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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. D. Gaffey | 38 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 99 | 43 | Oct 1963 | Jan 2011 | 47y 3m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1962 | ANADEM | VHC | Does AA mend old tire? | anag.; tire (arch.) = headdress |
| 1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | With a ‘hoss’ one might be a plier of harness | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | VHC | One does see EU err with drug war strategy | anag. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1752 | MIDWINTER | VHC | Fantastic male in red/white. He is out in this season | anag. incl. m less he, & lit.; ref. S. Claus |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Wind one must get up after bottle | lagena; gale + an (rev.); ref. baby-feeding |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1528 | STROP (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Fine weather let her sport undressed | leather whetter; anag. |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1506 | BARE(-)BONES | VHC | Beanpoles once bore beans in rotation | anag. |
| 1485 | BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left) | VHC | Change in Labour’s euro-policy unsettled Footsie lacking European supporter | hidden; anag. less E |
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | Something to sit on with a soft base | can + a p e, & lit.; can = buttocks |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1454 | GET-UP | VHC | Fig: this variety is purgative yet settling | comp. anag.; fig2 |
| 1439 | JOHN CANOE | VHC | Composer, Johann, makes proms with this festival dance | comp. anag. |
| 1419 | SPLODGE | VHC | One’s left from nasty dog’s pile | anag. less I, & lit. |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1411 | LOOK-SEE | VHC | Gander right in the middle of ducks in the river | OK in 0s in Lee |
| 1406 | CHASSEPOT | VHC | Obsolete missile launcher botched space shot | anag. |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | VHC | Do plash be good for this rustic bloomer? | anag. |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1307 | AGILE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | What’s nine and fifty nine and forty in years? | fine and nifty; IL in age |
| 1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Where moods can lead to a degree of cross linkage | mods; o’ X ford |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1194 | DONET | VHC | Is Fowler one to be apt to bag a duck rising? | 0 in tend (rev.); ref. F.’s Modern English |
| 1181 | SLADE | VHC | Usage of kilt, we hear, has lapsed in Scotland | ‘slayed’; kilt2 = killed |
| 1174 | DINGLE-DANGLE | VHC | How are conkers played? Whack fruit of dale and glen | ding + anag. |
| 1156 | TERPSICHOREAN | First | What’s prancer – and his toe, if fantastic? | anag. & lit.; ref. Milton L’Allegro ‘light fantastic toe’ |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | VHC | Raw energy and zip’s evident about wild Tina Turner’s greatest hits | oil + anag. in ping’s; ref. J. M. W. Turner |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 774 | VICTORINE | VHC | Bush, perhaps, fed with nitro compound | anag. in Vice; ref. George B., US V. P. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Lay about birth, Mary’s first, with ox and ass present | anag. incl. c., M |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | One of the antics Jimmy Carter’s kind of nuts do | monkey shine; ref. J. C.’s peanut (monkey nut) farm; do = party |
| 319 | PODESTA | First | Is Latin ‘in fair round belly’ one? | est in pod a, & lit.; ref. AYLI, ‘Seven Ages’, the justice |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | VHC | Somehow he is from the sick runts able to make eats | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | Red, he led per horrid tune | anag. & lit.; red = put in order |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 190 | CASSANDRA | Third | One, given a start in divination by the sun god, going on about a kind of horse | c. ass + an d Ra, & lit.; ref. Trojan horse |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 135 | GABIONADE | VHC | Go topless and have rude badinage about neat breastwork | (g)o in anag. |
| 130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | Wrens aid robins. D/o tits aid sparrow? | ref. ‘Cock Robin’ |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 95 | THUNDERCLAP | VHC | Put chandler to redress one effect of an electricity strike? | anag. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1093 | MARTINET | VHC | I drive too hard; car overturns and I feature in court | tram (rev.) + I + net |
| 1089 | ENCLOISTER | VHC | Specially designed silencer to put in Austins? | anag.; A. = Augustinians |
| 1080 | ANDROMEDA | Third | One dame in distress about what was beginning to swim up | ord in an + anag., & lit. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 808 | WAGONER | VHC | Barkis’s calling. Bet it’s about being willing | on (adj.) in wager; Barkis, a carter, was “willin’” to marry Peggotty in D. Copperfield |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 800 | Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram) | VHC | Rome gets helper from wet Aachen | supposed birthplace |
| 769 | PENNY | VHC | Weaver bird’s wing | 2 defs.; Penelope, wife of Odysseus; wing2 |
2010-2011
2014 HACKETTE
2009-2010
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
2008-2009
1918 PALAMPORE
1910 BARPERSON
1906 MORSE
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1806 INEBRIANT
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
2004-2005
1719 ANHELATION
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
2003-2004
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
1628 ENCOMION
2002-2003
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1593 MANSUETE
1585 SHIATSU
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1524 INGRATITUDE
1519 CARRY-ON
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
1502 RAPPEL
1494 MARATHON
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1480 SAMARITAN
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1999-2000
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1437 MISTLETOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1428 CRICETID
1424 HEIST
1998-1999
1402 PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)
1398 PERMETHRIN
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1380 RAPPORT (Misprints)
1997-1998
1355 DIACATHOLICON
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1336 STOCKING
1329 PITHOS
1996-1997
1286 CHALET
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1273 SIPOREX
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1225 CURRY
1216 CHAPERON
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1190 DENARIUS
1186 GRISELDA
1178 BOOTLEG
1993-1994
1130 AGRESTAL
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1078 KIRBEH
1074 DEMIREP
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1034 BURLAP
1021 BEARD
1013 ALVEARY
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
926 NERD
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
891 CAT
1988-1989
869 HOLD-UPS
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
849 VISITE
840 SONDE
1987-1988
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
1986-1987
779 MISSING LINK
766 GUBBINS
1984-1985
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
1978-1979
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
161 ANCON
1974-1975
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
148 BALLYHOO
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
139 PIEPOWDER
1972-1973
31 KITCHENDOM
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1135 HILAIRE BELLOC
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1966-1967
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
894 WITENAGEMOT
882 SNAPDRAGON
1964-1965
847 FRENETICAL
1963-1964
773 FIT-OUT
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |