Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. McGhee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | Feb 1973 | Jul 2020 | 47y 5m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014-2015 | ||||
2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | VHC | Sounds like you’ll plan food for Christmas Church function in Edinburgh – rather boring there | YULETIDE/TEDISOME; YULEDIETSOME; ‘you’ll’ + diet; diet + some |
2001-2002 | ||||
1563 | SLYBOOTS | VHC | Stallone kicks cute ass maybe? | Sly boots; ref. Sylvester S. |
2019-2020
2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
2495 BUNG
2486 BRUHAHA
2018-2019
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2012-2013
2126 DESPERATE
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2008-2009
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1866 BINGE
2006-2007
1806 INEBRIANT
2004-2005
1719 ANHELATION
2002-2003
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
2000-2001
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1982-1983
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
1980-1981
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
430 TEGULA
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
401 GO-AHEAD
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019-2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
2018-2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2014-2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
2010-2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |