Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
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R. J. Hooper | 192 | 19 | 27 | 146 | 115 | 238 | Jun 1975 | Dec 2017 | 42y 6m | R. Hooper |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2016-2017 | ||||
2338 | TRUMP | VHC | Brick one set on a new wall | 2 meanings |
2322 | VENTRICOSE | VHC | Stout Cortes: name I’ve conjured with | anag. incl. n |
2015-2016 | ||||
2305 | AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Reach concert in time to catch group belting out C & W | (c)re(w) in age; time; Country & Western |
2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | Salad contains e.g. sliced potato – it must be tossed | mish(it) + mash |
2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | Might one who’s into bondage demand intimate embracing thus? | roper in imply |
2287 | VALET | VHC | A TV listing? Inside it, Le Figaro provides one | le in anag.; ref. opera character |
2014-2015 | ||||
2209 | (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Time cases of exotic bier will be drunk | t in anag. of outer letters, & lit; ref. Oktoberfest |
2013-2014 | ||||
2174 | CHARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Crude aquatints – i.e. t/hird-rate compared to Goya, say | |
2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | Clout on centre of jaw leads to real agony later | say on a + r, a; see later |
2012-2013 | ||||
2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | Sinking with deep waters swirling about could make one this | anag. less w, & lit. |
2122 | NICETY | VHC | Tiny shell of chinaware is crafted to show quality of the finish | anag. incl. c, e; finish (adj) |
2109 | THICKETY | Third | Violet Elizabeth’s ghastly, yet somehow in solid with elders? | i.e. ‘sick’ with lisp + anag.; ref. William books |
2096 | TRICK | VHC | Mo keeps lead in race – it’s a fast one | r in tick |
2011-2012 | ||||
2091 | SNIFTER | VHC | The end for Batman, trapped by Riddler? It could serve to sink spirits in Gotham City | n in sifter; ref. comic book characters |
2078 | RÉCOLLET | VHC | One who’s into Revelations, retiring and with restricted company? | co. in teller (rev.), & lit. |
2074 | BENNET | VHC | Bath bun? It’s not quite fresh, getting dunked in cup of tea | ne(w) in bent1; see bun2 |
2070 | MISTREATMENT | VHC | What cannibals do in obscurity, right, must constitute this | eat men in mist rt, & lit. |
2065 | DERMESTIDAE | VHC | See maid tread clumsily, one spilling champers on carpet etc | anag. less a |
2064 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Outcome for truly coked-up after crack completely withdrawn? | anag. less up, & lit. |
2058 | ROBUST | First | Tough as old boots from crate in cobblers | bus in rot |
2010-2011 | ||||
2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Experts on The Planets studied larg/o I’d recently discovered | |
2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | How one might order starters in Calabrian osteria, Lombardy albergo or Neapolitan trat | anag. of first letters, & lit. |
2031 | EMBROIDERY | Third | Cracking Briers comedy with central couple dropping out – something Penelope worked on for years | anag. less s, c; ref. TV comedy series ‘The Good Life’, P. Keith & wife of Odysseus |
2012 | BLOATING | VHC | A belt going tight, eg, this will lead to | comp. anag. & lit. |
2009-2010 | ||||
1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | Taste of Worcester Pearmain’s not quite the fresh quality of a good Cox, say | W + anag. incl. th(e) |
1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Skimpy garb for beach bum acquiring tan at sea – could it drop lower? | TANGA NATES; lower noun |
1958 | HANGDOG | First | It’s looking like a wet weekend with chill to follow | hang + dog |
1940 | SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number) | VHC | Need to take words of such as politicians with a pinch of salt | pinch; s + cant |
2008-2009 | ||||
1918 | PALAMPORE | Second | Spread of snorers makes one glower during baroque opera | lamp in anag. |
1914 | VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent) | VHC | One having to check such as rumpy and lovers’ overtures | vet + a l, & lit.; rumpy = Manx cat |
2007-2008 | ||||
1879 | LITTER BASKET | VHC | Hendry drops red in here, carrying frame; next shot takes black | litter + anag. incl b; red2; Scottish snooker player |
1849 | AUXESIS | VHC | What brings one to the art at Bayeux is more than just embroidery | aux es (Fr.) + is |
2006-2007 | ||||
1814 | HIPSTER | VHC | I’ll investigate hot new culture I’d taken from heated Petri dish | anag. less I’d |
1797 | HEART | VHC | What beats having cockles? It’s tucking right into hot chop | h + r in eat, 2 defs. |
1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | Equus to shock circle, in due course springing up before matinee’s done and heading for theatre bar | appal + O + so (rev.) + a; anag. + t |
2005-2006 | ||||
1758 | BIMBETTE | VHC | I’m into books? One such as I will never reach the end – or even start | I’m in bb + (l)ette(r), & lit. |
1753 | DIAGONAL | VHC | Goal! – and international’s shot from a corner headed for another | anag. incl. I |
1752 | MIDWINTER | First | Time around which man taking sack maybe appears after dark’s returned | dim (rev.) + t in winer, & lit.; sack3 |
1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Computer that Dell’s invested in needs absolute eradicating of bugs | tom in eni(a)c; see dell2 |
2004-2005 | ||||
1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | Gay after theatrical hit so went joke bygone Sam cracked | anag.; ref. S. Johnson: ‘[The Beggar’s Opera] had the effect … of making Gay rich, and Rich gay.’ |
1719 | ANHELATION | VHC | A new short skirt worn in a hotel – it makes pants noticeable, climbing stairs | anag. in a, n |
1711 | MINUS | VHC | Alight in a frenzy, not running to time? It can be a bit of a problem, this line | in in mus(t); must4 |
1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Tempest with ultimate in rotten acting? It was a fiasco | lagena; gale n a |
1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | In trial, Met dish crook for fabrication, leading to exemplary sentence perhaps | anag. in worry |
1700 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | First | ‘In Foreign Office I’ve hit trouble,’ the PM bristles | I’ve in FO + clock shadow |
1694 | MISINTERPRET | VHC | Arrive at wrong solution to Printer’s Devilry in new format of Times | anag. in anag. |
2003-2004 | ||||
1667 | CLARINI | VHC | Irenical winds? Not the first of epithets here | anag. less e, & lit.; wind2 |
2002-2003 | ||||
1611 | LEISLER | VHC | A tea-tray in the sky? I may be taken for one by nonsense versifier | Lear with Isle for a; ref. L. Carroll, ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little bat’; I = Isle |
1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | Oxford detective Morse spending minimal time at New – could clue indicate Oriel? | Fen + anag. of (Mo)rse at; ref. Gervase F. in novels of Edmund Crispin |
1598 | PHRASEMONGER | VHC | One who over-refines words in interpretation of Morgen, perhaps, neglecting piano | anag. less p; ref. Richard Strauss song |
1596 | GENISTA (Definition of Anagram) | Third | Dope – taking it’s a crazy course, opposite of wise men’s | easting; gen + anag. |
1585 | SHIATSU | VHC | Applying pressure over arms etc, has it to be done with American backing to succeed? | anag. + US (rev.); ref. Iraq |
1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | Traditional alternative to shopping malls needs to stock the latest skirt | malls; gen in mart; mall = mallet |
2001-2002 | ||||
1554 | PEARL | VHC | Colleague of Dean and Rector dwelling within the sound of bells | R in peal; ref. P. & D. film advertisements |
1550 | MEMORITER | VHC | How maestro could conduct item Rorem composed | anag.; ref. Ned R., US composer |
1546 | TRANSPARENT | VHC | Ingenuous Stan and partner, gotten into a fine mess | anag.; ref. Laurel and Hardy |
1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | First | Castro perhaps in troop making entrance after complete internal revolution | portal with inside letters reversed |
2000-2001 | ||||
1515 | SNIDE | Third | For coining such repeatedly, crook ends inside? | double anag. & lit. |
1999-2000 | ||||
1439 | JOHN CANOE | Third | Seasonal celebrations in office, WC 1, with large number going | John can o(n)e |
1998-1999 | ||||
1385 | PANTRIES | First | What maids must step into daily when apprehending dinner’s close? | r in panties, & lit. |
1380 | RAPPORT (Misprints) | VHC | Header’s gone in net – Seaman’s left an emotional kind of pink | link; (t)rap port; ref. England goalkeeper |
1376 | LOGO | Second | Cipher associated with brand, possibly? | log + 0, & lit. |
1372 | MASTERSTROKE | VHC | Sea-going Pole, under sail at first, then steam, and begetter of Victory? | mast erst roke; misleading ref. to J. Conrad |
1367 | SANBENITOS | VHC | Special fashion for ones bastin’? | anag. & lit. |
1363 | MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number) | First | Bird having to strip is in the buff | strip; mav(is) + in |
1997-1998 | ||||
1322 | CARPET | VHC | Possible hanging matter fabricated? Marshal Earp in court | anag. in ct; matter = mat-maker (OED) |
1316 | FINGERLICKIN’ | Third | Champion Faldo losing lead with not quite par round | (N)ick in fingerlin(g) |
1312 | REST-CURE | VHC | Possibly relaxing time in San Jose’s ending after stay gets cut short | rest cur(t) + e; san = sanatorium |
1996-1997 | ||||
1307 | AGILE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | With 250 neat entries for Azed’s grading, illegibility’s ludicrous error | two nifty feet; first letters |
1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Half-formed ‘air-drawn’ fancy seen with play’s leading character alone on stage? | p on + anag. of air-d(rawn), & lit.; ref ‘Macbeth’ 2, 1 & 3, 4, 62 |
1290 | NITERIE | First | Dive made from upturned punts | i.e. Eire tin (rev.) |
1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | Second | Heart of Christmas story: unique gift from God abides in animals’ dwelling | STA(BLES SING)LE; S + tale |
1268 | ARGIE-BARGIE | VHC | Ringing changes in bigger area, I could produce really annoying ding-dong | anag. |
1264 | TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left) | Second | Eager over-fours replaced game for under-fours with train set in box, perhaps | anag.; drill in tree |
1260 | OUT-AND-OUT | VHC | Dog? One slipping lead in the field nips small terriers | TA in (h)ound out; dog adv |
1995-1996 | ||||
1255 | CATAFALCO | VHC | A flat’s strewn with half-consumed Coca-Cola, the remains of late parties I hold | anag. less Cola |
1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | Ferry operator restricts use of bars etc? My charges on trip should be small | PE in Charon |
1994-1995 | ||||
1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Yearning for horse? That’s proud king yclept Dicky (the two Princes disposed of) | anag. incl. K less P, P; ref. Richard III; horse = heroin |
1152 | PARACETAMOL | Second | What suppresses the aches of the chap with a molar decaying? | anag. less h, h, & lit.; ache2 = aitch |
1993-1994 | ||||
1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | Short to play against one with superb ending – it’s mate for Kasparov | to(y) v a rich; ref. Chess championship, Gary K., Nigel S. |
1130 | AGRESTAL | VHC | A great lover’s not finished performing – naturally wild in bed | anag. less over |
1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | Matchless sprinter staggered, losing lead to Linford, thus was not quite the first | anag. less L; thus = frankincense; ref. L. Christie |
1122 | BASILIAN | Second | Left out of waltzing in a ball, is one possibly taken for a beguine? | anag. less l; beguine2 |
1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | VHC | Ancient jar of Grecian 2000 (half defective) that ruined old Stan’s locks | M(M) in anag. incl. o; ref. hair preparation |
1113 | EMPLASTRUM | First | Mutton and rump with salt in caper and mustard dressing, perhaps | em + anag.; ref. mustard plaster |
1108 | GREEN | VHC | Like e.g. mint, there’s a hole in it | 2 mngs. |
1104 | BURYING-PLACES | Third | Where ‘lads and girls … come to dust’ (which also evokes girls and boys involved with a clean-up!) | comp. anag.; ref. song from ‘Cymbeline’ |
1100 | CONCORDANCE | VHC | What’s used to locate knock-about meeting with Conrade in play? | con-c. + anag., & lit.; ref. ‘Much Ado’, III, iii |
1992-1993 | ||||
1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | Possible bank deposit in Lloyd’s – I’d öre, not yen, for exchange | anag. less Y; bottle bank |
1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | Second | Popular romp Sega’s displaced (after dad’s bought it)? | anag. less pop, & lit. |
1074 | DEMIREP | Second | In translation, I’m perdue, not accepted in good society? | anag. less U, & lit. |
1069 | (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces) | VHC | Help the cops in charge to uncover counterfeit | S; SOS + i/c in the |
1052 | AGANIPPE | VHC | A rare visitor to Henley, am I to catch a crab in boat race initially? | i.e. (b)ag a nippe(r); ref. W. E. Henley, minor poet |
1048 | GALLOPADE | First | In which horse takes step to its side instead of the usual way | pad + (hors)e for way in Galloway, & lit. |
1991-1992 | ||||
1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Cartoon mouse producing raspberry ja/m | ref. Tom & Jerry |
1039 | TOLERABLE | VHC | Fair representation demanded by balloteer | anag. |
1034 | BURLAP | VHC | Planting soft yielding kiss in attempt to soothe baby could be requirement for canvasser | la(X) in burp |
1030 | PASTILLE | VHC | Hardly contributes to cause of cleaner teeth | ill in paste, & lit. |
1026 | LET-OFF | VHC | Fire escape | 2 mngs. |
1021 | BEARD | VHC | Face down? | double mng. |
1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | Third | It’s kind of pop to wrap gents’ garb for head teacher’s present, say couple we hear with mum in market | chaps in ska; ‘pair’ ma in; ‘an apple for the teacher’ |
1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | Item listed by Yeats before lake water lapping verse line | v in a l ea + ry, & lit.; ref. ‘Lake Isle of Innisfree’ |
1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Flowers in box on ground? Variety’s enthralling P. Thrower | Blowers; P in sort’s + caster; ref. Henry ‘B.’ Blofeld, Percy T. |
1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | Second | One lot surprisingly paraded around past home in G. and S. | pa. in in anag. incl. I + in G, S, & lit; ref. ‘Ruddigore’ |
1990-1991 | ||||
991 | BRASH (or BRUSH) | VHC | Branches axed in cuts to services, perhaps? Reduced rail network remains | BR + ash; service2 |
987 | IRON CURTAIN | Second | With force of gravity, this could have crashed ruining actor’s composure | anag. less g, & lit. |
978 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | VHC | M’s fifth rule: Bond will get into trouble with cutey | anag.; i.e. 1000 ÷ 5; ref. James B. |
974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | This kind of thing has been dashed off by scholar for Chambers! | i.e. (s)avant pro pos, & lit. |
972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | Tea clobber: half-guinea hat on ‘nut’ | ref. Mad Hatter’s tea party |
969 | BUNTER | VHC | I’d reveal p.o.’s not materialised when cake bill’s presented | bun (pos)ter, & lit.; p.o. = postal order |
956 | SPEAR-SIDE | First | Dies out after a person’s popped off without male issue | anag. less son + anag., & lit. |
947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | First | Ill-doers push crack? No crack here – just a joint given a pull | anag.; ref. drugs |
1989-1990 | ||||
934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | What scale models will circle aloft? Trainers – Oxford perhaps – but not Wellingtons | up in anag.; ref. aircraft |
920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | First | Lord King detains staff with pained expression: “I’ll have BA back in front, well ahead of KLM” | cross in Christ R + ow; ref. British Airways chairman |
917 | HOOLIGANISM | VHC | Rough behaviour, shaming game, involves representatives of FA and League in meeting | 0 0 l i’ in anag.; FA = Fanny Adams |
904 | VOETGANGER | VHC | Growing threat to countryside turns a Govt green | anag. |
895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | ‘Not knowing one’s brass from one’s oboe’? One must enter quality definition | a in tone def. |
891 | CAT | VHC | Dandy lion? | 2 mngs. |
1988-1989 | ||||
887 | MONSTER | VHC | No little creature in mass – ‘enormous-est’ brute! | m + anag. less mouse, & lit.; brute adj. |
874 | BLUESTOCKING | VHC | College beak with bust (?) in worsted (Miss Beale, possibly) | anag. less anag., & lit.; ref. Dorothea B., educational reformer |
853 | DEBACLE | VHC | Half of MCC able bats? That won’t debar English collapse | anag. of DC able + E |
840 | SONDE | VHC | Eminent interpreter of Blue Skies and Stormy Weather? Song-writer wants him | Sond(h)e(im) |
1987-1988 | ||||
835 | PROSAICAL | VHC | A la scrip o’ novel? | anag. & lit. |
1986-1987 | ||||
783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | S. American peon could work near me | comp. anag. & lit. |
779 | MISSING LINK | VHC | Don’t get at Mikhail G, source of overtures for reduction – he’s presumably an advance on his predecessors | miss in Glink(a); ref. composer and M. Gorbachev |
774 | VICTORINE | Second | Wrap it over chin if not hot? | anag. less H, & lit. |
770 | HERMITS | VHC | They must interpret theism with utmost of rigour | anag. incl. r, & lit. |
762 | OBELISE | VHC | ‘Tell … how it alters’? (Honour is briefly put down in Raleigh poem) | OBE + ’s in (The) Lie; ref. Sir Walter R.’s poem |
753 | SHEEPDOG | VHC | What may a. appear in trials, b. sell paint, c. collect hogs, d. pee indiscriminately? | anag.; ref. Dulux ad, etc. |
740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | Flying Circus? Cleese, Idle are endlessly funny | anag. less final letters; ref. Monty Python, John C., Eric I. |
1985-1986 | ||||
731 | STRING | VHC | Bite for King to tuck into? | R in sting, & lit.; ref. Belloc’s Henry K. |
727 | WELL-TO-DO | VHC | With plenty of tin available, shaft sunk near Land’s End comes to nothing | well to d 0; ref. crisis in tin industry |
722 | SUPERNACULUM | VHC | It beats usual cup men take | anag. incl. r, & lit. |
718 | FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Aim of drummers in LPO: loud, not soft, playing | anag. with f for p; drummer = commercial traveller |
714 | MOTE | VHC | What means ‘tick’ as well as ‘mound (long unused)’? | mo + te(l), & lit.; mote1,3 |
712 | PANTOMIME HORSE | VHC | In me (some part!) couple of ‘hoofers’ clown | anag. incl. ho, & lit. |
705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | In which we’d see rhapsodic air mute psycho? | anag. & lit. |
696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | Male’s among men in action abroad – serving in Foreign Legion, perhaps? | m in anag.; ref. traditional reason for joining F. L. |
692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | Second | Get low impulses to spike punch before our party? It will set things alight | spike; id3 in fib2 + us |
688 | CUCURBITAL | First | What makes ‘gourdy’ when defined by coot et al? | curb in cuit + al, & lit.; curb, disease of horses; coot2 |
683 | BANISH | VHC | Transport strike off | 2 mngs. |
1984-1985 | ||||
679 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | One on country picnic: ‘Go/d – ant-hill!’ | |
675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | Prisoner’s on trial in connection with leaflets creating alarm | con’s ternate; trial2 |
666 | Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts) | VHC | What you’ll find in colour supplement drops animal elements | hu(manis)es; hues |
662 | BARGE-COUPLE | First | Sawyer’s contribution to topping story shows the lighter Twain | barge couple; ref. Mark T. |
657 | SILLY-BILLY | VHC | Close and Illingworth must accept (if all but opener go!) Boycott for one bats | B in silly Illy; ref. Brian C., Ray I., Geoff B. |
653 | INTERNUNCIO | First | One not effective in bending certain union | anag. less a, & lit.; ref. miners’ strike |
649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | A variety of our Partlets, not a little alien | a + anag. less ET, & lit. |
644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | Result of limitless bets involving a system always coming up? | a syst. + e’er (rev.), all in (b)et(s), & lit. |
640 | MACHETE | VHC | Help for Cuban peasants cutting through bush | Che in maté, & lit.; C. Guevara |
635 | ROSEMARY | VHC | You’ll find ——’s offered with rue ‘with a difference’ in sorry measure | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Hamlet IV, v |
1983-1984 | ||||
627 | AMBIENT | VHC | It’s buzzing with BA men | anag. & lit.; BA = British Airways |
618 | CRETISM | Third | I may be swallowed by the foolish etc (and RMs?) | I in anag., & lit.; ‘tell it to the marines’ |
615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | Short title, i.e. not long novel | anag. less L, & lit. |
607 | CARNEY | VHC | Soap opera girl has contrary craving for men | Carmen with yen (rev.) for men |
590 | MINEVER | Third | What edges something in which peer dresses up? | even in rim (all rev.), & lit.; even, peer vbs. |
581 | SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number) | VHC | Eccentric soprano tackling snatch of Donizetti was both sharp and flat | eccentric; D in anag. |
1982-1983 | ||||
576 | TOP-NOTCH | Third | Two small children pounding piano not likely to get rave reviews | p no in tot ch. |
572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | Could be mixture of aloes and ink! | anag. & lit. |
558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Content of Christmas crates? Mm, nice fruity taste | cates; anag. + eat; fruity = crazy |
556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | Third | Since becoming free, Walesa appears less active | singe; anag. less a; ref. Lech W. |
547 | GLEEMAN | VHC | Has he lots of numbers to call up (all good lays)? Gee, lover has hidden energy | G + E in leman |
543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | It could make you stop wearying | anag. & lit. |
538 | INGRAIN | VHC | Causing fall, cycling fast | i.e. raining cyclically |
1981-1982 | ||||
508 | POSTURE-MAKER | VHC | P. E. makes route to career for me | anag. & lit. |
506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What’s the fu/n? As always, getting lit up with alcohol | etna |
1979-1980 | ||||
404 | CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Keeper can lead astray forward without a back swearing job is his | wax-bearing; can + anag. less a + holder |
379 | SCYTHEMAN | VHC | Grotty chem; nasty maths: I get exercise in them | anag.; math = mowing |
375 | SPREATHE | Second | ‘Asperate’ gives one this, not ‘aspirate’, silly! | i.e. anag. incl. H less a, & lit. |
1978-1979 | ||||
358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | Actively put end to idleness and shift | idleness; anag. incl. s + art, & lit. |
352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | Flashy rig half the time needing attention, that could make a fir sightly? | anag. incl. ti(me), anag., & lit. |
340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Half that duo of Browning’s – that’s a description of Gigadibs | Book’s, i.e.; ref. ‘The Ring and the Book’ and ‘Bishop Blougram’s Apology’ |
332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | The hatter or the hat? | i.e. nut case |
323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | Take a look up: you could see me soaring in a high place | i.e. rev. in alp, & lit. |
319 | PODESTA | VHC | Man with ‘fair round belly’ and seat abroad? | pod + anag.; ref. AYLI, ‘Seven Ages’ |
1977-1978 | ||||
306 | DICKENS | VHC | In revolution Sydney cops chopped neck, you’ll read in me | anag. in Sid (rev.), & lit.; ref. S. Carton in ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ |
301 | TROLLOPISH | Second | Posh? Rot! – ill groomed | anag. & lit. |
294 | HUMECT | Second | What tears etc. do primarily? | hum + anag. & lit.; do, hum vi |
281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | Amiss and I score? With my stumps on the ground I walked long ago | anag.; ref. Dennis A. |
276 | AMTRACK | VHC | One’s waterproof, landing spearheads of the raid? | t r in a mack, & lit. |
272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | Gateau with malt, nuts and spice | anag. |
267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | First of May: what’s carried on energetically around centre of Padstow? | M + s in anag.; ref. hobby in Brewer |
263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | They’re a strong team etc. What a tea – s/ad me stumped! | ref. 1 ac. in puzzle |
1976-1977 | ||||
255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | First | Year J. Bull loves E.R. II afresh | anag. & lit. |
249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | Christmas song character in need ; ‘Hither, Page!’ louder ordered king | anag. incl. p + R; ref. Wenceslas |
243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Description of sacred mountain-top elite, knowing no limits? | (h)oly M pic(k), & lit. |
238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | As demonstration: ‘Make gamble, join ramble, and head it with credit.’ | cr + anag., & lit. |
225 | VALETA | VHC | See a radical Party-man scattering tea – could this accompany revolutionary activity in Boston? | v. a L + anag.; ref. Boston Tea Party, waltz; L = Liberal |
216 | SCANTITY | First | You’re sure to get it in a second lean year | it in s cant2 y, & lit. |
1975-1976 | ||||
203 | BOGY | First | Dogberry’s role: —— errors led astray? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. constable in Much Ado… |
197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Successful Palace scheme – Rover/s put in grim struggles, were finally quelled | Rasputin |
195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | Foolish type – no leader – wanting will often and outwardly unconfident | (s)illy shall in shy1 |
2017-2018
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2360 VIDENDA
2016-2017
2347 ASLEEP
2325 MASON
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2283 BARGAIN
2274 SIMPATICO
2014-2015
2213 SOLECISM
2013-2014
2191 PLUG
2183 SANGRAIL
2178 PARISON
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2113 PICAROON
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2011-2012
2087 ROCKET
2083 BEWITCH
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1997 FADO
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1962 ANADEM
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1949 PALFRENIER
2008-2009
1923 ELLIPTIC
1897 WASH-OUT
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1858 HUMONGOUS
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
2005-2006
1771 PARTERRE
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1563 SLYBOOTS
1999-2000
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1998-1999
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1997-1998
1338 SMART ALEC
1336 STOCKING
1996-1997
1294 TRANSENNA
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1273 SIPOREX
1995-1996
1220 CASSANDRA
1994-1995
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1165 YAPSTER
1993-1994
1139 BENJAMIN
1126 CHEATERY
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1078 KIRBEH
1065 TANDOORI
1061 MAGIC
1056 ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)
1991-1992
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1000 ONE THOUSAND
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
982 ALMANAC
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
961 WAVESON
1989-1990
922 REFORMADO
913 ARCHIBALD
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
869 HOLD-UPS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
827 MICKEY-TAKING
823 SARBACANE
788 CROW
1986-1987
766 GUBBINS
764 CHILDERMAS
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
709 GINGER
701 BALUSTRADE
1984-1985
670 TURNIP-FLEA
1983-1984
609 LUCKY-BAG
603 FIGULINE
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
564 PARAMENT
559 EMBASE
1981-1982
513 ETYMOLOGICON
1979-1980
406 BOIL
384 OUTSPREADING
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
362 SEA-SOLDIER
349 ODDCOMESHORT
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
298 NOSER
289 AMNESIAC
1976-1977
247 FLIVVER
229 METRICATE
1975-1976
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
169 THUGGEE
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
2016-2017 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
2015-2016 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
2014-2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
2013-2014 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
2012-2013 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 21 |
2011-2012 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 5 | 8 |
2010-2011 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 15 |
2009-2010 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 6 | 18 |
2008-2009 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
2007-2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
2006-2007 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
2005-2006 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 13 |
2004-2005 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 1 | 6 |
2003-2004 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
2002-2003 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2001-2002 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 2 | 17 |
2000-2001 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
1999-2000 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
1998-1999 | 3 (2, 1, 0) | 3 | 1 | 4 |
1997-1998 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 2 | 22 |
1996-1997 | 3 (1, 2, 0) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
1995-1996 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1994-1995 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
1993-1994 | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 6 | 2 | 2 |
1992-1993 | 3 (1, 2, 0) | 3 | 5 | 4 |
1991-1992 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 8 | 3 | 2 |
1990-1991 | 3 (2, 1, 0) | 5 | 3 | 1 |
1989-1990 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 3 | 9 |
1988-1989 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1986-1987 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 6 | 4 | 5 |
1985-1986 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 9 | 2 | 1 |
1984-1985 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 8 | 1 | 1 |
1983-1984 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 4 | 3 | 4 |
1982-1983 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1979-1980 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 2 | 20 |
1978-1979 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
1977-1978 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 6 | 2 | 2 |
1976-1977 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 4 | 2 | 7 |
1975-1976 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 3 | 19 |