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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Burton | 57 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 125 | 62 | Feb 1949 | Jan 2007 | 57y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1784 | TEARAWAY | VHC | Impetuous teen – not half! – one not corrected alas? | te(en) a raw ay, & lit. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | VHC | For sort of repair newspaper DIY column may suggest, search through and read yesterday’s! | hidden |
| 1753 | DIAGONAL | Third | Deacon’s about to be dismissed for good – only course open to bishop | diaconal with g for c; ref. chess |
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Concerned with flies, perhaps (partly open, to micturate) | hidden |
| 1737 | ANIMUS | VHC | Showing this, number one team finally take Australia apart! | n I m in AUS, & lit.; ref. test series |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | VHC | What you see looking at fish on line in stream | stream; id o’ l in ea |
| 1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | Perplexity about Azed’s latest: after expenditure of energy, theme is unravelled. What we devotees enjoy! | d + anag. less e in worry |
| 1698 | CROSSTIE | VHC | Losing first part of argument, ostracise perversely a member giving support | anag. less a |
| 1689 | SYNOD | VHC | Congress, its ending and conclusion in Whitby getting sign of assent? | s + y + nod, & lit.; ref. S. of Whitby, 664 |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | With this epithet, harshly decry one consumed by urge to run away? | anag. + a in scat, & lit. |
| 1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | VHC | Means of screening devious emigrant concealing family | clan in anag. |
| 1646 | BLACK | VHC | Such is book in which foremost of law-breakers is held to account | l a/c in bk, & lit. |
| 1633 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left) | VHC | Needing to be cheered up? Tasting is just starting in winery (litre included – a port men especially favour) | t and l in winery; anag. |
| 1624 | BELAY | VHC | Not to obtain a clerical appointment it’s enough, perhaps, to become a chap’s lover | be lay in 2 senses; ref. Jeffrey John |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1619 | GISMO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Asking was sin king, he allegedly spoke of resort, dubbed re/st rudely | ref. George V: ‘Bugger Bognor!’ |
| 1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | Unmeet as torturer | anag. & lit. |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1541 | CHUPRASSY | VHC | Attendant you may obtain by punctuating call at intervals with ‘Get a move on!’ and ‘Blockhead!’ | hup, ass separately in cry, & lit. |
| 1528 | STROP (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Cavers shouldn’t do without one once pot’s churning with onset of rain | shavers couldn’t; anag. incl. r |
| 1519 | CARRY-ON | VHC | Sequel to bestseller, confection of racy corn but lacking touch of Cartland | anag. less C |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1489 | FRONT-BENCHER | VHC | Female minister completely disheartened: ‘Have French been deserted by English, dear Mr Prescott?’ | F, r + ont (Fr.) + be(E)n + cher; ref. John P.’s encounter with Mme Voynet at The Hague conference |
| 1485 | BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left) | VHC | I’m a devotee of it, so after being converted French change 50% of beef to include that from us | anag.; ours in be(ef) |
| 1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Clever devices made in Ven/ice profit | |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1406 | CHASSEPOT | VHC | Out-of-date firing device scuppered space shot | anag. |
| 1376 | LOGO | VHC | This may show entrance to gents’ in convenience | g in loo, & lit. |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1355 | DIACATHOLICON | VHC | In effect, it had a colonic loosening? | anag. & lit. |
| 1346 | PHARISEE | VHC | In Uriah Heep (e.g.) as represented, a huge one is apparent | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. David Copperfield |
| 1342 | ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Plundering runs, a power batting side with ultimate in technique explosively nails English outsiders | r a P in (noun) e; anag. + E |
| 1338 | SMART ALEC | VHC | I generally have an answer to everything and am scarlet with embarrassment | anag. |
| 1336 | STOCKING | VHC | Snick got runs – cover needed on leg? | anag. |
| 1322 | CARPET | VHC | In Shaw’s play, a present from Caesar – Cleopatra’s wrapped up in it also! | comp. anag.; ref. Shaw, ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1286 | CHALET | VHC | From such a place, let out for a month in Haute-Savoie, mountain antelope may be seen | i.e. chalet with mois for let = chamois, & lit. |
| 1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | ‘Bend over!’ – its day gone to be reconsidered this month? | anag. less d; ref. corporal punishment debate |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1250 | SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One) | VHC | Local secondaries could result from cells with this serious disease | comp. anag. |
| 1242 | KNOCKERS | VHC | Canny ore-diviners, these wee fellows ken rocks inside out | anag. & lit. |
| 1238 | ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I’m agin/g! ‘Freedom from wrinkles,’ the face-cream ad said | |
| 1229 | GRUPPETTO | Third | Poor trumpet goes wobbly – perhaps more so, this being played! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1216 | CHAPERON | Third | A trout, perhaps, if you’re after a catch? No, a perch, sadly! | anag. |
| 1212 | HILDING | VHC | The prime stages of his ignoble life demonstrated incurable native gutlessness | first letters & lit. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1186 | GRISELDA | VHC | Flipping lid, rages? Not she! | anag. & lit. |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1143 | DEATH (Printer’s Devilry) | First | His partner’s large-size ma/res hold a problem for the groom | threshold |
| 1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | Child, just before end of year, is rapt with me and is briefly excited – rendered ecstatic! | ch. + r + anag. incl. ’s + sent, & lit. |
| 1122 | BASILIAN | VHC | Brush with Paisley perhaps leaves one preferring monastic calm! | Basil (B.) + Ian (P.) |
| 1108 | GREEN | VHC | Beginners in golfing reach each easily? No! | first letters & lit. |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1095 | STINK | VHC | Head of seamstresses has to patch up what’s produced by inefficient sewers | s + tink |
| 1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | VHC | These can degenerate into party-goers’ maul, last shreds of dignity abandoned | anag. less ty & lit. |
| 1074 | DEMIREP | VHC | I’m presumed ‘ruined’ – without substance? | anag. less sum, & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1026 | LET-OFF | VHC | Switch for English League forward following failure to take chance | E L (rev.) + to ff |
| 1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Game he brings us is covered in worms – corpse starts decomposing | words; anag. |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 922 | REFORMADO | VHC | Old campaigner having manipulated ramrod, encompassing discomfiture of foe? | anag. in anag. |
| 913 | ARCHIBALD | VHC | Retreating gunnery force, reproved about shot dropping short, means to fire upwards | RA (rev.) + bal(l) in chid |
| 895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | Offended at D and F being misplaced, discordantly? Not at all! | anag. less D F |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 882 | DOSSIER | VHC | Advice for one at court: ‘One gets rich hanging around’ | I in dosser2 |
| 857 | REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left) | VHC | Bird from charm school, having lost weight, receives diamonds (a hundred and one), diamonds in plenty (not half!) for ‘being nice’ | d C a in Rep(ton); ice in (ple)nty |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 708 | HEARTS | VHC | Stags surrounding English does form a solid mass | E in harts; does, vb. |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 660 | RUBBER (Misprints) | Third | One who feels regret, apparently, about Paris’s favourite in contest for best of three dames | games; BB in ruer; Brigitte Bardot |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 624 | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | VHC | Head Inspector advises every teacher: “It pays to take a course of Usher-Pep” | |
| 600 | The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram) | VHC | Bungler-led throng exhibit dash—die | |
2006-2007
1806 INEBRIANT
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1797 HEART
1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1771 PARTERRE
1762 DUDDERY
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1711 MINUS
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1667 CLARINI
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1637 AMNESIC
1628 ENCOMION
2002-2003
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1602 FENESTRA
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1589 JOKESMITH
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
1576 FACADE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1563 SLYBOOTS
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1550 MEMORITER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1537 CAFTAN
1533 MASTER-MARINER
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1511 DEEP-SEATED
1502 RAPPEL
1494 MARATHON
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1480 SAMARITAN
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1467 CANAPÉ
1999-2000
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1454 GET-UP
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1439 JOHN CANOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
1394 BERGAMOT
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1385 PANTRIES
1363 MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number)
1997-1998
1360 BOG-ASPHODEL
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1316 FINGERLICKIN’
1312 REST-CURE
1996-1997
1303 PONIARD
1300 OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)
1294 TRANSENNA
1290 NITERIE
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1273 SIPOREX
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1247 PREDICANT
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1220 CASSANDRA
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1178 BOOTLEG
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1165 YAPSTER
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1139 BENJAMIN
1134 TOVARICH
1130 AGRESTAL
1126 CHEATERY
1104 BURYING-PLACES
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1078 KIRBEH
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1065 TANDOORI
1052 AGANIPPE
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1030 PASTILLE
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1021 BEARD
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1013 ALVEARY
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
987 IRON CURTAIN
982 ALMANAC
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
969 BUNTER
956 SPEAR-SIDE
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
947 SHOULDER-SLIP
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
930 SABULOSE
1988-1989
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
866 NECTAREOUS
862 OFF-AND-ON
853 DEBACLE
1987-1988
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
Ximenes competitions
1962-1963
734 NASALITY
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
1961-1962
651 NIPCHEESE
647 MADCAP
1959-1960
551 PITCHER
1958-1959
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
1954 (1)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
1949 (1)
97 NESTOR
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 2 | 9 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |