| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. A. L. Sturrock | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 21 | Sep 1949 | Mar 1967 | 17y 6m | J. A. Sturrock |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 945 | OBLITERATE | VHC | Purge made from bitter aloe | anag. |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 630 | STREAKY | VHC | Possible appearance of essential part of breakfast in place where pigs are kept! | (b)reak(fast) in sty, & lit. |
| 626 | WOMAN-TIRED | VHC | This meant having great difficulty getting word in with mate! | anag. & lit. |
| 621 | CHASE | VHC | First part of Chatterley’s nearly all sex—the gamekeeper sees to this! | Cha(tterley) + se(x) |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 569 | PROPOSAL | Third | This shows one poor sap who’s had it, before long! | anag. + l, & lit. |
| 564 | SHE-BEAR | VHC | Young Olympic cup-holder (amateur) puts fresh heart into soccer. Would make good Busby-material, this one! | Hebe a in s(occe)r; ref. Matt B., Manchester Utd.; b. = bearskin |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 377 | MALISON | VHC | Bad thing in Rheims—wicked sin involving ring—led to this | mal (Fr.) + O in anag., & lit.; ref. the Jackdaw of R. |
| 364 | HELLEBORE | VHC | Heavily censored version of H.M.S Pinafore includes cartwheeling French beauty—that’s something like a Buttercup! | belle (rev.) in H(M.S. Pinaf)ore |
| 351 | LUSTRE | VHC | There’s an Irish rule—elect chap who’s inside, after which they’ll have to have another election! | St. in anag. (see elect, n.); elections every 5 years; ref. 1955 election of Philip Clarke in Fermanagh & S. Tyrone, ruled ineligible owing to criminal conviction |
| 329 | HAMADRYAD | First | Creature of a wood in a Hardy novel | a mad in anag. & lit.; wood2 = mad; ref Thomas H. novel “The Woodlanders” |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 277 | PRODIGALLY | VHC | The way the boy had lived before returning—the arrangement of a lordly pig surprises! | anag.; pig = feast; Luke 15 |
| 273 | COUSIN | Third | You’ll find a royal form of me as a mode of address between sovereigns, maybe | us in coin, & lit; us = me (royal use) |
| 263 | We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram) | VHC | Has lilt, wit, though don’t know the sense | |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 227 | CATEGORIES | Third | What follows tax cut (25%) by the Chancellor? Wild orgies!—the fruits of class distinction | C + (r)ate + anag. |
| 211 | CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES | VHC | No girl cares to be cut by Society, thus waits, hoping for charm to get its reward | anag. + S (cut = drunk/adulterated); charm = blended singing |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 206 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Pound fine to a lot of types is no longer a fair way of punishing people, for traffic offences | pie2 powder; traffic = passing to and fro |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 186 | ASHMOLEAN | VHC | Spot the beginnings of a nest on the tree? Wren’s work, a scout could recognize it | ash + mole2 + a n; design of A. attributed to Wren; scout = Oxford college servant |
Ximenes competitions
1960-1961
634 BEDSTEAD
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
1959-1960
582 MARRY
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
571 PESTER
1957-1958
438 MACARONI
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
356 METOPOSCOPY
347 TELEVISOR
334 CHEROOT
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
1954 (1)
271 TRIPLET
267 TRADE
265 THERMAE
1953 (1)
229 MASCOT
225 TOUCHSTONES
219 SOCIALIST
217 DEPOSIT
215 BUCKFASTLEIGH
213 LEMONADE
209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
1952 (2)
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
197 SCALES
1952 (1)
192 WATSON
191 DENIGRATE
189 SALTIRE
187 GROWLER
185 STOUT
182 MISTLETOE
1949 (2)
112 SHEET (DLM)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 1953 (1) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |