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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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T. Anderson | 92 | 3 | 10 | 79 | 125 | 105 | Sep 1963 | May 2022 | 58y 8m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2021-2022 | ||||
2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Is term for spot on arse that festers a carbuncle? | arse; t + anag |
2591 | GHAT | VHC | What can be fired repeatedly, consuming flesh finally | h in gat, & lit. |
2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Jazz beat, with Adler blowing and Duke jamming | anag. + d in bash; ref. Larry A. & D. Ellington |
2020-2021 | ||||
2532 | POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree) | VHC | Denied tail, lusty goat needs sorting out in bed! | anag. less y in patch; tail = sex |
2521 | CHAMBERS | VHC | What’s leading manual, book essential to cryptic search? | m b in anag., & lit. |
2019-2020 | ||||
2512 | OSCITATE | VHC | Do I, comatose taking a moment rising, start to tiredly ——? | anag. less mo (rev.) incl. t, & lit. |
2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | Third | Note in parenthesis is missing eg squiggly closure bracket | n in anag. less is |
2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | VHC | Leaving in winter phase, trio of trawlers are out for this? | anag. less in incl. tra, & lit. |
2018-2019 | ||||
2451 | CAPUT | VHC | What’s the odds of Trump march upsetting the chump? | alternate letters reversed; ref. London demo |
2447 | CONGENER | VHC | Tory, Green, Liberal in coalition? This will boost party spirits! | Con. + anag. |
2017-2018 | ||||
2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | VHC | What defines strumpet fully prepared to wield the lash? | strumpet; s, t + ripe |
2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | This made improperly – appals D. Moore? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. film, ‘Indecent P.’ starring Demi Moore |
2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | Front covers of these absorb the focus of deviants! | face + ia in t, e, & lit. |
2016-2017 | ||||
2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Sheer muscle and time is needed to subdue garden plot | erf in pec + t |
2015-2016 | ||||
2279 | CLEMENTINE | VHC | For rose fertiliser e.g. slurry’s fine, but make it less strong round lawn’s border | l in cement + (f)ine; ref. song v. 6: ‘Grow the roses … fertilized by C.’ |
2274 | SIMPATICO | VHC | Is comic turn delivering constant well-timed cracks in tune with audience? | pat in anag. less c |
2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | This (English version) could be an Everest forte | comp. anag. incl. EV, f, & lit.; ref. E. windows |
2261 | GANGSTERLAND | VHC | Theatre for ‘The Godfather’ features mutilated nag and strangled criminal | anag. + anag.; ref. scenes from 1972 film |
2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | Second | Split bosom’s prominently displayed oomph gets the old man in a little bit of a flutter | bust up; it + pa in pt |
2014-2015 | ||||
2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | Following a wandering star I’d get wagon coated, being a pioneer | a + van in anag.; ref. song ‘Wand’rin’ Star’ in musical ‘Paint Your Wagon’ |
2230 | GATES OF DEATH | VHC | The wretched at Hades oft get stifling temperature here | anag. less t, & lit.; ref. Job 38, 17 |
2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | Third | Six on short hole? One that’s pre-eminent driver shouldn’t be doing this! | double par + king; ref. golf |
2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | VHC | Choosing cocktail jewellery, till’s beginning to ring and ring | EARRINGS/GIN SLING; EARRSINGLING; 2 defs.; ear3 + r, sing |
2218 | FOREIGNER | VHC | Onset of Great Fire linked with Nero playing fiddle on the side? | anag. incl. G |
2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | One erupting from bar in Italy is over? Must be deserted inside! | b(a)r+ d in in I + is (rev.), & lit. |
2013-2014 | ||||
2187 | WEST | VHC | E.g. Adam and partner, dressed in finest underwear leaves | (bra)west; ref. Adam W., film actor, & bridge |
2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | Something said at end of Saga break, regularly? | say on a + alternate letters, & lit.; Saga, Japanese city |
2148 | ZOLLVEREIN | VHC | E.g. the EC Zinfandel’s capital – one litre and liver’s enlivened | Z + anag. incl. l; EC = European Community |
2012-2013 | ||||
2122 | NICETY | VHC | Finesse North’s diamonds, tactically discarding heart | N + ice + t(acticall)y |
2011-2012 | ||||
2087 | ROCKET | VHC | Rollicking start to celebrations aboard rather wet decks | c in OK in ret; ref. jubilee pageant |
2083 | BEWITCH | VHC | Bravo! Ronnie’s final with century breaks to enthral | B, e + c in with; ref. R. O’Sullivan, world snooker championship |
2065 | DERMESTIDAE | VHC | Nucleus of broadloom armies, dispersed with deet? | d + anag., & lit. |
2064 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Some leftover tuck you’re cutting for all and sundry Boxing Day? | d in anag. incl. l less U, & lit. |
2049 | PARTY-POOPER | VHC | I’ve never enjoyed Beano or Topper (a ropy comic) | anag. |
2010-2011 | ||||
2010 | A COMING OF AGE | VHC | What does imago face, embracing new life? | n go in anag., & lit. |
2009-2010 | ||||
1975 | SEPTENTRIONAL | VHC | Intense polar winds keeping temperature arctic | t in anag. |
1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | With advance fee, desolate spirits cross Acheron’s banks in Charon’s craft | w a + A, n in terms hip5 |
1967 | SUBORDINATELY | VHC | Any ordinary day butler is working thus | anag. incl. o d, & lit. |
1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | I prepare cobs etc. ground up in praline nuts | erf (rev.) in anag. |
1940 | SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number) | VHC | Cutting East out, clubs then no trumps by South pinch a contract | pinch; s(E)cant, S + a in C NT |
2008-2009 | ||||
1936 | LITMUS TEST | VHC | I blush, subjected to acid line – smuttiest comic could possibly deliver | l + anag. |
1932 | NINE-TO-FIVE | Second | This could be clued as ‘of not very inventive career’ | anag. less v, & lit. |
1923 | ELLIPTIC | VHC | Lacking line, sadly inadequate ball gets lofted to stand in Oval | pill (rev.) in (path)etic |
1914 | VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Such ones have been badly corrupted if found knocked up in a love nest | comp. anag. & lit. |
1910 | BARPERSON | VHC | Bass bitter plant stopping apron supply? I may be exposed | b + ers in anag., & lit. |
1897 | WASH-OUT | VHC | Cut skied into the open air’s hard to stop for gully | H in saw (rev.) + out, & lit.; ref. cricket |
2007-2008 | ||||
1866 | BINGE | VHC | ‘Gorge Bungie Jumps’ (Horseshoe Falls notice) | anag. less U |
1858 | HUMONGOUS | VHC | Tuck in to tasty yellow veg when you get Green Giant | on ‘go’ in humus; ref. sweetcorn brand |
1853 | ANTIQUITARIAN | Second | I behave archaically – boring ‘old cove’? Yes, and ‘retro’ | I quit in antar + I3 an2, & lit. |
2006-2007 | ||||
1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | This recipe in cocktail renders brain inert | comp. anag. incl. r, & lit. |
1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | VHC | Manoeuvre of usurper with greed for power and energy? | anag. incl. greed for p + E, & lit. |
1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | Apparently, they of abandoned repute gathered in cocktail site Manet painted | loos in app a a; anag. & lit.; ref. M. painting, ‘A Bar at the Folies-Bergères’; cocktail2; |
2005-2006 | ||||
1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | VHC | What flesh could be nominated the essence of Rhine wienerwurst? | flush (= sudden growth); hidden |
1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Rutting by sta/r actor is objective of many birds! | |
1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | Turnover of rubbish in yard secures acceptable livelihood for Steptoes? | U in redd in yd (all rev.); ref. TV comedy ‘S. and Son’ |
2004-2005 | ||||
1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | First | Mining a lode one might unearth such paragons | lode; anag. incl. l |
1980-1981 | ||||
464 | SIMKIN | VHC | One way of seducing is with mink – this could be another | anag. |
456 | BALADINE | Second | Who makes a silly dial in mischief? | anag. in bane, & lit.; buffoon |
434 | JARDINIÈRE | VHC | I display a variety of vegetables – row upon row I cultivate | jar din I ere2 |
426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Dim signal might be so construed | anag. & lit. |
1979-1980 | ||||
414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | She simply pours out exposing bally enormous bust without support | anag. less ally |
406 | BOIL | VHC | Cook a bit of bubble and eliminate the squeak | b + oil |
1978-1979 | ||||
366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | Fools forgetting first, mostly backward, get taken in by me | (d)onkeys hin(d) in me, & lit. |
319 | PODESTA | VHC | This Latin beak refereed in School match with head absent | pod2 + (v)esta |
1977-1978 | ||||
298 | NOSER | VHC | One’s very curious – right? | anag. + r, & lit. |
259 | TRANSIRE | VHC | I’ll remove restraint after docking | anag. less t |
1976-1977 | ||||
212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Tight clingers, us | anag. & lit. |
1975-1976 | ||||
203 | BOGY | Third | I’m perverse spirit disturbing minor issue | go (rev.) in by, & lit. |
187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Wherein you may find pickled rib, e.g. put down | anag. & lit. |
174 | EPEOLATRY | Third | It naturally develops early with poet | anag. & lit. |
1974-1975 | ||||
130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What you need to make m/oney – and leave none before you go old boy! | |
127 | FRITHSOKEN | VHC | Retreat of thinkers | anag. & lit. |
114 | PANIC | VHC | Shown by one in confused state, caught without anything on? | an in pi + c(aught); see pie2 |
105 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram) | VHC | Very large animal collection aboard. Nowhere a harbour? | |
1973-1974 | ||||
97 | TREBUCHET | VHC | It was a dreadful butcher and imported from France | anag.+ et, & lit. |
95 | THUNDERCLAP | VHC | Disruption following electrical strike put chandler’s production up | anag.; up = in an excited state |
62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Sailor has ties all over the place. They’re found in most anchorages | anag.; ref. ‘girl in every port’; anchorage = recluse’s cell |
57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I/re at solving Azed’s joke clues | |
1972-1973 | ||||
50 | CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent) | Third | Having a large stomach ulcer opt for surgery | anag. |
40 | FANTOCCINI | First | What can excite the most original of children if I cannot? | anag. incl. c, & lit. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1054 | PINACOTHECA | VHC | You may find a place for exhibiting cartoons if each caption is funny | anag. |
1965-1966 | ||||
898 | POCHARD | VHC | I take a dive and appear with fish in belly | char in pod |
890 | DEBENTURE | VHC | I can return Excise Duty initially put on brewer’s beer tun | ED (rev.) + anag., & lit. |
885 | GALIMATIAS | First | This is foolish talk, involving the reverse of first class language | A1 Tamil (all rev.) in gas, & lit. |
884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Stra/in, yes—work up north may be | stramash Erinyes’ |
878 | ENTOMOSTRACA | VHC | One may see a thousand, near to coast, swimming | anag. incl. M, & lit. |
868 | DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left) | VHC | Scalp complaint is darned awful for anyone in a hat—a wig is what’s needed | anag.; U in topee |
864 | PATERNAL | Third | How Husband feels outside hospital ward, mate having a set of triplets within? | a tern in pal; tern2 |
1964-1965 | ||||
839 | GINGER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I was raging as “Tin/y”, the magot, my monkey, upset me, scratching | stinging erythema |
821 | SOMERSET | VHC | Rand’s in certain form to make a spectacular leap | R. in some, set; ref. Mary Rand, winner of gold medal in long jump, 1964 Olympics [see comments] |
808 | WAGONER | VHC | Signing the pledge about getting drunk? Come along with me! | on in wager (n. obs.); on the wagon |
1963-1964 | ||||
773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | Pack up this in a kit-bag. That’s a song not too near the mark | fit3 + out; ref. song ‘Pack Up your Troubles …’ |
2021-2022
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2578 VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent)
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2560 BOMBAST
2556 TOERAG
2547 FILATORY
2543 CABRETTA
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2504 UPBEAT
2486 BRUHAHA
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2434 STONKERED
2428 SHEPHERDS
2421 SPASMODICAL
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2399 CHARMEUSE
2395 PURITANISM
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2360 VIDENDA
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2325 MASON
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2318 TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy)
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2300 MISHMASH
2287 VALET
2283 BARGAIN
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2014-2015
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2183 SANGRAIL
2178 PARISON
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2161 FARRAGO
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2012-2013
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2126 DESPERATE
2118 BLOKEISH
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2109 THICKETY
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2070 MISTREATMENT
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2036 AL CONTO
2031 EMBROIDERY
2023 CHAMBRANLE
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)
1962 ANADEM
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
2008-2009
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1879 LITTER BASKET
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1823 KISS
1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1771 PARTERRE
1753 DIAGONAL
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1737 ANIMUS
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
430 TEGULA
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
401 GO-AHEAD
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
294 HUMECT
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
221 PADDY-WHACK
216 SCANTITY
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
183 PICKLE
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
123 SCATTERGOOD
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
53 ALEXANDERS
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1089 ENCLOISTER
1968-1969
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1010 MOTORIST
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
1965-1966
882 SNAPDRAGON
873 VETERANS
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
834 CARRIED
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
769 PENNY
764 SHIMMY-SHAKE
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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2020-2021 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
2019-2020 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 30 |
2018-2019 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
2017-2018 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
2016-2017 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
2015-2016 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 5 | 23 |
2014-2015 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 2 | 11 |
2013-2014 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
2012-2013 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
2011-2012 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
2010-2011 | 0 | 1 | 10 | – |
2009-2010 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
2008-2009 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 1 | 11 |
2007-2008 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 5 | 24 |
2006-2007 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
2005-2006 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
2004-2005 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 5 | – |
1980-1981 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 3 | 14 |
1979-1980 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1975-1976 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 1 | 2 | 12 |
1974-1975 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
1973-1974 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
1972-1973 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1965-1966 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
1964-1965 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1963-1964 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |