ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Price Jones | 59 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 194 | 65 | Jun 1981 | May 2022 | 40y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2582 | ACHITOPHEL | VHC | A chief, one needing a lot of help, takes on board ‘most senior adviser’ | a ch. + top in I hel(p) |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2539 | TORSE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Amo/ng ‘inequalities’, include manifold, differential, and smooth operation | |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | Bond embracing a counterspy at the outset exhibits duality | quality; a c in charter |
| 2504 | UPBEAT | VHC | Despite delayed opening, hostelry with food as before is heartening | pub with p ‘delayed’ + eat |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | VHC | Lager at a merrymaking, offering supporter and also unsteady motion! | anag.; prop + anag. |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | Tight Fit material rendered by Posh wearing crushed cashmere | U in anag.; TF, pop group |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Obsolescent, Jonathan’s first slip? No, a guide for the future | anag. incl. J; ref. AZ slip |
| 2213 | SOLECISM | VHC | Semicolons misplaced? It’s not on | anag. less on, & lit. |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | Discouraged the misspelling of SEPARATED with an E instead of an A | anag. with e for a |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2058 | ROBUST | Third | Hardy book? Kindle has one loaded in | b in roust |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2031 | EMBROIDERY | VHC | Might this embellish my dire robe? | anag. & lit. |
| 2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | VHC | Bull (note, not English) with a tendency to join some lover, a Welsh cow | he + notice(E); bull = male; hidden |
| 2014 | HACKETTE | VHC | Rook perhaps has carrion nabbed by feral he-cat | ket in anag.; ref. Jean R. |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1831 | MARGINALIA | VHC | Mrs Simpson, we hear, at start of abdication trouble retorted, ‘More than a bit on the side!’ | ‘Marge’ + in a + ail (rev.); ref. cartoon family and Wallace S. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Applicator for hiding wrinkles or a n/ick is used by Azed, for example | orange stick; ref. AZ’s Playfair preamble |
| 1758 | BIMBETTE | VHC | Frontally beautiful is me, but extremely thick thinks everyone | first letters & lit. |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1637 | AMNESIC | VHC | Having developed disorder, can memorise no more | anag. less more, & lit. |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1606 | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | VHC | Utterly freaked out, listen to grass growing in California | anag. + at |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1537 | CAFTAN | VHC | Perhaps Persian one’s seen wrapped around female | f in cat an, & lit. |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What did some Irish kids learn about? Hurling? Stone-a/ge man? | |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1428 | CRICETID | First | Mention this rodent and you’ll hear scream on chair | ‘cry seated’, & lit.? |
| 1415 | MANATI (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Pope’s shocked at seeing ro/t in St Peter’s | |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1402 | PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Author of the final touches to Windows Ninety-five could be an anorak from Kabul | posteen; pen to s, e |
| 1380 | RAPPORT (Misprints) | VHC | Pink salmon served up with wine | link; par (rev.) + port |
| 1372 | MASTERSTROKE | VHC | Restarts Moke which has been tuned for superior performance | anag. |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1268 | ARGIE-BARGIE | VHC | Disposition of e.g. Britain at S. Georgia – not merrily toasting battle | comp. anag.; ref. Falklands campaign |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1255 | CATAFALCO | VHC | A genus of bird following cheetah? This makes one dead easy to see | cat + a Falco |
| 1247 | PREDICANT | VHC | One performing clerical duties has the potential to be PC-trained | anag. |
| 1234 | AVANT-PROPOS | Third | See in hilarious soap with Parton some up-front material | v in anag. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Cutting dope? | cold turkey, & lit. |
| 1169 | BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Like Biffo? Sure, in comic, sprightly, black and loose-limbed | anag.; b + lithe; ref. ‘Beano’ character |
| 1161 | ADIAPHORON | VHC | ‘It’s not the concern of the council’ this paranoid wandering around house | ho. in anag.; ref. government policy on the mentally ill |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1095 | STINK | VHC | To raise one is to create tangles | knits (rev.), & lit. |
| 1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | One of the party’s ‘dead men’ is a fogey in the reconstituted Lords | oldie in anag. |
| 1078 | KIRBEH | VHC | Leaving balmy Birkenhead is ‘Inebriate Edna’, a hag that regularly takes a skinful! | comp. anag.; ref. TV film |
| 1074 | DEMIREP | VHC | MP I’d e’er corrupt | anag. & lit. |
| 1065 | TANDOORI | VHC | Done in a dirt oon | anag. & lit. |
| 1061 | MAGIC | VHC | ‘Every Second Counts’: amusing, many agree, with MC like Paul Daniels? | second letters; ref. TV quiz show hosted by PD |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1034 | BURLAP | First | Out-of-order W.C.’s not available for organised pub-crawl. A wall might get covered with this! | anag. less anag. |
| 1021 | BEARD | VHC | ‘Bacon should receive the ultimate in praise.’ The Bard referred to this as ‘excrement’! | e in bard2; excrement2 |
| 1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Can St. John, say, start corpses coming to life | Ian; anag.; ref. I. St. J. |
| 1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | VHC | Ravel nearly spoilt giant in ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ | anag. incl. spoil(t); ref. Ravel’s orchestration of Mussourgsky’s piece |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 978 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | VHC | Edited by cultured one for two hundred years | anag.; ref. Observer bicentenary |
| 969 | BUNTER | VHC | The Owl and the Pussy-cat? | 2 mngs.; Bunter ‘The Owl of the Remove’ |
| 947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | VHC | Rick Nelson might have rendered louder hit during quiet piece | anag. in sh slip; ref. former pop star and wrestling hold |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 891 | CAT | VHC | Penthouse pet | 2 mngs.; ref. adult magazine |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 887 | MONSTER | VHC | Stupendous composition of W. A. Mozart’s one that’s ignored by Ozawa, surprisingly | anag. less anag.; ref. Seiji O., conductor |
| 882 | DOSSIER | VHC | Do heads of the Secret Service have one on the Queen? | do S S + I + ER, & lit. |
| 857 | REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left) | VHC | Affected sincerity? No sir, delicacy. Here’s a copper to salute | anag. less sir; red cap, & lit.; red = cent |
| 849 | VISITE | VHC | Little woman’s short number? | Vi’s ite(m), & lit.; ref. L. M. Alcott |
| 844 | THEOLOGASTER (Misprints) | Third | ‘There’s loads to go wrong without Sod being involved’, reveals dabbler in Sod’s law | God’s; anag. less sod |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 831 | COOLABAH (Spoonerisms) | VHC | A black cloud, Noah! It’s stormy, and luck unfortunately runs out. Buy an ark! | ironbark; comp. anag. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | I might make a bit of Central American money harvesting at home | C + Am + in in peso, & lit. |
| 764 | CHILDERMAS | VHC | Homicide (involving extermination of every second mite) in Israel is recollected in —— | comp. anag. incl. homicide less alternate letters, & lit. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 683 | BANISH | VHC | Ash-bin on fire | anag.; on = drunk |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 615 | HISTORIETTE | Third | It could be a fable. The tortoise, I suspect, ought to lose | anag. less 0; suspect adj., ought2 |
| 594 | DOINGS | VHC | Conduct – and murder – G & S! | do in + G S |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Get Christmas frilling – chop-chop! | filling; mince meat |
| 556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | Scotch from Wales? That’s rum | scorch; anag. |
2021-2022
2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
2599 DESIDERATA
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2591 GHAT
2569 BILBO
2020-2021
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2547 FILATORY
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2525 PLACITUM
2521 CHAMBERS
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2495 BUNG
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2313 PERFECT
2015-2016
2287 VALET
2283 BARGAIN
2279 CLEMENTINE
2013-2014
2187 WEST
2183 SANGRAIL
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2161 FARRAGO
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2118 BLOKEISH
2011-2012
2070 MISTREATMENT
2064 COLD TURKEY
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2027 THRENETICAL
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1979 FAR-OUT
1949 PALFRENIER
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1918 PALAMPORE
1910 BARPERSON
1906 MORSE
1901 SANITISE
1897 WASH-OUT
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1879 LITTER BASKET
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1866 BINGE
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1858 HUMONGOUS
1845 UPBRAID
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2006-2007
1823 KISS
1814 HIPSTER
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1771 PARTERRE
1762 DUDDERY
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1719 ANHELATION
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1667 CLARINI
1663 ARMAMENTARIA
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
2002-2003
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1589 JOKESMITH
1576 FACADE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1554 PEARL
1550 MEMORITER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1533 MASTER-MARINER
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1502 RAPPEL
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1480 SAMARITAN
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1450 PRETENDANT
1439 JOHN CANOE
1424 HEIST
1419 SPLODGE
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
1406 CHASSEPOT
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1997-1998
1360 BOG-ASPHODEL
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1346 PHARISEE
1342 ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)
1996-1997
1303 PONIARD
1294 TRANSENNA
1290 NITERIE
1286 CHALET
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1238 ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1229 GRUPPETTO
1220 CASSANDRA
1212 HILDING
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1186 GRISELDA
1178 BOOTLEG
1165 YAPSTER
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1126 CHEATERY
1117 STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters)
1108 GREEN
1104 BURYING-PLACES
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1052 AGANIPPE
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1039 TOLERABLE
1030 PASTILLE
1026 LET-OFF
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1013 ALVEARY
1000 ONE THOUSAND
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
987 IRON CURTAIN
982 ALMANAC
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
956 SPEAR-SIDE
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
917 HOOLIGANISM
904 VOETGANGER
1988-1989
878 MOUSEPIECE
869 HOLD-UPS
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
866 NECTAREOUS
853 DEBACLE
840 SONDE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
827 MICKEY-TAKING
823 SARBACANE
809 DOLCE VITA
805 LITOTES
1986-1987
779 MISSING LINK
774 VICTORINE
762 OBELISE
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
753 SHEEPDOG
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
740 ESCADRILLE
1985-1986
731 STRING
701 BALUSTRADE
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
670 TURNIP-FLEA
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
618 CRETISM
603 FIGULINE
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
564 PARAMENT
552 NOURICE-FEE
1981-1982
517 IMMORTELLE
495 CACOETHES
478 BIBLIOPEGIST
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 1991-1992 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |