Clues written by J. Coleby
HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStats
Show results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStatsShow results in All competitions Azed Ximenes
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Coleby | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 27 | 27 | Oct 1946 | Dec 1978 | 32y 2m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | These on tree make for a glittery shine | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | Rhyming stuff, in short clipped style, the reverse of the one beloved of McGonagall | cram + jo (rev.) in bingle; ref. William McG. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 161 | ANCON | VHC | A devious canon, one opposed to a member of the flock, is soon put outside the chapter | anag., an con, c in anon |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 146 | CHARADES | VHC | Puzzles that may involve a search, including the opening of a dictionary | anag. incl. d |
| 127 | FRITHSOKEN | VHC | Free of risk, then, installed here | anag. & lit. |
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | Go red at cost? That’s not my usual form | anag. & lit. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 95 | THUNDERCLAP | VHC | Lightning strike report – noisy meeting of hands after vehement denunciation | thunder + clap |
| 62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Rocks in bands and diffused soil striae often found in caves | anag., 2 defs. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | VHC | DEDALDOODLE | F |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 935 | MALAPROP | VHC | She misinterpreted the confused Miss Languish and Anthony Absolute, initially, with stage effect | anag. of initial letters + prop, & lit. |
| 907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | This kind of power is delusive; it is beset with sorrows | poser; it in sores |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 878 | ENTOMOSTRACA | VHC | Shrimp would be too high and mighty to model this order “one smart coat” knitted | anag.; ref. model Jean Shrimpton |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 843 | PRISTINE | VHC | The duet from the beginning of Rigoletto in a transcription for spinet (virginal) | Ri in anag.; virginal1,2 |
| 812 | ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left) | VHC | Snappy bra teasingly put awry, topless panties in disarray. Just what the doctor ordered | anag. + anag.; anag. less p |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 790 | PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam) | Second | Panorama | Peter Pan |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 617 | COLOPHONY | VHC | Nearly all hope is abandoned in the settlement; running out of the wood I am prepared for the finish | anag. of hop(e) in colony; finish = varnish |
| 612 | CARGO (Misprints) | VHC | Tram fare found under a tramp’s patches | hatches; car go; tramp steamer |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | No ruddy saint, better for example imprisoned; really deserves hanging | cap +eg in sallow + S & lit.; cap (vb.); i.e. not ruddy (red) = sallow |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 283 | SOBER | VHC | Composed to greet the Queen | sob ER; greet2 = lament |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 235 | ASPHETERISM | VHC | Sabotage of Steamship bearing Royal Cipher. Denial of Owner’s Claims | ER in anag. |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 145 | STEWART | VHC | Wild West pictures for the family at the Palace. Orange afterwards | anag. of West art; Stuarts followed by William of Orange |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 126 | RASPBERRY | VHC | The bird is a kind of pie: when clipped, as it often is, makes a harsh grating noise | 4 mngs.; ‘give the bird’; pie = magpie |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 100 | Word containing ADDING | VHC | Perhaps a five finger exercise on the piano, for extending the range of notes | padding; p + adding; e.g. notes for speech |
| 1948 (2) | ||||
| 84 | SHINGLE / THIRSTY (Right and Left) | VHC | For a change try this dry, rocky English coast—deposit required | anag. of try this; anag. of English; i.e., coast-deposit |
| 1948 (1) | ||||
| 68 | ANTIGROPELOS | VHC | Corrugated tin legs, a poor protection against cats and dogs | anag. |
| 1946 (2) | ||||
| 36 | TARTARUS | VHC | States contracted after dental affliction can give you worse than hell | tartar US |
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
139 PIEPOWDER
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
118 OPERETTIST (Misprints)
1973-1974
79 SLAPSTICK
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1966-1967
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
885 GALIMATIAS
1964-1965
817 WYLIE-COATS
1963-1964
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
769 PENNY
1962-1963
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
1961-1962
651 NIPCHEESE
1960-1961
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
1959-1960
571 PESTER
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
521 SOUP
1954 (2)
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
1953 (2)
251 UNMETHODICAL
247 VAMPIRE
245 GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)
1953 (1)
217 DEPOSIT
1952 (2)
203 WEATHERS
1950 (2)
152 SEA-LION
147 GATHER
139 HECATOMB
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1953 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1948 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1948 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1946 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |