ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. & J. Wolff | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 16 | Mar 2014 | May 2022 | 8y 2m | J. & K. Wolff |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2599 | DESIDERATA | VHC | Requisites in hippie poster: rambling sad tirade, drug induced | E in anag.; ref. Ehrmann poem |
| 2591 | GHAT | VHC | Translated, bathing-stair could be Britain’s —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2569 | BILBO | VHC | Sticker and twisted ribbon removed from jacket lapel’s hip | anag. of (r)ibbo(n) l |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Originally ‘gentleman of the road’ and latterly ‘contemptible rogue’ | anag. of first letters and last letter, & lit. |
| 2547 | FILATORY | VHC | Find such a machine caught throstler’s head in poorly lit factory | comp. anag. incl. c, t, & lit. |
| 2543 | CABRETTA | VHC | Retrimmed, twenties Bearcat could be sweet in this fine leather | comp. anag.; ref. early US sports car |
| 2517 | LITERATIM | VHC | Illuminated scrap of manuscript (it was in Latin, I apprehended), as it was transcribed? | erat I in lit m |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | What might secure dissipation of anger he’s pent? A stiffener | anag. |
| 2480 | STOCKING FILLERS | VHC | ‘Lickle fings’ to play with first thing on rising (before sun) | anag. + r, S, & lit. |
| 2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | Key to man’s success in boudoir: shower and a dab of perfume | rain p in bower |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | VHC | Mail’s furore about number of gripes ‘leading motivator’ in beleaguered bureaucrat leaving office | n in anag.; anag. less bureau; ref. Ambassador to US Sir Kim Darroch’s resignation |
| 2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | Said Reverend Spooner,/‘My ball of vicuña/Is one of the very few/Ways to say ——’ | i.e. ‘hairy clew’, & lit. |
| 2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | Portion of Asari clams, poisoned (one gone off), spewed like a geyser! | anag. incl. A, less one |
| 2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | VHC | Church donations at a large jumble sale almost entirely following support of project | anag.; prop o’ sal(e) |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | VHC | Cheap pen ruined inlay in antique writing case | anag. in penner |
| 2360 | VIDENDA | VHC | Find way round dead end to get to beauty spots | d end in via |
2021-2022
2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2586 BALDERDASH
2582 ACHITOPHEL
2578 VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent)
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2564 CLEARING
2560 BOMBAST
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2525 PLACITUM
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
2504 UPBEAT
2495 BUNG
2486 BRUHAHA
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2425 EPILIMNION
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2378 PROPOSAL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2318 TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy)
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2013-2014
2178 PARISON
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |