| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. R. Dean | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 11 | Aug 1953 | May 1971 | 17y 9m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 669 | DRUM | VHC | Roll out barrel for good old fashioned beano | 3 mngs. [see comments] |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 482 | LEASING-MAKER | First | One who converts by letting false images rankle | leasing + maker, anag. & lit. |
| 469 | DAISY | VHC | What the early tandem rider badly wanted—a good sitting position and a yard’s start | dais + y; ref. “Daisy, Daisy” |
| 447 | TOUSLE | VHC | With all the French failing to agree, what can you expect but disorder? | tous le (Fr.); i.e. does not agree grammatically; ref. Treaty of Rome |
| 443 | HALF-SEAS-OVER | First | “Ah for a vessel” that’s not right; what comes before “full of the warm South”? | anag.; ref. Keats, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, “Oh for a beaker” |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 421 | DOVETAIL | Third | To chisel two parts of a wedge shape and join end to end | do (=cheat) + ve(e) + tail, & lit. |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 369 | BERET | VHC | Headlines may be made by this item in the Honours List getting about beforehand | ere in Bt |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 291 | APAGOGE | VHC | Taking a keen interest in Gibbon makes one like the Romans’ being reduced to the absurd | agog in ape; like the R. = Latin |
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1162 BEAM-ENDS
1963-1964
760 METAMORPHOSE
1962-1963
721 KERB-MERCHANT
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
673 ERISTICAL
1958-1959
508 CUMBERGROUND
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
451 MEGAPODE
438 MACARONI
1956-1957
412 SERVIETTE
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
329 HAMADRYAD
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
287 MANCHESTER
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
1953 (2)
245 GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1956-1957 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |