Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Short | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 14 | Nov 2013 | Dec 2021 | 8y 1m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021-2022 | ||||
2584 | GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste) | VHC | Appropriately covered for the present, provided they wear rubber aprons for starters, and maybe masks – doctoring at its limits | IFTWRAPPEDG; if + first letters + PPE + d, g |
2020-2021 | ||||
2530 | STUDENTY | VHC | Epithet nailing those youngsters tackling university degrees – some taking firsts, somehow | anag. of first letters, & lit. |
2019-2020 | ||||
2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | What doesn’t kill you proverbially is this vacuous Eeyorish anger spent furiously locking and unlocking bar | anag. incl. E, h; ref. ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ |
2482 | VOX POP | Second | Result of work by getting point of view out and about? | op x in POV (all rev.), & lit. |
2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | VHC | Midwinter hustings at end, clown to come safely through? | s prat weather; ref. election |
2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Gnu decimated and landscape emptied – result of whopping slaughter in the Lowlands? | slopping water; first and last letters; ref. Scottish/African lowlands |
2018-2019 | ||||
2460 | TWEET | VHC | Leaders of the world employ e-communications to issue a terse message | first letters |
2016-2017 | ||||
2330 | BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left) | VHC | Penny brought up to date in fashionable blue, flaunting underwear – and contemplating what’s within | modish with p for d; bra Zen |
2325 | MASON | VHC | Jackie comic has very penetrating piece | so in man; ref. Jackie M., US comedian, Jackie, girls’ comic |
2015-2016 | ||||
2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | Melange – i.e. salmagundi, hotchpotch, miscellany and scrambled hash, a little bit of each | first letters & lit. |
2291 | AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Pensioner stripping up a mountain, Pat holds her pash/mina | |
2272 | SNOWMOBILE | VHC | Both poles below zero? I’m doubtful this could get me to either | S, N + anag. incl. 0 |
2014-2015 | ||||
2209 | (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Coming up, openings for retailers – expect busy trading conditions for days leading up to Hallowe’en | first letters (rev.) |
2020-2021
2547 FILATORY
2543 CABRETTA
2019-2020
2495 BUNG
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2473 INTERPLAY
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2447 CONGENER
2430 CLERIHEW
2017-2018
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2378 PROPOSAL
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2287 VALET
2274 SIMPATICO
2270 FENESTRA
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2226 DOUBLE-PARKING
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2013-2014
2170 SAYONARA
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2161 FARRAGO
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
2019-2020 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 4 | 19 |
2018-2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
2016-2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
2015-2016 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
2014-2015 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |