| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maj V. E. Brooke | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 8 | May 1950 | Dec 1958 | 8y 7m | V. E. Brooke |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 486 | BARACAN | VHC | Broadcloth as robust as camlet: Arabic name initially | initial letters & lit. |
| 460 | ASTONISHMENT (Misprints) | VHC | This Eton man’s degenerate; a kind of ape! | awe; anag. |
| 438 | MACARONI | VHC | The Piedmont Piper’s pièce de résistance? A Romanic medley | anag. & lit. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 412 | SERVIETTE | VHC | A model Table Mountain? Cover part in snowy stuff to make it Everest! | anag.; cover = knife, fork, etc.; stuff = material; s. folded into peak |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 243 | LODESTAR | VHC | Relied on for centuries when things looked black in Lord’s tea-break | anag. |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 227 | CATEGORIES | VHC | In short, cognate and seriate arrangements | anag. incl. cog. & lit. |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 206 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Period pew, antique form or mediaeval bench | anag.; i.e. antique form = old/worn appearance |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 135 | STRIPPED | VHC | Empty as Sunday’s picnic-basket | s trip ped |
Ximenes competitions
1958-1959
517 CAROTID
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
1957-1958
473 LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
456 PLAFOND
1956-1957
434 CARTON
417 SINECURE
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
360 WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left)
347 TELEVISOR
329 HAMADRYAD
1954 (2)
302 MARTIN
1954 (1)
273 COUSIN
265 THERMAE
259 AGANIPPE
1953 (2)
241 MANDOLINE
1953 (1)
221 BUNTHORNE
217 DEPOSIT
207 PAGEANT
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
202 SPALPEEN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |