Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H. Freeman | 94 | 4 | 11 | 79 | 160 | 109 | Apr 1982 | May 2022 | 40y 1m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021-2022 | ||||
2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | ‘Monstrous carbuncle’? Prince stands behind heartless tirade | behind; t, e + ras; ref. comment by P. Charles re National Gallery redevelopment |
2599 | DESIDERATA | VHC | Mixed salads to a dieter (lotsa fancy leaves)? | anag. less anag. & lit |
2595 | FIFTY YEARS | VHC | What’d stay Fiery Fred’s opening burst? A ‘composed’ half-century | anag. incl. f; ref. F. S. (Freddie) Trueman |
2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Junk leads to Harold Steptoe and dad Albert endlessly bickering | anag. incl. H S less t; bicker = quiver |
2582 | ACHITOPHEL | VHC | Treacherously, wanting David’s head, I hatched unfulfilled plot | anag. less D, t, & lit.; ref. 2 Sam. |
2020-2021 | ||||
2560 | BOMBAST | Second | A bit of tigerism encountered by Little Black Sambo in disarray? | b + anag. + t, & lit.; ref. children’s story |
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Hooligan at Euros embarrassed Government, getting us expelled | anag. incl. G less us |
2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | Belowstairs scrubbing is the —— deployed? | anag. less is incl. the, & lit. |
2521 | CHAMBERS | VHC | Child training bares bottom on them | ch + anag. incl. m, & lit. [see comments] |
2019-2020 | ||||
2504 | UPBEAT | VHC | Crudely put – embracing ‘cup half full’ | bea(ker) in anag., & lit. |
2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | Second | What’ll reinforce ‘lock’ measure’s keeping distances back, measure incorporated in the ‘R’ | gaps (rev.) in en + en in the R; ref. lockdown |
2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | Lead AZED with ——? Alternatively, it could get you awarded a Nobel Prize! | comp. anag. & lit. |
2018-2019 | ||||
2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | VHC | What beats the field in flat race? Not a lame animal with the trots! | hidden; anag. less a |
2447 | CONGENER | VHC | After discharge, Queen welcomes new relative | n in congé + ER; ref. royal baby |
2443 | ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Adultery and abuse are common, so a pop/e’s forgiving audience tension | |
2434 | STONKERED | VHC | Floored, sent reeling with KO, bloodied, is Hatton not getting up? | anag. + red, ’s + Derek not (rev.); ref. Derek H., politician and Ricky H., boxer |
2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | Form which Lear (Ed) had missed? | anag. less had, & lit. |
2425 | EPILIMNION | VHC | This would one in mini pedalo displace? | anag. with a, ’d, & lit. |
2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | As disco lamp, flickering? | anag. & lit. |
2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | Second | See Lara get a fantastic benefit collection, idea footballer also exploited | anag.; prop + anag.; ref. cricket/RU football |
2017-2018 | ||||
2390 | POISSON D’AVRIL | VHC | Early season pull to leg, short of a length … Lord’s Pavilion’s buzzing! | anag. less l; leg-pull |
2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | VHC | So tart is pie with even cuts and latticework feature? | tart; alternate letters |
2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | See beleaguered leader of Poms endlessly slam poor pitch | anag. incl. P less m; ref. recent Ashes series |
2015-2016 | ||||
2287 | VALET | First | One who’s done long service dressing Bertie? | Al(bert) in vet(eran), & lit.; ref. B. Wooster, Jeeves |
2013-2014 | ||||
2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Clubs getting heads snapped off, express holer with three-figure score | choler; c + (v)ent (f)ury; ref. golf |
2010-2011 | ||||
2000 | TWO THOUSAND | VHC | 2% of lac stains don’t wash out | anag.; lac = 100,000; stain = sully, mar |
2009-2010 | ||||
1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | Third | ‘This man’s got variant mad cow disease’ – medical experts | RAVING ANATOMISTS |
2008-2009 | ||||
1908 | WE THREE KINGS | Second | Worried when it’s Greek bearing gifts? That’s us! | anag.; ref. Virgil: ‘timeo Danaos…’ |
2007-2008 | ||||
1856 | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | First | Greens on, ba/ked brown, with capon warming | ref. Bali conference on climate change |
2005-2006 | ||||
1750 | PLOUGHMAN | VHC | Zonked, hump along? Worn out, galumph? No – I plod wearily | anag., anag. |
1741 | LORD NELSON | VHC | Led Royal Navy solo at sea – name: —— | anag. incl. RN + n, & lit. |
2004-2005 | ||||
1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Girl’s name | Angela; gal + Ena, & lit. |
1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | 500 ahead, SA skipper has English in trouble (spin) | D + Smith E, all in worry; ref. Graeme S., cricket |
2003-2004 | ||||
1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Bricklayers using this’ll initially stop making Tower of Pisa wobble! | thick layers using bristle; anag. incl. s, m, T, o |
1663 | ARMAMENTARIA | VHC | Pieces Shipman’s branch nurse carried around? | men tar in arm aia, & lit.; ref. murderer Dr Harold S. |
1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | Act coward? Yes – I’d do that, emitting cry of anguish | anag. less ow, & lit. |
1646 | BLACK | VHC | I might be caught in balk after screw (not Jimmy!) | c in anag., & lit.; ref. snooker, Jimmy White |
1641 | GADGETEER | VHC | See one who likes taking things apart get ‘E’ grade in Engineering | anag. |
1624 | BELAY | VHC | Scale peak, by securing it? | e-la in by, & lit. |
2002-2003 | ||||
1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | What’s almost awe inspiring? Knight and the dashing ‘Tres’ opening | N + anag. in fea(r); ref. England cricket openers Nick K. and Marcus Trescothick |
1596 | GENISTA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Implant of collagen is tarty act of titillation | teasing; hidden |
1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | You’d see me used about one born on Tues possibly | a n + anag., all in me, & lit.; ref. ‘Tuesday’s child …’ |
2001-2002 | ||||
1563 | SLYBOOTS | Third | One like TV’s Basil to Sybil – so silly, one must get divorced | anag. less I; ref. Basil Brush, ‘Fawlty Towers’ |
1559 | THEOLOGASTER | VHC | To those lager louts a ‘DD Light’ might be the answer | anag. & lit.; ref. Double Diamond ale; lout vi |
1550 | MEMORITER | VHC | Tim: Me or Greg, no good at all, sick as a parrot | anag. less g twice; ref. T. Henman, G. Rusedski, tennis |
1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | Second | Rare stopwatch strap at Rolex store | hidden |
2000-2001 | ||||
1515 | SNIDE | VHC | ‘Uttered in spite’ about encapsulates it | hidden rev., & lit. |
1489 | FRONT-BENCHER | VHC | —— i.e. … term for Gordon Brown, often squirming next to Blair? | anag. incl. n, br + Cher(ie), & lit.; ref. C. Blair |
1480 | SAMARITAN | VHC | Suffering traumas, losing heart? One should ring one | I in anag. less u + an, & lit. |
1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | One’s embodied in ‘fancy starter to Petronius’ Cena’? | a in anag. incl. P, & lit.; ref. Cena Trimalchionis |
1999-2000 | ||||
1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | Third | Close the blasted Dome – I hate it! | immediate / moth; anag. |
1437 | MISTLETOE | VHC | Hemi-parasite to elm when entwined | anag. incl. (para)site, & lit. |
1428 | CRICETID | VHC | Object of Freddie Starr headline maybe is help to expedite circulation going up | hidden rev.; ref. ‘F. S. Ate My Hamster’ |
1415 | MANATI (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | With David, co-le/t des res, Ted, from Mike? | ref. D. Coleman, Des Lynam, sports commentators |
1998-1999 | ||||
1402 | PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Tease, with compiler maybe leading a merry dance | one-step; pen + tose |
1394 | BERGAMOT | VHC | Pear’s bar got me refreshed | anag.; ref. soap |
1387 | Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram) | Third | Rash Mandy – will scandal cost him his seat? | |
1997-1998 | ||||
1355 | DIACATHOLICON | Second | Cloaca it (honied) loosened (not a 90s drug!) | anag. less E (= Ecstasy), & lit. |
1351 | NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry) | First | A P/D’s to result from closed passages | apnea |
1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | Clean up act, Chris E, act involving unacceptable use of language | anag.; ref. Chris Evans |
1316 | FINGERLICKIN’ | VHC | Fried chicken can be so good if in crinkle chips! | anag. incl. g |
1996-1997 | ||||
1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Take POPE here? That’s, to a degree, unorthodox for deacon | PPE; hidden; ref. PPE course |
1995-1996 | ||||
1242 | KNOCKERS | VHC | Attributes of doors one hears! | 2 meanings & lit.; ref. Diana Dors |
1234 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | Post-volume para? No – au contraire | anag. incl. v, & lit. |
1994-1995 | ||||
1200 | Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Get measure of Lara and Bishop? That is tricky | (C)ALIBRA(T)E; anag. incl. B, i.e. |
1993-1994 | ||||
1130 | AGRESTAL | VHC | Country, one that’s abandoned EEC, featuring in new edition of atlas | Gr(eec)e in anag.; country adj |
1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | VHC | First couplet omitted from Keats manuscript on ‘jar’… this? | anag. of (Ke)ats MS on, & lit. |
1100 | CONCORDANCE | VHC | Consenting maiden leaves condom infected with cancer | anag. less m |
1992-1993 | ||||
1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | VHC | Christmas fun? That could be embodied by ‘pleasur-o-gram’ | anag. |
1074 | DEMIREP | VHC | Work per diem? My trade’s plied per noctem | anag. |
1065 | TANDOORI | VHC | You might see Indian cook retch when this chicken’s off! | comp. anag. & lit. |
1991-1992 | ||||
1034 | BURLAP | VHC | Canvassing? Doing that, a Tory could misrepresent Labour Party | comp. anag. |
1030 | PASTILLE | VHC | ‘Flash’ paper reported liberal leader’s liaison with secretary | PA + ‘Steel’; ref. D. Steel, P. Ashdown scandal |
995 | STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I’m worried about gu/y – see my bonfire, blown out! | |
1990-1991 | ||||
987 | IRON CURTAIN | VHC | One drawn on rails in the National? We see it pound Aintree course and win | comp. anag.; ref. the National Theatre |
978 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | VHC | Clue: English tour with none scored by Don must be bad! | anag. incl. E less 0, & lit.; ref. Don Bradman |
974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | Post-volume para? No, au contraire | anag. incl.v, & lit. |
969 | BUNTER | VHC | Very early rock tune, source of Righteous Brothers’ No. 1 hit | anag. incl. R B; ref. revival of ‘Unchained Melody’; B. geological period |
1989-1990 | ||||
926 | NERD | VHC | Rowan’s leading part (incorporated in new edition) | R in n ed., & lit.; ref. R. Atkinson role in W. End play ‘The N.’, and Chambers 1988 edition |
895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | Unable to read the pitch, and with feet out of position, bagged duck | 0 in anag. |
1988-1989 | ||||
887 | MONSTER | VHC | Gorgon? Mrs T’s one in disguise! | anag. |
869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | Lots of mugging in the vac secured degree at university | d up in hols |
857 | REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left) | VHC | Ben, covered in shame: ‘I’m the flyer with the golden streaks, a distinction I lost after doping in Eastern city’ | red + cap; anag. incl. E less I; ref. B. Johnson |
853 | DEBACLE | Third | Seb Coe medal blunder – some —— in selection? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. S. C. not selected for 1988 Olympics |
1987-1988 | ||||
835 | PROSAICAL | VHC | Not how lines are run in P & O with Calais in turmoil | r in P O + anag. |
831 | COOLABAH (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Oxford & Cambridge capsizing (assorted exclamations) stall Thames on this sally | tall stem’s; O & C (rev.) + o! la! bah!; sally3 |
814 | SPOUSAGE | VHC | Wanting kids before the ring? The done thing’s after – in this | sp + O + usage, & lit. |
788 | CROW | First | B-r-ag? | i.e. r in bag, & lit.; bag, cow (derog.) |
1986-1987 | ||||
774 | VICTORINE | VHC | What’s yellow, put in a can and conserved in jam? | or in tin in vice |
764 | CHILDERMAS | VHC | Day of mourning foreshadowed ’mid Rachel’s tears | anag.; ref. Matt. 2, 18 |
1985-1986 | ||||
722 | SUPERNACULUM | VHC | In Latin I am ‘ale-cup run over the edge’ | anag. in sum (L.); over the edge = breaking down |
701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | Paper ——? That can’t be right for making parapets durable | comp. anag. & lit. |
1983-1984 | ||||
590 | MINEVER | VHC | One in white coat raises finger: East completely throws away final | nim (rev.) + E ver(y); ref. David E., B&H cricket final; nim2 = steal |
1981-1982 | ||||
521 | ATTITUDINISE | VHC | Mince pie dietitians do up inside | ut (rev.) in anag.; do2, pie vt. |
2021-2022
2591 GHAT
2584 GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste)
2578 VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent)
2573 HANDS-ON
2569 BILBO
2020-2021
2564 CLEARING
2543 CABRETTA
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2530 STUDENTY
2525 PLACITUM
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
2490 DREAMSCAPE
2486 BRUHAHA
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2473 INTERPLAY
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2395 PURITANISM
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2016-2017
2334 ALLELUIAH
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2325 MASON
2015-2016
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2014-2015
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2013-2014
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2011-2012
2064 COLD TURKEY
2009-2010
1962 ANADEM
2008-2009
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1901 SANITISE
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1866 BINGE
2006-2007
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1797 HEART
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2005-2006
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1758 BIMBETTE
1753 DIAGONAL
1752 MIDWINTER
1746 ENTOMIC
1737 ANIMUS
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1694 MISINTERPRET
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1667 CLARINI
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1650 SAPHENA
1637 AMNESIC
1628 ENCOMION
2002-2003
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1589 JOKESMITH
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1554 PEARL
1546 TRANSPARENT
1541 CHUPRASSY
1533 MASTER-MARINER
1524 INGRATITUDE
1519 CARRY-ON
2000-2001
1511 DEEP-SEATED
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1502 RAPPEL
1494 MARATHON
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1439 JOHN CANOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1424 HEIST
1419 SPLODGE
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
1398 PERMETHRIN
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1385 PANTRIES
1376 LOGO
1367 SANBENITOS
1997-1998
1360 BOG-ASPHODEL
1342 ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)
1338 SMART ALEC
1336 STOCKING
1322 CARPET
1996-1997
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1995-1996
1238 ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1220 CASSANDRA
1216 CHAPERON
1212 HILDING
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1190 DENARIUS
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1180 COLD TURKEY
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1161 ADIAPHORON
1993-1994
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1122 BASILIAN
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1108 GREEN
1104 BURYING-PLACES
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1078 KIRBEH
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1061 MAGIC
1056 ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1039 TOLERABLE
1026 LET-OFF
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1013 ALVEARY
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
982 ALMANAC
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
956 SPEAR-SIDE
947 SHOULDER-SLIP
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
934 LACE-UPS
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
917 HOOLIGANISM
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
891 CAT
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
874 BLUESTOCKING
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
827 MICKEY-TAKING
818 EMBUSQUÉ
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
809 DOLCE VITA
805 LITOTES
1986-1987
779 MISSING LINK
766 GUBBINS
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
740 ESCADRILLE
1985-1986
731 STRING
727 WELL-TO-DO
683 BANISH
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
670 TURNIP-FLEA
657 SILLY-BILLY
653 INTERNUNCIO
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
615 HISTORIETTE
609 LUCKY-BAG
594 DOINGS
1982-1983
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 6 | 22 |
2019-2020 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 7 | 30 |
2018-2019 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 7 | 2 | 7 |
2017-2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
2015-2016 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2013-2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
2011-2012 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2010-2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
2009-2010 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
2008-2009 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
2007-2008 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
2005-2006 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
2004-2005 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
2003-2004 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
2002-2003 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
2001-2002 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 2 | 7 | 14 |
2000-2001 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
1999-2000 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 6 | 16 |
1998-1999 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 18 |
1997-1998 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 5 | 12 |
1996-1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1995-1996 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
1992-1993 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
1991-1992 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
1990-1991 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
1989-1990 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
1988-1989 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 15 |
1987-1988 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 11 |
1986-1987 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |