| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. L. Clements | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 7 | May 1946 | Apr 1954 | 7y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 184 | MEREST / WYOMING (DLM) | VHC | Trouble mowing your lawn? In a rough state with little grass under the trees? Mow with Rotacutta—this and nothing else! It’s superlative! | |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 103 | MOSES | VHC | Take the drawer out! There are writings there containing bits of old English | OE in MSS; drawn from Nile |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 80 | GONERIL | VHC | Here’s the mad king with forty-nine followers—I offered him fifty! | gone R IL; Lear I.4.291 “fifty of my followers at a clap” |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 36 | TARTARUS | VHC | The other two separately, then Jem Johnson and me: come up from the sea—or a deep gulf? | two tars + us: ref. “We’re four jolly sailormen” from Savoy opera “A Princess of Kensington” |
| 32 | TEMERAIRE | VHC | “And she’s going down the river, ——, ——” (Newbolt). Or perhaps with a river either side of her? | i.e. Teme r Aire; ref. Newbolt poem ‘The Fighting T.’ [usually “... fading down the river”] |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 25 | WERGILD | Second | Method of expiration? Sounds a fishy sort of answer—should be method of expiation | ‘we’re gilled’; expiration, i.e. breathing |
Ximenes competitions
1954 (1)
281 SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number)
273 COUSIN
271 TRIPLET
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
1953 (2)
255 SCUTTLE
1952 (2)
202 SPALPEEN
197 SCALES
1951 (2)
172 GARNISHER
169 HOUSE
1950 (2)
139 HECATOMB
135 STRIPPED
1949 (2)
112 SHEET (DLM)
1949 (1)
98 HUMERI
96 INTERLOCK
1948 (2)
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
82 CURARE
1948 (1)
73 RHODESIA
1947 (2)
59 TAME
53 SHIN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 0 | – |