ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Akenhead | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 6 | Nov 1972 | Jul 1986 | 13y 8m | I. Hall |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | One of those singing their hearts out from our sky for joy | middle letters; cf. Wordsworth’s ‘To the Cuckoo’ |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 298 | NOSER | VHC | Punch as apéritif to claret | 2 mngs.; claret = blood |
| 289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | Came in as doddering old man in Jaques’s last scene | anag.; ref. AYLI: ‘seven ages of man’ |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | Wildly let our joy-bells ring ‘Ave EIIR!’ – to reign on this occasion | comp. anag. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 114 | PANIC | VHC | Heads of police ask narks ‘Identify criminals – grass’ | first letters |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 45 | NEMORAL | VHC | Men put up covers near the mouth of a wood | men (rev.) + oral |
1986-1987
740 ESCADRILLE
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
1979-1980
401 GO-AHEAD
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
1975-1976
183 PICKLE
169 THUGGEE
1974-1975
123 SCATTERGOOD
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1973-1974
88 BLOOMERY
75 GROCETERIA
1972-1973
36 CRUSADER
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |