ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. A. Stephenson | 21 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 69 | 22 | Jan 1989 | May 2022 | 33y 4m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Bunk has ladder fixed below uppermost of beds | b + anag. |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2532 | POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree) | VHC | Trio of potentates indeed majestic, leaving gold from the East to child | pot la2 (Au)gust (rev.) at ch |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2443 | ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Some women in gym may be le/an with toned muscles | |
| 2438 | MONTE DI PIETÀ | VHC | Dip item at one abroad | anag. & lit. |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2360 | VIDENDA | VHC | We await The Observer and vie with Azed’s latest puzzle | anag. incl. d |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2318 | TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy) | VHC | An expedient Trump’s first. One with money given a swing to secure Pennsylvania | T + I + Penn. in anag. |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | Opening for air force base sent to bomb Arab uprising | F + e + anag. + Ar. (rev.) |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | One may construe vintage art ‘sad’ | anag. & lit. |
| 2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | VHC | Perhaps they move Santa about during day before Christ’s remembered, with hearts lifted all round | REINDEER/REDEEMER; REINDEREEMER; re in d ere; reme(mb)ered (rev.) |
| 2200 | BRINDISI | Third | This salute could be utilised in bars abroad | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2191 | PLUG | VHC | Old horse retiring from the plough? | plough less o, H (= heroin), & lit. |
| 2174 | CHARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Couple late in mar/rying for a Christmas baby | |
| 2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | A parting as any couple of Orientals articulated | a in anag. incl. Or, & lit. |
| 2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Cook’s opening with run yet failed making one mighty sore! | score; C + anag.; ref. Alastair C., England captain |
| 2161 | FARRAGO | VHC | A throng confused with fear? Could be this then | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | Such housewives may show US viewers heated pose! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2113 | PICAROON | VHC | This searat may show up as pirate or a con | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | VHC | ‘——’ saves nine? Maybe this is meant as incentive for repair | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | Elaborate arch with an emblem could give me this | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | One to release barque, we’re told, untied cleat | CORGITACLE; corgi + anag. |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 904 | VOETGANGER | VHC | This soldier may develop raggier trees on veld | comp. anag. & lit. |
2021-2022
2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2020-2021
2556 TOERAG
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2547 FILATORY
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2525 PLACITUM
2019-2020
2504 UPBEAT
2495 BUNG
2490 DREAMSCAPE
2473 INTERPLAY
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2451 CAPUT
2447 CONGENER
2430 CLERIHEW
2428 SHEPHERDS
2421 SPASMODICAL
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2395 PURITANISM
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2351 RHAGADES
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2338 TRUMP
2325 MASON
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2296 IMPROPERLY
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2218 FOREIGNER
2209 (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent)
2013-2014
2183 SANGRAIL
2178 PARISON
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2109 THICKETY
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2078 RÉCOLLET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2053 PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number)
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2012 BLOATING
1997 FADO
1992 FOULARD
2000-2001
1494 MARATHON
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1021 BEARD
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
917 HOOLIGANISM
913 ARCHIBALD
1988-1989
878 MOUSEPIECE
869 HOLD-UPS
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |