| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. Lloyd | 22 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 40 | 25 | Dec 1947 | Jul 1954 | 6y 7m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 263 | We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram) | VHC | How Dell’s won—“Taste thou,” hints the King | |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | Work that provides for early retirement and the chance of a quick rise, that’s my aim | firework instruction “retire immediately” |
| 247 | VAMPIRE | VHC | Give me prime Virginia mixture, and I’ll suck my clay all night! | anag. incl. VA; clay = human body, tobacco pipe |
| 243 | LODESTAR | VHC | Ditches a sailor? But it shouldn’t! | lodes tar, & lit. |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | Second | Here abstinence is observed within, while, without, the stag is pursued by one of the Hunts | fast3 in buck1 Leigh & lit.; B. Abbey; Leigh Hunt, Eng. writer and critic, b.1784; Dartmoor Hunt |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 206 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Court that could give a copper authority to take loose characters into custody—and vice versa? | i.e. d. in pie2 power, & lit. |
| 205 | CANTANKEROUS | VHC | “Crustakean?” No! Something wrong with that. Try “Crabby” | anag. |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 184 | MEREST / WYOMING (DLM) | VHC | “Pardon my wig!”—Don’t let it come to that! Try Gertrude’s Home Hair Reviver. Stem root decay now. Very simple to use | Campbell, Gertrude of W. |
| 182 | MISTLETOE | VHC | A popular Home choice this season, but cover for 2, with the possibility of an X | cryptic def.; ref. football pools, i.e. home win, away win (2pts.) and draw (X) |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 162 | TITANESS | VHC | “Miss Phoebe,” perhaps, but not “Dear” to the gods. They clapped her in the pit! | cryptic def.; ref. 1950 musical ‘Dear Miss Phoebe’; P., Titan in Greek myth |
| 161 | TILLER | VHC | A handy guide to Piers Plowman! | 2 mngs.; piers, i.e. moorings |
| 157 | ORANGE | VHC | O for a row between Red and Yellow! | O range; ref. Cold War, i.e. Russia, China |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 154 | RABBIT | VHC | Game I may be, but no ‘gamesman’—though Potter made one of my family famous | 2 mngs.; ref. Stephen P., ‘Gamesmanship’ and Beatrix P., ‘Peter Rabbit’ |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 118 | MARAVEDI | Third | The wreck of his fleet without a struggle didn’t, in the issue, make Philip lose face! | anag. of armad(a) + vie; ref. image of Philip II on coin |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 116 | WATERLOO | VHC | Where a chapeau à cornes was thrown into the ring? Or a towel, perhaps! | anag.; ref. Napoleon’s bicorn hat |
| 115 | MISNOMER | VHC | The wrong brand! Can’t you find me Minors for a change? | anag.; cigarette brand |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 102 | ARCHIMEDES | Third | Might have made riches for himself, but—wise man!—was quite satisfied with his screw | anag.; A.’s screw; screw = wages |
| 98 | HUMERI | VHC | Two applications of humus, made before there’s a risk of frost, provide ideal surroundings for marrow cultivation | hu(mus) + anag. of rime; bone marrow |
| 92 | PARTRIDGE | VHC | Out of Sir Owen’s top drawer, so to speak, said Fluellen, jumped a big red rat! | anag. of pig, red, rat; Fluellen (Hen. V) pronounced ‘b’ as ‘p’; ref. Sir Bernard P.’s letters to Sir Owen Seaman |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 91 | CRETONNE | VHC | Fancy Cotton! Just breaks 100 three times, then makes no return! Never!! | anag. of C ter + no (rev.) + ne (= never); ref. Henry C., golfer |
| 83 | BUDAPEST | VHC | Where people are familiar with hammer and sickle, but apt to mishandle a spade | anag. in but; ref. communist rule in Hungary |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 73 | RHODESIA | VHC | Philip’s wife does a turn in the Empire. Her daughter had plenty of S.A., too | anag. of Herodias; ref. Luke 3:19; British Empire; S.A. = South Africa, sex appeal |
Ximenes competitions
1954 (2)
291 APAGOGE
1954 (1)
265 THERMAE
259 AGANIPPE
1953 (2)
255 SCUTTLE
253 DERATION
249 BALM
245 GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)
1953 (1)
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
199 HONESTY
197 SCALES
196 SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)
195 WALLABAS
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
1952 (1)
193 TRADUCER
192 WATSON
183 SAUSAGES
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
174 ANACREONTICS
170 GUINEA
168 PIPS (Misprints)
1951 (1)
166 RACHIDES
163 LORICATE
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
1950 (2)
151 OPEN-SESAME
143 LAMPREY
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
109 PERI
107 STRAMASH
1949 (1)
104 STARE (Printer’s Devilry)
103 MOSES
97 NESTOR
1948 (2)
87 SISKIN
86 ODOMETER
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
82 CURARE
80 GONERIL
1948 (1)
70 GARBAGE
69 MISANTHROPE
66 CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPET
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |