ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. D. Scott | 35 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 92 | 37 | Jan 1974 | Jan 2022 | 48y 0m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2543 | CABRETTA | VHC | Tear coat carelessly – head for boutique to replace old sheepskin | anag. with b for o |
| 2532 | POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree) | VHC | Tankard a sudden blast of air knocked over in bar | pot + a + gust (rev.) in latch |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2504 | UPBEAT | VHC | Out of bed, former carrier? Temperature makes one hopeful | up + BEA + t |
| 2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Work of surrealism, perhaps produced by RA, spaced me out | anag. |
| 2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | VHC | A good time for those who fish the waters, with endless parr jumping? | anag. less r |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | VHC | Respecting the gripes in terminals, plane route to be shortened? | hidden; trac(k) |
| 2451 | CAPUT | VHC | The head starts to complain about pupils using tablets | first letters |
| 2438 | MONTE DI PIETÀ | VHC | What’s dip at one time used? | anag. & lit. |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2364 | COMPOST HEAP | VHC | Pile of fertiliser, inexpensive – order by mail received | OM post in cheap |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1091 | SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Eat Brie with Mandy, perhaps – it’s soft and it’s to be consumed | me with brandy; SA p SA go |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1034 | BURLAP | VHC | ‘Pru’, a British leader in life-assurance, can provide a type of cover which may be required in the home | Pru a B l anag. |
| 1026 | LET-OFF | VHC | Fire escape | 2 mngs. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | See waits last Sunday? | hold up + S; waits = carollers |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 835 | PROSAICAL | VHC | Flat cap sailor sports | anag. |
| 823 | SARBACANE | VHC | I’m useful with darts in bars being difficult one to beat | anag. + a cane |
| 809 | DOLCE VITA | VHC | See one in oddly located rose garden | v I in anag. |
| 796 | UPHOLSTERY | VHC | What may be plush or yet more ritzy? | anag. & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | Who might have some panic spread? | anag. & lit. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 731 | STRING | VHC | Hang from strap in train | 3 mngs. |
| 718 | FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent) | Second | Orbilius’s answer if no learner shaped | anag. incl. L; ref. Horace’s ‘flogger’ |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 660 | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram) | VHC | New star out, seen to trace Saviour in manger | |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 627 | AMBIENT | VHC | Can be used to describe temperature at mine with brothers’ leader getting all out | anag. incl. b |
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | A trick to diminish Oldspeak ultimately? | double + thin + k, & lit.; ref. ‘1984’ |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | Women in the main? Clare’s second only to Chay | char; w in sea + l; ref. C. Francis, C. Blyth |
| 552 | NOURICE-FEE | Third | The outcome of delicate cuddling of us by charge? | our in nice + fee, & lit. |
| 530 | PROMETAL | VHC | Capital chess player’s after pawn – I offer strong resistance | P + Rome + Tal; ref. Mikhail T. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 525 | PABOUCHE | VHC | Need heels for perfect fit dear? Not I | pa(t) bou(t) che(r), & lit. |
| 500 | BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Dodd’s causing a riot in Bootle following appearing there instead of having the premiere in Toxteth | do; anag. with f for T; ref. Ken D.; do = cheat |
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | Ballesteros hit gently for a change, losing length – the possible result? | Seve + anag. less l, & lit.; ref. golfer, golf score |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | Might I be high on the heads of little educated chaps and worn in disgrace? | steep + l e c + anag., & lit. |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Descriptive of slimming ad if madam’s bottom is not seen differently? | anag. less m, & lit. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 306 | DICKENS | VHC | Mephisto type, dictionary being required | dick2 ens; ref. S. Times crossword |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 221 | PADDY-WHACK | VHC | Paisley is one, a reverend, in his extremes, put with violence | a DD in P, y + whack, & lit.; Ian P. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Be/nd your minds (stimulated by pot) – entwine? | |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | Casanova (and a Romeo perhaps) was one scandal affected – one having got away before without any unpleasantness | anag.; anag. less a in ere |
2021-2022
2586 BALDERDASH
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2564 CLEARING
2560 BOMBAST
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2547 FILATORY
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2525 PLACITUM
2521 CHAMBERS
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2473 INTERPLAY
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2447 CONGENER
2425 EPILIMNION
2421 SPASMODICAL
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2016-2017
2334 ALLELUIAH
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2300 MISHMASH
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2287 VALET
2283 BARGAIN
2279 CLEMENTINE
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
1993-1994
1108 GREEN
1992-1993
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1052 AGANIPPE
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1021 BEARD
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1990-1991
974 AVANT-PROPOS
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
891 CAT
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
882 DOSSIER
874 BLUESTOCKING
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
866 NECTAREOUS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
853 DEBACLE
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
840 SONDE
1987-1988
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
814 SPOUSAGE
1986-1987
764 CHILDERMAS
762 OBELISE
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
701 BALUSTRADE
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
670 TURNIP-FLEA
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
662 BARGE-COUPLE
653 INTERNUNCIO
1983-1984
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
564 PARAMENT
547 GLEEMAN
543 STAYING POWER
538 INGRAIN
1981-1982
513 ETYMOLOGICON
504 SIMMENTHALER
486 JUMPED-UP
1980-1981
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
430 TEGULA
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
406 BOIL
401 GO-AHEAD
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
340 BOOKSIE
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
294 HUMECT
289 AMNESIAC
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
1975-1976
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
1974-1975
114 PANIC
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 2 | 9 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 9 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |