HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. L. Perkins | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 120 | 26 | Jun 1969 | May 2020 | 50y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2482 | VOX POP | VHC | Leaders in very old Times with an attempt to show public opinion | v, o, x + pop |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2070 | MISTREATMENT | VHC | Newt-like Mitt’s team earn a short drubbing | anag. less a; newt-like = drunk; ref. N. Gingrich & M. Romney in US Republican contest |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 1997 | FADO | VHC | Sad song characterised by a descending fourth? | i.e. fa-do |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1923 | ELLIPTIC | VHC | Oval, perhaps, where a rising ball may break up odd bits of the pitch which are out of true | pill (rev.) in anag. of alternate letters |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Pints in pails – as served in one million decorated pots | paints in piles; as in I m + anag. |
| 1663 | ARMAMENTARIA | VHC | Theatre work may require such ability to throw someone backward, but strain follows | arm ament aria |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 393 | INTRACARDIAC | VHC | Conversion of radiant R.C. by leading light – in his heart of hearts? | anag. + 1 ac |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | No elephant but mice NASA put in orbit | anag.; ‘Elephants never forget’ |
| 285 | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | VHC | Fetter holds fiery tempered bear | beau; anag. in bond |
| 281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | Red’s a coin possibly found in a lot of old rhino? | anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Concerning leap-years? | double mng. |
| 238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | Press man with thin correspondence – getting better with letter, perhaps? | cram bo jingle; thin = tinkling |
| 229 | METRICATE | VHC | Create a lot of time for change then scrap Imperialism? | anag. incl. tim(e); i.e. Imperial measures |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Wept big round tears – for bully’s treatment? | anag. |
| 165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | VHC | Labour boob: Benn and Callaghan oppose each other on Market – P.M. on ice | |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 79 | SLAPSTICK | VHC | Riotous pits in loose farce | anag. in slack |
| 57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Can you see – these a/re adjoining parts of the tyre | |
| 53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | I’m akin to hemlock, perhaps, a drink unsuitable for children and a bitter plant | ale X and ers |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 36 | CRUSADER | First | Campaigner in old company holding steadfast to right | sad in crue + r, & lit.; to = beside |
| 31 | KITCHENDOM | Third | Freud’s province? Knowledge about desire, Sir | itch in ken + Dom; ref. Clement Freud |
| 27 | VINEGAR | VHC | Gather harvest in fertile plain before beginning of rainy season | in in vega + r; in vt |
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Prim Noah apart, all misuse Me – kinds that erred, perish! | |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1089 | ENCLOISTER | VHC | Shut up revolutionaries’ leader after rigged elections | anag. + r |
| 1080 | ANDROMEDA | VHC | Heath, dread man when in fury about Nabarro’s conclusion | anag. incl. o; Ted H., Gerald N. |
2019-2020
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2473 INTERPLAY
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2451 CAPUT
2434 STONKERED
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2395 PURITANISM
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2378 PROPOSAL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2325 MASON
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2322 VENTRICOSE
2318 TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy)
2313 PERFECT
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2283 BARGAIN
2270 FENESTRA
2014-2015
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2213 SOLECISM
2209 (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent)
2013-2014
2183 SANGRAIL
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2012-2013
2126 DESPERATE
2118 BLOKEISH
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2031 EMBROIDERY
2027 THRENETICAL
2014 HACKETTE
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1958 HANGDOG
2008-2009
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1910 BARPERSON
1906 MORSE
1901 SANITISE
1897 WASH-OUT
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1879 LITTER BASKET
1866 BINGE
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1849 AUXESIS
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1814 HIPSTER
1806 INEBRIANT
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1797 HEART
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
1737 ANIMUS
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1711 MINUS
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1641 GADGETEER
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1593 MANSUETE
1993-1994
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1980-1981
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
1979-1980
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
384 OUTSPREADING
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
306 DICKENS
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
272 MALAGUETTA
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
208 RALPH
1975-1976
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
139 PIEPOWDER
123 SCATTERGOOD
114 PANIC
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
97 TREBUCHET
92 BRAINWASH
88 BLOOMERY
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
66 NONSENSE
1972-1973
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
40 FANTOCCINI
10 LINGERIE
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1091 WENCESLAS
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
1071 ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry)
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1062 CALLING-CRAB
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |