Clues written by F. E. Newlove
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| F. E. Newlove | 141 | 8 | 13 | 120 | 189 | 162 | Dec 1945 | Jan 1989 | 43y 1m | E. Newlove |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 840 | SONDE | VHC | Weather-prophet sees Wimbledon’s first half washed out, rest redrawn | anag. of (Wimbl)edon’s |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 735 | MALIGN | VHC | Villain’s tying maiden to line! | M + align; villain adj. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 727 | WELL-TO-DO | VHC | With bags not strapped, old towel falls out | anag., 2 defs. |
| 718 | FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent) | VHC | For a good hiding place see inside cod-piece! | lo in fin |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | Badly upset, one can’t rest properly | anag. |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | With me, a few cuts of the cane produce results – teach ’em to work! | anag. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 564 | PARAMENT | VHC | Smart decor once, but almost all apartment needs redoing | anag. less t |
| 556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | To get rid of Foot as Labour’s leader we must regroup | soot; anag. incl. L; ref. Michael F. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 525 | PABOUCHE | VHC | One mule in the souk and path’s half bunged up | pa(th) bouché |
| 504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | Marleen Smith can be a real cow! | anag. |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | VHC | Finely tempered jibe about ‘round bellies’ | finery; O uteri in anag. |
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | What’ll do this? The asper winds | anag. & lit. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 354 | SHEER-HULK | VHC | Set for future Ark Royal documentary? (Tom Bowling directs) | 2 mngs.; ref. song ‘Tom Bowling’ |
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | It’s mumpin’ Doris, an idiot – go away! | dump in morris; (go)meril; dump4 = a counter |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 285 | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | VHC | Friday’s child? Has to wind up a loser these days | lover; boy Fri. + end |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | CCLth? Shucks! He can’t retreat – on to the D! | |
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | Stag party in the air? Office boss besieged by Deirdre, Ruth, Helen and little Penny, all furious | o in anag. incl. p; party = individual |
| 247 | FLIVVER | VHC | Flipping kite’s a flop! | 2 mngs.; kite = aircraft |
| 212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Whipped curs – that’s vicious youths after fathers’ belting | anag. + ingles; ingle2 |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 203 | BOGY | VHC | Poker fiend | 2 mngs. |
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Henry invested in Algerian port; his young ladies had it all | (C. B.) Cochran; H in Oran |
| 183 | PICKLE | VHC | ‘Mousetrap’ to finish? I’d relish that. Season of Shakespeare instead? | 2 mngs.; cheese and p.; season vb. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | One for the road? Just tonic, perhaps, after that snack | pie1 + powder |
| 105 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram) | VHC | Hearing a ‘Vote Labour’ call by warrior Enoch alarmed one | ref. E. Powell |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | My bolero’s crumpled: I’ll heat the iron and do it | anag. |
| 84 | MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left) | VHC | Old men lie here distraught, doomed; lie so grim, so forlorn, they make the senses reel | anag.; anag. |
| 75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | Cash-down, wire-basket territory: GIRO, etc., are out | anag. |
| 62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Girl’s best friend? Could be sailor with no ties! | anag. incl. ties; ref. ‘Diamonds are…’ |
| 53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | Just an old veg to us, a royal feast for Thais | 2 mngs.; ref. Dryden, ‘A.’s Feast’ |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1162 | BEAM-ENDS | Third | Last shift dispersing means bed | anag.; l.s., def. in Brewer |
| 1119 | RONDE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | With mat/ador dying, sister stops here | |
| 1110 | IMPERSONATE | VHC | Little mischief, ’er boy—Mischief personified—I mean that | imp ’er son Ate; impersonate, adj. |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1106 | LEXICOGRAPHY | VHC | Sam’s bookmaking business employs chirpy ex-gaol characters—in harmless drudgery? | anag.; ref. S. Johnson’s def. of ‘lexicographer’ |
| 1084 | ANGEL-FOOD | Second | Gâteau eaten by Pickwick at Bury? (Think of Gabriel Grub) | angel food; ref. Pickwick ch. 16 (Angel Hotel), ch. 29 (G. G.) |
| 1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | So po/rk can’t agree with the figure—she’s checked, on the balance | |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | Tub-thumper calling for legalisation of flogging, Westminster’s prime advocate of capital punishment? | slang W hanger; slang2 = licence; prime, noun |
| 1028 | SATIRE | VHC | Are its crazy excesses aiming at the ridiculous? | anag. |
| 1006 | CHROME-PLATING | VHC | Rust-supplanting? Moth-replacing? It could be | anag.; moth = corrosion |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 993 | JONATHAN | VHC | Predeceased his beloved on a Thursday in January | on a Th in Jan |
| 958 | DRY MEASURE | VHC | Where are the roomiest quarters? In here—reserved for Red Army use | anag.; re-served |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 933 | COTTABUS | VHC | Attic party game—using parts of cellar too—insufferable in cottages | tabu in cots; cot2 |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 894 | WITENAGEMOT | VHC | We met, got in a huddle; assembled before Parliament; went right up to Harold! | anag.; huddle, intr. vb. |
| 873 | VETERANS | VHC | These may recall five years abroad, including that summer in Paris with the end of Hitler | été + r, all in V ans, & lit. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 856 | RODOMONTADE | VHC | No ode Mr. Toad composed could reveal such immodesty (or could it?) | anag. |
| 851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | First | Black Eye by Dirty Dick out of Mascara | dick, eye = detective |
| 834 | CARRIED | VHC | One in credit, one in the red, but together had something in hand | a in cr. + I in red |
| 832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | Guarding the peace the copper’s way | pence; penny wise |
| 829 | FAREWELL | VHC | “Good going”? Epsom riders wouldn’t so describe it! | i.e. far Ewell |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 780 | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | VHC | Exim: 15 | |
| 750 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | VHC | Bonus points for a small slam, or one down, perhaps, going after the grand? Dash and confound it, this is one of those problems! | seven + fifty; cross words; ref. bridge scoring, grand slam = 7 tricks |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 703 | SCAPEMENT | Second | What keeps both hunter and hunted going? | 2 mngs.; hunter watch |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 694 | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | New York’s the place for may/hem, I grant—seven to-day! | Mayo |
| 660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | VHC | Closing gate vital to both sides is cause of friction with W. Berlin | game; rub Ber(lin); ref. B. Wall |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 617 | COLOPHONY | VHC | Quiet residence in satellite town, just right for size | p + ho. in colony; size2 |
| 595 | INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left) | VHC | Not very pretty or neat in its make-up, this Irish version of a Mahound might be described as uncanny! | anag.; anag.; Irish (offensive) = ludicrous |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Mother’s be/en at a lad—vice, naturally! | antenatal |
| 582 | MARRY | VHC | Bishop’s pinned in time for Queen to mate | RR in May |
| 543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Old Street magistrate wears handsome coat, otherwise déshabillé most of trial! | 2 mngs.; nu (= naked, Fr.) + tria(l); ref. Ermine St., old Roman Road |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 525 | MORALE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | They’re getting married—what about a cable: “Gra/tters!” ending “Best wishes”? | |
| 519 | RIDICULE (DLM) | VHC | What does a railing round a heathen image put a stop to? Idol (idle) curiosity | |
| 504 | LEAD-LINE | VHC | Oddly (for I’m a plumber) I’ve all I need to go ahead with the job! | anag.; lead line |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | James, Sid, o/r Seth (’e’s the favourite)? No—Wal! As for Cecil … | Somerset; ref. James I |
| 469 | DAISY | VHC | This could be Rees’s year to be banished from our greens | Dai’s y; ref. Dai R., GB Ryder Cup captain 1957 |
| 447 | TOUSLE | VHC | A shock to the learner in practice! | to + L in use |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 421 | DOVETAIL | VHC | Veto misused in Assembly: take joint action or it’s the end of Peace! | anag. in Dáil, dove tail |
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | Oh, nurse! Who’d want to ban Yule? | |
| 408 | BILLET | VHC | Where to find Tommy with a chit in dishabille to-night! | hidden, & lit.?; chit = billeting order |
| 400 | Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary) | VHC | P.M. reveals the old man collapsed after swallowing an x (9) | MacDonald; a CD in anag.; ref. Ramsay M. |
| 395 | SCALE-ARMOUR | VHC | There’s more than one lame here—our car’s been involved with several of them! | anag. incl. lames; lame2 = armour-plate |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 382 | ABSTAIN | First | Put a saint in a bath of Champagne and see if he does! | St in a bain (Fr.), & lit. |
| 377 | MALISON | VHC | Oath of Osmanli origin—can’t you just hear an actor saying it? | anag., ‘Malleson’; ref. Miles M., comic film actor |
| 360 | WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left) | VHC | A whelk’s slightly meatier than a winkle: bigger, and not half bad for a change, says the wideawake bird! | w(r)inkle, meatier = with more substance, whelk2; anag. incl. (ba)d; Sooty Tern colloquially known as the “wideawake bird” |
| 351 | LUSTRE | VHC | Century Twentieth? Not this ornament, surely! | twentieth of 100 years; Victorian ornament |
| 334 | CHEROOT | VHC | It’s wonderful being in bed: with me there’s no burning the taper at either end! | hero in cot; square cut |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 316 | BATHROOM | VHC | clue not given | |
| 293 | CAB | First | I’m often picked up in the street; for Spanish gentlemen it’s me before all the pride of Piccadilly! | i.e. cab + all Eros = caballeros |
| 287 | MANCHESTER | Third | Rocket transport reached this stage long ago: thence Mars has become the objective | anag.; ref. Liverpool-M. railway, Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 281 | SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number) | First | Does away with brushes and rags—dusts and shines without polish! | rags; 5 defs.; dust = brawl (inf.), shine = shindy |
| 271 | TRIPLET | First | Another Bedser might have been the answer, but there wasn’t one—and the tour is bound to suffer | trip, let; ref. identical cricketing twins, Alec & Eric Bedser and 1954 test matches; E.B. was never selected for a test match |
| 269 | ASCENT | VHC | Rising from a humble station, being born without a name | (n)ascent; humble = low |
| 267 | TRADE | VHC | Traditional English custom (selon Napoléon?) | trad. + E; selon = according to (Fr.); “Nation of shop keepers” |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 255 | SCUTTLE | Third | The rent in Newcastle’s east end is raised when coal is in demand | cut in (Newca)stle |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 225 | TOUCHSTONES | VHC | The XI for these Tests must include Hutton ’cos ’e’s smashing! | anag.; 11 letters; ref. Len H., cricketer |
| 223 | MELODRAME | First | Popular play with surprise ending—the lost earldom comes to ME! | anag. + me, & lit.; i.e. not melodraMA |
| 221 | BUNTHORNE | VHC | His apparent fondness for veg. didn’t really extend to dirty greens! | ‘If you’re anxious for to shine’ and ‘Am I alone and unobserved?’ |
| 217 | DEPOSIT | VHC | Goes on the bottle (a common enough plight)—brought to book—sunk! | 4 mngs.; d. common on glass bottles; plight2; d. entered in ledger; d. sinks |
| 215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | VHC | Where’s the Benedictine? Gone west—I’ve upset the big caskful! | anag.; B. Abbey, Benedictine monks |
| 211 | CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES | VHC | Reds in Hollywood? Many are tied up with the pictures now—a pretty poisonous bunch! | 3 mngs.; slightly poisonous to humans |
| 207 | PAGEANT | VHC | Call a No Trump: it shows Kings, Queens, etc., in various suits | page a NT |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 198 | THIRD | VHC | Degree of heat used in grilling (but not over the Primus!) | cryptic def.; third degree |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 193 | TRADUCER | Second | With trade curtailed, producer loses incentive: without good-will, his business is depreciating | trad(e) + (prod)ucer |
| 192 | WATSON | VHC | He played the recorder and second fiddle, but seldom practised | cryptic defs.; refs. to W.’s role as biographer and dogsbody to Holmes; i.e. practised medicine |
| 190 | CHEQUERS | Second | Used by Cabinet-makers, Pattern-makers and Draughtsmen | 3 defs.; ref. PM’s country residence |
| 188 | Beware the Ides of March (Anagram) | VHC | We fear Cimber’s hot head | |
| 184 | MEREST / WYOMING (DLM) | VHC | Try “Geyserland” Showrooms (Economy Wing) for the least expensive, most handsome modern heaters—easy on the eye and gas meter. H. & C. Laydon, Bath | |
| 182 | MISTLETOE | VHC | At Christmas parties (most élite otherwise) toilets become ruffled with me around | anag., anag. in me; toilet = dress & appearance |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 173 | HATCHING | VHC | Releasing the clutch—an initial burst (that’s Shell, that was!)—a flying start! | cryptic def.; ref. slogan of Shell petrol |
| 169 | HOUSE | VHC | Kind yet firm: you’ll have to put up with it! | 3 defs.; kindred, trading establishment, accommodate |
| 168 | PIPS (Misprints) | VHC | All clubs have these: they become perfect bores—singularly depressing! | cores; become = befit; 3 mngs. |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 165 | CABBAGE | VHC | A thing of snips and patches … Snips, isn’t that wrong? | cryptic defs.; snip = a small piece cut off (cabbage2); cabbage patch; Snips = tailors |
| 162 | TITANESS | VHC | Maud Runkens Tate? A truly great woman: she’s reformed the nastiest characters! | anag.; homophone of ‘more drunken state’, i.e. ‘tighterness’ |
| 158 | RATING | VHC | There’s money in scrap: what’s this railing worth? | tin in rag1, 2 defs. |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 154 | RABBIT | VHC | Shut up a little! You can have a muffin OR a bun. (What breeding!) | bar (rev.) + bit; muffin = fool at games |
| 153 | SAMISENS | Second | Gutlessness (or lack of pluck) makes us ineffective: all our players are yellow! | cryptic def.; i.e. gut strings, yellow-skinned |
| 151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | There’s nothing, the French think, like charm: it gets you anywhere! | 0 + pense (Fr.) + same |
| 149 | DOMESTIC | VHC | In such a crisis this girl might prove “mistress of herself, though China fall”! | 2 mngs.; ref. Pope, ‘To a Lady’ |
| 148 | FILIBUSTER | Third | Keaton plays major part in all-talking version of Adventurer (at the Capitol) | i.e. ends with Buster (K.), 2 defs.; ref. Charlie Chaplin film, Capitol where Congress meets |
| 146 | BELDAME | VHC | ‘‘Is this a dagger which I see before me?” Not so! It’s one of the weird sisters | anag. of blade + me; ref. Macbeth II.1 and witches [see comments] |
| 143 | LAMPREY | VHC | This throws some light on Godfrey’s end as well as Henry’s! | lamp + (Godf)rey; ref. G. of Bouillon, crusader, d. 1100, and death of Hen. I |
| 139 | HECATOMB | VHC | Tom runs into the pit, out of the stalls and up to the gods! | he-cat, overlapping tomb; sacrifice of 100 cattle (Brewer) |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 128 | AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | No, Ma/son, taxis don’t stop at the red lights | |
| 126 | RASPBERRY | VHC | Bird in the bush? | 2 mngs.; ‘give the bird’ |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 117 | LION | VHC | I’m often asked out, but with a gang I’m just a bunch of nerves! | (gang)lion |
| 116 | WATERLOO | VHC | Wet-bobs’ home game results in victory for Dry-bobs | water loo; ref. rowing and cricketing Etonians; “playing fields of Eton” |
| 115 | MISNOMER | Second | Clement (in whom is no mercy) makes an example of me and gives me a hiding | hidden; example of m. |
| 108 | HACKNEY | VHC | It’s a cut above the east end of Stepney, anyhow! | hack + (Step)ney |
| 105 | SMITHEREENS | VHC | Mines the R.E.s disturbed? | anag. & lit. |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 102 | ARCHIMEDES | Second | Made riches? Not so: was probably satisfied with his original screw | anag.; A.’s screw; screw = wages |
| 100 | Word containing ADDING | VHC | It makes a dull finish, but I couldn’t find a happy ending! | saddening; 2 mngs.; dyeing process |
| 97 | NESTOR | VHC | Finish Ximenes and then start on Torquemada? That’s a counsel of perfection! | (Xime)nes, Tor(quemada) |
| 93 | BUMBLE-PUPPY | First | Rookies’ irregular use of pack, frowned on by Battle School | cryptic def.; pack of cards; recruits, tyros; ref. Charles Lamb essay ‘Mrs. Battle’s Opinions on Whist’ |
| 92 | PARTRIDGE | VHC | A proved stayer with a capital punch; game: will take some beating | 2 mngs.; ref. Sir Bernard P. and ‘Punch’ magazine |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 91 | CRETONNE | VHC | If you want to recover, cut out this fancy stuff and get down to brass tacks! | cryptic def.; i.e. re-cover |
| 90 | ROTHER | VHC | Like the herd “winding slowly o’er the lea,” and breaking into a run together! | i.e. Arun (river of Sussex); ref. Gray’s Elegy |
| 80 | GONERIL | VHC | I made Father lose his train; he got in a rage and a stormy scene followed | cryptic def.; Lear I.4.241 “disquantity your train” and III.1-2 |
| 79 | SALOME | VHC | Dancer who appeared in seven films and came to London in ’05 | cryptic def.; i.e. seven veils; production of Wilde’s S. |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 77 | MAROON | VHC | clue missing | |
| 76 | VALEDICTORY | VHC | Farewell performance of century-old variety turn | anag. incl. C |
| 71 | MITRAILLEUSE | VHC | France’s secret weapon makes the Lieut. R.A. smile (it’ll amuse one Sapper, too!) | anag., anag. incl. I RE |
| 1947 (2) | ||||
| 63 | STILETTO | First | It’s to let, you find? But don’t set your heart on it—the rent would take your breath away! | anag.; dagger |
| 61 | CREASY | VHC | Half crèche, half asylum—and due to revert to a laundry | cre(che) asy(lum) |
| 60 | HEEL | VHC | Make an ink-lined ’plane? No ink! Then make an inclined plane | He(ink)el |
| 59 | TAME | VHC | Wet in Midlands and North: little change of temperature likely: dull | rivers Tame in Midlands, Manchester; i.e. tame = not heated |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 51 | LLANELLY | VHC | Un-English rugger club, surely?—all backs and one girl forward! | all (rev.) + Nelly |
| 45 | RATTENED | VHC | Acted on the slogan “Give us the tools or they’ll finish the job!” | cryptic def.; ref. Churchill’s 1941 speech, “Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.” |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 35 | RIFE (DLM) | VHC | Fie! Reduce your abundant top-girth!” | |
| 33 | TAMBERS | Third | A rest and M. & B. have latent tonic qualities | anag. of a rest M B; ref. May & Baker medicines |
| 1945 (2) | ||||
| 25 | WERGILD | VHC | A fine business, upsetting a girl in the middle of being married | anag. in wed |
| 22 | SLEEPYHEAD | VHC | Deeply as he must be upset, his indolence is inexcusable | anag. |
| 21 | BODEGA | VHC | Half the bodies that start a wine-shop finish penniless, egad! | bod(ies) ega(d) |
| 14 | Punning name (Punning name) | VHC | Howell I. Cope-Witham | ‘how will I cope with ’em?’ |
1988-1989
869 HOLD-UPS
866 NECTAREOUS
862 OFF-AND-ON
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
1987-1988
827 MICKEY-TAKING
814 SPOUSAGE
805 LITOTES
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
764 CHILDERMAS
762 OBELISE
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
1985-1986
722 SUPERNACULUM
709 GINGER
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
683 BANISH
1984-1985
670 TURNIP-FLEA
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
657 SILLY-BILLY
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
615 HISTORIETTE
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
1982-1983
572 SNAKE-OIL
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
543 STAYING POWER
538 INGRAIN
534 DODGEM
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
521 ATTITUDINISE
517 IMMORTELLE
508 POSTURE-MAKER
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
406 BOIL
384 OUTSPREADING
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
349 ODDCOMESHORT
340 BOOKSIE
332 NUT-CASE
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
294 HUMECT
281 DINOCERAS
267 MORRIS-DANCE
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
243 OLYMPIC
229 METRICATE
225 VALETA
221 PADDY-WHACK
1975-1976
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
161 ANCON
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
135 GABIONADE
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
127 FRITHSOKEN
114 PANIC
1973-1974
92 BRAINWASH
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
40 FANTOCCINI
31 KITCHENDOM
18 EPIGONE
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1143 MORGIANA
1140 CALLOUS
1969-1970
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1091 WENCESLAS
1089 ENCLOISTER
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1968-1969
1041 TEA-LEAD
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1967-1968
997 TREACLE
989 GRENADINE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
980 OMNIBUSES
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
941 HYPODERMIC
935 MALAPROP
929 AMPHITHEATRE
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
907 SORITES (Misprints)
1965-1966
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
843 PRISTINE
839 GINGER (Printer’s Devilry)
817 WYLIE-COATS
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
786 METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)
1962-1963
743 CHEMIST
734 NASALITY
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
700 SOLOMON
1961-1962
669 DRUM
664 MANIPULATE
656 FIDDLESTICKS
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
638 BUREAUCRAT
626 WOMAN-TIRED
1959-1960
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
571 PESTER
560 CONGENITALLY
1958-1959
538 BANISHING
508 CUMBERGROUND
500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
477 SEDATENESS
456 PLAFOND
451 MEGAPODE
1956-1957
425 TRAVERSE
404 POLENTA
390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
373 PRESTONPANS
364 HELLEBORE
356 METOPOSCOPY
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
302 MARTIN
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
277 PRODIGALLY
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
273 COUSIN
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
1953 (2)
257 PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)
251 UNMETHODICAL
243 LODESTAR
235 ASPHETERISM
1953 (1)
229 MASCOT
227 CATEGORIES
1952 (2)
205 CANTANKEROUS
204 ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry)
203 WEATHERS
202 SPALPEEN
197 SCALES
196 SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)
1952 (1)
191 DENIGRATE
189 SALTIRE
187 GROWLER
186 ASHMOLEAN
185 STOUT
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
179 CADRE
178 HIDEOUS
175 HAIR-LINE
172 GARNISHER
171 SERINGAS
170 GUINEA
1951 (1)
164 NEWTON
163 LORICATE
160 RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)
159 SPANIEL
156 LAVEROCK
155 LYTERIAN
1950 (2)
152 SEA-LION
150 CAPILLAMENTS
135 STRIPPED
1950 (1)
121 SNAPSHOT
119 UMBLE-PIE
1949 (2)
114 TAPPIT-HEN
1949 (1)
101 BARRACKS
98 HUMERI
96 INTERLOCK
94 SARDELLE
1948 (2)
84 SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left)
83 BUDAPEST
82 CURARE
81 CHARADE
1948 (1)
75 PETROLEUSES
74 DEODAR
70 GARBAGE
68 ANTIGROPELOS
1947 (2)
58 ECLIPSE
53 SHIN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 1969-1970 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1957-1958 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 1955-1956 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 1954 (2) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 1954 (1) | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 1953 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 1951 (1) | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 1949 (1) | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 1947 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1945 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |