| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. L. Constable | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 23 | Sep 1947 | Dec 1958 | 11y 3m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 200 | ACCOUNT | VHC | The bill of a drunken toucan enlarged by a hundred! | anag. incl. C |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 179 | CADRE | VHC | Towny has about enough of officers and N.C.O.s! | cad re; cad = Eton, Oxford jargon for a townsman |
| 178 | HIDEOUS | VHC | Unattractive? That’s putting it mildly! It’s just the same inside the blasted house! | id. in anag. |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 153 | SAMISENS | VHC | Wanting to take in a present to the Superior, did the three little maids from school pluck these? | mise in sans; ref. The Mikado |
| 150 | CAPILLAMENTS | VHC | The right treatment of scalp ailment can produce some really fine hairs | anag. |
| 148 | FILIBUSTER | VHC | I should be found to be among the leaders in filching, bushranging and terrorising! | I in fil, bus, ter, & lit. |
| 146 | BELDAME | VHC | I’m a good worker, about fifty, female—yet I appear to be a woman scorned | L dam in bee; “Hell hath no fury …” |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 123 | LEECHES | VHC | They’re after your blood with a general reorganisation of Sch. ‘E.’! | Lee + anag.; ref. Robert E. Lee, income tax schedule |
| 122 | LEATHER | VHC | On your feet! The King stands without! | the in Lear |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 111 | PLEASANT | VHC | Facetious excuses are not accepted here | pleas an’t |
| 106 | HELIOTROPE | VHC | This is hard work, going up 20 feet of quartz! | h.e. (hoc est), + toil (rev.) + rope |
| 105 | SMITHEREENS | VHC | See what comes of disturbing the R.E.’s mines! | anag. & lit. |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 87 | SISKIN | VHC | Sinks one (not very calmly) for a birdie! | anag. incl. I |
| 86 | ODOMETER | VHC | I count each successive revolution to be the crack of doom heralding eternity | anag. of doom, eter(nity) |
| 83 | BUDAPEST | VHC | City youngster gets copy for The Street | bud ape St; Fleet St. |
| 82 | CURARE | First | Not to be taken; but a sovereign remedy used externally | a R in cure |
| 81 | CHARADE | VHC | Archdeacon doesn’t need to memorise part to cause a riot in amateur dramatics! | anag. less con |
| 80 | GONERIL | VHC | Unnatural hag: A complete ruin and only 49! | goner IL; Lear II.4.305 |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 78 | CAKE-WALK | VHC | clue missing | |
| 74 | DEODAR | VHC | Dreadnought torpedoed! Radioed back one missing! A native of Coney Island? | anag. of dread 0, rad(I)oed (rev.); grows cones |
| 69 | MISANTHROPE | VHC | He hates to find another M.P. is dividing his constituents! | anag |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 63 | STILETTO | VHC | Cause of death in Murder in the Cathedral? T. S. Eliot almost supplies the answer! | anag. of T S Eliot (+ t); ref. killing of Becket in Eliot play; dagger |
Ximenes competitions
1958-1959
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
1956-1957
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1954 (1)
271 TRIPLET
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
251 UNMETHODICAL
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
185 STOUT
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
177 DESOLATE
173 HATCHING
171 SERINGAS
1951 (1)
162 TITANESS
155 LYTERIAN
1950 (2)
151 OPEN-SESAME
149 DOMESTIC
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
108 HACKNEY
107 STRAMASH
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
100 Word containing ADDING
93 BUMBLE-PUPPY
92 PARTRIDGE
1948 (2)
90 ROTHER
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
1947 (2)
59 TAME
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |