ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr R. A. Main | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | Aug 1977 | May 2022 | 44y 9m | R. A. Main |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | VHC | Today’s elegant social circle – present company excepted – babbles | baubles; today’s bijou coterie less today’s Co. |
| 379 | SCYTHEMAN | VHC | Father Time, or possibly Thyme in one reading | anag. in scan |
2021-2022
2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
1986-1987
753 SHEEPDOG
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
1983-1984
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
615 HISTORIETTE
603 FIGULINE
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
585 FLABELLIFORM
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1981-1982
513 ETYMOLOGICON
486 JUMPED-UP
478 BIBLIOPEGIST
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
1979-1980
406 BOIL
401 GO-AHEAD
371 GRADIN
1977-1978
281 DINOCERAS
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |