Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. G. Shippobotham | 70 | 2 | 9 | 59 | 143 | 81 | Apr 1976 | Apr 2022 | 46y 0m | N. Shippobotham |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021-2022 | ||||
2599 | DESIDERATA | VHC | Wandering around Asda, dieter longed for things | anag. |
2020-2021 | ||||
2547 | FILATORY | VHC | This might be loud and oily with thread regularly being spun | f + anag. incl. alternate letters, & lit. |
2539 | TORSE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Part-time, Tu/esday students, working once a week | |
2521 | CHAMBERS | VHC | Brahms overtures for concerts etc. may be played in these | anag. incl. c e, & lit. |
2517 | LITERATIM | VHC | See finicky learner imitate rule per copybook | anag. incl L, r |
2018-2019 | ||||
2438 | MONTE DI PIETÀ | Third | Where to pop petite diamond when penniless? | anag. less d, & lit. |
2016-2017 | ||||
2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | An actor rarely ca/st – too long between parts | |
2322 | VENTRICOSE | VHC | Albeit this may mean inevitable corset coming under strain | comp. anag. & lit. |
2318 | TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy) | VHC | Ropey item spread between two points, with a touch of ‘Yo-heave-ho!’ | anag. + N open N + y, & lit. |
2015-2016 | ||||
2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Shut away, Hamlet is playing the same significant stage | shout; anag. less ha! + one |
2014-2015 | ||||
2248 | WAISTLINE | VHC | In women’s dress design you’ll find it’s variable! | anag. in w A-line, & lit. |
2239 | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Like rise of late spring tide, a rare flow brooking no resistance | rays of light; anag. less R |
2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Harrowing scene, Job’s lot, yet an example to us all | anag. |
2209 | (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent) | Third | Strong ale can be cloudy and bitter when brewed without that special ingredient | c + anag. less it |
2013-2014 | ||||
2196 | SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps) | VHC | Rastamen broadcast church gongs, beamed as part of vibe at Easter | anag.; hidden |
2170 | SAYONARA | Third | It’s choppy so any rowing enthusiasts could be accompanied by a wave | anag. + ARA |
2165 | OUT OF ORDER | VHC | “Too rude” for this? | self-referential anag., & lit. |
2161 | FARRAGO | VHC | Here’s Fido with the same as a rule tiny portion for his breakfast | Fido with a r rag for id |
2012-2013 | ||||
2144 | INFERNO (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Fig buyer chewed on green fig after polishing off scrambled egg | big fire; anag. less anag. |
2122 | NICETY | VHC | Fastidiousness is, in Justin Welby’s terms, the very thing consuming the Church of England | CE in it in n, y |
2011-2012 | ||||
2083 | BEWITCH | VHC | Constant companion rarely retains charm | c in be with |
2078 | RÉCOLLET | VHC | Head of religious school in Paris welcomes lecturer with time for a reformed friar | r + L in école + t |
2065 | DERMESTIDAE | VHC | See these beetles’ poo scattered around (i.e. carpet’s doomed) | comp. anag. incl. c, & lit. |
2064 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Familiar as an ingredient of New Year Tuck and giving up some addiction | old in anag. incl. y less a, 2 defs., & lit. |
2053 | PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Share price tumbles in this so-and-so account | comp. anag. incl. a/c; price |
2049 | PARTY-POOPER | VHC | He won’t join in new prayer to Pope without encyclical’s head | anag. less e |
2010-2011 | ||||
2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | When clippers depart they leave the shor/n | |
2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | VHC | Cow’s in clover, a weed bringing together carbon and nitrogen – hoe it vigorously | hidden; anag. incl. C, N |
2010 | A COMING OF AGE | Second | Experience of majority – one struggling among fog and ice | a + anag. |
2009-2010 | ||||
1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | Redgrave’s skill does warm thespian | anag.; ref. Steve and Michael R. |
2008-2009 | ||||
1936 | LITMUS TEST | Third | What’ll check acid tum is Settlers, stirred, yielding early signs of said ‘express relief’ | anag. less e r; ref. former advertising slogan |
1906 | MORSE | VHC | Primum or secundum he’s amongst the foremost in coining ‘justes mots’ | hidden, first letters giving CJM |
1888 | RASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Silver medallist may not be fa/n of winning yacht | |
2007-2008 | ||||
1866 | BINGE | VHC | Sporting star with this Jag could be at Sebring | comp. anag.; jag2 |
1862 | UNALIKE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | One ale drunk … errant doctor dismissed … ‘Name the sot!’ | not the same; anag. incl. I less Dr |
1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | Spots new honey … ‘Ah!’ says he excitedly | comp. anag. & lit. |
2006-2007 | ||||
1827 | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number) | VHC | When exposed to interference, ‘ham’ answer is OK and not hard in ‘Alpha Zulu’ and the like | exposed; anag. incl. a less H; ref. AZ comp |
1818 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Date 01/04 ends in leg-pull for this sap abroad | anag. of d 0 I 0 IV l r s sap, & lit. |
1814 | HIPSTER | Second | Trimmed pet’s hair, wanting a cool cat | anag. less a |
1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | ‘Pale with hints of oriental oolong,’ says advert for transporter of Indian mint teas some Europeans order here? | appal + first letters; anag. incl. E, & lit. |
1784 | TEARAWAY | VHC | A Wayne R. at play, lacking a bit of nous? | anag. less n, & lit.; ref. W. Rooney |
2005-2006 | ||||
1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | VHC | Definition of mallet, for example, one wields in the middle | mullet; hidden; see Chambers preface, page vii |
1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | VHC | Like Prescott, could it be argued? Or handy, in a tussle | anag. & lit.; ref. John P.’s reputation |
1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | Could be where bag lady shops – no pieces of luxury attire | udder in (l a)dy, & lit. |
1758 | BIMBETTE | Third | RADA ——: she may be cast as theatre’s dim babe | comp. anag. & lit. |
1753 | DIAGONAL | VHC | Bishop controls it – this rite involving God (inter alia) | comp. anag. |
1737 | ANIMUS | VHC | See this when Aussie men get bowling | comp. anag. & lit. |
1733 | PALESTRA | VHC | I’d go here for training gladiators’ PE | comp. anag. & lit. |
2004-2005 | ||||
1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | VHC | Rough? Dissolve aspirin – it’s good for one – to deliver relative comfort | anag. with g for I; rel. ease |
2003-2004 | ||||
1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | See ‘cowardy custard’ trembling? Use this word! | comp. anag. & lit. |
1654 | CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps) | VHC | Growing a lot of crucifer with little money compels herbalist to check traces of early blight in time | cres(s) + cent; herbalist less initial letters |
1650 | SAPHENA | VHC | In which vital fluid (red) drains extremity of haemoglobin | sap he(n)na, & lit,; drain = allow to escape |
1633 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left) | VHC | Try wine left to mature, wanting sunshine to promote early port – means nearly all fermenting | anag. incl. l; anag. less s |
2002-2003 | ||||
1606 | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | VHC | SETI tone jams orbital comms system | anag. |
1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | For such as Casement see only half of Fenian tears flowing | Fen(ian) + anag.; ref. Sir Roger C. |
1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | I see leaving mint sauce sprinkled on side of plate is no longer redolent of lamb? | anag. less I, c + e |
1576 | FACADE | VHC | Account based on Alexandre Dumas’s leading characters in ‘Iron Mask’ | a/c AD in Fe |
2001-2002 | ||||
1567 | QUEEN | First | Clue leads to Elizabeth, now enjoying quinquagesimal uplift | anag. of first letters, & lit. |
1550 | MEMORITER | Second | Poem reciter, me; I recollect piece thus | comp. anag. & lit. |
1541 | CHUPRASSY | VHC | Has curry plates laid out? Could apply to alert —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
2000-2001 | ||||
1515 | SNIDE | VHC | This kind of shot smears and may be dishonest | comp. anag. & lit. |
1506 | BARE(-)BONES | First | Obese? Bran flakes for the slimmest outline! | anag. |
1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | Late December day thou came, Christ saviour! | |
1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | What is consumed as ‘nibble’ and people enjoy for starters | first letters & lit. |
1997-1998 | ||||
1329 | PITHOS | VHC | Jar shop: that stocks the very thing | it in anag., & lit. |
1322 | CARPET | VHC | Gavotte practice involves rolling this back | hidden rev. & lit. |
1316 | FINGERLICKIN’ | VHC | What Warne does a lot of when bowlin’ deceptive flick, reignin’ supreme | anag.; ref. Shane W. |
1996-1997 | ||||
1286 | CHALET | Second | What might be built at Lech? | anag. & lit.; ref. alpine resort |
1993-1994 | ||||
1108 | GREEN | VHC | Central to thinking re environment | hidden & lit. |
1982-1983 | ||||
576 | TOP-NOTCH | VHC | Super grass returned to nick | pot (rev.) + notch |
2020-2021
2543 CABRETTA
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2504 UPBEAT
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2490 DREAMSCAPE
2482 VOX POP
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2434 STONKERED
2430 CLERIHEW
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2378 PROPOSAL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2338 TRUMP
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2300 MISHMASH
2296 IMPROPERLY
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2287 VALET
2270 FENESTRA
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2213 SOLECISM
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2187 WEST
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2012-2013
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2126 DESPERATE
2118 BLOKEISH
2109 THICKETY
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2087 ROCKET
2074 BENNET
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2027 THRENETICAL
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2014 HACKETTE
2012 BLOATING
2000 TWO THOUSAND
1997 FADO
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1962 ANADEM
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
1949 PALFRENIER
1945 PRISON
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1918 PALAMPORE
1908 WE THREE KINGS
1897 WASH-OUT
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1879 LITTER BASKET
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1849 AUXESIS
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1823 KISS
1806 INEBRIANT
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1797 HEART
2005-2006
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1719 ANHELATION
1711 MINUS
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1689 SYNOD
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1667 CLARINI
1641 GADGETEER
1628 ENCOMION
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1589 JOKESMITH
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1563 SLYBOOTS
1554 PEARL
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
2000-2001
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1494 MARATHON
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1437 MISTLETOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1419 SPLODGE
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1385 PANTRIES
1380 RAPPORT (Misprints)
1372 MASTERSTROKE
1367 SANBENITOS
1997-1998
1336 STOCKING
1996-1997
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1995-1996
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1225 CURRY
1220 CASSANDRA
1994-1995
1190 DENARIUS
1181 SLADE
1180 COLD TURKEY
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1139 BENJAMIN
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1992-1993
1084 PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)
1078 KIRBEH
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1074 DEMIREP
1065 TANDOORI
1061 MAGIC
1052 AGANIPPE
1987-1988
796 UPHOLSTERY
1984-1985
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
1981-1982
473 HERRING-BONE
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
1976-1977
216 SCANTITY
212 SURCINGLES
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
2019-2020 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
2018-2019 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 5 | – |
2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
2016-2017 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
2015-2016 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
2014-2015 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 3 | 19 |
2013-2014 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 2 | 19 |
2012-2013 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
2011-2012 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
2010-2011 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 7 | 29 |
2009-2010 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
2008-2009 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 6 | 24 |
2007-2008 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
2006-2007 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 11 |
2005-2006 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 6 | 3 | 6 |
2004-2005 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
2003-2004 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 28 |
2002-2003 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
2001-2002 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | 17 |
2000-2001 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 6 | 20 |
1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1997-1998 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
1996-1997 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |