissolution | anag. incl. R; ref. Herbert Asquith’s government 1915-16 |
| 124 | BARHAM or BRAMAH | VHC | Except for the Bacon element in Hamlet, his works are frankly legendary | bar Ham(let); ref. ‘Ingoldsby Legends’ |
| 122 | LEATHER | VHC | The real motive for Much Binding being shelved | anag.; ref. radio comedy ‘Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh’, cancelled by BBC in 1950 |
| 118 | MARAVEDI | VHC | In re Tadema, R.A. v. Editor of Spanish Modelling. Finding: one farthing, if that! | hidden; ref. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 87 | SISKIN | VHC | A little brother of St. Francis in Assisi’s kindergarten | hidden |
| 86 | ODOMETER | VHC | Tells tales of revolutions, disquieting me—too Red! | anag. of me too red |
| 84 | SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left) | VHC | Needing a drink? Try this cocktail (1/-): a tumbler of gin and the genuine French. You get it down the Strand | anag. of try this; sh (=shilling) + anag. of gin, le; strand1 = beach |
| 81 | CHARADE | Second | Enigmatic passage in Acts: without study, even an archdeacon is perplexed | anag. less con |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 76 | VALEDICTORY | VHC | Farewell credit—to-day I’ve quids to chuck about | anag. incl. cr., L |
| 72 | TEMPLE BAR | VHC | Divine place next door to a pub near Cheshunt. Sh! Malt beer on tap | temple + bar, anag. of p malt beer; T.B. Gate rebuilt in Cheshunt in 1878; p, Sh! = quiet |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 60 | HEEL | VHC | Secret list of the Elect | hidden |
| 58 | ECLIPSE | VHC | Cap—a jockey’s pride once | 2 mngs.; ref. unbeaten racehorse |
| 56 | SHEEP-RUN | VHC | Where timid sillies ruminate: “Both hemispheres are crazy—United Nations is at an end” | anag. of sphere + UN |
| 55 | NAUSEANT | VHC | Twelve o’clock. and Aunt drinking deep—bound to be queasy | sea in n aunt; n = noon |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 46 | LYSANDER | VHC | Fiddle and lyres! See, the conquering hero comes! | anag.; Spartan admiral |
| 45 | RATTENED | VHC | Paralysed labour: revolutionary packs up at No. 10 | at ten in red |
| 43 | DRESSING | VHC | Reds sign arrangement for coming into line | anag.; d. = proper alignment of troops, drill (OED) |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 37 | MISLABEL | VHC | Lamb’s lie has toned down to diffuse terminological inexactitude | anag.; ref. Churchill speech 1906 |
| 32 | TEMERAIRE | VHC | A trireme (English) fitted out as a French man-of-war | anag. incl. E |
| 30 | TWEEL | VHC | Tweed’s true name—simply Latin for its delta | L for D in tweed; river |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 23 | HICATEE | Second | “I teach English spelling reform.” “In a word, you’ve taught us phonetically” | anag. of I teach E; ‘taught us’ = tortoise |
| 19 | SCREENINGS | Third | Cinemas have always shown this rubbish. (Mix in “A Hundred Sinners,” for example!) | anag. incl. C, e.g., 2 defs.; ref. Tom Mix, matinee star |
| 16 | UNVULGAR | VHC | United Nations Vulgate arrives, though not for public use | UN Vulg. ar. |
Ximenes competitions
1953 (1)
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
205 CANTANKEROUS
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
197 SCALES
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
185 STOUT
183 SAUSAGES
182 MISTLETOE
181 HANGABLE
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
179 CADRE
174 ANACREONTICS
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
167 PARMESAN
161 TILLER
157 ORANGE
155 LYTERIAN
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
152 SEA-LION
151 OPEN-SESAME
149 DOMESTIC
143 LAMPREY
135 STRIPPED
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
108 HACKNEY
105 SMITHEREENS
1949 (1)
99 SCARABEE
96 INTERLOCK
94 SARDELLE
93 BUMBLE-PUPPY
1948 (2)
91 CRETONNE
85 SERGEANT
82 CURARE
1948 (1)
71 MITRAILLEUSE
66 CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPET
1947 (2)
63 STILETTO
59 TAME
1946 (2)
36 TARTARUS
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 1947 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 0 | 3 |