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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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| C. G. Millin | 214 | 13 | 12 | 189 | 327 | 239 | Mar 1963 | May 2022 | 59y 2m | G. Millin |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Monster behind deployment of evil Russian soldiers and tanks primarily | behind; anag. of first letters |
| 2584 | GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste) | VHC | Like a Christmas present, e.g., one covered by Director General of Fair Trading with fancy paper | DGIFTWRAPPE; I in DGFT w + anag. |
| 2573 | HANDS-ON | VHC | Food informally served up, and consumed using your fingers? | and in nosh (rev.) |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2560 | BOMBAST | VHC | Highfaluting talk primarily by officious Mrs Bucket, aristocratic she thinks | first letters, ref. TV series ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ |
| 2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Tramp primarily, a rogue possibly, but not upper-class | t + anag. less U, & lit. |
| 2530 | STUDENTY | VHC | Like undergraduate life – assessment leading to a year university degree’s secured | u d in stent y |
| 2521 | CHAMBERS | VHC | When confused search me, the foremost of books for English | anag, with b for E, & lit. |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | An eccentric parson performed endlessly during tea with a bishop | person; acte(d) in cha RR |
| 2482 | VOX POP | VHC | Public showing preference primarily when over half vote for ‘leave’ ultimately | expo p with vo for e, & lit.; over = finished |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | A rhyme that’s funny here with irregular length couplets primarily | anag. incl. initial letters, & lit. |
| 2428 | SHEPHERDS | VHC | Holy babe’s visitors, first in stable, knowing of the woman, God and son | s hep her D, s, & lit. |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2408 | LUNCHEONETTE | VHC | Here one gets nosh (not outsize) with lettuce as well possibly | anag. less OS, & lit. |
| 2403 | SWALE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Women in a Black Friday event take most eg | make toast; w in sale |
| 2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | Wedding dress material cleaning woman cut to employ as dusters eg, saving money | cha(r) + m in reuse |
| 2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | Protestantism originally, minus a rite that’s cut for reformation | P + anag. less e, & lit. |
| 2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | VHC | Writer getting nearly nil mostly, for hacking | pen + anag. less l, & lit. |
| 2373 | CACOGASTRIC | VHC | Suffering collywobbles? – a deception in class regularly, with heartless teacher in charge | a cog in c, a, s + t, r + i/c |
| 2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | Heartless buffoonery and regressive term for literature about sex | fa(r)ce + e a it (rev.), 2 defs, & lit. |
| 2364 | COMPOST HEAP | VHC | Bits of organic material – a pile – saving money outside | o, m + post in cheap, & lit. |
| 2360 | VIDENDA | VHC | E.g. films David Lean regularly churned out | anag. incl. e, n |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2334 | ALLELUIAH | VHC | Religious song with one Christmas, years away, recalled in God’s name | I (y)ule (rev.) in Allah |
| 2330 | BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left) | VHC | Forward British crossword setter, not quite knight, his comp’s not cloudy, confused or dull | Br Aze(d) n; anag. less c |
| 2309 | GLOBETROTTER | VHC | Universal tourist has exotic log book on Spain, Turkey and Old Testament territory | anag. incl. b + E TR OT ter. |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | Ox-eye? See English home rather than look among flowers | E nest for lo in flora |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2230 | GATES OF DEATH | VHC | These lead to afterlife: endless fate with God possibly | anag. incl. a, less e, & lit. |
| 2213 | SOLECISM | Second | What spoils clues with promise but not pure unfortunately | comp. anag. & lit.; pure = free from bad grammar |
| 2205 | CUMBERSOME | VHC | Child’s first attempt to walk without lead’s a bit ungainly | c (l)umber some |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2191 | PLUG | VHC | A piece of publicity put before the listener | p + lug, & lit. |
| 2183 | SANGRAIL | VHC | A Christian relic or cross mostly wrapped in a sheet | angr(y) in sail |
| 2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | VHC | A top batsman’s sore, with a one followed by two ducks | score; 1, 0, 0 |
| 2148 | ZOLLVEREIN | VHC | United States? Zone with more than one in Germany saving pounds | LL in z over ein, & lit. |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2116 | YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | When we decorate our home do call with gifts, you love removing contents elaborately tied | y(o)u l(ov)e + anag. |
| 2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | VHC | A set task involving thread, primarily by a woman, that is saving money | t chi in a stint + m in i.e., & lit. |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2070 | MISTREATMENT | Third | What makes people in time start rioting? | men in anag., & lit. |
| 2062 | APPLE-KNOCKER | VHC | Wally, a Peckham plonker possibly, but not a bad actor | anag. less ham |
| 2053 | PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number) | VHC | A pain in the neck? Reckon it’s stiff initially and hard to look around | first letters + H in peer; reckon |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | Location could be Italy with this kind of menu involved | comp. anag. incl. I |
| 2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | Decoration round a doorway – church has one in baroque marble | Ch. + an in anag. |
| 2010 | A COMING OF AGE | First | It could spell the start of adulthood and of magic gone | anag. incl. a, & lit. |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | With one in turbulent stream, knowing this helps rower | w + an in anag. + hip |
| 1962 | ANADEM | VHC | Garland for May queen perhaps – a maiden without one must be upset | anag. less I |
| 1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Wise man associated with birth – that annual gold – cattle get sick of it | TOHUNGA NATAL |
| 1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | Groom, with time, could become life partner | anag. less t |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1936 | LITMUS TEST | VHC | When involved, I must settle unfinished issues | anag. less e, & lit. |
| 1893 | EARTHY | VHC | Like ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’, risqué yet with content of charm | anag. incl. (c)har(m) |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1871 | FAIRY GOLD | VHC | This money, elfin initially, changes into dry foliage | comp. anag. incl. e, & lit. |
| 1862 | UNALIKE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Cotton in upper-class sportswear brand’s worn by almost everyone | not akin; al(l) in U Nike |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | A tinnie abroad containing brown ale for example | br. in anag. |
| 1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | Third | What handy Daz, with which one could make sheets so clean! | dandy has; anag. with a |
| 1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | An addicts’ association stocking alcopops surprisingly, not cocaine or horse – i.e. a TT man’s dodgy bar | anag. less C in AA; anag.; horse = heroin |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | VHC | Traditionally a bride’s most regularly given away in her white | must; alternate letters; ‘something old, something new …’ |
| 1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | In which smart dresser acquires the latest in second-hand lines | d in dude + ry, & lit. |
| 1750 | PLOUGHMAN | VHC | Field worker with a lunch strategy, covering almost anything with a bit of mustard | ough(t) m in plan |
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Net’s contaminated: micro’s corrupted: run’s aborted it’s all to do with bugs | anag. + anag. less r |
| 1741 | LORD NELSON | VHC | English peer represented in London square, one less than an earl | anag. incl. s, less a |
| 1733 | PALESTRA | VHC | Establishment for teaching a student splits exercises and tumbling skills | a L in PE + arts (rev.) |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | Person in a motor yacht a lot? | one in MY + bags, & lit. |
| 1711 | MINUS | Third | One precedes number in the reverse of addition | I n in sum (rev.), & lit. |
| 1700 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | VHC | It’s getting dark at teatime, fowl’s cooked and I have endless cold sadly | anag. incl. hav(e), c |
| 1689 | SYNOD | VHC | Where churchmen meet, evil’s not even spoken | ‘sin odd’ |
| 1680 | PILLOW-CUP | VHC | A tot at bedtime, mostly lager with little vitality, about half a pint | pil(s) low cup |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1676 | CRINGE-MAKING | Second | Phone in church and chatter about family, causing great embarrassment | ring in CE + kin in mag |
| 1663 | ARMAMENTARIA | VHC | Weapon in the morning, Spain, wrecked a train – medical supplies are needed | arm am E + anag. |
| 1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | Dicey acts are out of order, for me that is | comp. anag. incl. i.e., & lit. |
| 1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | VHC | I show pictures representing the little child’s beginnings in a manger | anag. incl. first letters |
| 1637 | AMNESIC | VHC | Knotted tip of mouchoir in case one forgets | anag. incl. m |
| 1633 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left) | VHC | Champion team with new pro unusually sombre, with Milan team taking league final in May | anag. incl. n; w Inter l y |
| 1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | Frantic women headed with coin for the old loos | anag. less w; loos = commendation, see los |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | Ox-eye? See English home rather than look among the flowers | flora with E nest for lo |
| 1598 | PHRASEMONGER | VHC | Long-winded speaker turns on bankers, annual return and payment by instalments | re gnomes AR HP (all rev.) |
| 1596 | GENISTA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | In panto, spirit and leading man appear endlessly bantering | teasing; geni(e) + sta(r) |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | Head of mallets with silver rim | mallets; m + argent |
| 1576 | FACADE | VHC | Fine row of shops possibly, lacking rear (front only) | f a(r)cade, & lit. |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1515 | SNIDE | First | Nasty innuendos could be this – also noun | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Two drugs turned up on a young lout, inveterate | E speed (rev.) + a Ted |
| 1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | Earth curves – today I must be acclaimed hero. | |
| 1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | Like termites for example, not normally in idle groups | anag. |
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | A savoury titbit – one covered with pecan nuts | a in anag. |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1419 | SPLODGE | VHC | Big mark in GCSE (not 100) after revision including children’s PC | Plod in anag. less C; ref. Enid Blyton |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1376 | LOGO | VHC | Icon mostly to access a mainframe computer language | log o(n), 2 defs. |
| 1372 | MASTERSTROKE | VHC | Kind of performance given standing ovation, high marks and rosette | anag. |
| 1367 | SANBENITOS | VHC | Garments for penitents – ones tortured with bastinado, eliminating trouble | anag. less ado |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1346 | PHARISEE | VHC | Here’s a bit of a prig I fancy | anag. incl. p, & lit. |
| 1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | ‘Chaste car out of control and caught it reversing’ is badly worded | anag. + c it (rev.) |
| 1325 | UPROOTAL | VHC | Rampant decay almost entirely engulfing centre of tooth means extraction | o in up rot al(l) |
| 1312 | REST-CURE | VHC | Treatment for stress – invalid recuperates, giving up exercise and not active | anag. less PE and a |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Weapon bringing about Caesar’s end, one at home in a sheath | r a in (rev.) in pod, & lit. |
| 1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | Third | ‘Morse’s manor’ – a cartoon (not book) adapted to Dexter’s leading character | carton; (b)ox for D |
| 1281 | ABLUTOMANE | VHC | Cat, one with a greyish exterior, an obsessive washer | tom an in a blue |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1255 | CATAFALCO | VHC | Casket that could become a cold fact, but one would have to be dead | anag. with a for d |
| 1229 | GRUPPETTO | VHC | Musical turn in cavern, mostly a stimulant for love | uppe(r) for 0 in grotto; ref. The Beatles, C. Club |
| 1225 | CURRY | First | Hot dish with shapely figure, right for form of plunging neckline | r for V in curvy |
| 1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | Fellow will get one in trouble without her, if he’s abandoned | chap + (he)r in anag., & lit. |
| 1212 | HILDING | VHC | Coward presented by Dame Bracket and partner (two ‘he’s’ disguised) | i.e. Hilda, Hinge less a2, he; ref. former musical comedy duo |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1186 | GRISELDA | VHC | Longsuffering wife of Marquis de S——, a girl ill-treated | anag.; ref. M. de Saluzzo, M. de Sade |
| 1174 | DINGLE-DANGLE | VHC | Dell computer security device – one installed for nothing, like an oscillator | dingle + dongle with a for 0 |
| 1152 | PARACETAMOL | VHC | Strenuous activity, including e.g. a marathon, needs a doctor with liberal analgesic | a race in PT + a MO L |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | Mate for Kasparov, his second half burst opens up Short, losing final | anag. of (Kasp)arov in tich(y); ref. Chess championship, Gary K., Nigel S. |
| 1126 | CHEATERY | VHC | A cherry tree destroyed, sin not involved – deception | anag. less err; ref. G. Washington |
| 1100 | CONCORDANCE | VHC | Word list for each new C in concentrated format, abridged | a n C in conc. orde(r); ref. Chambers ‘Words’ |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | Other ranks embracing wanton dolls do what I never do, it’s said | anag. + die, all in OR, & lit. |
| 1078 | KIRBEH | Second | Arab sheik uses fancy —— as a water carrier | comp. anag. |
| 1069 | (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces) | VHC | Prominent feature worn by little comic – his top, Eric implied | N; tich in nose; ref. Little T., Ernie Wise |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | VHC | In this lively dance one’s uninhibited – i.e. no palais glide | comp. anag. incl. I, & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | First | Vaulting above tunnel entrance appears inane, sca/ry | ref. film ‘The Wooden Horse’ |
| 1039 | TOLERABLE | VHC | Moderate represents 30% of electorate, half Labour and half Tories | ele, Lab, Tor anag. |
| 1024 | PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | Third | After French douceur, tempt one with diamonds | A(PRES ENT)ICE; a + ice |
| 1021 | BEARD | VHC | False one and cap of bright red form part of seasonal costume | anag. incl. a, b |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 987 | IRON CURTAIN | VHC | One drops, giving on stage brief protection | on curt in I rain, & lit. |
| 982 | ALMANAC | VHC | What details every quarter of the moon in the year current? | al(l) m an. AC, & lit. |
| 965 | EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number) | VHC | Heartless boa swallowing poor hares? On the contrary – rabbit | boa; b(o)a in anag. |
| 943 | BARAGOUIN | VHC | Endless mishmash, to grasp which you need a degree in gobbledegook | ragou(t) in BA in |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | When the penny’s dropped you see clues are displaced – you can’t be slipshod with them | anag. incl. a, p |
| 930 | SABULOSE | VHC | What oases may become, with endless expanse encroaching | bul(k) in anag., & lit. |
| 926 | NERD | VHC | Norman’s principal character, blundered for the audience | N + ‘erred’, & lit.; ref. N. Wisdom |
| 920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | VHC | What a book – child’s first – may give: Yuletide without mother’s angry chiding | Christ(ma’s) cross row; i.e. a b c |
| 895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | Backing maintain volume to drown artiste’s finale – if she’s this | e in fade not (rev.) |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 887 | MONSTER | VHC | Frightful tele ——, on Elm Street possibly | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Nightmare on E. S.’ |
| 882 | DOSSIER | VHC | Brief list of correct behaviour – etiquette initially seen in a gentleman | do’s + e in sir |
| 874 | BLUESTOCKING | VHC | Clever girl sporting GCE but no silk? | anag. |
| 866 | NECTAREOUS | First | Like a drop of elixir? With that inside, do not use car | e in anag. |
| 862 | OFF-AND-ON | VHC | With respect to a supporter, not quite committed | of fan don(e), & lit. |
| 849 | VISITE | Third | Cape – go to Spain – see one place it’s flourished in contest | visit E, v I site, anag. in vie; ref. bullfighting |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 827 | MICKEY-TAKING | VHC | Irish jokes, for example, getting Paddy and family in a flap | Mickey + kin in tag; P., M., offensive sl. |
| 818 | EMBUSQUÉ | VHC | Drone bees hum shamelessly round queen without a bit of honey | Q in anag. less h |
| 788 | CROW | VHC | I get lots of corn breaking heart of sower | anag. less n + w, & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 770 | HERMITS | VHC | We introduce a bit of rigour into theism, singularly | anag. incl. r, & lit. |
| 766 | GUBBINS | VHC | Gizmo: first of gremlins, source of breakdowns and bedlam in America | g + b bin in US; ref. film ‘Gremlins’ |
| 764 | CHILDERMAS | VHC | End of Christmas miracle totally heartless Herod ordered | anag. incl. s, H(ero)d, & lit. |
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | First | A race on the M1 is ridiculous – one is sure to get booked | hooked; anag. |
| 750 | SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue) | VHC | Three quarters of a person’s thousand: one man’s miscellany | (s)oul M a guy |
| 744 | SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left) | First | Sizzling hot skin tan peril – ghastly shade of brown – peculiar seaside affliction of the madder type | anag. incl. h; coffee + anag. |
| 735 | MALIGN | VHC | Make false statements to break a person? | lig in man, & lit. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 714 | MOTE | VHC | T. Meo’s miscued – a speck of chalk, perhaps | anag.; ref. Tony M., snooker player |
| 701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | Fantastic dual breast supports, curvaceous in outline | anag. |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | Like melons, etc., roughly circular but not right (if you believe Chambers) | anag. less r |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | Make one jittery with TNT scare? | anag. & lit. |
| 660 | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram) | VHC | In a wee manger our saviour’s at rest, content | |
| 649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | Gold strike – not half! – mountain contains gold layer down under | Au str(ike) + or in alp |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The stripper looks good to me, and the audience so und/ressed as well! | |
| 618 | CRETISM | VHC | Little credit should be given to false items in it | cr + anag., & lit. |
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | Power to hold two conflicting beliefs is due – link both, otherwise … | anag.; i.e. due in 1984 |
| 607 | CARNEY | VHC | Compliments, first of Christmas, then happy new year | C + anag. incl. n |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 576 | TOP-NOTCH | VHC | Of a champion, holding trophy around end of season? | n in pot in to ch, & lit. |
| 558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | What could make me nicer in the middle of Xmas time – filling with brandy perhaps | nice; anag. in (X)ma(s) + t |
| 538 | INGRAIN | VHC | Girl initially in half bikini ran off, deeply coloured | g in anag. incl. (bik)ini |
| 530 | PROMETAL | VHC | Top golfer, me? A beginner without tee or iron (unsuitable for club) | pro me + T in a L |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | Having no C, my source of true English around, I go and look up another dictionary | I go lo in no C my t E, all rev.; C = Chambers |
| 506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Riddle: What distresses a dams/on crop? | dis-tresses |
| 504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | Sources of meat and milk, in Switzerland initially – leather too, possibly | anag. incl. m m in S, & lit. |
| 486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | Judge ’urried into court, having only just made it | J + ’umped + up |
| 482 | BODY-SNATCHER | VHC | I disturb church yard bones, a short time interred | t in anag. incl. Ch, & lit. |
| 473 | HERRING-BONE | First | Like a walk up a ski-slope – hard to take without backsliding | erring in H bone; bone = steal |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | A ship’s stern ornament | a p lustre, & lit. |
| 460 | SWOOP | VHC | Not exactly a slow operation – it doesn’t take long | anag. incl. op. less l, & lit. |
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | A split, underground at first, to join instead of church | Dis + schism with enter for Ch, & lit. |
| 443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | Pointed cap a pupil holding English in poor respect needs to have | L E in anag. + own |
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | After some chil/d vice, Scrooge became a reformed character | |
| 434 | JARDINIÈRE | VHC | Vessel with small diameter at home one has to cultivate | jar d in I ere2, & lit. |
| 430 | TEGULA | First | What the fiddler might have played on, in the film | gu in tela, & lit.; ref. Fiddler on the Roof |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 404 | CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms) | VHC | A mummers’ plate, perhaps, recalling former times – a tin receptacle passed round | plumber’s mate; eld (rev.) in can holder |
| 401 | GO-AHEAD | VHC | What’s indicated by green man – one in commercial | go + he a in ad, & lit.; ref. road safety ads |
| 397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | VHC | Tourneyer losing heart, that is, after double gets cut and mounted | gems; bi- + jou(s)ter + i.e. |
| 393 | INTRACARDIAC | VHC | Character in outrageous IRA action, devoid of love in the heart | card in anag. less 0 |
| 384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Diet with the minimum of protein, and no sugar, reduces such a figure | anag. incl. p |
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Somerset chap? That’s me disguised with abbreviated smock | comp. anag. incl. smoc(k) |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | Taking one in, initially, it could be all that malarky about a light | key in moonshine less o(ne), & lit.; ref. puzzle |
| 354 | SHEER-HULK | VHC | Ship familiarly – her broken topless hull? | she + anag. +(b)ulk, & lit. |
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Not really literary? You’ll find work on Shakespeare’s endless graft | book + sie(n) |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | VHC | Tip of dart gives physical condition, says Cockney shirker, absent from place of employment with bottom uppermost | i.e. Cockney pron. of ‘health harrow’; cut + berth with h to start |
| 327 | HEMLOCK | VHC | Witches’ potion makes you choke horribly, swallowing a small quantity | ml in anag. |
| 323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | Bird, not one to sit on eggs | (a)uk + O O, & lit. |
| 319 | PODESTA | VHC | A case in Rome is brought before one | pod + est + a, & lit. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 306 | DICKENS | VHC | My characters include a reactionary hero of the poor house | Cid (rev.) + ken’s, & lit.; ref. Oliver Twist; ken2 |
| 300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | VHC | ‘You wouldn’t like my meat’, blurts chicken to cook, but its head’s chopped off | anag. less c |
| 289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | Sorry case I am, forgetting name | anag. incl. n, & lit. |
| 272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | Kind of ginger ale one swallows burning top of throat | ague t in malt a |
| 263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Rally crowd demonstrates – ma’s shy, st/eering wildly | |
| 259 | TRANSIRE | VHC | You need a warrant: there’s arrestin’ to be done | anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | Do for all EIIR’s rule, by Jove! | anag. & lit. |
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Notch CCL due, thanks to the arch-setter | |
| 243 | OLYMPIC | First | We have such champions, nearly all on water and ice | o(n) lymp(h) ic(e), & lit. |
| 234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | Whose work concerned planets before Scorpio unfortunately displaced Libra, and after | Holst with anag. for L; ref. Planets Suite |
| 225 | VALETA | VHC | Vane initially, one the Spanish turned to a dance | v + a + el (rev) + t’ a; valeta (Sp.) = weather-cock |
| 216 | SCANTITY | VHC | Déshabillé? Sounds like an invitation to the voyeur | ‘scan titty’ |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Learned monarch, extraordinarily blue – reason: losing male heir | Beauclerc; anag. less son; nickname of Henry I |
| 169 | THUGGEE | VHC | Ritual murder requiring kind of bandage to go around neck | hug in T gee1; T-bandage |
| 165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | VHC | Maroon kippers can’t nobble me – blue cod, an orange loath? Bah! Not a hope | |
| 161 | ANCON | First | I’ve got four short legs: one must get caught that side | an c on; on = leg side |
| 156 | OMBROPHOBOUS | VHC | Poor bums need changing – one wrapped up is unable to stand much wetting | hobo in anag. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | Paramour’s object, love without a delay, clandestine (shut away) ruined a bird’s reputation | a mora in end 0; anag. less tine3 + re; re = ree |
| 148 | BALLYHOO | VHC | Barker’s yell, initially, enthralling everyone with a lot of hooey | all in B y + hoo(ey), & lit. |
| 127 | FRITHSOKEN | VHC | Undergrowth, perhaps – fine when surrounded by coppers | frith3 + OK in sen, & lit. |
| 114 | PANIC | Second | There’s confusion around – one gets caught in it | an in pi c.; see pie2 |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 100 | CENTENARIAN | VHC | I can learn, though no beginner, to do without X – and I’m a very old stager | ten in anag. less l; X = Ximenes |
| 97 | TREBUCHET | Third | Sends block soaring – besieging threat’s reduced without one | cube (rev.) in anag. less a, & lit. |
| 75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | Contemporary shop has to develop practically, i.e. cater differently | gro(w) + anag. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 27 | VINEGAR | VHC | It’s given a shaking before start of repast | anag. + r, & lit. |
| 18 | EPIGONE | VHC | A descendant of heroes almost forgotten | epi(c) gone, & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1162 | BEAM-ENDS | VHC | It must make men sad to be on them | be + anag. & lit. |
| 1158 | ELEPHANT-SEAL | VHC | One of the greatest ball-players, when I turn and lash a net can get broken | Pele rev. + anag., & lit. |
| 1140 | CALLOUS | VHC | Thick skin, and a heart of stone within, make you this | o in callus, & lit. |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1100 | BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Learned monarch, extraordinarily blue—reason: losing male heir | anag. less son; lost heir, 1120 |
| 1091 | WENCESLAS | First | A covering on the earth, dry and unspoilt, lay round about—I saw it | sal4 sec new (all rev.), & lit. |
| 1089 | ENCLOISTER | VHC | Shut up. Let no cries disturb me | anag. |
| 1080 | ANDROMEDA | VHC | “Duke’s Head,” after modern changes, is included by A.A. It has more than five stars | anag. + D all in AA |
| 1066 | RAVE / PAIR (DLM) | VHC | And would have renounced sex with contemptuous rage, except to sire a prince or two | |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1023 | CONSOLE | VHC | Cheer up; the weather signal includes sun | Sol n cone |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 993 | JONATHAN | Third | One to succeed leader of tribe in Old Testament book | t in Jonah + an, & lit., Saul |
| 967 | CREMOSIN | VHC | I’m censor—shocked? I was blushing | anag. |
| 962 | PALING | VHC | Examining board going grey | 3 mngs. |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | At the Lyceum, the chair of logic held by the professor it esteemed | chain; hidden |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 882 | SNAPDRAGON | First | A Christmas game in which you have to explore inside spirit, alight | drag in snap, on, & lit. |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | VHC | A copper, with sagacity, guarding the peace | pence; penny wise |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2591 GHAT
2586 BALDERDASH
2582 ACHITOPHEL
2020-2021
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2547 FILATORY
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2019-2020
2504 UPBEAT
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2490 DREAMSCAPE
2486 BRUHAHA
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2473 INTERPLAY
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2447 CONGENER
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2434 STONKERED
2425 EPILIMNION
2421 SPASMODICAL
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2378 PROPOSAL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2347 ASLEEP
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2338 TRUMP
2325 MASON
2322 VENTRICOSE
2318 TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy)
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2296 IMPROPERLY
2287 VALET
2283 BARGAIN
2274 SIMPATICO
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2226 DOUBLE-PARKING
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2218 FOREIGNER
2209 (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent)
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2187 WEST
2178 PARISON
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2161 FARRAGO
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2152 STUFFED SHIRT
2012-2013
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2126 DESPERATE
2113 PICAROON
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2087 ROCKET
2078 RÉCOLLET
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2064 COLD TURKEY
2058 ROBUST
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2031 EMBROIDERY
2027 THRENETICAL
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2014 HACKETTE
2012 BLOATING
2000 TWO THOUSAND
1997 FADO
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1967 SUBORDINATELY
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
2008-2009
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1923 ELLIPTIC
1918 PALAMPORE
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1910 BARPERSON
1906 MORSE
1901 SANITISE
1897 WASH-OUT
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1879 LITTER BASKET
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1866 BINGE
1858 HUMONGOUS
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1849 AUXESIS
1845 UPBRAID
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1823 KISS
1814 HIPSTER
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1753 DIAGONAL
2004-2005
1728 EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number)
1719 ANHELATION
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
2003-2004
1667 CLARINI
1650 SAPHENA
1641 GADGETEER
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1615 RUGATE
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1593 MANSUETE
1589 JOKESMITH
1585 SHIATSU
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1563 SLYBOOTS
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1554 PEARL
1550 MEMORITER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1533 MASTER-MARINER
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1502 RAPPEL
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1494 MARATHON
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1450 PRETENDANT
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1439 JOHN CANOE
1437 MISTLETOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1428 CRICETID
1424 HEIST
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
1406 CHASSEPOT
1398 PERMETHRIN
1394 BERGAMOT
1380 RAPPORT (Misprints)
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1342 ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)
1338 SMART ALEC
1336 STOCKING
1329 PITHOS
1996-1997
1286 CHALET
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1273 SIPOREX
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1247 PREDICANT
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1220 CASSANDRA
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1190 DENARIUS
1181 SLADE
1180 COLD TURKEY
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1161 ADIAPHORON
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1139 BENJAMIN
1130 AGRESTAL
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1122 BASILIAN
1117 STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters)
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1108 GREEN
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1074 DEMIREP
1065 TANDOORI
1061 MAGIC
1056 ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)
1991-1992
1034 BURLAP
1030 PASTILLE
1026 LET-OFF
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
974 AVANT-PROPOS
961 WAVESON
956 SPEAR-SIDE
947 SHOULDER-SLIP
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
922 REFORMADO
917 HOOLIGANISM
904 VOETGANGER
1988-1989
869 HOLD-UPS
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
840 SONDE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
831 COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)
823 SARBACANE
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
814 SPOUSAGE
809 DOLCE VITA
805 LITOTES
801 LINCHET
796 UPHOLSTERY
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
779 MISSING LINK
762 OBELISE
1985-1986
731 STRING
722 SUPERNACULUM
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
709 GINGER
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
683 BANISH
1984-1985
670 TURNIP-FLEA
657 SILLY-BILLY
653 INTERNUNCIO
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
615 HISTORIETTE
609 LUCKY-BAG
603 FIGULINE
594 DOINGS
590 MINEVER
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
572 SNAKE-OIL
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
564 PARAMENT
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
552 NOURICE-FEE
547 GLEEMAN
543 STAYING POWER
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
517 IMMORTELLE
508 POSTURE-MAKER
495 CACOETHES
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
478 BIBLIOPEGIST
1980-1981
456 BALADINE
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
406 BOIL
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
379 SCYTHEMAN
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
349 ODDCOMESHORT
332 NUT-CASE
1977-1978
281 DINOCERAS
276 AMTRACK
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
212 SURCINGLES
208 RALPH
1975-1976
203 BOGY
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
190 CASSANDRA
187 POWDERING-TUB
183 PICKLE
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
1974-1975
139 PIEPOWDER
123 SCATTERGOOD
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1973-1974
92 BRAINWASH
88 BLOOMERY
79 SLAPSTICK
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
66 NONSENSE
62 SOLITAIRES
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
45 NEMORAL
40 FANTOCCINI
31 KITCHENDOM
23 SCLERODERMIC
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1123 MAXIMIST
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1049 SLANGWHANGER
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1036 CORONETED
1967-1968
1000 THOUSAND
989 GRENADINE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
898 POCHARD
894 WITENAGEMOT
885 GALIMATIAS
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 2 | 9 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 2 | 10 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 2010-2011 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 9 | 29 |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 2 | 8 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 2 | 10 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 2004-2005 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 2003-2004 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 1 | 11 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 1996-1997 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 1995-1996 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 1991-1992 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 1988-1989 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 1981-1982 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 1980-1981 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 1976-1977 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 1975-1976 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 1974-1975 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 1973-1974 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |