Clues written by D. F. Manley
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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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| D. F. Manley | 447 | 37 | 39 | 371 | 186 | 523 | Feb 1970 | May 2022 | 52y 3m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | Second | Growth not healthy, Sunak rated ‘duff’, and UK drifting apart? | duff; anag. less anag. |
| 2599 | DESIDERATA | VHC | ‘Essentials’ Asda tried launching to be spiked by Waitrose ultimately? | e in anag.; ref. threatened legal action |
| 2595 | FIFTY YEARS | VHC | We’ll have festival for ye, X’s successor, recollecting —— with love | comp. anag. incl. Y, & lit. |
| 2591 | GHAT | VHC | Travelling the Ganges? You may have seen this, landing finally | comp. anag. incl. g, & lit. |
| 2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Bunk bed’s rail had broken, making one fall out | anag. less I |
| 2584 | GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste) | VHC | Fidget around with fancy paper, wanting prezzie finally —— | EDGIFTWRAPP; anag. + w + anag. less e, & lit. |
| 2582 | ACHITOPHEL | VHC | A companion and help to leader of Israel becoming rebellious | a CH + I in anag., & lit.; ref. 2 Sam., chs 15-16 |
| 2578 | VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Authorised Version could be demystified with this one ed’s possibly brought out? | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 2573 | HANDS-ON | First | Second to Chambers one must get Don’s fantastic Manual! | h + an + anag.; ref. Chambers Crossword Manual |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2564 | CLEARING | VHC | Arrangement offering college education with minimal number unplaced? | c lear(n)ing & lit. |
| 2556 | TOERAG | First | Tinker’s no. 1, tailor’s no. 2 – ergo, in organised sequence, I’m no. 7 | anag. incl. t, a; ref. beggar man in nursery rhyme |
| 2551 | SPAVIN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Lillee’s fame? It may be due to that Australian with velocity in play | filly’s lame; A v in spin; ref. Dennis L. |
| 2547 | FILATORY | VHC | Clotho – maiden fairly frantic? This old machine could be the answer! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. the Fates |
| 2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | Below stairs the cook is being relegated – to become this? | anag. less is, & lit; relegate = banish |
| 2530 | STUDENTY | VHC | Sun admittedly struggling to fend off alternative D. Mail – like rags? | anag. less anag. |
| 2525 | PLACITUM | Third | Pilate with much wavering makes this, eh? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2521 | CHAMBERS | VHC | Literature’s Great Johnson? Ungainly fellow’s not a name in current lexicography | Cham + be(a)r’s; ref. Smollett’s epithet for Dr Samuel J. |
| 2517 | LITERATIM | VHC | ‘I altered it’ – MS ed’s neglected to reproduce ——? | anag. less ed’s, & lit. |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | ‘An ace Crowther special!’ – excited one beginning to work out setter? | letter; anag. less anag. incl. w |
| 2504 | UPBEAT | First | What hand is raised for – needing pee, about to burst, wanting the loo ultimately? | anag. less e, o |
| 2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | One’s locked indoors, cracking latest from the top Sun. man – he’s great provider of extra toughness! | anag. incl. e, p, n, n |
| 2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Scream’s painted – isn’t —— weird? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2482 | VOX POP | VHC | There’s this on streets – voters’ (not experts’) hopes to be broadcast | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2480 | STOCKING FILLERS | VHC | What may be given by Christmas visitor by various cots – then all fires lit are unwanted! | anag. + king + anag. less a, & lit. |
| 2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | First | What pets are for ultimately – uncertain period extending a bit beyond Christmas Day! | anag. incl. r; ref. ‘A pet is not just for Christmas’ |
| 2473 | INTERPLAY | VHC | Wife and husband falling out yelp in wrath – resolution needed for ‘give and take’? | anag. less w, h |
| 2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | Poor Winnie’s bear getting bothered – is one sadly lacking —— | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2451 | CAPUT | VHC | What’s severed with chance being grabbed to set Henry free? | (H)ap in cut, & lit.; ref. Anne Boleyn |
| 2447 | CONGENER | VHC | What could make head not entirely normal with a Zinfandel finally drained? | con(k) + gener(al), & lit. |
| 2438 | MONTE DI PIETÀ | VHC | What would realign pawned item to minimum of interest? This would, originally | comp. anag. incl. i, w & lit. |
| 2434 | STONKERED | VHC | Thing for King’s initiation is wedged in piece of rock, ruddy tight! | K in stone + red; ref. Excalibur |
| 2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | Casually, car is ‘wheels’ – striking as foremost of suchlike, Bentley’s product? | anag. less a, s |
| 2428 | SHEPHERDS | VHC | Troubled group of us heard seraph, with strange aura emanating | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 2425 | EPILIMNION | First | Simon P is on Galilee’s, faltering – with SOS, gale’s gone | anag. less SOS, gale’s, & lit.; ref. Matthew 14, 29-32 |
| 2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | Muscle pain has doc so uncertain – is one such ——? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2412 | UBIQUARIAN | VHC | Supposedly superior man crucified in film about one considered as being somehow godlike? | I qua in U Brian; ref. Monty Python’s ‘Life of B.’ |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2408 | LUNCHEONETTE | VHC | Let not the cuisine be ‘nouvelle’ – casual bite is to be consumed here | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 2399 | CHARMEUSE | Second | A purse fashioned with me – such won’t need bit of pig (u/s!) | anag. less p, u, s, & lit.; ref. saying, ‘You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear’ |
| 2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | Rump – it is an improper system for God-driven Cromwell | anag.; ref. 1653 Rump Parliament |
| 2390 | POISSON D’AVRIL | Third | Toxin around Salisbury’s centre has Vladimir deviously ignoring Military Intelligence – who’s been taken in? | s in poison + anag. less MI; ref. Putin |
| 2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | VHC | Writer, earning only casually, with no good uplifting output? | pen + anag. less no g (rev.), & lit. |
| 2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Wretched trombones boom wrong note out, drowning smallest bit of brass band | brass;1p in anag. less anag. incl. n |
| 2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | What may be enacted with welcoming arm extended and leg bent also? | prop + anag. |
| 2376 | SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding) | VHC | Turkey devoured by glutton, not really virtuous when seen bolting? | TR in sow + pi + as + anag. |
| 2373 | CACOGASTRIC | VHC | Having a bad gut feeling about Australia? Then start to cheer Craig O’s introduction to test batting! | c + A + C + anag. incl. t; ref. C. Overton, Ashes tour |
| 2360 | VIDENDA | VHC | You could see them share, with the loss of princess, a bit of anger | (Di)vidend + a |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2356 | PUBLIC SERVANT | VHC | With exceptional virtues plain, one may become CB | anag. with CB for I; ref. honour for civil servants |
| 2347 | ASLEEP | VHC | PM’s about to be returned – as many will be during election night! | Peel’s a (rev.); ref. Robert P. |
| 2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Huge articles about Trump are presenting us with a c/ad | |
| 2338 | TRUMP | VHC | Up with morts? So this has been blasted? | comp anag. & lit; ref. the last t. |
| 2334 | ALLELUIAH | First | Response from us all in the aisles, reborn with wretched sins set aside? | anag. less anag. & lit. |
| 2330 | BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left) | VHC | Depressed a bit by nonsense showing ‘Trumpish’ audacity, Britain must stand against old-fashioned race discrimination ultimately | mo + pish; B + raze + n; ref. Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ |
| 2318 | TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy) | VHC | Tiddly around ships unrestricted? Sailors must get that tight! | men open in tiny; tiddly = alcoholic drink |
| 2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Tense Championship’s conclusion set up to enthral fans, last three being successively dismissed | f in p erect; ref. hat-trick clinching last county cricket championship match |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2300 | MISHMASH | Second | What emerges from referendum is – h’m – a shambolic mess | hidden |
| 2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | What Chilcot’s written shortly coming up, with hint about how Iraq War’s bunglers acted? | repor(t) (rev.) in imply |
| 2287 | VALET | VHC | Doughty Price’s ultimate part doing duty for Carmichael? | valiant with e for Ian, & lit.; ref. 1960s TV series ‘The World of Wooster’ |
| 2283 | BARGAIN | VHC | An unscrupulous seizure backed by Putin with place succumbing in regional struggle | a grab (rev.) + (Put)in; ref. Crimea |
| 2279 | CLEMENTINE | VHC | Election seeing off old men launched the name of Winston-loving lady | anag. less o; ref. Churchill’s wife/M. Thatcher |
| 2274 | SIMPATICO | VHC | It. companions bickering may be ‘non ——’ | comp. anag. & lit.; It. = Italian; bicker = quiver |
| 2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | Male-deprived female overlooking residence – a Romeo turns up beneath this? | fe(male) + nest + a R (rev.), & lit. |
| 2265 | ESPRIT FORT | First | Prof. RD’s an atheist – and has this designation possibly? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Richard Dawkins |
| 2261 | GANGSTERLAND | VHC | Sharks here? Lasting danger when one’s out swimming | anag. less I; ref. ‘West Side Story’ |
| 2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | Row puts British into confusion about EU’s ultimate settlement with PM going round thumping a bit | U in anag. incl. B; pa in Pitt |
| 2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | VHC | This pint is for celebrating Azed No. MMCCL – see it unravelling with cricketers getting out? | point; anag. less MCC; ref. Lord’s test |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2248 | WAISTLINE | Third | How, primarily, this gets reduced – with eating less? | comp. anag. incl. h, & lit. |
| 2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | Awfully staid art a given? I must break away from that | anag. less I, & lit. |
| 2235 | CHOCK-A-BLOCK | VHC | Champion Scot, leader emerging OK with C. and Lab. spinning stuffed? | Ch. + (J)ock + anag.; ref. N. Sturgeon, TV election debate |
| 2230 | GATES OF DEATH | VHC | The fate God has ordained – revealed by such opening for heaven or hell? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | No kerbside gap left – you could naughtily create bit of obstruction, ——, yes? | comp. anag. incl. l, & lit. |
| 2218 | FOREIGNER | VHC | —— caught out as benefit scrounger? Bet Sun would go spare! | comp. anag. & lit.; c = caught |
| 2213 | SOLECISM | VHC | Is some clue lacking proper English slammed for this? | anag. less U, E, & lit. |
| 2209 | (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | What may suggest the number eight, Roman originally – time for university’s start? | t for U in cube + R, & lit. |
| 2205 | CUMBERSOME | VHC | Summer becoming uncertain – Scottish politician for secession hard to deal with | anag. less Ming (Campbell) |
| 2200 | BRINDISI | First | Give possible rendition of this with Greene King – i.e. sing, drinking beer? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2196 | SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps) | VHC | Bell is alternative to one of those names bandied about as a better skip, no candidates ultimately having unbending support? | anag.; anag. less s; ref. English cricket captaincy controversy |
| 2191 | PLUG | VHC | This up for swill down? | gulp (rev.) & lit. |
| 2183 | SANGRAIL | VHC | Glastonbury’s had it possibly? Express thy doubts freely | anag. less anag. & lit. |
| 2178 | PARISON | VHC | Stir, with Russia finally intervening, could turn into a fiasco | a in prison; ref. Ukraine crisis |
| 2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | Cutter passing Bairstow’s foot that leads to a run, a bye | sa(w) + yon + a + r + a; ref. Jonny B, cricketer |
| 2165 | OUT OF ORDER | VHC | Root due for runs – wrongly placed in the line-up? | anag.; ref. Joe R., cricketer |
| 2157 | MELODRAMATIC | VHC | Such as may be conveying a moralism, acted hammily? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2148 | ZOLLVEREIN | Third | Union with mutual duties abandoned – this as zeal in lovers crumbles? | comp. anag. |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2139 | DE RIGUEUR | VHC | Fashion guide erroneous, so one sadly lacking as indicator of what’s this? | anag. less anag. & lit. |
| 2135 | LOB | VHC | Pub oik Nigel ultimately delirious? It’s Ukip that shot up | comp. anag.; ref. N. Farage |
| 2131 | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | VHC | Group inspired by Mahatma, like Indian leader, pitches campaigns, wanting rule done away with | hidden; d(r)ives |
| 2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | As consumer of monstrous pie, person tucks into a steed, minced | per. in anag.; ref. D. Dan and recent horsemeat scandal |
| 2118 | BLOKEISH | VHC | Like boys exuding heart who hobnob without women? | anag. incl. b(oy)s less w, & lit.; hobnob = at random |
| 2116 | YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry) | Second | When we deck the home do call – I’d exult with ye, naughtily stealing kiss! | anag. less x |
| 2113 | PICAROON | Second | Roguish Captain Hook sort – that’s me, OK? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2109 | THICKETY | VHC | Having substantial scrub? Transform a dirty kitchen, avoiding fouled-up drain | anag. less anag. |
| 2105 | TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps) | VHC | Tom initially ain’t somehow very great diver somersaulting – woeful sinker in the water? | T + anag.; grebe (rev.); ref. T. Daley’s poor start in Olympics diving event |
| 2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | VHC | A tear could make it desirable for tiny person to get close and cosy | as titch intime; for = because |
| 2096 | TRICK | VHC | Watch fox run into cover and dodge hunter? | 4 meanings & r in tick; hunter, type of watch |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2091 | SNIFTER | First | Jumbly mariners averting ruin — a pinky paper’s absorbed wet | FT in anag. less mar; ref. Edward Lear, ‘The Jumblies’ III, 3, 4 |
| 2087 | ROCKET | VHC | Carpet here is beginning to look grotty? You could get cork tiles | comp. anag. less l |
| 2074 | BENNET | Second | Name recurring in book with three of the five in teens (novel) | n, n in b + anag., & lit.; ref. B. sisters in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ |
| 2070 | MISTREATMENT | VHC | Be suspicious of what cannibals could do for us, effecting this! | eat men for us in mistrust, & lit. |
| 2062 | APPLE-KNOCKER | VHC | American to get peck confused with plonker? | A + anag., & lit.; ref. inappropriate kiss |
| 2058 | ROBUST | VHC | Hardy’s hero, he exiting with kiss shortly before end of conflict? | (he)ro + bus(s) + t; ref. death of Nelson |
| 2053 | PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Is this fellow when discovered in trespass sent to magistrate but not judge? | (J)P + is he in err, & lit.; judge; ref. minor offence |
| 2049 | PARTY-POOPER | Second | —— vanishes – is person happy to rave liberated? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2045 | CATENATE | VHC | Chap worried about latest signs of possible recession, like Cable? | e, n in cat ate; ref. Vince C. |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Maybe a change of mood Will com/mends for the whining schoolboy | ref. AYLI, ‘seven ages of man’ |
| 2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | Offering consumer choice – a trick for saving pounds | L in a con to; ref. NHS policy etc |
| 2031 | EMBROIDERY | VHC | A task ultimately beyond clumsy DIY robe maker? | anag. less a, k, & lit. |
| 2027 | THRENETICAL | VHC | Woeful-sounding Lent, Rich Tea being abandoned | anag.; ref. giving up biscuits |
| 2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | This stylish edging’s original? It could make hall’s chimneybreast exceptional | comp. anag. incl. e, & lit. |
| 2014 | HACKETTE | VHC | Wily —— could be Watt, cheekily dissembling | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Holly W. pretending to be constituent of V. Cable |
| 2000 | TWO THOUSAND | Second | Wadham reunion’s toast? Name a sir with —— crackers | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. AZ 2,000 lunch at W. College, Oxford |
| 1997 | FADO | VHC | Bar dance, ballad of suffering? | anag. less ball, & lit. |
| 1992 | FOULARD | VHC | Square worn by the French – used by ID for one? | ID with la in four for I, & lit.; ref. Isadora Duncan |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1988 | PERIQUE | VHC | A smoke? With port it could be quite proper | comp. anag. |
| 1984 | ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink) | VHC | Blair’s New Labour – it flourished, but has gone? | anag. less but |
| 1979 | FAR-OUT | VHC | Following a way expressing eccentricity? | f a rout(e), & lit. |
| 1975 | SEPTENTRIONAL | VHC | At pointers line must start for one to find —— source of illumination | comp. anag. incl. i, & lit.; start = spring out of place; ref. Plough constellation |
| 1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | Requirement for effective blades? Being hairy, I want ’em sharp | anag. |
| 1967 | SUBORDINATELY | First | As in ‘B-role’ duty possibly | anag. & lit. |
| 1962 | ANADEM | VHC | Wreath transforms man’s head, kicking off last of Proms with Henry | anag. less s H; ref. H. Wood’s bust ritual |
| 1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Complaint of oxen et al. not leaving hay in manger: ‘Incarnation’s chaos!’ | REMAINING ANARCHY |
| 1958 | HANGDOG | Second | Dicky had no gee-gee – losing leader of England totally downcast | anag. less all E’s; ref. Richard III |
| 1953 | TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints) | VHC | Marker showing recession going to year’s third quarter with UK not half in distress | market; U(K) in mart (rev.) + (ye)a(r) |
| 1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | Helper farin’ badly if horse bolts? | anag. less H, & lit.; horse = heroin |
| 1945 | PRISON | VHC | There’s power in prayer to oust Old Nick | orison with P for o |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1936 | LITMUS TEST | VHC | Ultimate assessment – that ASE means to get disseminated? | comp. anag. & lit.; see ASE in C. |
| 1923 | ELLIPTIC | VHC | End of June – it’ll start to pour, turning freezing almost, such is our annual trip! | e + anag. incl. p + ic(y); ref. planetary orbit |
| 1918 | PALAMPORE | First | Spread – array of two pages or a meal? | anag. incl. p, p |
| 1910 | BARPERSON | VHC | Sot being unwanted, sober patrons may turn to me | anag. less sot, & lit. |
| 1908 | WE THREE KINGS | VHC | For us who acknowledge Jesus, then, Greek wisdom denying the Lord must be foolish | anag. less Dom; ref. I Cor., 1, 20ff |
| 1906 | MORSE | VHC | See me eating unfortunate oyster not yet developed | anag. less anag. in me, & lit.; ref. ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ |
| 1901 | SANITISE | VHC | Make sound with deletion of ‘f——’, holding protest back? | sit-in (rev.) in sa(f)e, & lit. |
| 1897 | WASH-OUT | VHC | Twos Noah marshalled (no small number!) to circumvent universal —— | U in anag. less no., & lit. |
| 1893 | EARTHY | Second | The Carry On cast could give you corn that raunchy! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1888 | RASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Ambler won’t be placed in the classics with a swift o/ne | ref. horse racing/classic authors |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1875 | GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left) | VHC | Give exalted position to posh advocate of right – revolutionary goner shed a tear maybe in bowing out terminally | U prea(Che)r; hidden; ref. election of London mayor, C. Guevara |
| 1866 | BINGE | VHC | Blind date departs to escape casual bedding | anag. less d d |
| 1862 | UNALIKE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Hue’s central feature in a Klee expressing eccentricity – fantastic to see paint so! | two peas ain’t so; anag. incl. u less e; ref. Paul K. |
| 1856 | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A safe line won’t let anybody bel/t up – idly conceived plan must go | ref. Aesop’s fable ‘Belling the Cat’ |
| 1845 | UPBRAID | VHC | ‘—— bad umpire, not me!’ – delivered in ‘Hairy’ fashion? | anag. less me, & lit.; ref. Darrell H. |
| 1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | Presenter of versatile honeypot when … last of honey has gone! | anag. less y, & lit; ref. ‘a Useful Pot … for putting things in’ |
| 1836 | POSTHASTE | VHC | That’s so variable in turnaround of epistle! | anag. in Ep. (rev.), & lit. |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1827 | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number) | VHC | Makarios deprived of right to stir – might have led fight against British colonials | deprived; anag. less r; ref. Anglo-Zulu war and Archbishop M. of Cyprus |
| 1823 | KISS | VHC | Act with loving intent – except for conclusive touch of villain with contrary aim | kindness less n + end (rev.) |
| 1818 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | First | This wheeze? I hope AZ soIver wised up! | comp. anag. & lit.; up = in an excited state |
| 1814 | HIPSTER | VHC | Cat’s ordained to perish with eighth of remissions gone | anag. less o; ref. cat’s nine lives |
| 1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | Bein’ awfully merry, dancin’ in rain – bet that could get one soaked! | anag. + riant; anag. |
| 1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | First | Using crude Greek horse deceptively? Shocking ——! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Trojan horse |
| 1788 | ETHEREAL OILS | VHC | Distillation of rose petals – it’s ‘healthier’? That may come from therapists working with —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1784 | TEARAWAY | VHC | We try AAA out for someone to go under hood maybe | anag.; ref. hoodies, American Automobile Association |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | VHC | It’s only jest here, trap throwing leader of Tories? Send message: Remove Ross’s face! | just; ne(T) + wi(R)e; ref. Jonathan R.’s ‘vulgar’ interview of D. Cameron |
| 1771 | PARTERRE | VHC | Spouse lacking passion finally about to make arrangement with separate beds | part(n)er + re |
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Successful girl maybe, shamelessly touting herb – a d/ill one, bay? | ref. selling of Blue Peter badges on eBay |
| 1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | ‘Rags’ dug in quite a few hours to keep Australia out | day with udder for a; ref. Derek ‘Rags’ Randall’s marathon 1977 test innings |
| 1753 | DIAGONAL | VHC | Shaky old nag full of sloth going round point-to-point cutting corners? | ai (rev.) in anag.; ref. d. of quadrilateral or polygon |
| 1750 | PLOUGHMAN | VHC | ‘Say, cheer that fellow having special lunch!’ – excited luncher pays homage? | comp. anag.; ref. AZ lunch |
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | First | No insect, mite could be in —— set, mistakenly | comp. anag. & lit.; mite is an arachnid |
| 1741 | LORD NELSON | VHC | Not a ‘loser on land’, silly! | anag. less a, & lit. |
| 1737 | ANIMUS | VHC | Game that’s last-match affair between Australia and us? It could be compelling action | nim in A us |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Images showing egg in Delia’s fantastic course | course; 0 in anag.; ref. D. Smith |
| 1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | Loaded individual buys – one mag possibly not suitable for all to see! | anag. less U; ref adult magazine |
| 1719 | ANHELATION | VHC | Problem with breathing awkward in ‘a/an hotel’ | anag. |
| 1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | VHC | Harsh kind of slant in newspaper about polite word Prince omitted to deliver | spin in rag; re + (P)lease; ref. P. Charles in Klosters |
| 1711 | MINUS | VHC | Deficiency may be very small, but unsound clue will be rejected | minuscule less anag.; ref. AZ comp. |
| 1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | First | What was assessment of lawn? Good, given a nitrogen-enriched tract of grass | alnage; g + a + N in lea; lawn2 = fabric |
| 1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | Concern about this marks ed. out | anag. incl. M in worry, & lit. |
| 1698 | CROSSTIE | VHC | Is score, after break, over ton? That should secure the frame | t in anag.; ref. snooker |
| 1694 | MISINTERPRET | Second | Gloss in a bad way? Painter, no ace, merits rollicking | anag. less A |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1676 | CRINGE-MAKING | VHC | Rank comedian’s gig b—— awful – so that bad? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Outstanding ears contributing to smart miss, a top model | smears … art; anag. |
| 1667 | CLARINI | Second | Jericho walls being demolished – it could be e.g. —— Josh blew | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Joshua 6 |
| 1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | Chicken ready cooked in Tesco can somehow save one being bothered | anag. in anag. less anag. |
| 1654 | CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps) | VHC | Anxiety working out a series of clues? Shape of smile restored as right hard special ultimately delights | c(a)re + scent; anag. of as r, h, l; ref. comp. |
| 1650 | SAPHENA | VHC | England’s capital has plan for transport – but line’s sealed off in that bloody tube! | anag. incl. E less l; ref. London Underground |
| 1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | Third | Rage until cinemas developed – no longer having use, I suspect | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 1646 | BLACK | VHC | Baron facing deprivation? | B + lack, & lit.; ref. Conrad B., forced to sell ‘Daily Telegraph’, etc. |
| 1641 | GADGETEER | VHC | Tagged criminal always being inseparable from his electronic thingamy? | anag. + e’er |
| 1633 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left) | VHC | Depressing gain dreadfully made with wife abandoned to champion offering new deal in open mart | win + ter(rib)ly; anag.; ref. ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’, ch. 1 |
| 1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | Number one, second, …? See name? Ecstasy! ‘High commendation’ brings the reverse! | No. I mo C n E (all rev.); ref. AZ results |
| 1624 | BELAY | VHC | Introduction of bishop to diocese blocked by homophobia ultimately? Enough! | b + a in Ely |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1615 | RUGATE | VHC | The guise Nora Batty contrives in —— hose! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. N. B.’s crumpled stockings in ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ |
| 1611 | LEISLER | VHC | ‘Fledermaus’? Bubbly is recalled with cad being taken away | anag. less cad; ref. last scene of opera |
| 1606 | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | VHC | Fodder in the stable possibly hiding little Hebrew? | anag. less Heb. |
| 1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | Such could be eme aunt’s licked into shape | anag. & lit. |
| 1589 | JOKESMITH | VHC | It’s me possibly feeding a certain Ms Brand (figure not thin!) and Henry | anag. in Jo (thin)k H, & lit.; ref. Jo B. and Lenny H. |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | A modicum of ink rushes tantalizingly out from rare maths genius bamboozled herein? | rushes; anag. less anag. incl. i, & lit.; ref. Fermat’s marginal comment on his ‘last theorem’, see ODQ 5/e |
| 1572 | SHIELD-MAY | First | A possible representation of M. Hilda, yes? | anag. & lit.; ref. Margaret H. Thatcher |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1567 | QUEEN | VHC | May and others gave nation something to celebrate in 1953 | 2 mngs.; ref. Brian M., Coronation, Peter M. of Ashes-winning team |
| 1563 | SLYBOOTS | VHC | Fox gets nothing by jumping up in fits in story | 0 by (all rev.) in slots; ref. Aesop |
| 1559 | THEOLOGASTER | VHC | This man may be met with hoot, great Anselm being cracked up? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1554 | PEARL | VHC | Orient? Conference maybe – clinging to League | pear + l; ref. Leyton O., football leagues; type of pearl |
| 1550 | MEMORITER | Third | ‘More times more’ gets tricky – with some possibly dropping out as tables are recited? | anag. less anag. |
| 1546 | TRANSPARENT | VHC | Star indication finally ditched, sire? The definition’s unambiguous! | anag. incl. n + parent; ref. abandonment of troublesome asterisk in AZ comp. puzzles |
| 1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | Pastoral cast – are pastors that group keeping watch? | comp. anag.; ref. Christmas story |
| 1541 | CHUPRASSY | VHC | Exotic office employee revelling as ‘saucy seraph’ – a bit of embarrassment one could do without | anag. less a e; ref. Xmas parties |
| 1537 | CAFTAN | VHC | Whirling fanatic? One may be cloaked in this | anag. less I, & lit. |
| 1533 | MASTER-MARINER | VHC | I could be leader of tub in extraordinary rendition of seaman-rimer, right | t in anag. + r; ref. Ancient Mariner |
| 1524 | INGRATITUDE | VHC | In daughter it is hideous, hot tears apart! | anag. less h, & lit.; ref. King Lear 4, 237-8, 278 |
| 1519 | CARRY-ON | Second | Untrue Archer: he concealed that | anag. less he + yon, & lit.; ref. Lord A.’s affair with Andrina Colquhoun |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1515 | SNIDE | VHC | Delivering cuts regularly designated as ‘unkind’, yes? | alternate letters & lit. |
| 1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Hide seed potatoes after digging – such should be —— i’ sooth! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1506 | BARE(-)BONES | VHC | Some like us now fit the AA mould so ban beer to reform | anag.; AA, smallest bra size |
| 1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | Play out rope when moving? That gets you to —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1494 | MARATHON | VHC | Man perishing in bath wants ‘hot’ functioning? One runs it without getting heat to come through | Marat h on |
| 1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | Church made Saviour’s day time to celebrate. | |
| 1485 | BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left) | First | What we have in financial paper is an institution for business enthusiast, so I love FT inordinately | ours in be (= bill of exchange); anag. incl. 0 |
| 1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | A —— insect: could I eat pine’s rings possibly? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Siamese children were delightful, fortu/nate a metaphor implies | ref. ‘The King & I’; ‘you are precisely my cup of tea’ |
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | First | First thing Cowper has paean about? | C + anag. & lit.; ref. ‘I sing the sofa’ at start of ‘The Task’ by William C. |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1463 | REVERSIONAL | VHC | Serving an alienor possibly wanting arrangement for children’s ultimate gain | anag. less anag. incl. n, & lit. |
| 1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | VHC | After gallery’s opening see foremost of twentieth-century art works this one’s seemed to be a Dali | deemed to be as All; g + anag. incl. t |
| 1450 | PRETENDANT | VHC | Potential encroacher Tony sees Ken as, long keeping left-winger outside No. 10? | ten in red in pant; ref. T. Blair, K. Livingstone |
| 1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | VHC | Yule fare’s out of season in August | summery / flea; anag. |
| 1439 | JOHN CANOE | VHC | I am the Lord of the Dance, Jesus Christ, a shortened ‘Xmas’ hiding my name | oh n in JC a Noe(l) |
| 1437 | MISTLETOE | Second | New Morse title, Dexter’s last to emerge – get it for Christmas for a few smackers | anag. less r |
| 1428 | CRICETID | Second | Comedian’s original food – one revealed in vacuous tabloid! | c + rice + I in t(abloi)d, & lit.; ref. ‘Sun’ headline, ‘Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster’ |
| 1419 | SPLODGE | VHC | Stainer’s legacy? Composition to disseminate gospel, based around Lord’s end | d in anag.; ref. John S.’s ‘Crucifixion’ |
| 1415 | MANATI (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Azed says, ‘Solving wo/e I swear I don’t want!’ | ref. AZ tie |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1411 | LOOK-SEE | VHC | Butcher’s not fixed opener for England – Knight could be brought in | K in loose + E; ref. cricketers |
| 1406 | CHASSEPOT | VHC | What would be supplied with shot, having chamber placed close to butt? | chasse + pot, & lit. |
| 1385 | PANTRIES | VHC | Domestic situations that may need a maid in loco parentis | anag. |
| 1380 | RAPPORT (Misprints) | VHC | Good vines make supposedly passable wine | vibes; rap3 + port; make2 |
| 1367 | SANBENITOS | VHC | Breakdown of one substantive stain in attire to signal condemnation or acquittal? | anag. incl. sb.; ref. Clinton / Lewinsky |
| 1363 | MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number) | VHC | Connoisseur may lash contents of jeroboam – a ‘vinegar’? | lash; hidden; lash = bind, criticize |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | Third | Toilet soap held with difficulty? It’s blooming alive in the water! | bog + anag. |
| 1351 | NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | After ninth life the luckiest pussy’s still not go/t his beckoning! | |
| 1346 | PHARISEE | VHC | In false guise as pure, upright character, he will miss what’s inside cup | anag. incl. I less u, & lit.; ref. Matthew 23, 25-6 |
| 1342 | ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Plundering soldiers coming with wooden whopper, number packed in as outsiders | RA pine; lie n in as; ref. Trojan Horse |
| 1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | Oaf’s inaccurate chatter could be of a —— nature | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1329 | PITHOS | VHC | House ending in chaos under rising junk heap? Attic repository may be the answer | tip (rev.) + ho. s |
| 1325 | UPROOTAL | VHC | What could get a poplar ousted – but not with flipping spade! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1316 | FINGERLICKIN’ | VHC | Porridge can be so good – grief in clink made to look funny | anag.; ref. TV comedy series |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1307 | AGILE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Might in lotion – one litre stops oldness! | light in motion; I l in age |
| 1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Article projected by paranoid in play | anag. less a, & lit.; ref. ‘Macbeth’ |
| 1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Today’s Fawley might come up here – boy entering from ring road? | by; x in of + O + rd; ref. ‘Jude the Obscure’ |
| 1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | Such an erection may provide no entrance near saint | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1286 | CHALET | VHC | Hotel du Lac would offer alternative to loud —— | comp. anag. & lit; ref Anita Brookner novel |
| 1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Bleak animal shed – luminance in east – wondrous story! | ST(ABLE T)ALE; l in anag. |
| 1281 | ABLUTOMANE | First | One unbedded in ambulation when perturbed by last vestige of gore? | anag. less I + e; ref. Lady Macbeth |
| 1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Knight has got to be in higher than a No. 11! | N + be in over; ref. Nick K., England opener |
| 1273 | SIPOREX | VHC | Material initially coming from mixer, semi-spongy after moulding? | anag. of (m)ixer spo(ngy), & lit. |
| 1260 | OUT-AND-OUT | VHC | Utter words in mouthfuls, grandiloquently spouting | words successively hidden |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1255 | CATAFALCO | VHC | Departure platform? Here man meeting a female gets coal dislodged | cat a f + anag.; ref ‘Brief Encounter’ |
| 1250 | SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One) | VHC | Reason doc ordered sloth, lying up? | anag. + ai (rev.), & lit. |
| 1247 | PREDICANT | Second | How —— does ramble: you might have noticed pew so hard! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1242 | KNOCKERS | VHC | Ex-leader of party not in may sink along with Queen’s – down under | K(in)nock + ER’s, & lit.; ref. Neil K., P. Keating |
| 1238 | ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Some university types rate chance of finding alternative to a lev/y | |
| 1232 | The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram) | VHC | Mother-in-law would toss Di out – can she, tho’? | |
| 1229 | GRUPPETTO | VHC | Grace – GP to erupt when out? | anag.; ref. Dr W. G. G. |
| 1225 | CURRY | VHC | Cooked meat is this? You might detect turmeric, say | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1220 | CASSANDRA | VHC | The years pass and process – one’s clued this prophetess, yes?! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. AZ No. 190 – see comments |
| 1207 | EPOCH-MARKING | VHC | Like change iron PM forced with no turning line? | anag. less anag., & lit.; ref. Mrs Thatcher, 1980 Conservative Conference |
| 1203 | CLERICALISM | VHC | Ministerial government has Mr Wilson (now sadly gone) i/c, Alec being beaten | anag. less anag. of now; ref. 1964 election, Harold W., A. Douglas-Home |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1186 | GRISELDA | VHC | What’s on this doormat? It could be garden soil | comp. anag. |
| 1181 | SLADE | VHC | ‘Noddy’ leads —— | anag. & lit.; ref. N. Holder, lead singer of Slade pop group |
| 1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Old year tuck that’s unhooked a freak? | anag. less a, 2 mngs. |
| 1178 | BOOTLEG | VHC | Moonshine hidden in grot that port overlooks? | Bootle + g(rot), & lit. |
| 1169 | BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left) | Second | As Paddington trains run, is end of the prattling not call for showing jollity? | anag. + e; blithe(ring); P. Bear |
| 1165 | YAPSTER | VHC | Perhaps Tray would be one with harp playing | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Thomas Campbell: ‘The Harper’, see ODQ |
| 1161 | ADIAPHORON | VHC | This matter shouldn’t normally bring Prod to hate Marian | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1156 | TERPSICHOREAN | VHC | Is heretic parson out of step in Lambeth | anag.; ref. L. Walk / Palace |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1139 | BENJAMIN | VHC | Name in forefront of jazz, leader of band after war – Dizzy? | anag. incl. j, b; ref. B. Disraeli, D. Gillespie |
| 1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | ‘——’ creates bond after revolution to mould Soviet character? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1130 | AGRESTAL | VHC | Such as could be least needed by acreage with grain? | a + gr + anag., & lit. |
| 1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | Is Manchester’s esprit wavering with English being denied the five rings? | anag. less E; ref. Olympic bid and Christmas song |
| 1126 | CHEATERY | VHC | Little child being laid on feeding station – the practice when one has a crib? | ch. eatery |
| 1122 | BASILIAN | VHC | Lacking suggestion of gender, a ‘sibling’ roughly encompasses a ‘brother or sister’ | a in anag. less g |
| 1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | First | So Greek —— could indefinitely offer more songs, Keats? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ |
| 1113 | EMPLASTRUM | VHC | It may provide ’orrible smell after master has tumbled with pail emptying | anag. incl. p(ai)l + ’um, & lit.; ref. Jack & Jill |
| 1108 | GREEN | VHC | Name always associated with suspicion of garrotting (Rev.)? | n e’er g (rev.), & lit.; ref. Cluedo |
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | VHC | With GLC gone, the disposal of such could give buyer a snip | anag. incl. GLC, & lit.; ref. Lady Porter’s sale of Westminster cemeteries |
| 1100 | CONCORDANCE | First | New-fashioned cleric has one on a CD to output ‘Elisha’ possibly? | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1095 | STINK | VHC | Garments needing to be taken up – a sewer’s problem? | knits (rev.) |
| 1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | Rehoboam having nothing left? Conclusion of the Lord getting upset about false idols | anag. in anag. incl. e; ref. 1 Kings 14:22-23 |
| 1078 | KIRBEH | VHC | Sand enters a ——? That could disconcert the Sabean drinkers | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | First | What could give Xmas group real excitement with kiss as forfeit? | anag. less X, & lit. |
| 1074 | DEMIREP | VHC | One displayed red lamp naughtily? Lapsed —— no lady! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1065 | TANDOORI | VHC | It may be misserved to a diner with love for what is English | 0 for E in anag., & lit. |
| 1061 | MAGIC | Second | Johnson was followed by Nixon | 2 mngs.; ref. US Presidents, David N., TV magician, and ‘Magic’ J., basketball star |
| 1052 | AGANIPPE | Third | Old verse composed with —— may be seen as Palgrave is opened | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1039 | TOLERABLE | First | Being otherwise, Albert’s swallowed ’ole | ’ole in anag., ref. M. Edgar: The Lion and Albert |
| 1034 | BURLAP | VHC | Sacking Queen is entertained by rebellious Paul undermining British | B + R in anag.; ref P. Keating Australian PM |
| 1030 | PASTILLE | First | Action by sucker may give this reduced radius | pas tille(r), & lit. |
| 1026 | LET-OFF | First | Aid denied to oft-failed bats? | anag. less aid, & lit. |
| 1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | Second | Switzerland’s No. 1 bod’s genius making headpiece apple pulp finally – an aimer with a quiver | S chap’s ka; p + anag.; ref. W. Tell |
| 1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | My larvae metamorphose – male will be unemployed | anag. less m, & lit. |
| 1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | VHC | Positions in gallery abandoned: —— sorely needing restoration? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1000 | ONE THOUSAND | First | The Sun. No. specially launched with a do | anag. & lit.; ref. AZ 1000 lunch |
| 995 | STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Setter may say, ‘At the lunch you’d expect me to get boo/zed!’ | |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 991 | BRASH (or BRUSH) | VHC | Money’s short with hospital on the rocks, broken down, supplying bed occasionally | bras(s) + H; ref. NHS crisis |
| 987 | IRON CURTAIN | VHC | One ton ‘Hurricane’ slammed – he ignored traditional requirement for safety in theatrical break | I + anag. less he; ref. Alex Higgins, snooker player |
| 982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Ineffectual man, a competitor in the Annual List? The opposite! | hidden; ref. AZ’s Annual Honours List |
| 974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | A soprano going out with Pavarotti brings to aria such an upfront presentation | comp. anag.; ref. Joan Sutherland’s farewell concert |
| 972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | After nice bang haul out noble hat | |
| 965 | EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number) | VHC | Go on the wagon and belt up after end of carouse | belt; e + arba + sh |
| 956 | SPEAR-SIDE | Third | A record’s climbing and rides high – see it in the pop charts? | a EP’s (rev.) + anag.; high = drunk |
| 943 | BARAGOUIN | First | Obtain Gowers and usage may be reformed as this goes west | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Sir Ernest G., ‘The Complete Plain Words’ |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | Have we all been given tongues? S Paul wants order round church | CE in anag.; ref. 1 Cor. 12-14 |
| 930 | SABULOSE | VHC | Ground base for foolish soul’s housing? It’s revealed to be such | anag. in anag., & lit.; ref. Matt. 7:26-27 |
| 926 | NERD | VHC | I will be endeared? The odds are non-existent | alternate letters & lit. |
| 922 | REFORMADO | VHC | A soldier from conflict with no corps finally left, I? | anag. less s, l, I, & lit. |
| 917 | HOOLIGANISM | VHC | School aiming for discipline – something recurrent in soccer banned here? | anag. less c, & lit. |
| 913 | ARCHIBALD | VHC | What could zap bird, alack? Rather thrush’s end than erk’s! | anag. with h for k, & lit. |
| 908 | INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The swa/t is the fellow most likely to succeed | ref. Princess Diana |
| 904 | VOETGANGER | VHC | As larva, this could devastate a Transvaal grove (e.g.) | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | In Harley St as a phoney you could get done for this, yes? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 891 | CAT | VHC | This companion could give you a snag | cat(CH), & lit. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 887 | MONSTER | VHC | Designation for man with heart of stone becoming horrible | anag. in Mr, & lit. |
| 882 | DOSSIER | First | Second OED is out – the latest thing in computer gathering of reference material | anag. incl. s + r |
| 878 | MOUSEPIECE | VHC | Tell kids about one piggy having it maybe, one not, one squeaking a bit? | mouse piece; ref. ‘This little piggy’, nos. 3 to 5 |
| 874 | BLUESTOCKING | VHC | Worsted guise, not black, may befit a —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | Half-masked pistol-carriers with intrusive ‘Hand over!’ | pud2 (rev.) in hols(ters) & lit. |
| 868 | ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels) | VHC | To have good fortune and love Shakespearean character Hero ends by being rescued from scandal and shame | Prospero, lands; prosper 0; hidden; ref. ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ |
| 866 | NECTAREOUS | VHC | Would you find such epic jars in Epicurean Tesco? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 862 | OFF-AND-ON | Third | Erratic concerning what’s needed to shift a windmill, Quixote? | of fan Don |
| 857 | REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left) | VHC | Socialist head may get the bird, yet in Conservative rally delicate management will become evident | red cap; anag. incl. C |
| 853 | DEBACLE | VHC | Dee would have melting ice table with it breaking out | D + anag. less it, & lit.; d. = sudden flood |
| 849 | VISITE | VHC | Call English what couldn’t be labelled 20th Century – fashion of previous century | visit E; ref. new ed. of Chambers reverting to its 19c name |
| 844 | THEOLOGASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Characters giving hotel rest a go will reform? One may have superficial understanding of players! | prayers; anag.; ref. England test team ‘curfew’ |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 823 | SARBACANE | VHC | The point one supplies with wind may have poison round about | ras (rev.) + ca. in bane, & lit.; wind, 2 mngs. |
| 818 | EMBUSQUÉ | VHC | I want the freedom of quiet slumbers, avoiding active list, right? | anag. less anag. incl. r, & lit. |
| 814 | SPOUSAGE | VHC | Such may include page – then our objective’s to get on through lifetime? | p in so + us + age, & lit. |
| 809 | DOLCE VITA | VHC | Social advancement: means this can start | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 805 | LITOTES | VHC | Meiosis? It lets ovum initially form | anag. incl. o |
| 788 | CROW | VHC | What follows beeline? | i.e. C row, & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 774 | VICTORINE | VHC | Ban civil rioter – order going awry with exit of the unfortunate Blair Peach? | anag. less anag.; ref. campaigner killed in demo |
| 770 | HERMITS | VHC | Their molluscs’ exteriors may disguise them | anag. incl. m, s, & lit. |
| 764 | CHILDERMAS | VHC | Church recollection of males rid | Ch. + anag., & lit. |
| 762 | OBELISE | First | OED’s ‘boist’ ’owler? Abandoned words to —— | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. word obelised in OED |
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | Being desperate for stiffs could activate Hare in company with mate | sniffs; anag. incl. co.; ref. Burke and H. |
| 750 | SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue) | VHC | Not even bits of an hotel’s grub may supply what Azed 750 solvers must relish! | anag. of odd letters; supply adv. |
| 735 | MALIGN | First | What a gremlin could be with regard to flying | anag. less re, & lit. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 731 | STRING | VHC | Put King in pain | R in sting, & lit.; ref. Belloc’s Henry K. |
| 722 | SUPERNACULUM | First | Until disposal is 100% effective unending nuclear rumpus will brew | anag. less r; ref. Sellafield, etc. |
| 714 | MOTE | First | Perceive what is within you rather than one in brother | mate with o for a, & lit.; ref. Luke 6:41 |
| 709 | GINGER | VHC | Geneva unusually good, having cast one American in co-starring role with red head | gin + ge(a)r |
| 705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | This cure Op. may work | anag. & lit. |
| 701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | What’ll you find flanking bridge? A true dab’s bit of logodaedalic puzzling | anag. incl. l; ref. Reece / Azed in Observer ! |
| 696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | Such as would undo a man omniscient? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | VHC | One to stick in front of fire and offer around shreds of unlit shag? | stick; I in f + bid (rev.) + u s, & lit. |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | A wondrously built coach disintegrates, becoming only ——? O how sad! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Cinderella |
| 683 | BANISH | VHC | Exile? Riverside situation curtailed his playing | ban(k) + anag.; ref. Ps. 137: 1-4 |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 666 | Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts) | VHC | Shall a melody be rendered thus with pounding of common time? | a(lla ma)rcia; C in aria |
| 660 | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram) | VHC | Santa comes on a winter eve’s urgent air tour | |
| 657 | SILLY-BILLY | VHC | Bottom appears before fairy without beautiful pan (bit of an ass) | sill + (fair)y + billy; ref. MND |
| 644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | Disastrous year with tests, English given a hiding, Lord’s grousing etc? | E in anag.; grouse v. |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | South American guerilla’s cutting companion? | Che in mate, & lit.; C. Guevara |
| 631 | INTERLOCK | Second | It must work or cine-talk’s… a second out? | anag. less a s, & lit.; see Webster for specific meaning of interlock n. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 627 | AMBIENT | VHC | Earth’s ——? Man breathes it freely | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘I’ll do the dish!’ – e/ater giving mate rarest day | |
| 615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | A little romance? Such fun with cryptic letters may show it is fourteenth | comp. anag.; ref. Valentine’s Day |
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | State of tension in the head? In it there may be repeated thuds! | i.e. double sink lisped |
| 607 | CARNEY | Second | ‘Crowther’s No. 1 composer, successor to X’? (This & lit. could be devious certainly!) | C + Arne + Y, comp. anag., & lit.; ref. Thomas A., Azed |
| 603 | FIGULINE | VHC | Clay with straw – superior stuff | fig U line; fig, straw = thing of little consequence |
| 600 | Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram) | VHC | Oh, I fete toilful Jonathan, who doth set them! | |
| 594 | DOINGS | VHC | What’s utterly absorbing at home on first of Sunday? Working at square and replacement for definition | in in dog S, doing S; ref. AZ puzzle and comp |
| 581 | SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number) | VHC | Steel – one eclipsed by breakaway SDP or no | breakaway; anag.; ref. David S. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | I slake no fever | anag. & lit.; fever vi. |
| 564 | PARAMENT | VHC | Luxury item originally suspended in state chambers? | par(l i)ament, & lit. |
| 559 | EMBASE | VHC | Energised leader of Enterprise beams down | anag. incl. E; ref. Star Trek; down vt. |
| 558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Heard of monster E.T. (cinema hit); Isn’t it sweet now! | head; m + anag. |
| 552 | NOURICE-FEE | VHC | Modern —— being unsettled leaves more in need of cure | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. nurses’ pay dispute |
| 547 | GLEEMAN | First | Bard puts a touch of magic into E. Lang. and E. Lit. | m in anag.; lit = drunk |
| 543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | Won’t Ray I’s peg out? | anag. & lit.; ref. R. Illingworth, Yorks captain at 50 |
| 534 | DODGEM | VHC | There’s celebration with David’s first stone – one taking fair knock is bumped off | do + D + gem; ref D. and Goliath |
| 530 | PROMETAL | VHC | Exploding Exocet gutted ship finally – moral is to produce heat-resistant material | anag. incl. E, t p; ref. Falklands War, HMS Sheffield, etc. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 521 | ATTITUDINISE | VHC | India utters angrily about SA with the Right bursting out ‘Cant!’ | it in anag. less R; cant vi. |
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | My OE lingo C. T. Onions initially edited perhaps | anag. incl. O, & lit.; ref. editor of Oxford Dict. of Eng. Etymology |
| 508 | POSTURE-MAKER | VHC | Proteus? | i.e. anag. of posture, & lit. |
| 506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | After message from host announcing Now/here!’ a lone manger was visited | |
| 504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | ‘Hitler’ means ‘leader of men abnormally bossy’ | anag. incl. m; bossy = cow (OED) |
| 500 | BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Stuff tummies with D Dinner food – no end of Azed stories coming out | inner; foo(d) in bel(lies); ref. AZ dinner |
| 495 | CACOETHES | VHC | See chocolates? Lose —— if reducing | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | Recording of G. Miller? View gripping incident with pair in leg-bye finally | event ye in sight; ref. Glenn M. and Geoff M., NatWest cricket final |
| 486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | Dish English Prince married – upper-class, going back to first of Jameses (she isn’t this) | J + pud E P m U (rev.), & lit.; ref. Diana Spencer |
| 478 | BIBLIOPEGIST | VHC | I get books I spoil recovered – I’d like my Chambers leather-bound | anag. incl. bb |
| 473 | HERRING-BONE | Second | B—— hard climbing without slipping? Then one is needed | erring in b H (rev.) + one, & lit. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 464 | SIMKIN | VHC | When I’m top man? What’s silver will be filled with this | (A)s I’m kin(g), & lit.; ref. AZ cup |
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Tenors gasp and harp on about love, a complaint conveyed perhaps by touching hesitancy in diction and jerking melody | 0 in anag.; ur tic aria; on = getting drunk |
| 443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | We respect no learner sporting this | anag. incl. L, & lit.; dunce’s cap |
| 430 | TEGULA | VHC | Informal bit of grub and ale with leaders of trade unions? Thatcher does without it | anag. incl. g, TU |
| 423 | ACCOUTRE | VHC | Deck tennis service may go outside court with a splash | anag. in ace |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 410 | CUL-DE-SAC | VHC | Blocked passage? Castor-oil emptied inside, caused loosening | anag. incl. C, l |
| 406 | BOIL | VHC | Leyland around turn of decade – ferment as liquidity decreases | 10 (rev.) in BL; ref. troubled carmaker |
| 404 | CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Born into rough old cradle, He? I’d have been brought by sight to knee | night to see; n. in anag. |
| 401 | GO-AHEAD | VHC | Being above all active rather than dead | godhead with a for d., & lit. |
| 397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | VHC | One to carry around unfortunate Job in the womb? Name isn’t given – Jewess? | jewels; I in anag. + uteri(n)e; ref. Job, 3,10 |
| 393 | INTRACARDIAC | VHC | —— bits being manipulated? It is act I associate with C. Barnard | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. heart surgeon |
| 388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | VHC | What’s your poison? I’m anti that ‘unreal’ Harp! I exclaim | anag.; beer brand |
| 384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Honey’s ——: is she pregnant do you fancy? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 379 | SCYTHEMAN | VHC | A —— does a swing as any death comes | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Chap in Devon? Rapt, he burst out with: ‘End of bowls first; Spain afterwards!’ | s + anag. + E; ref. Sir F. Drake at Plymouth |
| 371 | GRADIN | VHC | A row disembowelled gladiator would appear before? | g(ladiato)r + a din, & lit. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 366 | MONKEY-SHINE | First | Hokes in NY me? Perhaps – when respelt! | anag. & lit.; i.e. hoax |
| 354 | SHEER-HULK | VHC | No tanker now travelling? UK is in chaos with her Shell running short | anag. of UK her Shel(l); ref. petrol shortages |
| 352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | What could give this gay fir luminance? | anag. & lit.; ref. AZ’s tree |
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | Third | Description of one amounts to ‘end of cloth, fragment’ | odd comes h ort, & lit.; to = beside |
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Brooke is bandied about – what could be ——r? | anag. + r, & lit.; ref. Rupert B. |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | First | One who has got out of fighting splashes the Brut about – supposed means of enchanting women for real thrills | anag. incl. c.; anag. incl. w.; ref. Henry Cooper after-shave ad. |
| 323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | One unwanted by another bird with eggs? | (a)uk + O O, & lit. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 310 | STERNFAST | VHC | Austere time like the present can stop one pushing the boat out | stern fast |
| 306 | DICKENS | VHC | Behind my fine words lay actuality | dick2 + ens, & lit.; lay, imperative |
| 301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | To saunter toplessly round with wiggling hips would surely be this | (s)troll + O + anag. |
| 298 | NOSER | VHC | Small number attending first of ‘supertests’ – indication of hesitancy or hostile reaction? | no. + s + er; ref. cricket |
| 294 | HUMECT | VHC | Damp air somehow leaves rheumatic with a twinge | anag. less anag. |
| 289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | Experiencing a fugue? Means becoming excited – one will get to the heart of Bach | anag. + I + (B)ac(h); fugue, type of amnesia |
| 285 | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | VHC | What might tweeting have meant? Yen of bird to fly around | sweeting; anag. |
| 272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | Grains maybe suppressing fever, bits of tangy Amomum | ague in malt + t A, & lit. |
| 267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | Sir can do right jig around in me | anag. incl. r in me, & lit. |
| 263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | How I manage an arduous climb when Ev/erest provides new impetus! | |
| 259 | TRANSIRE | VHC | What can clear stuff in port? Get strainer out | anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | It’s this exciting year – J. Bull loves EIIR | anag. & lit. |
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | He’s notched CCL – utter treat – och thanks! | |
| 247 | FLIVVER | VHC | What makes female enjoy life, having bottom pinched? Very short mini perhaps | f liv(e) ver(y); Mini car |
| 243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Originally of land containing Pisa, its meaning shifted around end of century | y in anag. of initial letters, & lit.; ref. city of Peloponnese |
| 238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | Imbecile jargon in a fit might constitute this: i.e. —— | comp. anag. & lit.; fit3 |
| 234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | I predict reduced crops with it so hot – there’s no end of drought | anag. less t; ref. summer heatwave |
| 229 | METRICATE | Third | Make English treat 1 cm as new unit? | anag. + E, I, & lit. |
| 221 | PADDY-WHACK | Third | What could get you l.b.w. for a ruddy duck?! | ‘paddy’ whack; i.e. pertaining to pad; r. d., meaning in OED |
| 216 | SCANTITY | VHC | It can jar in a place accustomed to gluttony | anag. in sty, & lit. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘Hot West Indians? O ver/y! Steaming ‘ – Ames in 1973 | hot = excitable; Ray Illingworth |
| 190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Tory idiot and leader of racialists – one description of Enoch? | C ass and r a; ref. E. Powell |
| 187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Herein dip new grub to get pickled | anag. & lit. |
| 183 | PICKLE | Second | Kleptomaniac: A man to —— indiscriminately? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 169 | THUGGEE | VHC | Rope being pulled round Hindu’s head? Local fit of perversity | H in tug + gee4, & lit. |
| 165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | VHC | Keen angler can blab, ‘I made an enormous catch’. Not probable – pooh-pooh | |
| 161 | ANCON | VHC | You may have caught on after a bit of nudging given by me | a n + c on, & lit. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | Unseemly episode with calender’s wild romantic creature – a man rode round berserk | anag.; anag. incl. O; ref. John Gilpin |
| 148 | BALLYHOO | VHC | Produced by boxing’s No.1 fellow, man without a bit of modesty | b ally ho(m)o, & lit.; ref. M. Ali |
| 146 | CHARADES | VHC | Drama in tea commercial – apes dropping a piano | char ad (a p)es; ref. PG Tips TV commercial |
| 143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | VHC | Brave explorers, that high light Expressing Heaven’s eternal might Primarily reveals the spot Where Jesus lies – the town is what? | |
| 135 | GABIONADE | VHC | Begad – Ai collapsed with no defence against invaders | anag.; ref. Joshua 8 |
| 114 | PANIC | VHC | Source of hay fever? | 2 mngs. |
| 110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | ‘Will sag, rope being tight – like Dooley’s head? | anag.; ref. song ‘Tom D.’; tight = drunk |
| 105 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram) | VHC | Beheld lovely ‘colour arch’ (meaning a rainbow) o’er Ararat | |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 100 | CENTENARIAN | First | An ancient the Queen may get excited | anag. incl. ER, & lit.; ref. Royal telegram |
| 95 | THUNDERCLAP | VHC | Report of electrical power strike put chandler to work | anag.; work = ferment etc. |
| 92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | What madam needs for whiter garment? Compound giving persuasive action against grey matter | i.e. bra in wash |
| 88 | BLOOMERY | Second | See within my black ore melting | lo in anag. incl. B |
| 62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Holy men possessing nothing, kindled with a passion inside? | 0 lit a ire in SS, & lit. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 50 | CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent) | VHC | Henry VIII was terribly cruel to leader of papists | anag. incl. p |
| 45 | NEMORAL | VHC | Adults worked up and vocal, like the pantomime kids at the Palladium | men (rev.) + oral; ref. ‘Babes in the Wood’ |
| 36 | CRUSADER | VHC | Disruption of sacred travelling round biblical city brought about my appearance | Ur (rev.) in anag., & lit. |
| 31 | KITCHENDOM | First | It incorporates equipment around woman of the house | kit c hen dom, & lit. |
| 10 | LINGERIE | VHC | Put down catch in deep before holding one in slips maybe | ling + I in ere; ling fish |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1158 | ELEPHANT-SEAL | VHC | I wallow in the drink, pale ales, then go dizzy | anag. |
| 1143 | MORGIANA | VHC | I dispose of the leader of outlaws in miscellany of grim tales | o(utlaws) in anag. + ana & lit. |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1100 | BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent) | VHC | A blue, upset English king | anag. + E R, & lit.; lost heir, 1120 |
2021-2022
2569 BILBO
2020-2021
2560 BOMBAST
2543 CABRETTA
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2495 BUNG
2486 BRUHAHA
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2017-2018
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2369 FACETIAE
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2325 MASON
2322 VENTRICOSE
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2014-2015
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2013-2014
2187 WEST
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2161 FARRAGO
2152 STUFFED SHIRT
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2122 NICETY
2011-2012
2083 BEWITCH
2078 RÉCOLLET
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2064 COLD TURKEY
2010-2011
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2012 BLOATING
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1879 LITTER BASKET
1858 HUMONGOUS
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1849 AUXESIS
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1797 HEART
1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1758 BIMBETTE
1752 MIDWINTER
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1689 SYNOD
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1637 AMNESIC
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1602 FENESTRA
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1585 SHIATSU
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
2000-2001
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1480 SAMARITAN
1999-2000
1454 GET-UP
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1424 HEIST
1998-1999
1402 PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)
1398 PERMETHRIN
1394 BERGAMOT
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1376 LOGO
1372 MASTERSTROKE
1997-1998
1355 DIACATHOLICON
1338 SMART ALEC
1336 STOCKING
1312 REST-CURE
1996-1997
1290 NITERIE
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1216 CHAPERON
1212 HILDING
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1194 DONET
1190 DENARIUS
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1084 PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1056 ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1990-1991
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
969 BUNTER
961 WAVESON
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
840 SONDE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
831 COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)
827 MICKEY-TAKING
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
801 LINCHET
796 UPHOLSTERY
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
779 MISSING LINK
766 GUBBINS
753 SHEEPDOG
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
740 ESCADRILLE
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
675 CONSTERNATE
670 TURNIP-FLEA
662 BARGE-COUPLE
649 AUSTRALORP
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
609 LUCKY-BAG
590 MINEVER
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
538 INGRAIN
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
517 IMMORTELLE
482 BODY-SNATCHER
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
460 SWOOP
456 BALADINE
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
452 DISSENTERISM
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
434 JARDINIÈRE
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
419 RAMILLIES
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
332 NUT-CASE
327 HEMLOCK
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
281 DINOCERAS
276 AMTRACK
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
212 SURCINGLES
208 RALPH
1975-1976
203 BOGY
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
1974-1975
139 PIEPOWDER
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
123 SCATTERGOOD
118 OPERETTIST (Misprints)
1973-1974
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
79 SLAPSTICK
66 NONSENSE
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
27 VINEGAR
23 SCLERODERMIC
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1145 GENIPAP
1110 IMPERSONATE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019-2020 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018-2019 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017-2018 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016-2017 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015-2016 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014-2015 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013-2014 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012-2013 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011-2012 | 3 (1, 2, 0) | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010-2011 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009-2010 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008-2009 | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 2006-2007 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 2005-2006 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004-2005 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003-2004 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002-2003 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 2001-2002 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000-2001 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 1999-2000 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 1997-1998 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 1996-1997 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 1995-1996 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 1994-1995 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 1993-1994 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 1992-1993 | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1991-1992 | 5 (4, 1, 0) | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1990-1991 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 1988-1989 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1986-1987 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 1985-1986 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 1983-1984 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1982-1983 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1981-1982 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 1978-1979 | 3 (2, 0, 1) | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 1976-1977 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 1975-1976 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 1973-1974 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 1972-1973 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |