ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. G. Chamberlain | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 20 | Feb 1993 | May 2022 | 29y 3m | A. Chamberlain |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Behind misshapen ears, what’s leading on Titania? Something monstrous | behind (= causing); anag. incl. T; ref. AMND |
| 2591 | GHAT | Second | Saddle in Himalayas? Tough seat, killing to use | (tou)gh (se)at |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2539 | TORSE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What anaesthetics safe for reptiles can vets prescribe? All, I ga/ther | |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | Copperfield’s first account, rather hazy: we meet him in a hovel | novel; anag. incl. C, a/c |
| 2495 | BUNG | VHC | Tip about nags: the odds should be ignored | even letters |
| 2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | Third | Indulged in chicanery, leaving NI upset and Dublin mad? | dabble in mud; anag. less anag; ref. Brexit |
| 2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | Pie of brawn, or pie that’s not brawn? | anag.; pie2 |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2443 | ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Almira and Fernando in love – this is first-hand – elop/e | ref. Handel, ‘Almira’ |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2373 | CACOGASTRIC | VHC | See old pulley losing end of rope? A wheel ’as to be secured with gripes! | a cog ’as in c tric(e) |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | For the best US river views I’d choose Niagara – but for fo/g on cascades | |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2144 | INFERNO (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Row a legion’s formed by wearing iron, with centre of targe on back | lower regions; in Fe r + on (rev.) |
| 2116 | YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | Decode co-member’s feast: after last of austerity you will see diet abandoned | last letters + anag. |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1685 | MINO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If I’d turned up at the pro/per age, army mates would have died of shame | |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1598 | PHRASEMONGER | Third | Has Premier got one, i.e. to come out with spin? | anag. less i.e. to, & lit. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1181 | SLADE | VHC | A drop of soup, ladle not litre, (Campbell’s maybe) slipped down easily | s + lad(l)e |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | VHC | Where bodies are lying, sub-crape, possibly | anag. & lit. |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1084 | PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM) | VHC | Would I, who face peril, be easily bored? Come, buy from me perils gals ever adored | |
2021-2022
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2586 BALDERDASH
2584 GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste)
2020-2021
2556 TOERAG
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2547 FILATORY
2543 CABRETTA
2525 PLACITUM
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2504 UPBEAT
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2428 SHEPHERDS
2421 SPASMODICAL
2017-2018
2399 CHARMEUSE
2378 PROPOSAL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2360 VIDENDA
2016-2017
2338 TRUMP
2325 MASON
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2015-2016
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2218 FOREIGNER
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2007-2008
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1752 MIDWINTER
2004-2005
1702 WORDSMITHERY
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
2001-2002
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1996-1997
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1994-1995
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1161 ADIAPHORON
1993-1994
1130 AGRESTAL
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |