Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. R. Tozer | 212 | 15 | 18 | 179 | 137 | 245 | Dec 1976 | May 2022 | 45y 5m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2021-2022 | ||||
2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Bottom, perhaps – with funny ears after a bit of trickery? | bottom; t + anag.; ref. AMND |
2595 | FIFTY YEARS | Third | As long as Azed’s been setting, what complete my Sunday are stiff puzzles | anag. incl. y, y |
2591 | GHAT | VHC | Defile Government with rancour, ignoring warning to stop | G + hat(red) |
2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Hedda Gabler’s play free of e.g. waffle | anag. less e.g. |
2582 | ACHITOPHEL | VHC | Hope itch cures with a bit of lotion (one that isn’t rash) | anag. incl. a l |
2578 | VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | ‘Goal-line technology ruined our International’ – the commentators are all over it | VAR + anag. incl. I |
2573 | HANDS-ON | VHC | Order Navy to take on Chinese, favouring action over words | Han + DSO + N; ref. S. China Sea |
2569 | BILBO | VHC | One has a point hoarding, with shortages of lard in parts | bil(l)bo(ard) |
2020-2021 | ||||
2564 | CLEARING | Third | Piece of cultivable pasture, something seen after tree-cutting? | c lea ring, & lit.; ref. tree rings |
2560 | BOMBAST | VHC | Holding a management degree, qualified to BS and bluster | MBA in anag.; BS = bullshit |
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Tatty footgear’s revealing of me | comp. anag. & lit. |
2551 | SPAVIN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | What’ll shame a liar, one very involved in manipulative PR? | lame a shire; a v in spin |
2543 | CABRETTA | VHC | I’m like kid, investing energy in spoilt brat act | E in anag. |
2539 | TORSE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | It’s hard to kno/w if one’s clue is inadequate | clue2 = ball of thread |
2530 | STUDENTY | VHC | Probably academic what ‘securely attaches’ entry if it’s not right | stud + ent(r)y; ref. AZ comp. rules and requests |
2525 | PLACITUM | VHC | You’ll see impactful reforms following this ruling | comp. anag. incl. f |
2521 | CHAMBERS | VHC | In dialect terms, I am well-nigh supreme, holding what solver needs to finish | cham + r in bes(t), & lit.; see ch in C. |
2517 | LITERATIM | VHC | So being evicted, tries to mail rent to the letter | anag. less so |
2019-2020 | ||||
2512 | OSCITATE | VHC | —— colourfully? With a bit of embellishment, ‘to cat’ is | anag. incl. e, & lit.; ref. ‘technicolour yawn’ |
2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | What’s needed to firm up a door lock? Most get the spanner out | anag. less t |
2495 | BUNG | VHC | What’ll stop barrel roll ending in prang? | bun + g; ref. aerobatics |
2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Arresting sight, first seen in dormant head? | reams in d cape, & lit.; reams = a great deal |
2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | VHC | When you’ve more dark than light in mixed wash, pre-treat | anag. |
2473 | INTERPLAY | First | Exchanges per litany? | anag. & lit.; i.e. call-and-response |
2018-2019 | ||||
2460 | TWEET | VHC | One who’s dry sinks what wets the whistle | wee in TT |
2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | VHC | Griping in Spem in alium leads to testy remarks about choir’s ‘groundbreaking’ item | hidden; first letters; ref. Tallis choral work |
2447 | CONGENER | VHC | Part of family tree, if missing, needs info to be entered | gen in con(if)er |
2443 | ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | So A. Pop/e addressed the subject of ‘Rape’ | ref. ‘The Rape of the Lock’ |
2438 | MONTE DI PIETÀ | VHC | Shylock’s adversary perhaps made petition artfully | anag.; ref. Portia in ‘MoV’ |
2434 | STONKERED | VHC | Del’s turned up round at Nag’s Head, ——? | to N in Derek’s (rev.), & lit.; ref. Del/Derek Trotter in ‘Only Fools and Horses’ |
2428 | SHEPHERDS | VHC | Get the shivers about what’s happening? We were sore afraid! | hep in sherds; ref. Luke 2.9 KJV |
2425 | EPILIMNION | VHC | Top of the Lake: mostly great picture once Campion drops affectations | epi(c) limn (Camp)ion; ref. TV drama dir. by Jane C.; picture vb, camp2 n |
2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | Jerky might if it’s hot make ‘Spamaholics’ a little dyspeptic | anag. incl. d less h |
2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | VHC | High tone taken on by Brexiter dismissing fine for donations scheme; poor pal’s in trouble | alt + (F)arage; anag.; ref. fine imposed on Vote Leave/Darren Grimes for funding irregularities |
2412 | UBIQUARIAN | VHC | A bit of unbridled ego, as in Clough, say, is found everywhere | u + I qua in Brian; ref. former football manager |
2017-2018 | ||||
2403 | SWALE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Perhaps she’d trade bits of sovereignty without actually leaving Europe | treed shade; first letters; ref. Brexit |
2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | Bride finally joins service after entrance in satin | charm + e + use |
2390 | POISSON D’AVRIL | VHC | Arrange pails against doors in a prank | anag. incl. v |
2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Variety show that’s bawdy (drinks not included) | bawdy; strip(teas)e |
2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | What Swift called ‘modest’ is forward and also outrageous | prop + anag.; ref. Jonathan S., ‘A Modest P.’ |
2376 | SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding) | VHC | Broadcast writer’s embracing crude satire | sow + anag. in pen’s |
2373 | CACOGASTRIC | VHC | Causing upset inside ICC, Croat unexpectedly ingests poison | gas in anag.; ref. suicide of Gen. Praljak at International Criminal Court |
2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | Deface a toilet door? Could be drôle to do with —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
2364 | COMPOST HEAP | VHC | Ruck disintegrating, oppose match carrying on | anag. |
2360 | VIDENDA | VHC | You should see them prat about by the goal area | div (rev.) + end + a |
2016-2017 | ||||
2356 | PUBLIC SERVANT | VHC | Quietly inscrutable and very crafty, I’m at home in Whitehall | p + anag. incl. v |
2351 | RHAGADES | VHC | Skin lesions torment, encroaching on the nether regions | rag overlapping with Hades |
2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Among birds you’ll find the wrens, not the ra/ven, uncommon | |
2334 | ALLELUIAH | VHC | Righteous expression’s something inherited along with an obsequious character? Not right | allel + U(r)iah (Heep) |
2330 | BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left) | VHC | ‘Trumped-up’ sophism hasn’t succeeded: it’s plain blatant support’s attached to one religion | anag. less s; bra Zen; ref. Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ |
2324 | CELEBRATIONS | VHC | ER’s lit beacon starting ——? | anag. & lit.; ref. HM’s 90th birthday c.; start = jerk |
2322 | VENTRICOSE | VHC | See senior vet about showing signs of bloat | anag. incl. c; disease of livestock |
2318 | TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy) | VHC | Name conspicuous in vile enmity, I should stop snarling | n open in anag. |
2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Polish may be treated free in an NHS establishment | anag. in PCT (qv) |
2015-2016 | ||||
2305 | AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Area BHS’s former owner wants closure in to reach settlement | a + (Sir Philip) Gree(n); area; ref. BHS pensions |
2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | A mix-up, a botched overhead, and it’s out | mish(it s)mash |
2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | In an unfit way? I advocate exercise half hourly | I’m pro PE (hou)rly |
2287 | VALET | VHC | ’E’ll ’ave gents turned out in fine clothing | e in lav (rev.) + t, & lit.; in fine = finally |
2279 | CLEMENTINE | Third | Stick crossing line in game finally is Winnie’s chosen one | l in cement + in e; ref. C. Churchill, Pooh-sticks |
2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | Intense RAF strikes in bombing window | anag. less in |
2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | First | Azed’s celebrated reaching it with bean very much sound | beano; miles tone |
2014-2015 | ||||
2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | ‘Gent as art diva’ could be one description of Grayson Perry? | anag. |
2239 | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Late riser seen to do it – dispense with all but a drop of coffee | light rays’re; eradi(c)ate |
2230 | GATES OF DEATH | VHC | Rich man’s a pained expression about uncertain fate with God here? | (Bill) Gates + anag. incl. D in oh!, & lit. |
2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | An alternative if there’s no empty space up alongside kerb | anag. less s(pac)e, & lit. |
2222 | OBJECT LESSON | First | The coalition’s been a good one for all parties except for the one in opposition | objection with less for I |
2218 | FOREIGNER | VHC | Stranger or, if green, alien? | anag. |
2213 | SOLECISM | VHC | Master Society formality with acclaim before … this upsets it all? | M S ice los (all rev), & lit. |
2209 | (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Time associated with rebel uprising under lead of communists | c + t + reb (rev.), & lit. |
2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | Black crust is the first sign of incinerated toast | B rind is i |
2013-2014 | ||||
2196 | SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps) | VHC | Characters around noisy bars order a beer at ‘time’ with great booms, perhaps | names (rev.); anag. incl. t |
2183 | SANGRAIL | VHC | Project that’s all but mad to entertain | angr(y) in sail2, & lit. |
2174 | CHARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Student site a/ired after a vigorous PE lesson | |
2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Five sore years resolved by new year truce | score; anag. incl. n, y |
2161 | FARRAGO | Third | Off daily on a Horlicks | far rag o’; off to sleep |
2152 | STUFFED SHIRT | VHC | ‘A pretentious stiff’: material first exhibited by enfant terrible D. Hirst? | stuff + e + anag. |
2148 | ZOLLVEREIN | VHC | Novelizer left translating Hesse etc. in a taxing contract | anag. incl. L; ref. German state, Hermann H. |
2012-2013 | ||||
2144 | INFERNO (Spoonerisms) | VHC | I plant in natural order; it’s flowering in a tick | towering in a flick; I + fern in NO; ref. film, ‘The Towering Inferno’ |
2139 | DE RIGUEUR | VHC | It’s necessary to fashion guide user wanting dress’s latest rule | anag. less s + r, & lit. |
2118 | BLOKEISH | VHC | Crafty Bilko, he’s in with the men | anag.; ref. Phil Silvers TV series |
2116 | YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | You hear you’re going to flood, then ice dooms the festive season | ‘you’ll’ + tide |
2105 | TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps) | VHC | Whaling vessel boarded by irregular force of greens, a variety turned rebel in protection of Earth | TA in tin; reb in Ge (all rev.); ref. Greenpeace; for reb = rebel see SOED etc. |
2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | Second | A precautionary operation: you’ll see that since it I’m better | anag. |
2011-2012 | ||||
2087 | ROCKET | VHC | Part of Fireworks Music concluding things in jubilee pageant | rock + e, t |
2083 | BEWITCH | VHC | Bride’s outside, bar a delay, by church entrance | b(rid)e + w(a)it + ch. |
2078 | RÉCOLLET | VHC | Bank clerk handling overcharge reversed one from the Abbey | o/c in teller (all rev.) |
2064 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Pasha astride his mount held on to saddle, coming quickly off horse? | col + Turk in dey; horse = heroin |
2049 | PARTY-POOPER | First | Pater’s poor potty training results in this tot’s wet blanket | comp. anag. |
2045 | CATENATE | VHC | Wanting a bit of diversion at tea dance, fancy forming a conga? | anag. less a d |
2010-2011 | ||||
2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | You’ll find in the Star tabl/oid’s position in relation to the Observer | |
2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | Offering clienti a choice is neglected in locations abroad | anag. less is |
2031 | EMBROIDERY | VHC | What could make diary be more racy though less accepted | anag. less a, & lit. |
2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | Third | It’s making one nice and hot at work turning pottery in kiln mostly face down | anag.; ware (rev.) in ove(n) |
2014 | HACKETTE | VHC | Wade, perhaps, having abandoned ketch at shore’s edge | anag. + e; ref. Rebekah W., former editor of the ‘Sun’ |
2012 | BLOATING | VHC | Left round a tree’s first present in pile that’s swelling | l o a t in bing |
2006 | GROAN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Reaction to pique one vocally made a big thing of | weak pun; ‘grown’ |
1997 | FADO | VHC | Song wherein singer regrets, in short, ‘rien de rien’? | FA d’ 0; ref. E. Piaf song ‘Je ne regrette rien’ |
1992 | FOULARD | VHC | What could go around a crag? A Shetland island road | Foula Rd; crag = neck |
2009-2010 | ||||
1988 | PERIQUE | VHC | Louisiana shag in danger when close to oil spills – half getting sick | peri(l) + que(asy); ref. Gulf oil spill |
1984 | ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink) | VHC | Fantastic opening for wannabe? A role in Big Brother fits that description | anag. incl. w; ref. ‘1984’ and TV show |
1979 | FAR-OUT | VHC | Stéphane and Django’s crazy talent overlapped in jazz style | fou overlapping art; ref. S. Grappelli, D. Reinhardt |
1975 | SEPTENTRIONAL | Second | Pop person, one with talent, high in charts | anag. incl. I; i.e. at the top of the map |
1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | Getting pain relief right for one massaged needs a stable hand | anag. with r for I |
1945 | PRISON | VHC | Bird’s served primarily in it | s in prion1, & lit. |
2008-2009 | ||||
1927 | TONSURE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Labour unrest about focus of controversy called Brown | bald crown; o in anag. |
1914 | VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent) | VHC | I’ve renounced sex entirely … OK, almost entirely | vet + al(l) |
1908 | WE THREE KINGS | VHC | Renew this keg after pouring wassailers’ favourite | anag. |
1901 | SANITISE | Third | Player taking on the rest is going in with a full set of marbles, to clean up | ‘it’ is in sane |
1897 | WASH-OUT | VHC | A country show rain’s hit? Carry on in —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
1888 | RASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | With no forward docking, spaceship’s going to moo/n | |
2007-2008 | ||||
1879 | LITTER BASKET | VHC | New talks re Tibet could be where fractured China is headed | anag. |
1875 | GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left) | VHC | Lift revolting latrine pan out, full almost to the last drop | up rear; go + utte(r); pan out = run out |
1871 | FAIRY GOLD | VHC | Tidy yard or it could soon be all dead leaves | fair y gold; or2 |
1866 | BINGE | VHC | A drunk lobbing empty bottles | hidden; drunk = drunken bout |
1858 | HUMONGOUS | VHC | Titanic? I have my doubts about journey ahead of us | hum3 on go us |
1856 | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Wise men reaching the stable so star/k where a King may be found | |
1853 | ANTIQUITARIAN | Third | I struggle with progress translating letters from an Inuit and Qatari | anag. |
1845 | UPBRAID | VHC | Rate book ‘in between revolting and offensive’ | b in up raid |
1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | Honeypot when licked clear of last bit of honey makes me present | anag. less y, & lit.; ref. ‘a Useful Pot …’ |
2006-2007 | ||||
1827 | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number) | VHC | Billion stripped out of African capital is propping up African rulers | stripped; (B)amako (capital of Mali) + is (rev.) |
1823 | KISS | VHC | Heavy metal outfit knight put on in elite corps | k + i’ SS; ref. rock group |
1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Fowl four eat fits special order of ‘select noshes’ | feel for outfits; anag. |
1797 | HEART | Third | One of a pair Hatter and Hare confuse? | half of anag., & lit.; ref. K & Q of Hearts in courtroom scene in ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ |
1788 | ETHEREAL OILS | VHC | Essentially this lot release stinks? | anag. incl. (t)hi(s), & lit. |
1784 | TEARAWAY | VHC | Reckless, certainly after a drink, and rude | tea raw + ay |
2005-2006 | ||||
1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | VHC | So Lady Chatterley saw her lover adorn her with gaudy blooms? | anag.; bloom = flourish |
1771 | PARTERRE | First | Driving off in F1 race inept Ferrari stalls in the pit | anag. less in FI, race vt; ref. Formula One |
1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | You won’t get new weeds here if acre’s dug in time | day with udder for a |
1758 | BIMBETTE | VHC | Pretty daft baggage rule revoked to improve airline being held up | BMI (rev.) in bette(r) |
1753 | DIAGONAL | VHC | Catering line cooked in old Aga | anag.; cater2 |
1752 | MIDWINTER | VHC | Days seem so short now: old energy gone I wonder, time for a change? | anag. less o E |
1737 | ANIMUS | Second | What’s masculine at core in a Ms, possibly? | anag. incl. u, & lit. |
2004-2005 | ||||
1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | VHC | An oldie may ditch new, reforming ideals | ditch; anag. less n |
1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | Second | Relative comfort in respite from a sore throat? Soluble aspirin’s good for one | rel. ease; anag. with g for I |
1694 | MISINTERPRET | First | In test primer discoloured gloss badly | anag. |
1685 | MINO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Keep cal/culations safe, doctors tell anxious parents | |
2003-2004 | ||||
1676 | CRINGE-MAKING | VHC | Greeks won, in magic form: we so harshly lost it’s —— | anag. less anag., & lit.; ref. Euro 2004 |
1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | OT (passim) is about raised and humbled Jews? | jumbled hues; anag. |
1667 | CLARINI | VHC | Top brass denied element of military mistreated ‘criminal’ | anag. less m; ref. accusations of brutality in Iraq |
1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | Hybrid cycads are primarily the spineless type | anag. + t |
1650 | SAPHENA | VHC | Possible site in a calf of thrombosis it experiences without warning? | SA + phen(omen)a |
1646 | BLACK | First | Void is at Bible’s beginning | B + lack, & lit. |
1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | ‘Come on in leaps and bounds.’ This is praise indeed | anag. |
1624 | BELAY | VHC | Lack professionalism that could help secure a position | be lay |
2002-2003 | ||||
1619 | GISMO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Infamously, mere/st visitors recall an episode in persuasion | ref. Jane Austen |
1615 | RUGATE | First | Dramaturge wanting a stiff drink, struggling with lines | anag. less dram |
1598 | PHRASEMONGER | VHC | There’s no butter on his parsnips and soft marge on hers, possibly? | p + anag.; ‘Fine words butter no parsnips’ |
1589 | JOKESMITH | First | Front of kazi covered with rude items by nameless toilet humorist, long gone | k + anag. in joh(n) |
1585 | SHIATSU | VHC | Alternative therapy developed by enthusiast abandoning speciality in conventional medicine | anag. less ENT |
1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | No more profit from what tampers with nature – GM not socially acceptable | tampers; anag. less U |
1576 | FACADE | VHC | Furore over head of Enron admitting accountant’s ‘window-dressing’ | CA in fad E; ref. US accounting scandal |
1572 | SHIELD-MAY | VHC | Britannia? I’m shapely form adorning old penny (not new one) | d in anag. less p |
2001-2002 | ||||
1567 | QUEEN | VHC | Tabby’s funny technique when scratching awkward itch | comp. anag. |
1563 | SLYBOOTS | VHC | The Cunning Little Vixen solos by Garrett, in fine fettle | anag. incl. t; in fine = finally; ref. Janáček opera, Lesley G. |
1550 | MEMORITER | VHC | Pat married local girl in Eire short time after break-up | m + mor in anag. incl. t |
1546 | TRANSPARENT | VHC | Model pants and bra, little of body covered, cleavage evident | anag. less b + rent |
1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | Turkey and duck in pre-roast format for TV watchers, going round | TR 0 in PAL |
1537 | CAFTAN | VHC | MUFTI in Central Asia? Small Corps on foot, active inside Afghanistan’s borders | C + ft a in A, n; see MUFTI in C. |
1533 | MASTER-MARINER | Third | Head of mercantile company millions in arrears met founders | m + anag.; company = crew |
1528 | STROP (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Slack and flagging, lacking energy, verve and power | flak and slagging; (E)stro + p |
1524 | INGRATITUDE | VHC | Not offering a roofer aid in gutter repairs | anag.; roofer = thank-you letter |
2000-2001 | ||||
1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Like certain prejudices race turns up: recurrent but not representative | speed (rev.) + (rep)eated |
1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | What Eminem’s music is: furious rant, endless belligerent beat | rap + pel(t) |
1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | Big cat hauled about in readiness to sail east | TRIREGITME; tiger (rev.) in trim E |
1489 | FRONT-BENCHER | First | I’m highly political – that’s form for one involved in marches | bench for I in frontier |
1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘Top opera part needs someone who can sing!’ the cast ra/ge | |
1999-2000 | ||||
1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | VHC | My host integrates stranger not at home | highmost; anag. less in |
1454 | GET-UP | VHC | Weeds in the earth old Hodge turned | Ge + put (rev.); see putt3 |
1450 | PRETENDANT | VHC | Soft and tender you’ll find me, perchance, / If you’ve time for a spot of dalliance | p + anag. with t for d, & lit. |
1446 | NEWSPAPERDOM | VHC | Mad with pen-power, Sun disgraces it? | anag. incl. S, & lit. |
1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | First | Puzzle consisted of one bug after another | flummox / wasp; flu + was pox |
1428 | CRICETID | VHC | Scatter rodenticide about and have done with me? | comp. anag. incl. c, & lit. |
1424 | HEIST | VHC | Thé dansant is held: a caper involving tea leaves? | is in anag.; rhyming slang for thieves |
1998-1999 | ||||
1411 | LOOK-SEE | VHC | Butcher’s left bone inside of beef. All right to tuck in? | OK in l os (b)ee(f); ref. beef on the bone ban |
1406 | CHASSEPOT | VHC | With Paris’s centre surrounded it could be brandished in ‘stop and search’? | anag. less r, & lit.; ref. siege of Paris |
1402 | PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Dance set to paper and comb? | one-step; pen tose |
1398 | PERMETHRIN | VHC | Bug fixer: he’s busy with printer close to millennium | anag. incl. m |
1389 | ALL-OVERISH | VHC | ‘Collywobbles’ could be Villa’s hero going to pieces | anag.; ref. Stan Collymore, Aston Villa player |
1387 | Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram) | VHC | Cash scam hit Mandelson hard. It was silly! | |
1385 | PANTRIES | VHC | Places you might find servants in loco parentis | anag. |
1376 | LOGO | VHC | A cipher, a fainéant, a nothing | log (= inert person) + 0 |
1372 | MASTERSTROKE | Third | It’s great playing with conkers, etc., on first sign of autumn in the country | mast erst roke |
1367 | SANBENITOS | VHC | Executing Albigenses not converted calls for e.g. 50 ——? | comp. anag. incl. L, & lit. |
1997-1998 | ||||
1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | Second | Investigating re —— growing wild, you’d probe galoshed? | comp. anag. & lit. |
1355 | DIACATHOLICON | VHC | Having swallowed it, shortly I had a colonic spasm? | ’t in anag., & lit.; spasm vb |
1351 | NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Careful investment could earn o/f old increased return | |
1342 | ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left) | First | Spoiling drap, in Edinburgh house a piece of ice put in glass reveals Sassenachs to Scots? | hidden; a + i in lens; house vb |
1336 | STOCKING | VHC | ‘Boxing’ covers the original piece of tradition out of which Christmas presents come | t in socking |
1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | Confusing terminology is not normally that scarce in college | anag. + i’ C |
1996-1997 | ||||
1307 | AGILE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Tarpon shows a wiliness avoiding hook? | sharp on toes; a guile less U |
1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | Church screening nude’s not art? Ban is possible if this doubt carries on | comp. anag.; ref. controversial video screening in Durham cathedral |
1290 | NITERIE | VHC | The Cavern? You might find eremite in here, but not me! | anag. less me; ref. Liverpool nightclub |
1286 | CHALET | First | What you might find in Lechtal overlooking lake? | anag. less L, & lit.; ref. area of Tyrol |
1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Where animals shelter you’ll see Son’s head lie, unique gift from God | STA(BLES SING)LE; S + tale |
1281 | ABLUTOMANE | Third | Fellow ‘in’ amongst dressed-up lot: Beau, a frequenter of Bath | man in anag.; ref. Beau Nash |
1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Poll of businessmen takes negative swing about Budget time | b in no veer |
1273 | SIPOREX | VHC | Rope is abandoned by vote – it could do much for the standing of the House | anag. + x |
1264 | TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left) | First | A good game when you’re three, wooden blocks bore energetic over-fours at play | drill in tree; anag. |
1995-1996 | ||||
1247 | PREDICANT | VHC | Tiny chapel draws throng for a ——’s hwyl | comp. anag. & lit. |
1238 | ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What might picnicker haplessly sitting on beef (e/g on rump) say? | |
1234 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | Suitably includes lines ahead of the main body (as in e.g. Henry V) | vant in apropos, & lit.; ref. Prologue to Henry V; see van2 |
1232 | The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram) | VHC | We should not do without a Christmas ‘Noel’. | |
1225 | CURRY | VHC | ‘Doggy’ treat? Once, perhaps | cur-ry, def., & lit.; curry3 |
1220 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Fool spreading terrible canard? She appeared so | ass in anag. |
1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | Wanton man-poacher can do without mother in this capacity | anag. less ma, & lit. |
1212 | HILDING | First | Bottling out vintage Mouton-Rothschild in grand bottles | hidden |
1994-1995 | ||||
1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | What might appear as cruelty, OK’d after getting ‘screwed up’ | anag. & lit.; ref. government campaign,‘Heroin screws you up’ |
1169 | BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Gay Lib lambasted by the Sun, with ire, orders of Rupert? | anag. + the; anag.; ref. R. Murdoch / Bear |
1993-1994 | ||||
1143 | DEATH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | In ‘complementary diet’ arrangement, sprat coul/is partners lean meat | |
1130 | AGRESTAL | VHC | A second Galtieri wanting the Is could emerge, occupying land we don’t look after | anag. incl. s less i, i; ref. Falkland Is |
1978-1979 | ||||
352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | Fir’s gaily set out with a sort of cable concealed – supplying these | HT in anag., & lit. |
1977-1978 | ||||
267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | Mark turns, holding lace, and waving cane – that’s necessary to perfect this | orris2 in DM (rev.) + anag., & lit. |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2584 GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste)
2020-2021
2547 FILATORY
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2019-2020
2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
2504 UPBEAT
2486 BRUHAHA
2482 VOX POP
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2451 CAPUT
2430 CLERIHEW
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2395 PURITANISM
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2016-2017
2347 ASLEEP
2338 TRUMP
2325 MASON
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2283 BARGAIN
2274 SIMPATICO
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2205 CUMBERSOME
2013-2014
2187 WEST
2178 PARISON
2170 SAYONARA
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2012-2013
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2126 DESPERATE
2122 NICETY
2113 PICAROON
2109 THICKETY
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2074 BENNET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2058 ROBUST
2053 PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number)
2010-2011
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2000 TWO THOUSAND
2009-2010
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1967 SUBORDINATELY
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
1958 HANGDOG
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1936 LITMUS TEST
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1910 BARPERSON
1906 MORSE
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1849 AUXESIS
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1814 HIPSTER
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1806 INEBRIANT
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1746 ENTOMIC
1741 LORD NELSON
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1711 MINUS
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1689 SYNOD
2003-2004
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
2002-2003
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1602 FENESTRA
1593 MANSUETE
2001-2002
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1541 CHUPRASSY
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1494 MARATHON
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1467 CANAPÉ
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1437 MISTLETOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1419 SPLODGE
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1394 BERGAMOT
1380 RAPPORT (Misprints)
1363 MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number)
1997-1998
1346 PHARISEE
1338 SMART ALEC
1325 UPROOTAL
1322 CARPET
1316 FINGERLICKIN’
1312 REST-CURE
1996-1997
1303 PONIARD
1300 OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1178 BOOTLEG
1161 ADIAPHORON
1993-1994
1134 TOVARICH
1126 CHEATERY
1122 BASILIAN
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1992-1993
1074 DEMIREP
1986-1987
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
1985-1986
701 BALUSTRADE
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
289 AMNESIAC
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
281 DINOCERAS
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 9 | 3 | 5 |
2019-2020 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 7 | 13 |
2018-2019 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 10 | 2 | 3 |
2017-2018 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
2016-2017 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
2015-2016 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 7 | 10 |
2014-2015 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 8 | 4 | 5 |
2013-2014 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 6 | 5 | 10 |
2012-2013 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 6 | 14 |
2011-2012 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 7 | 9 |
2010-2011 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 8 | 3 | 5 |
2009-2010 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 5 | 8 |
2008-2009 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 4 | 5 | 9 |
2007-2008 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 8 | 4 | 3 |
2006-2007 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 4 | 8 |
2005-2006 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
2004-2005 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 6 | 12 |
2003-2004 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 7 | 3 | 8 |
2002-2003 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 6 | 4 | 3 |
2001-2002 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 8 | 2 | 3 |
2000-2001 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 7 | 17 |
1999-2000 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 5 | 7 |
1998-1999 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 9 | 3 | 2 |
1997-1998 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 4 | 6 | 8 |
1996-1997 | 3 (2, 0, 1) | 6 | 4 | 2 |
1995-1996 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 4 | 6 |
1994-1995 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |