ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr A. J. Varney | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 56 | 22 | Apr 1998 | Feb 2022 | 23y 10m | A. Varney A. J. Varney |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Term for beggar wanting for footgear originally | anag. incl. r less for, & lit. |
| 2551 | SPAVIN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | A couple of vixens between a pair of horses inflamed foxhound to cause this problem | hock’s found; vi in span |
| 2543 | CABRETTA | VHC | Leather Paraguay exported, pretty US handbag’s covering | pretty less PY in caba |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2504 | UPBEAT | VHC | Promising, having delayed opening, bar food as before | pub with p moved + eat |
| 2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | VHC | This dreary time might be wasted rather lazily with head on pillow for day | anag. with p for d |
| 2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Grab from water, by hair bands, daughter slipping in muddy deluge, losing footing | bare hands; d in anag. less e |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | VHC | Parish offering alternative adult party so lap dancing hustler’s heading programme | alt A rage; pro + anag. |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | A little accident, spending a penny – the result of lots of water with meal (pie) | mish(a p) + mash |
| 2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | Change for fare home consumed – hole in the wall required | nest in anag. |
| 2261 | GANGSTERLAND | VHC | Where crime rules, you may see gaol emptied and outside street bathed in blood | st in anger in g, l and; see blood in C. |
| 2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | Return to station by public transport – scrap car repair place has run out of part needed to resolve possible pinking | bus + put (rev.); pit + pa(r)t |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2045 | CATENATE | VHC | Chain letter penned by malicious woman caused anxiety | en in cat ate |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2012 | BLOATING | VHC | Pound Sterling’s restrained by activity between banks, perhaps, partially curing inflation | L in boating; 2 defs. |
| 1992 | FOULARD | VHC | Fine stuff to wrap around you, covering head | (y)ou in f lard, & lit. |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1967 | SUBORDINATELY | VHC | Thus I’d run and obey Lieutenant as orderly | anag. incl. Lt, & lit. |
| 1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Sleeping sickness, a disease caused by tsetse flies, remains a giant encumbrance | RESTING ANAEMIA |
| 1945 | PRISON | VHC | Wherein, for character facing purgatory, ordinary would have supplied prayer | orison with p for o, & lit.; see ordinary (n) |
| 1940 | SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number) | VHC | Scotsman’s merry after nip of Scotch? Hardly! | nip; S + cant4 |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1918 | PALAMPORE | VHC | Malaprop’s ‘flawed’ Eastern bedcover? | anag. + E; cf. ‘flowered’ |
| 1910 | BARPERSON | VHC | PC server, prone to crash, stalling seconds after saving | bar + s in anag. |
| 1901 | SANITISE | VHC | Three sit in a sunlounger – lying back it splits clean through | hidden rev. |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1853 | ANTIQUITARIAN | VHC | Not one relating to New Age environs, encompassing computers, etc? | n’t I and IT in Aquarian, & lit. |
2021-2022
2591 GHAT
2586 BALDERDASH
2582 ACHITOPHEL
2578 VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent)
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2530 STUDENTY
2521 CHAMBERS
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2451 CAPUT
2447 CONGENER
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2313 PERFECT
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2296 IMPROPERLY
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2014-2015
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2013-2014
2183 SANGRAIL
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2161 FARRAGO
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2012-2013
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2011-2012
2058 ROBUST
2053 PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number)
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2036 AL CONTO
2027 THRENETICAL
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1997 FADO
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1958 HANGDOG
1949 PALFRENIER
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1858 HUMONGOUS
1845 UPBRAID
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1814 HIPSTER
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1797 HEART
2003-2004
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1999-2000
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1424 HEIST
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |