ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Perry | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 43 | 17 | Mar 2000 | Jan 2022 | 21y 10m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | A harmless drudge that Boswell left out? Er … possibly | anag. less l; ref. Samuel Johnson |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2325 | MASON | VHC | Babycham as one might describe it. Perry by another name | hidden; Perry M. |
| 2309 | GLOBETROTTER | VHC | Belt Root and get run out. Was he on tour with Cook? | anag. incl. r; ref. Thomas C. |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2235 | CHOCK-A-BLOCK | Second | Packed house transported back in time | ho. + anag. in clock |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2074 | BENNET | VHC | Stalk game, nothing captured, nothing lost | n(0)ne in bet |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | How Zeffirelli might make a choice location shot (avoiding Italy) | anag. less I |
| 2006 | GROAN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | A crew (some Greek) steered Argo north | gruesome creak; anag. + N |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1908 | WE THREE KINGS | VHC | Boozy, hot and smoky with barely a hint of sobriety, ours was a right royal party | wet H reeking s |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1875 | GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left) | VHC | This device makes you go utterly off the rails with wild rapture having no time to become rampant | go utte(rly); anag. less t |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1818 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Gauloise butt lawyer deposited in rickety old pissoir | Av. in anag. |
| 1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Cold and unwilling; being, in essence, cunning in the face of passion | pace of fashion; c loth + ens in esse |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1753 | DIAGONAL | VHC | Conflict in ring between red and blue corners | agon in dial |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1667 | CLARINI | Third | With first disengaged Sinclair’s buggy stops | anag. less S; ref. Sir Clive S.’s C5 |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1533 | MASTER-MARINER | VHC | Unruly Merrie Man’s at R. Hood’s calling | anag.; ref. Admiral H. |
| 1528 | STROP (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Ideal weather for letting Spot and Rex out | leather for whetting; anag. incl. R |
2021-2022
2586 BALDERDASH
2020-2021
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2521 CHAMBERS
2018-2019
2430 CLERIHEW
2017-2018
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2369 FACETIAE
2016-2017
2347 ASLEEP
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2283 BARGAIN
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2270 FENESTRA
2014-2015
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2013-2014
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2152 STUFFED SHIRT
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2011-2012
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2058 ROBUST
2010-2011
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2000 TWO THOUSAND
1997 FADO
2009-2010
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1945 PRISON
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1879 LITTER BASKET
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1849 AUXESIS
2005-2006
1746 ENTOMIC
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1711 MINUS
2002-2003
1615 RUGATE
1611 LEISLER
2001-2002
1563 SLYBOOTS
1546 TRANSPARENT
1541 CHUPRASSY
1537 CAFTAN
1999-2000
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1450 PRETENDANT
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |