Clues written by A. E. Brookes
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 |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. E. Brookes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | Sep 1946 | Dec 1968 | 22y 3m | A. Brookes |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 709 | GINGER | VHC | Beer bottle | 2 mngs.; bottle = mettle |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 987 | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Wimbledon: first se/ed on controversial line-calls | |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | What! U.N. no use? Then bloody war | |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 83 | BUDAPEST | VHC | Is big this? Yes, but the current on which it appears is not, we think, exclusively red | cryptic def.; ref. big-bud, a pest of currants; Blue Danube; communist rule in Hungary |
| 1947 (1) | ||||
| 44 | PARIS | VHC | Helen’s partner in the mixed doubles | anag. of pairs; H., partner of P. |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 32 | TEMERAIRE | VHC | One of the painted Janes | cryptic def.; ref. ‘Jane’s Fighting Ships’, Turner painting |
Ximenes competitions
1968-1969
1036 CORONETED
1948 (2)
82 CURARE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1947 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |

