ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. McKenna | 32 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 114 | 38 | Jun 1999 | May 2022 | 22y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Gorgon or similar one is behind utter dread’s original threesome | behind; ter(ror) + a + ’s |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2560 | BOMBAST | VHC | What would blow up speech’s exordium in a prime show of turgidity | bomb + s in a, t, & lit. |
| 2532 | POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree) | VHC | Corporation is caught out securing office | lat in pot + anag. incl. ’s |
| 2530 | STUDENTY | VHC | Chap who’s always up for it at St Andrews being attentive, spending time like a scholar | stud2 + (t)enty |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2512 | OSCITATE | Third | Gape as graves do – as cited to change yielding dead | anag. less d; ref. ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ 5.3.19 |
| 2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | Fastening cleat? Nearly get the spanner tight | anag. less t |
| 2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Gibbon, say, supporting what leads decline with loads about a vision of unreality | d + reams + c + ape; ref. ‘Decline and Fall’ |
| 2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | What makes us think it leaves our island with a great deal? | Br(it)ain + power; ref. Brexit |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2425 | EPILIMNION | Third | Possibly this warmer water on coast is changing opinions on climate | comp. anag. |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | In the course of Reformation this could find you up in arms about sex | it in anag., & lit. |
| 2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | What may be cutting edge, bordering on terse, fetching glimpses of ingenious acuity? | face + I, a in t, e, & lit. |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2235 | CHOCK-A-BLOCK | VHC | Cape wine with a nose of burnt jam that’s full | C hock + a b lock |
| 2213 | SOLECISM | VHC | Nominativus pendens? Only a Latinist’s so upset over the term for indecorum | sole + sic (rev.) + m |
| 2209 | (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | It is consumed by those leading CAMRA but ends in possible hangover | ’t in first letters and last letters, & lit. |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2074 | BENNET | VHC | Kecks? Dodgy trousers recently made shortened | ne(w) in bent |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | A Latin getting his greens is thus charged separately | a L conto; greens = money |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1953 | TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints) | Second | Broken metatarsus sews badly leaving emotional shock | sets; anag. less anag. |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1871 | FAIRY GOLD | VHC | Blond Tory finally with good grip in ’Ackney means to come as a surprise | fair y g ’old; ref. Boris Johnson |
| 1862 | UNALIKE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Like cotton holed? Start to unpick ripped inkle round one | hot and cold; u + a in anag. |
| 1858 | HUMONGOUS | VHC | Wicked getting tipsy in lively mug-house with no end of ale | on in anag. less e |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1827 | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number) | VHC | Foremost characters from Kwazulu men, stripped of all ancient influence possibly | stripped; anag. of first letters, & lit. |
| 1797 | HEART | VHC | Bosom is what’s inside bra hidden by something exciting | r in heat |
| 1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | Nag’s Head to open on second afternoon after dim inmate set alight a bar | appal o(pen) o’ s a; anag. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1758 | BIMBETTE | Second | A dumb bit of stuff? A —— could be dimmest – but a babe! | comp. anag. incl. s, & lit. |
| 1737 | ANIMUS | VHC | Streak like a man in girl’s make-up? It’s largely amusing, if indecent | anag. less g |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | Third | Lansbury, say, a chap accepting a leading part in Labour | Angela; a L in gena; ref. George/Angela L., Labour politician/American actress |
| 1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | Concern about cryptic method is lifting ordinary clue-writer’s art | anag. less o in worry |
| 1698 | CROSSTIE | VHC | Engineering inspectors expressing new and positive support for railway | anag. less n, p |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | Icon with endless money being wasted, Lady Pecunia’s remembered here? | anag. less y; ref. satirical poem, ‘The Encomion of Lady Pecunia’ by R. Barnfield |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1619 | GISMO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Old Scots sta/re at tract I’ve captured on film, not mounted | |
| 1589 | JOKESMITH | Second | Scogan say, a clown entertaining king, fashion for the first of Yorkists | K in Joey with smith for Y; ref. Court Jester to Edward VI |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1550 | MEMORITER | VHC | More time spent close to primer is how grammar should be learnt! | anag. + r |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2591 GHAT
2586 BALDERDASH
2582 ACHITOPHEL
2578 VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent)
2573 HANDS-ON
2569 BILBO
2020-2021
2564 CLEARING
2556 TOERAG
2547 FILATORY
2543 CABRETTA
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2525 PLACITUM
2521 CHAMBERS
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
2495 BUNG
2486 BRUHAHA
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2451 CAPUT
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2434 STONKERED
2430 CLERIHEW
2421 SPASMODICAL
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2399 CHARMEUSE
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2360 VIDENDA
2016-2017
2347 ASLEEP
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2322 VENTRICOSE
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2300 MISHMASH
2296 IMPROPERLY
2274 SIMPATICO
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2205 CUMBERSOME
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2183 SANGRAIL
2012-2013
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2126 DESPERATE
2122 NICETY
2118 BLOKEISH
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2011-2012
2087 ROCKET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2064 COLD TURKEY
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2014 HACKETTE
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1967 SUBORDINATELY
1949 PALFRENIER
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1923 ELLIPTIC
1918 PALAMPORE
1910 BARPERSON
1908 WE THREE KINGS
1906 MORSE
1901 SANITISE
1897 WASH-OUT
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1879 LITTER BASKET
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1866 BINGE
1849 AUXESIS
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
2005-2006
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1746 ENTOMIC
1741 LORD NELSON
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1728 EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number)
1724 MONEYBAGS
1719 ANHELATION
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1711 MINUS
1694 MISINTERPRET
2003-2004
1667 CLARINI
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1650 SAPHENA
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
1641 GADGETEER
1637 AMNESIC
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
2001-2002
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1541 CHUPRASSY
1537 CAFTAN
1533 MASTER-MARINER
2000-2001
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1999-2000
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 3 | 8 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 2018-2019 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 2 | 9 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |