ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. D. Nicholl | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 82 | 13 | Sep 1995 | May 2022 | 26y 8m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2504 | UPBEAT | VHC | At university high table, no lecturer is bullish | up + anag. less l |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | VHC | Wagon goes over cat, maybe (not a wild animal) – gut-wrenching? | cart (rev.); anag. less a; cat = caterpillar tractor |
| 2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | Following stokes, damp coal is flickering on and off | s + anag. |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2364 | COMPOST HEAP | VHC | PM copes badly with troublesome throat – right time to depart for the rubbish pile? | anag. less r, t |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2261 | GANGSTERLAND | VHC | Where, in a ropy band, criminal gents reside | anag. in garland & lit. |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2165 | OUT OF ORDER | VHC | Root due for repositioning thus? | anag.; ref. Joe R., cricketer |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1823 | KISS | VHC | Some of Saki’s stories smack of life or death | hidden; k. of life / death |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Tell the removal men that the Frid/ay’s OK | |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | Third | No day so damp; it’s unusual – hence layers of dew | dense … hue; anag. less d |
| 1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | No second century for comic buried amongst ‘none so funny’ praise | comi(c) in anag.; ref. Bob Hope |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1567 | QUEEN | VHC | Maybe Elton ranks above Jack, Freddie & co. | 3 mngs.; ref. E. John, playing cards, rock group |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1463 | REVERSIONAL | VHC | Rover, in sale reborn as Phoenix | anag.; ref. carmaker sold to P. Consortium |
2021-2022
2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
2599 DESIDERATA
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2591 GHAT
2578 VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent)
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2530 STUDENTY
2019-2020
2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2473 INTERPLAY
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2447 CONGENER
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2017-2018
2399 CHARMEUSE
2395 PURITANISM
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2378 PROPOSAL
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2334 ALLELUIAH
2325 MASON
2322 VENTRICOSE
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2287 VALET
2279 CLEMENTINE
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2226 DOUBLE-PARKING
2013-2014
2187 WEST
2183 SANGRAIL
2170 SAYONARA
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2152 STUFFED SHIRT
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2126 DESPERATE
2122 NICETY
2118 BLOKEISH
2011-2012
2064 COLD TURKEY
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2009-2010
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1967 SUBORDINATELY
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1910 BARPERSON
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1806 INEBRIANT
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1797 HEART
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1753 DIAGONAL
1746 ENTOMIC
1737 ANIMUS
2004-2005
1698 CROSSTIE
1694 MISINTERPRET
1689 SYNOD
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1646 BLACK
2002-2003
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1550 MEMORITER
1546 TRANSPARENT
2000-2001
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1494 MARATHON
1480 SAMARITAN
1998-1999
1398 PERMETHRIN
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1996-1997
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1216 CHAPERON
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |