Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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P. A. Harrow | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 8 | Jan 1948 | Dec 1951 | 3y 11m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1952 (1) | ||||
183 | SAUSAGES | VHC | Bags with dubious contents are turned over when at the Customs | as (rev.) + usages; as = when; ref. poor quality of post-war s. |
1950 (1) | ||||
126 | RASPBERRY | VHC | To produce fruit, spray round about the end of September and the middle of March | (Septem)ber, (Ma)r(ch) in anag. |
121 | SNAPSHOT | VHC | Film Flash—Crack Producer gets the Bullet! | snap + shot |
1949 (2) | ||||
112 | SHEET (DLM) | VHC | How To Face The Dentist—Proverbially Pale, But With Teeth Set! | white as a s. |
107 | STRAMASH | VHC | Disturbance over the Border shows what harm Tass Agency can cause | anag. |
1949 (1) | ||||
94 | SARDELLE | VHC | Radical change in the French Chamber gives food for thought | anag. of red in salle (Fr.) |
1948 (2) | ||||
88 | BRISTOL | VHC | Lot’s wife turned round. Kind of bored? Sounds: like it | anag. of rib + Lot’s (rev.); B. board (‘bored’) |
1948 (1) | ||||
77 | MAROON | VHC | clue missing |
Ximenes competitions
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
176 SPIGOT
173 HATCHING
1951 (1)
165 CABBAGE
164 NEWTON
163 LORICATE
161 TILLER
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
156 LAVEROCK
1950 (2)
152 SEA-LION
150 CAPILLAMENTS
148 FILIBUSTER
135 STRIPPED
1950 (1)
124 BARHAM or BRAMAH
1949 (2)
106 HELIOTROPE
105 SMITHEREENS
1948 (2)
83 BUDAPEST
1948 (1)
67 SURFEIT (DLM)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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Ximenes competitions | ||||
1952 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1950 (2) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1950 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1949 (2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |