Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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B. Greer | 53 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 42 | 67 | Oct 1972 | Sep 1995 | 22y 11m | Dr B. Greer G. B. Greer Dr G. B. Greer |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1994-1995 | ||||
1152 | PARACETAMOL | VHC | What gets given orally to contain a cold fellow picked up? | a c + mate (rev.) in parol, & lit. |
1992-1993 | ||||
1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | VHC | Group amusements residents play – including funny arrangement of first, second, and third parts | anag. of gro amu res pla, & lit.; ref. game of Head, Body, Legs |
1074 | DEMIREP | VHC | I may have sunk low, marginalized by community | mir in deep, & lit. |
1065 | TANDOORI | Second | For ultimate in flavour, way in which a taste of India succeeds? | door I for g in tang, & lit. |
1991-1992 | ||||
1000 | ONE THOUSAND | VHC | Product of ’91 and X’s successor, it’s just passed by | i.e. 91 × 11 = 1,001 |
1990-1991 | ||||
982 | ALMANAC | First | List of year’s events must include Azed’s first thousand and a clan regathering | anag. incl. A, M; ref. forthcoming AZ 1000 celebration |
974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | It could be five or so pages at a novel’s start | anag. incl. V and pp, & lit. |
972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | Third | Our fun at Noel (hat bit changeable) | |
1989-1990 | ||||
920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | VHC | In composition that’s drolly Crowtherish, he omitted X… (all the letters) | cross in anag. less he; Crowther = AZ |
1988-1989 | ||||
887 | MONSTER | First | Some in Commons term Mrs. T. one, abusively | hidden, anag., & lit. |
868 | ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels) | VHC | NT book covers arrival to praise child maiden delivered, object of star-gazers’ interest | carol, Andromeda; ar. in Col.; 2 meanings |
1987-1988 | ||||
816 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter) | VHC | Party with gifts (beginning from Persia?) turned up to behold a child | P + to (rev.) + lo a ch. |
1986-1987 | ||||
757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | A sort of sound broadcast came on the air | hound; anag.; hound = addict |
1985-1986 | ||||
722 | SUPERNACULUM | VHC | To us introducing such a bumper somehow makes team unscrupulous | i.e. anag. is inside to us |
712 | PANTOMIME HORSE | VHC | What could make Thespian more comical, with second in back? | mo (rev.) in anag., & lit. |
688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | You can get court in a club for playing this on, like squash | comp. anag. |
1984-1985 | ||||
660 | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram) | Third | Are vermin to cut out row, seeing Santa’s near? | |
1983-1984 | ||||
585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | Like a hand of cards? I’ll be playing, notwithstanding cheat’s around | anag. + for, all in flam |
581 | SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number) | VHC | Unfortunate SDP given a hiding – Jenkins cut no capers. Steel more appropriate for cut and thrust | appropriate; a in anag. + Ro(y) + anag.; ref. Lib-Dem alliance |
1982-1983 | ||||
572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | Mix on sale quack’s behind, taking one in | I in anag. incl. k, & lit. |
559 | EMBASE | Second | Dishonour, since given a hiding in Ashes, after two conclusive losses | as in embe(rs) |
543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | E.g. rip won’t last in Derby, as it’s deficient in this | anag. & lit. |
1981-1982 | ||||
517 | IMMORTELLE | Second | Use me – I’ll last in bouquet more freshly | anag. & lit. |
495 | CACOETHES | Third | Itch – scratch one? Itch gets regularly scratched | alternate letters deleted |
491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | Record total produced by working round the clock | 2 mngs.; i.e. 1 + 2 + … + 12 = 78 |
1980-1981 | ||||
430 | TEGULA | VHC | Bit of tiling, say for top of hall | aula with t e.g. for first a, & lit. |
1979-1980 | ||||
414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | Number 007? Not even when tortured | anag. incl. 0 0 s(even), & lit.; ref. James Bond |
406 | BOIL | VHC | I’ll be found amidst rising fish | I in lob (rev.), & lit. |
401 | GO-AHEAD | VHC | A chap without drive is the opposite of this | i.e. a he in goad, & lit. |
1978-1979 | ||||
366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | Azed’s involves nothing short of nonsense about set of answers | key in mo(0)nshine, & lit.; ref. puzzle |
1977-1978 | ||||
300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | First | He offers terrible chunks without hesitation in a shambles | anag. less er, & lit. |
1976-1977 | ||||
250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Let’s check that thousandth corner etc. | i.e. 4 per puzzle |
249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | Character making Noel hit – he’d pure red conk? Right | anag.; conk = break down |
247 | FLIVVER | VHC | Jerry Ford’s failure? | 2 mngs.; i.e. jerry-built; ref. Gerald F. and carmaker |
234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | Person who’s involved with the zodiac – that’s the one chosen for cluing when Azed composed | comp. anag. & lit. |
216 | SCANTITY | Third | Cup Final goal situation? Stokes upset its balance before end of play | s. + cant2 it + y; ref. Bobby S., 1976 FA Cup Final |
208 | RALPH | First | What makes ‘poetic river’ appear as ‘poetic rover’? | i.e. R. Alph as Ralph, & lit.; ref. Coleridge, ‘Kubla Khan’ and Southey, ‘R. the Rover’ |
1975-1976 | ||||
203 | BOGY | VHC | Slough and Henley’s close view of Concorde – coming from direction of Kingston | bog + y; ref. Bishop of K. |
195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | Indecisive type, starting off in one direction, going up and down, then backward, circling completely | S + hilly + all in shy1 |
183 | PICKLE | Third | Apply solution to poor Jack’s plight? | 2 mngs. & lit.; ref. naval punishment, Jack and Jill |
178 | A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent) | VHC | Clumsy fool’s incorrectly reassembled male sawn in half | halves swapped in stag (adj.) |
174 | EPEOLATRY | VHC | Drunken people render, round a bar piano, words of worship? Quite the reverse | a in anag. less p + try; i.e. worship of words |
169 | THUGGEE | VHC | In the East, what lies behind onset of mugger without hesitation? | (m)ugg(er) in the E, & lit. |
165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | First | People can catch ‘em, hook ‘em, one and all, using a net, bob, barb, or harpoon | |
1974-1975 | ||||
152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | What results from improper card signal finally seen? Italian bridge-player’s upset over fuss – he squeezes his partner | anag. incl. l; Roman E (rev.) + ado; ref. recent world bridge championship |
148 | BALLYHOO | VHC | Ruddy expression of protest, perhaps, without moderation | ho in bally O, & lit. |
146 | CHARADES | First | They may be made up by dear Azed each Xmas (deduction of first and second parts required) | anag. of (de)ar (Az)ed (ea)ch (Xm)as, & lit. |
123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | One’s foolishly got as credo, to save nothing | anag. less 0, & lit. |
118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Ali’s not serious in his compositions – ‘prettiest’ has end of nose displaced after round | all’s; O + prettiest with e moved; ref. Muhammad A. |
114 | PANIC | VHC | If criterion for manhood is avoiding this, a lot of blades make it | 2 mngs.; ref. Kipling poem ‘If’; blades of grass |
1973-1974 | ||||
88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | The new Ulysses (reverse of the old) has captured heart of Circe, maker of pigs | Bloom + r in ye (rev.); ref. L. Bloom in ‘Ulysses’, and Odyssey |
84 | MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left) | VHC | Inauspicious, disorganized, disheartened Lenin model Russian community’s still without vitality in post-revolutionary state | anag. incl. Le(n)in; mir + go in lies; ’s still = lies |
1972-1973 | ||||
31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | Economically maintain’d, the nucleus of a home | kitchen (vb.) + ’d +(h)om(e), & lit. |
1995-1996
1216 CHAPERON
1994-1995
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1180 COLD TURKEY
1993-1994
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1084 PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
956 SPEAR-SIDE
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)
891 CAT
1988-1989
840 SONDE
1986-1987
764 CHILDERMAS
1984-1985
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
1983-1984
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
1982-1983
564 PARAMENT
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
486 JUMPED-UP
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
384 OUTSPREADING
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
327 HEMLOCK
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
272 MALAGUETTA
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
225 VALETA
221 PADDY-WHACK
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
190 CASSANDRA
1974-1975
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
75 GROCETERIA
1972-1973
40 FANTOCCINI
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1992-1993 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 2 | 20 |
1991-1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1990-1991 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 3 | 17 |
1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1988-1989 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
1984-1985 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1982-1983 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 1 | 20 |
1981-1982 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 4 | 13 |
1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1979-1980 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1977-1978 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
1976-1977 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
1975-1976 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
1974-1975 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 1 | 9 |
1973-1974 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |