| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. M. Grace | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 8 | Feb 1952 | Sep 1966 | 14y 7m | Rev R. M. Grace |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 275 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Let stakes ampl/ify our speculations | |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 251 | UNMETHODICAL | VHC | No detail—much confused | anag. & lit. |
| 245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | VHC | Girl having lost heart over an affair means to bewitch singer high repute or bewitch parson with love | g(ir)l + amour; anag. incl. 0; glamour, vb. |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | Slipping quietly away from seat in back row | seat; lap in noise (rev.) |
| 207 | PAGEANT | VHC | Heave!—it’s about time this platform was moved | age in pant; pageant = moving show |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 206 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Riotous types on a charge find fair justice here | pie2 powder & lit. |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 192 | WATSON | VHC | Elementary analysis of cipher wasn’t enough for the stormy petrel of crime | anag. incl. 0; ref. Holmes’ description of W. in ‘The Naval Treaty’ |
| 187 | GROWLER | VHC | The fish seems about to bite when the angler loses his head and takes in line | row in (an)gler |
Ximenes competitions
1966-1967
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1963-1964
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
1959-1960
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
1958-1959
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
1955-1956
329 HAMADRYAD
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
1954 (1)
273 COUSIN
271 TRIPLET
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
253 DERATION
243 LODESTAR
241 MANDOLINE
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
229 MASCOT
223 MELODRAME
217 DEPOSIT
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
1952 (2)
194 KNOWLEDGE BOX
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |