Competition clues by J. R. C. Michie

Clues written by J. R. C. Michie
HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |

	Clues in archive	First Prizes	Other Prizes	VHCs	HCs	Hons points	First mention	Latest mention	Career span	Also listed as
J. R. C. Michie	44	1	4	39	146	49	Dec 1984	May 2022	37y 5m	J. R. Michie

	Clue word	Award	Clue	Explanation
2021-2022
2586	BALDERDASH	VHC	Rhubarb salad with a pinch of dried herb dressing	anag. incl. d
2020-2021
2556	TOERAG	VHC	Rogue, eg love rat	anag. incl. 0, & lit.
2019-2020
2500	ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)	VHC	Catch panther seen prowling around the end of Chittagong pier	g in anag.
2018-2019
2443	ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	It’s acknowledged by many that Verdi often wrote to pop/es
2430	CLERIHEW	Second	Quirky wee lyric not unknown to contain a dash of humour	h in anag. less y, & lit.
2421	SPASMODICAL	VHC	Broken compass dial not fixed	anag.
2017-2018
2373	CACOGASTRIC	VHC	Contrived acrostic – CAG: Characterising Acid Gut	anag.
2016-2017
2351	RHAGADES	VHC	Degas’ art mostly suffering with onset of hairline surface cracks	anag. incl. h less t
2014-2015
2239	ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)	VHC	Fare rise return I challenge at end of freeze	fire rays; I dare (rev.) + at e
2226	DOUBLE-PARKING	VHC	A large dram, gingerbread and a slice of gateau might result in arterial congestion	double parkin g
2013-2014
2157	MELODRAMATIC	VHC	‘Cardamom-lite’ – could that be construed as description of spicy production?	anag.
2011-2012
2078	RÉCOLLET	Third	He repairs to cell after lessons in religion	RE + anag., & lit.
2074	BENNET	VHC	A bit of grass, a lot of speed and Ecstasy lead to thrills	benn(y) + E + t
2064	COLD TURKEY	VHC	Old tucker prepared at end of festivity	anag. + y, & lit.
2010-2011
2036	AL CONTO	VHC	Way of ordering a lot to eat with Italian	con in anag. & lit.
2010	A COMING OF AGE	VHC	Entry into adulthood from metamorphic change of imago losing last vestige of youth	anag. less h
2000	TWO THOUSAND	VHC	Hot donut was disastrous for Azed’s stupendous figure	anag.
2009-2010
1953	TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)	VHC	Defective armature, half of wire worn out, cause shock	torn; anag. less (wi)re
2008-2009
1927	TONSURE (Spoonerisms)	VHC	Court shut – our net’s broken	short cut; anag.
2007-2008
1884	FREELOADER	VHC	The latest member of the flea order, jumping parasite	anag. incl. e
1836	POSTHASTE	VHC	Like the progress of the hare that Aesop adapted	anag.
2005-2006
1762	DUDDERY	VHC	Hollow diplomacy embraces tit for tat	udder in d, y
1733	PALESTRA	VHC	Wrestling arts place, about no more	anag. less c., & lit.
2004-2005
1707	GALENA (Definition of Anagram)	VHC	Ancient Greek bones found with a bottle from antiquity	lagena; Galen a
1700	FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW	VHC	Cock avoids he-wolf prowling area of stubble	anag.
2003-2004
1650	SAPHENA	VHC	Sun has a bird occupying half of page, a vital aid for circulation	S + a + hen in pa(ge)
1633	EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)	VHC	Favour old, dishevelled tramp with one truly non-U wine, poured without cheer	anag.; anag. less U
2002-2003
1593	MANSUETE	VHC	Use meant composed	anag. & lit.
1585	SHIATSU	VHC	Massage has its Asian title	anag. + U, & lit.
1999-2000
1441	Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)	VHC	The locality favoured by small, meaner fly	brommer / weevil; bro wee viler
1437	MISTLETOE	VHC	Fix this up top and you could find lips pout to meet!	comp. anag. & lit.
1998-1999
1372	MASTERSTROKE	First	A major coup	Masters troke, & lit.; ref. golf; coup²
1995-1996
1250	SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)	VHC	A1 strewn with road cones causing arterial congestion (or something similarly painful)	anag.
1234	AVANT-PROPOS	VHC	Preliminary matter, a state produced by smashing protons with power	a VA + anag. incl. P
1225	CURRY	Third	Bits of umbles removed for consumption by pack of hounds	u, r in cry, & lit.; curry³
1994-1995
1174	DINGLE-DANGLE	VHC	Swinging to and fro from ledge and landing awkwardly	anag.
1993-1994
1100	CONCORDANCE	VHC	Pore over chapter on law in discarded reference book	con c ord(in)ance
1992-1993
1069	(P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)	VHC	It tops chief justice perhaps and itches so confoundedly	S; anag.
1989-1990
930	SABULOSE	VHC	Such grains I’d mixed – in promoting subsoil’s drainage	comp. anag.
1988-1989
887	MONSTER	Third	Demon doctor reconstructed man from butchered remnants	MO + anag. less anag.
874	BLUESTOCKING	VHC	Murdoch’s one Tory intrusive boss at home with head of Government	Blue stock in G; ref. Iris M., Rupert M.
844	THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)	VHC	Sample divine cooking of star hotel, Egon, without using name	simple; anag. less n; ref. E. Ronay
1987-1988
827	MICKEY-TAKING	VHC	Josh, Pat, Kit and Angus dancing without us	Mickey + anag. less us; M. offensive sl.
1985-1986
688	CUCURBITAL	VHC	Swelling in Clydesdale’s ankle and a touch of lameness might be described as gourdy	curb in cuit a l; disease of horses

HCs awarded to J. R. C. Michie
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2021-2022
  2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
  2582 ACHITOPHEL

2020-2021
  2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
  2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
  2525 PLACITUM
  2517 LITERATIM

2019-2020
  2512 OSCITATE
  2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
  2495 BUNG
  2482 VOX POP
  2480 STOCKING FILLERS
  2477 SPRAT-WEATHER

2018-2019
  2451 CAPUT
  2447 CONGENER
  2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
  2434 STONKERED
  2412 UBIQUARIAN

2017-2018
  2408 LUNCHEONETTE
  2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
  2378 PROPOSAL
  2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
  2369 FACETIAE
  2364 COMPOST HEAP
  2360 VIDENDA

2016-2017
  2338 TRUMP
  2334 ALLELUIAH
  2325 MASON
  2322 VENTRICOSE
  2309 GLOBETROTTER

2015-2016
  2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
  2300 MISHMASH
  2283 BARGAIN
  2279 CLEMENTINE
  2272 SNOWMOBILE
  2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)

2014-2015
  2230 GATES OF DEATH
  2222 OBJECT LESSON
  2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
  2213 SOLECISM
  2200 BRINDISI

2013-2014
  2187 WEST
  2170 SAYONARA
  2165 OUT OF ORDER

2012-2013
  2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)

2011-2012
  2091 SNIFTER
  2083 BEWITCH
  2070 MISTREATMENT
  2065 DERMESTIDAE
  2058 ROBUST

2010-2011
  2027 THRENETICAL
  2023 CHAMBRANLE
  2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
  1992 FOULARD

2009-2010
  1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
  1949 PALFRENIER
  1945 PRISON

2008-2009
  1918 PALAMPORE
  1910 BARPERSON

2007-2008
  1871 FAIRY GOLD
  1866 BINGE
  1853 ANTIQUITARIAN

2006-2007
  1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
  1814 HIPSTER
  1806 INEBRIANT

2005-2006
  1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
  1771 PARTERRE
  1753 DIAGONAL
  1752 MIDWINTER
  1750 PLOUGHMAN
  1741 LORD NELSON

2004-2005
  1724 MONEYBAGS
  1719 ANHELATION
  1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
  1711 MINUS
  1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)

2003-2004
  1646 BLACK

2002-2003
  1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
  1602 FENESTRA
  1589 JOKESMITH

2001-2002
  1550 MEMORITER
  1546 TRANSPARENT
  1533 MASTER-MARINER

2000-2001
  1515 SNIDE
  1506 BARE(-)BONES
  1494 MARATHON
  1480 SAMARITAN
  1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
  1467 CANAPÉ

1999-2000
  1433 NEANDERTHAL
  1424 HEIST
  1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)

1998-1999
  1411 LOOK-SEE
  1406 CHASSEPOT
  1389 ALL-OVERISH
  1380 RAPPORT (Misprints)
  1376 LOGO

1997-1998
  1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
  1322 CARPET

1996-1997
  1273 SIPOREX
  1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
  1260 OUT-AND-OUT

1995-1996
  1255 CATAFALCO
  1212 HILDING

1994-1995
  1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
  1178 BOOTLEG
  1161 ADIAPHORON

1993-1994
  1126 CHEATERY
  1117 STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters)
  1113 EMPLASTRUM
  1108 GREEN
  1104 BURYING-PLACES

1992-1993
  1078 KIRBEH
  1074 DEMIREP
  1052 AGANIPPE
  1048 GALLOPADE

1991-1992
  1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
  1021 BEARD
  1013 ALVEARY
  1000 ONE THOUSAND
  995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)

1990-1991
  974 AVANT-PROPOS
  972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
  961 WAVESON
  952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
  947 SHOULDER-SLIP

1989-1990
  934 LACE-UPS
  917 HOOLIGANISM
  913 ARCHIBALD
  908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
  904 VOETGANGER
  900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)

1988-1989
  868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
  866 NECTAREOUS
  853 DEBACLE
  840 SONDE

1987-1988
  835 PROSAICAL
  823 SARBACANE
  818 EMBUSQUÉ
  816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
  809 DOLCE VITA
  792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)

1986-1987
  766 GUBBINS
  735 MALIGN

1985-1986
  731 STRING
  692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)

1984-1985
  660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)

Annual Honours record of J. R. C. Michie
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Year	Prizes (1, 2, 3)	VHCs	HCs	Position
2020-2021	0	1	4	–
2019-2020	0	1	6	–
2018-2019	1 (0, 1, 0)	2	5	25
2017-2018	0	1	7	–
2016-2017	0	1	5	–
2015-2016	0	0	6	–
2014-2015	0	2	5	–
2013-2014	0	1	3	–
2012-2013	0	0	1	–
2011-2012	1 (0, 0, 1)	2	5	26
2010-2011	0	3	4	–
2009-2010	0	1	3	–
2008-2009	0	1	2	–
2007-2008	0	2	3	–
2006-2007	0	0	3	–
2005-2006	0	2	6	–
2004-2005	0	2	5	–
2003-2004	0	2	1	–
2002-2003	0	2	3	–
2001-2002	0	0	3	–
2000-2001	0	0	6	–
1999-2000	0	2	3	–
1998-1999	1 (1, 0, 0)	0	5	–
1997-1998	0	0	2	–
1996-1997	0	0	3	–
1995-1996	1 (0, 0, 1)	1	2	–
1994-1995	0	1	3	–
1993-1994	0	1	5	–
1992-1993	0	1	4	–
1991-1992	0	0	5	–
1990-1991	0	0	5	–
1989-1990	0	1	6	–
1988-1989	1 (0, 0, 1)	2	4	22
1987-1988	0	1	6	–
1986-1987	0	0	2	–
1985-1986	0	1	2	–
1984-1985	0	0	1	–