ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Simpson | 42 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 69 | 51 | Jun 2001 | May 2022 | 20y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2595 | FIFTY YEARS | VHC | Fine half-century is hit, fancy lunch being held with successor to X centre stage, such is his milestone | f + Y in anag. less anag.; held = restrained |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2539 | TORSE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Thea c/an be a nonce – played a part in Game of Thrones | Sean Bean |
| 2521 | CHAMBERS | VHC | Red book – in short, my no. 1 for reference each Sabbath | anag. incl. b, m’, r + S, & lit.; red4 vt. |
| 2517 | LITERATIM | VHC | How one might see illuminated script, eg in a monastery, regularly reproduced? | lit + anag. of every third letter, & lit. |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2495 | BUNG | VHC | What’s essential for one to stop virus? Soap | n in bug |
| 2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Spaced out? You might see a trio of mermaids on the rocks in this | anag. incl. a mer(maids), & lit. |
| 2486 | BRUHAHA | VHC | Stir forced rhubarb, with ends cut off, to get a hot filling | a H in anag. less r, b |
| 2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Splash gladly in the men’s – flush once when pressure’s good | madly … glens; g for p in puddle |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2460 | TWEET | VHC | Trash taking quick minute for Donald to put together? | t(rash) + wee + t’, & lit. |
| 2451 | CAPUT | First | Montero gets place for parking here? | cap with put for P, & lit.; ref. Mitsubishi M. |
| 2438 | MONTE DI PIETÀ | VHC | Cash short and needing bob for diamonds fast? About time to get in here | t in mone(y) + diet with dip for d + a, & lit. |
| 2428 | SHEPHERDS | First | Christmas visitors deployed ships of the desert, crude site of tot’s first appearance being shed | anag. less anag. incl. t |
| 2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | Special area with customs in balance? Arlene’s latest to go twitchy | sp + a + modi in scal(e); ref. Arlene Foster |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2408 | LUNCHEONETTE | VHC | This I fancy could be niche outlet opening for eats around noon | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | First off, Trump ain’t about to embrace this (not half) | (th)is in anag. less T, & lit. |
| 2390 | POISSON D’AVRIL | VHC | Eccentric Boris taking the lead in Brexit? No, Davis is in place – he’s not May’s fall guy | anag. less B in Pl. |
| 2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | VHC | I can earn plenty with a new novel – a —— can’t | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Colourful band foremost in the industry epitomising Stiff Records and punk rock | punk; anag. of first letters |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2356 | PUBLIC SERVANT | Third | One might have a taxing job, struggling to nab silver cup with a round to go | anag. less O |
| 2338 | TRUMP | VHC | I may be portrayed as oddball in office | tip with rum for I, & lit.; office = tip/hint |
| 2313 | PERFECT | Second | Such clues do fantastically, being selected for cup? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | Not a little shoddy, without qualification, fencing cowboy might work like this? | roper in (s)imply, & lit. |
| 2274 | SIMPATICO | First | Clue at head of slip – I. Simpson? Not unless awfully, awfully pleasing | anag. incl. s less anag. |
| 2261 | GANGSTERLAND | VHC | Here you might see characters regularly collared in drama à la Greene’s Brighton Rock? | anag. of alternate letters, & lit. |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2248 | WAISTLINE | Second | A bit of you, this eg could be shaped by eating wisely | comp. anag. incl. y, & lit. |
| 2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | VHC | I’m a little child sitting by a tree/I’m synonymous with joy/First of all attend to stocking crammed/I’m like The Snowman’s little boy | CHARMIAN/ANIMATED; CHARAMINATED; ch. + a ramin, see Names in C.; ate in a(ll) mind |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2183 | SANGRAIL | VHC | A. Darling’s converted? If so, that’d be Salmond’s ultimate —— | anag. less d, & lit.; ref. ‘Better Together’ campaign |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2122 | NICETY | VHC | British economy? It’s bust – with boom forgotten, delicate management’s required | anag. less boom |
| 2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | VHC | Downing Street craving a cosh for Salmond? It might avert a future split | st itch in a intime; cosh2 |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | What can make a fireplace surround? Marble can, with a bit of hewing | anag. incl. h |
| 2000 | TWO THOUSAND | VHC | Newly out, what’s Azed’s latest no.? | anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| 1997 | FADO | VHC | Dump right for a spot of dancing in Algarve capital | Faro with r for d; see dump2 |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1988 | PERIQUE | VHC | Contents of pipe with queer ming? | anag. incl. (p)ip(e), & lit.; ming1,2 |
| 1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | A half minute and tap washer will be fixed – good, it will avoid a terrible row | anag. incl. min(ute) |
| 1945 | PRISON | First | Centre for keeping crooked characters in irons? | p + anag., & lit. |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1879 | LITTER BASKET | VHC | Cast here might be empty beer bottles abandoned by a couple of boozers, and one half-eaten takeaway | anag. of b(ee)r (bo)ttles I take(away), & lit. |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | Special Brew in a tin could be this, along with whiskey | comp. anag. incl. W, & lit.; ref. Carlsberg product |
| 1788 | ETHEREAL OILS | VHC | Top source of perfume extracted from a variety of heliotrope petals? | anag. less top p, & lit. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | Third | Cry of 2006? Portuguese finally win, English knocked out | cru; anag. incl. e, E; ref. World Cup |
| 1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | What’s flogged here? Fuddy-duddy gear, regularly | anag. of alternate letters, & lit. |
| 1752 | MIDWINTER | Third | —— e’en – here could be time when reindeer set out | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1519 | CARRY-ON | VHC | This hound tale could be Arthur Conan Doyle pastiche | comp. anag.; ref. ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ |
2021-2022
2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
2020-2021
2564 CLEARING
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2019-2020
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2447 CONGENER
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2434 STONKERED
2430 CLERIHEW
2425 EPILIMNION
2017-2018
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2399 CHARMEUSE
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2347 ASLEEP
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2334 ALLELUIAH
2325 MASON
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2300 MISHMASH
2287 VALET
2283 BARGAIN
2279 CLEMENTINE
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2270 FENESTRA
2014-2015
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2218 FOREIGNER
2213 SOLECISM
2205 CUMBERSOME
2013-2014
2191 PLUG
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2012-2013
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2126 DESPERATE
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2113 PICAROON
2011-2012
2087 ROCKET
2083 BEWITCH
2078 RÉCOLLET
2074 BENNET
2064 COLD TURKEY
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2010-2011
2031 EMBROIDERY
2027 THRENETICAL
2012 BLOATING
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
2009-2010
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1958 HANGDOG
1949 PALFRENIER
2008-2009
1923 ELLIPTIC
1918 PALAMPORE
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1908 WE THREE KINGS
1906 MORSE
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1866 BINGE
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1797 HEART
1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
1784 TEARAWAY
2002-2003
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| 2018-2019 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 27 |
| 2016-2017 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 2015-2016 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 5 | 28 |
| 2014-2015 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |