HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. T. Baxter | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 10 | Oct 1961 | Dec 1982 | 21y 2m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | How to get mater to provide some Xmas fare | mate; i.e. mince meat |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 945 | OBLITERATE | VHC | To wash out with a compound of bitter aloe | anag. |
| 924 | MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left) | VHC | I want half a dollar: copper slow to pinch me—in the old profession I’m one to copy | pe(so), Cu, late: me in mister2 |
| 911 | DRAGON | VHC | Sail? There’s the reverse of agreement about it; stores being depleted it would ruin the country | rag in nod (rev.); rag = sail; ref. dockers’ strike |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 821 | SOMERSET | VHC | Bath here: old fool about to plunge—I’m off! | (im)merse in sot (obs.); Bath in S. |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 796 | STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints) | VHC | Smoke no more and start revelling in martyrdom | smote; r in stake |
| 790 | PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam) | VHC | Wolf-whistle | Peter and the Wolf |
| 780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Exim: 18 | |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 743 | CHEMIST | VHC | I dispense with a shirt when ’e’s gone and shortened it | chemis(e) + ’t |
| 700 | SOLOMON | VHC | I commenced sagacious living—majestic, noble—interrupted regularly by love | 0,0,0 between s,l,m,n & lit. |
1978-1979
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
1973-1974
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1154 CLARIONET
1969-1970
1100 BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)
1093 MARTINET
1968-1969
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1023 CONSOLE
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1000 THOUSAND
989 GRENADINE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
958 DRY MEASURE
1966-1967
949 BROWSING
941 HYPODERMIC
916 DIAPASON
1965-1966
898 POCHARD
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
864 PATERNAL
1964-1965
843 PRISTINE
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
825 COACHES
817 WYLIE-COATS
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
760 METAMORPHOSE
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
717 STAR-MAN (Misprints)
1961-1962
676 TRELLIS (DLM)
673 ERISTICAL
664 MANIPULATE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |