Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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Rev E. B. Peel | 50 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 64 | Jan 1946 | Oct 1954 | 8y 9m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1953 (2) | ||||
257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | Solomon used to show us what a Royal Suite was designed for | pianist Solomon and Handel’s ‘Fireworks Music’ |
1952 (2) | ||||
203 | WEATHERS | VHC | Stands up to eat in The Taming of the Shrew | eat in anag. |
195 | WALLABAS | Second | Bombay agent wants Paris stockings—they’ve a nice shade for S.A. | walla, bas (Fr.) |
1952 (1) | ||||
192 | WATSON | VHC | Wasn’t subtle about a cipher | 0 in anag.; ref. W.’s limited powers of reasoning |
182 | MISTLETOE | VHC | I sometimes cling to a peach, but just now necking is beneath me | cryptic def.; m. is a parasite of various fruit trees |
1951 (2) | ||||
180 | HESPER (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | Cranky headmaster’s asked me to tea! C/an’t! Oatmeal’s in my mortarboard! | Esperanto |
177 | DESOLATE | VHC | Wasted time rings in returning ruin | lose (rev.) in date |
176 | SPIGOT | Third | Childless, I became a father—that will regulate the beer-supply! | sp, I got |
168 | PIPS (Misprints) | VHC | Sign of Four—five for Colonel Openshaw | hour; ref. ‘Five Orange Pips’, Sherlock Holmes; time signal |
1951 (1) | ||||
158 | RATING | VHC | A good dressing-down for the class at sea | 2 mngs. |
1950 (2) | ||||
152 | SEA-LION | VHC | Total immersion makes me thrive: I should get on after baptism | seal I on |
151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | Recipe for entrée:—Take half a chop: add yolk of hen’s egg: continue as before | (ch)op + (h)en’s e(gg) + same |
149 | DOMESTIC | VHC | It’s Médoc, mulled—a bliss now rare | anag.; ref. shortages, d. bliss |
147 | GATHER | VHC | Being half senile and not quite all there, I’m always taken in | ga(-ga) + ther(e); gather (n) = fold or pleat |
1950 (1) | ||||
123 | LEECHES | VHC | Punch man! More than one! They’ll draw blood! | 2 mngs.; ref. John Leech, Victorian cartoonist |
122 | LEATHER | Second | I’ve been tanned, without sparing the whip—that’s hell for me! | cryptic def.; hell for l. |
121 | SNAPSHOT | VHC | Sudden exposure after cold spells feverish sequel | snaps + hot |
1949 (2) | ||||
116 | WATERLOO | Third | Hammond’s Fifty Too Late. Tail End Ducks Lead To Crushing Defeat | L to end in Walter + 0,0; ref. W. H., Glos. and England batsman |
113 | CRICKETER | VHC | When I go in I go out, and when I come out I come in | cryptic def. |
109 | PERI | VHC | My parents came down in the world, but I was once seen with a peer at the Savoy | ‘Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the P.’, Savoy opera by G & S; “begotten of fallen spirits” (Brewer) |
1949 (1) | ||||
104 | STARE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Who can get a sweet ju/gular customer? | food rationing |
100 | Word containing ADDING | VHC | There’s a snake in the undergrowth—it will ruin your stockings! | laddering; adder in ling |
99 | SCARABEE | Second | Caesar be blowed! Cleopatra found me charming | anag.; scarab charm; Antony and C. |
95 | SPOONER | VHC | Did I see my namesake dripped in the slops when sweating in a batter? | cryptic def.; dropped in slips, batting in sweater; ref. Reggie Spooner, Lancashire and England batsman |
93 | BUMBLE-PUPPY | VHC | Just the game, Alice might have thought, for the busy bee that delights to bark and bite | i.e. bumble (bee) puppy; ref. flamingo croquet in ‘A. in Wonderland’ |
1948 (2) | ||||
88 | BRISTOL | Second | British Liberal Reform Riots centre | anag. in B, L, & lit.; ref. 1831 Reform riots |
87 | SISKIN | VHC | Bird is breaking cover—a bird divine? | is in skin; ‘aberdevine’ |
83 | BUDAPEST | VHC | A plague on the Budget! Get going! Capital seized by Communists! | bud(get) + a pest; ref. communist rule in Hungary and socialist Govt. in UK |
82 | CURARE | Second | Ill-bred fellow with cauliflower ear! Sounds made for ’Arrow; must not be Eton! | cur + anag. of ear; poison arrow; ‘eaten’ |
1948 (1) | ||||
72 | TEMPLE BAR | Second | Bound to be where to get a refresher at the Inns of Court | i.e. bar at Temple; refresher = fee, drink; boundary of City of London |
71 | MITRAILLEUSE | Second | Permits rapid change-round in breeches. Let ’er try mine and —— | i.e. ‘me try ’ers’ |
70 | GARBAGE | VHC | Changing gear with clutch in shows guts | bag in anag.; cattle guts |
67 | SURFEIT (DLM) | VHC | I will always control my dentures if eating sticky stuff | stuff |
1947 (2) | ||||
64 | GLASTONBURY | Third | Tory stronghold offers scope for snug little Labour-Tory coalition | anag. of snug Lab Tory; ref. G. Tor, i.e. Tor-y |
62 | HERCULES | VHC | Had great strength in both hands, and could have made a grand slam with a club lead, but went mad in play, and failed to strip the suit | cryptic def.; ref. play ‘H. Furens’ by Seneca the Younger, and bridge |
61 | CREASY | VHC | Historian of the Hundred Years’ War? | C + anag. of years; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C. |
59 | TAME | VHC | Keep in check and mate in two moves | i.e. mate is two letter moves from tame |
57 | THEORBOS | VHC | Her boots have come undone; string needed to make them sound | anag |
56 | SHEEP-RUN | VHC | Woolley gets a single in the long field—after having a dip? (Shocking puns here!) | sheep + run, anag.; ref. Frank W., Kent and England cricketer |
54 | SPONGE | VHC | Not Portia’s choice for a wedding cake | 2 mngs.; ref. Merchant of Venice I.2.105, “I’ll be married to a sponge”; s. cake |
1947 (1) | ||||
52 | RATION | VHC | Worship without fuss has its points | adoration less ado; ref. points system of rationing |
51 | LLANELLY | VHC | If pounds are put on a successful favourite from the King’s establishment, there will be Welshers all over the place | L, L + a + Nelly; ref. Nell Gwyn; welsh, vb. |
50 | APOSTLE | VHC | The St. Andrews type of spoon? | 2 mngs.; golf club |
47 | GLOCKENSPIEL | VHC | Instrument giving a blurred ecko (extremely wild spelling) | anag. |
45 | RATTENED | Third | Trade winds about four bells in the first watch smashed the tackle | ten in anag.; four … watch = 10pm |
44 | PARIS | VHC | The judge in a beauty competition is after face value | par + is; ref. judgment of P. |
43 | DRESSING | First | Sauce for the goose-step? | 2 mngs.; d. = proper alignment of troops, drill (OED); pun on ‘sauce for the goose’ |
1946 (2) | ||||
39 | GNATHIC | VHC | You get cheeky, or near it, in calling a sovereign a thick ’un | hidden |
38 | WIND-HOVER | Third | Flatulence stop padre doubled up stop altogether dicky | wind + ho! + Rev (rev.); dicky bird; telegraphese |
1945 (2) | ||||
16 | UNVULGAR | VHC | Proper fraction in familiar juxtaposition for one killed in Arras | cryptic def.; vulgar fraction; ref. Polonius, Hamlet I.3 |
Ximenes competitions
1954 (2)
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
1952 (2)
197 SCALES
1952 (1)
190 CHEQUERS
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
183 SAUSAGES
181 HANGABLE
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
172 GARNISHER
171 SERINGAS
1951 (1)
163 LORICATE
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
159 SPANIEL
157 ORANGE
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
148 FILIBUSTER
143 LAMPREY
1950 (1)
130 MODERN
126 RASPBERRY
1949 (2)
117 LION
115 MISNOMER
114 TAPPIT-HEN
111 PLEASANT
107 STRAMASH
1949 (1)
103 MOSES
101 BARRACKS
94 SARDELLE
92 PARTRIDGE
1948 (2)
91 CRETONNE
86 ODOMETER
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
79 SALOME
1948 (1)
76 VALEDICTORY
73 RHODESIA
69 MISANTHROPE
68 ANTIGROPELOS
66 CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPET
1947 (2)
65 PIVOT
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1952 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1951 (2) | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 2 | 3 | 7 |
1951 (1) | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1950 (2) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
1950 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 2 | 7 |
1949 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 5 | 11 |
1949 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 6 |
1948 (2) | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 2 | 4 | 5 |
1948 (1) | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 2 | 5 | 1 |
1947 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 6 | 1 | 3 |
1947 (1) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 5 | 0 | 2 |
1946 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 0 | – |
1945 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |