| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brig W. E. Duncan | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 36 | 19 | Feb 1948 | May 1963 | 15y 3m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 750 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | VHC | 5 min. late for Dinner! Squares, replete with equivocal verbiage, make angry comments | dinner at 7.45; cross words |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 728 | ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent) | VHC | A lad astray ’ad strange dream—the ki-d of “Bow wi-dow” that might be Lord Mayor | a l(ad) + anag.; bow window = pot belly (old sl.); aldermanly = pompous & portly |
| 712 | RHEUMATICKY | VHC | A never-ending cold with a moment in my suffering when every limb aches | rheu(m) + a tick in my |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 467 | A humorous definition (Humorous definition) | Second | STAY—A visit, or a visitation, depending on existing relations | |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 334 | CHEROOT | VHC | Not so opulent as the Corona, but the same sort with the end cut off, and lit! | anag. of the Coro(na) & lit.! |
| 329 | HAMADRYAD | VHC | Serpent, Woman and Tree combined together to make Adam hardy! | anag., 2 defs. |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 304 | ORLEANS | VHC | Cotton-wool, carried by a brave girl among the ruins of Salerno | anag., 2 defs.; ref. Joan of Arc and Allied invasion of Italy, 1943 |
| 285 | PARALYSES | VHC | As players become a bit shaky, a bad stroke, or an attack of nerves, does it | anag. |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 263 | We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram) | First | That Owl, winking, hoots: “He! He! Ted L.’s nuts!” | Ted L. = Edward Lear |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | VHC | Light activity, followed by sharp rises everywhere, founded on prospect of similar movements in the “House” | |
| 237 | BASTINADE | VHC | Asked about a street in Nether Wallop, one would describe it as hard on the feet | a St in, all in bade; pun on Hants town |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 227 | CATEGORIES | VHC | The Ego (‘I’) reacts, making orderly conclusions | anag. |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 143 | LAMPREY | VHC | Thirty-six, combined with Pym (and perhaps dozens more!), brought about a tragic end to King’s Party | anag. of Lear Pym; ref. John P., Parliamentarian, deaths of Charles I and Henry I; 36 ac. = Lear |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 121 | SNAPSHOT | VHC | Buffalobility on the films? But such a provoking word is summarily dealt with in A. P. H’s “nots” | snap (= provoking word) + shot, anag.; ref. A.P. Herbert’s poems, e.g. ‘The Doctor’; B. Bill, sharpshooter |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 114 | TAPPIT-HEN | VHC | Spirited three quarter, Scottish, capped and a tough wing | 2 mngs.; contains 3 quarts and has lid; bird |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 99 | SCARABEE | VHC | Sacrifice the charm of Cleopatra to be Caesar? | anag.; scarab charm; Antony and C. |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 78 | CAKE-WALK | VHC | clue missing | |
Ximenes competitions
1960-1961
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
1957-1958
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
400 Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)
390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
377 MALISON
373 PRESTONPANS
1954 (2)
287 MANCHESTER
1954 (1)
281 SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
243 LODESTAR
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
223 MELODRAME
221 BUNTHORNE
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
207 PAGEANT
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
182 MISTLETOE
181 HANGABLE
1951 (2)
172 GARNISHER
1951 (1)
165 CABBAGE
163 LORICATE
1950 (2)
154 RABBIT
146 BELDAME
1950 (1)
123 LEECHES
118 MARAVEDI
1949 (2)
111 PLEASANT
1949 (1)
103 MOSES
97 NESTOR
96 INTERLOCK
1948 (2)
80 GONERIL
1948 (1)
70 GARBAGE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |