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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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Dr E. Young | 146 | 11 | 18 | 117 | 217 | 175 | May 1967 | Feb 2020 | 52y 9m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2018-2019 | ||||
2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | VHC | Pay for clergy at a regal broadcast that makes Prince with ring fit for girl | anag.; P + O in pro Sal, & lit.; ref. royal wedding |
2017-2018 | ||||
2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | Carrying round stage furniture a man short, does one ask for a hand? | O in props + Al(an) |
2373 | CACOGASTRIC | VHC | Windy Chicago, blowing hard – time cars crash? | anag. less h incl. t; ref. ‘Windy City’ |
2016-2017 | ||||
2351 | RHAGADES | VHC | Chaps acting in drag ‘She’ – freely adapted! | a in anag.; ref. Rider Haggard novel/film |
2338 | TRUMP | Second | In me is Mr Putin’s ‘alter ego’? | comp. anag. & lit. |
2015-2016 | ||||
2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | Burrell say goes after coach starts row playing ‘suitable’ back in match | bus tup; burrell sheep; ref. Luther B., Rugby World Cup player; apt (rev.) in pit; play = flutter |
2014-2015 | ||||
2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | Form of Verdi’s new tag at opening of Aida | anag. incl. n, A, & lit.; ref. world premiere in Cairo |
2239 | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Go as new bowler produced seam at a dire English collapse | solar-produced beam; anag. incl. E |
2235 | CHOCK-A-BLOCK | VHC | Packed all sorts of jam sandwiches | a’ in chock, block |
2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | One might put end to doubtful nose jobs etc abroad | anag. incl. l, & lit. |
2218 | FOREIGNER | VHC | Jumbly, if green, or alien? | anag. & lit.; ref. E. Lear |
2205 | CUMBERSOME | VHC | So member found way out, faced with copper | Cu + anag., & lit.; ref. Plebgate |
2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | With mobile going one’s hit bird’s mini, knocking back bumper | anag. less m |
2013-2014 | ||||
2178 | PARISON | Third | Can bottles start off as being this? | a in prison, & lit. |
2174 | CHARET (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | You can find in attic bin bat/s, in a variety | ref. Greek wine |
2012-2013 | ||||
2122 | NICETY | VHC | Accuracy I see in X, taken up by successor | I c in ten (rev.) + y; ref. Ximenes/Azed |
2113 | PICAROON | VHC | Hook could be ’Enry’s No. 1 left in a Cooper special | anag. less E; ref. boxing |
2109 | THICKETY | Second | They tick ‘swimming’, having packed trunks | anag. |
2011-2012 | ||||
2091 | SNIFTER | VHC | Bell’s by chance first one out, scoring 0 | anag. less 0; ref. Bell’s whisky/Ian Bell |
2062 | APPLE-KNOCKER | VHC | Jobs can’t have been that simple to find in US | i.e. Apple knocker; simple n.; ref. Steve Jobs |
2058 | ROBUST | VHC | Strong round after run features in cups | r O + bust |
2010-2011 | ||||
2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Clippers soon had us leaving home shor/n | |
2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | Eating in Italy, with selection from range | con in alto, & lit. |
2027 | THRENETICAL | VHC | Enact Hitler spoof, giving stiff salute | anag.; spoof = bogus, false |
2023 | CHAMBRANLE | First | An edging of mural breach, fancy | anag. incl. m, l, & lit. |
2009-2010 | ||||
1988 | PERIQUE | VHC | Repair re-equips cut fuel pipe in US with plug of this? | anag. less s; ref. Gulf oil spill |
1967 | SUBORDINATELY | VHC | Yank used Tony Blair so? | anag. & lit.; ref. G. W. Bush |
1945 | PRISON | VHC | Reading for Oscar, put away? | poison (vb) with r(eading) for o, & lit.; put away = kill, imprison; ref. O. Wilde, ‘Reading Gaol’ |
2008-2009 | ||||
1918 | PALAMPORE | VHC | Sack spread chaos in papal Rome | anag.; ref. 1527 sack of Rome |
1914 | VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Verse on lying about departed girl consigned to fire | v + late (rev.); ref. Hilaire Belloc’s Matilda |
1901 | SANITISE | VHC | Edit i.e. as in s**t | anag. & lit. |
2007-2008 | ||||
1862 | UNALIKE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Woman president can lead from the left with font of wit | want of fit; l in Una Ike; ref. H. Clinton, Eisenhower |
1856 | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | Big star for now El/ton is: he’s ahead of present takers | |
1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | With mobile phone on, the leaking in one’s brain is tiny | the in anag. |
2006-2007 | ||||
1831 | MARGINALIA | First | Messages by text spell an end to posting airmail | anag. incl. g; spell = enchant |
1814 | HIPSTER | VHC | My generation is from Berry’s time, before Queen | hip’s t + ER, & lit.; ref. Chuck B. |
1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Arrange the lessons alternately, each matching a carol with pair? | apparel with care; anag. incl e(a)c(h) |
2005-2006 | ||||
1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | VHC | Is bed one we fancy, with Emin smothering marks? | bud; anag. less m; ref. Tracey E.’s 1999 creation |
1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | First | A hard tussle with Dr E. Young plainly winning? | anag. |
1737 | ANIMUS | Third | He parts from her minus a rock | anag. |
2004-2005 | ||||
1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | Can it in a worthless poet supply rhyme? | it in Words(worth) + anag., & lit. |
1685 | MINO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘The Lady’ is doomed after smart strata ge/t ‘Hello!’ | |
1680 | PILLOW-CUP | Third | Double as you go off cushion and pot? | pillow cup; ref. snooker |
2003-2004 | ||||
1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Coin pi mots, as Saint Paul heaped on them? | paint’s all; anag. |
1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | Is he worried in plane without more opening of tots? | cared in syca(more) + t, & lit. |
1654 | CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps) | VHC | Chains at sea lash rent of bow in epic rescue | anag.; hidden |
1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | Second | Can manger lit with newborn form still show its mystery? | anag.; still pictures |
2002-2003 | ||||
1619 | GISMO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | On the Louvre, ba/nal, is a motif | |
1611 | LEISLER | VHC | With poor lie, Els strays right: is it in The Belfry crowd? | anag. + anag. + r; ref. Ernie E., golf course |
1606 | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | VHC | Service on line puffing up mark is not out | anag. in tee; ref. tennis |
1593 | MANSUETE | Third | I expressed tame in use that’s lost | anag. less I, & lit. |
2001-2002 | ||||
1567 | QUEEN | VHC | Group match two for Henry, and a red card? | 2 mngs.; ref. Henry VIII’s second wife on playing card, and Thierry H. in World Cup |
1546 | TRANSPARENT | VHC | As a ghost to be knocked, partner wasn’t headless! | anag. less w; ref. Marley’s head as doorknocker in ‘A Christmas Carol’ |
1537 | CAFTAN | VHC | Middle-Eastem outfit behind making bin Laden | aft in can; ref. Osama |
1533 | MASTER-MARINER | VHC | Man at top with fishy bottom, merman tarries on the rocks | anag.; bottom = ship |
2000-2001 | ||||
1494 | MARATHON | Third | Presented by David, stiff run through hard going? | Marat h on, & lit.; ref. J.-L. David painting, D. Coleman & London M. |
1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The Ring opera/s were disconnected | |
1999-2000 | ||||
1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Host my PC bug locks on to, screening ‘love’ | most high; re in Gates + t(0); bug = important person; ref. recent computer virus |
1454 | GET-UP | VHC | Doesn’t it tell shift from sack? | double mng.; s. from s. = get out of bed; shift, sack, types of dress |
1424 | HEIST | VHC | Kelly? If it’s true, Shearer’s the one looking hard | i.e. if he is t, Shearer is starer; ref. Ned K. and Graham K.’s criticism of Alan S. |
1998-1999 | ||||
1398 | PERMETHRIN | VHC | Exciting mirth: preen – have I left flies undone? | anag. |
1394 | BERGAMOT | VHC | After ice in the drink, is one saying ‘lemon’? | berg a mot |
1997-1998 | ||||
1351 | NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | All those joining carpenter had go/d of course | ref. Jesus, Walrus and Carpenter |
1346 | PHARISEE | VHC | Is this person’s head filled with split hairs? | anag. in pee (P), & lit. |
1338 | SMART ALEC | VHC | One that does act Mensa role | comp. anag. & lit. |
1316 | FINGERLICKIN’ | VHC | Name belonging to best chops? | lick in finger in, & lit; best verb |
1996-1997 | ||||
1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | Time runs short before change in coin: curtains for Mark? | t, r + sen in anna; ref. launch of euro |
1290 | NITERIE | Third | Replayed hit in here passes the small hours? | anag. less h, h, & lit. |
1281 | ABLUTOMANE | Second | One heard crying ‘Out!’ is nearing: our Lady Macbeth? | comp. anag. & lit. |
1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Moon: one verb is to wander | anag.; moon = month |
1995-1996 | ||||
1242 | KNOCKERS | Third | Pink Lady’s not the first: commonly, we’re in our cups | knock (h)ers |
1203 | CLERICALISM | VHC | What forces circle Islam; Imam power? | anag. |
1994-1995 | ||||
1165 | YAPSTER | VHC | Pet say, styled Rex? | anag. + R, & lit. |
1156 | TERPSICHOREAN | VHC | Style I so the prancer? | anag. & lit. |
1152 | PARACETAMOL | VHC | It helps you to eat with molar cap loose | anag. & lit. |
1993-1994 | ||||
1147 | MAYDAY | First | Flowers light is what’s picked up from coaster on bar? | may day; Flowers beer brand |
1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | Short has victor in trouble, but it’s mate to the Russian | anag. incl. ha(s); ref. Chess championship, Nigel S., Gary Kasparov |
1992-1993 | ||||
1084 | PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM) | VHC | As coffer to key keeper, Alice be mine, Gal less rich will miss trading kisses divine | |
1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | VHC | Room at the inn is short, animals put to bed: crib lies among them | game in parlour ’s; crib = cribbage |
1065 | TANDOORI | First | Curry house has one? | tan door I, & lit. |
1991-1992 | ||||
1030 | PASTILLE | VHC | Gum to suck in poor health? | ill in paste & lit. |
1026 | LET-OFF | VHC | Having which, a cove is still batting! | i.e. let off inlet = in, & lit. |
1024 | PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | First | Book records offering after a heavenly sign | A(PRES ENT)RIES; def. |
1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | First | One can help make cup brilliant: might old cap ask chaps to open out? | pear main, i.e. fruit cup; anag.; ref. R.U. World Cup Final, R. Uttley England coach |
1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Man St. John viewed as ‘ridder of monsters’? | Ian; i.e. caster of sports; ref. Mark 9:38, I. St. J. |
1000 | ONE THOUSAND | VHC | So many are impressed as Azed runs off another sound puzzle | anag. less r; impress = print |
1990-1991 | ||||
982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Wound drum with fruit: a date roll? | can amla (all rev.) |
965 | EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number) | VHC | Poll, if drawn out, might drop leader of split party | drop; (t)ear bash; Poll = parrot |
961 | WAVESON | Third | Beachcomber’s cut? | wave’s on, & lit.; on = getting drunk |
952 | STAR (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Bob and Jack have made it: have we been certain with Taylor in so big a role? | seen Burton; s + tar; ref. Robson, Charlton, Graham T. |
1989-1990 | ||||
939 | A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left) | VHC | It’s no match, or a violent spree for sharp ‘soccer fans’ | a + anag.; anag. |
934 | LACE-UPS | First | Spikes, pierced by holes in front? | up in laces, & lit.; ref. golf |
930 | SABULOSE | VHC | As boules pitch? | anag. & lit. |
908 | INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Rose is playing patchily, so with a long p/utt he holes. | |
900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Dress a rash with lint and a surface medicine | anag.; surface = superficial |
1988-1989 | ||||
887 | MONSTER | VHC | I could be ET’s norm! | anag. |
869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | Tobys on stage did, and do, rely on them | 2 mngs.; highway robberies, Punch and Judy shows |
862 | OFF-AND-ON | First | Periodical: ‘The Field’? | i.e. off and on; ref. cricket |
849 | VISITE | Second | Cut dropped by short extra cover | visite(d) |
1987-1988 | ||||
823 | SARBACANE | VHC | A stick is used on rioting Arabs: did it deliver a fatal blow? | anag. + cane |
801 | LINCHET | VHC | Edge in lease | inch in let, & lit. |
788 | CROW | Second | Dexter possibly could do about how neatly he’s clued | r(ight) in cow, & lit; ref. N. C. D., Azed annual honours |
1986-1987 | ||||
770 | HERMITS | VHC | A singular mass, theirs | anag. incl. m, & lit. |
757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | One inspired pope put the State within the City environs! | dope; the Romania in EC; London postcode |
740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | Lightnings? Maybe French equivalent led ‘éclairs’ to be coined | anag.; éclair (Fr.) = lightning; ref. RAF L. jet |
1985-1986 | ||||
731 | STRING | VHC | Can take in do? | r in sting, & lit. |
709 | GINGER | VHC | Buck Rogers? | 2 mngs.; G. Rogers |
1984-1985 | ||||
653 | INTERNUNCIO | VHC | I go from party to party, then I’m ill once I turn in | anag.; then = at the same time |
1983-1984 | ||||
627 | AMBIENT | VHC | You’ll find me in form with bat, making boundaries in all directions | anag. |
622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Anoxi/a led on to a revolving bar at the banquet! | |
618 | CRETISM | VHC | With which my ‘unbalanced’ comes out ‘symmetric’? | comp. anag. & lit. |
609 | LUCKY-BAG | VHC | One’s going to steal, so prizes drawers open | lucky3 + bag |
585 | FLABELLIFORM | Second | Shape of Melba ‘frill’? | anag. & lit.; ‘fan’ wafers |
1982-1983 | ||||
576 | TOP-NOTCH | VHC | Uppercut unleashed as knockout? | i.e. upper cut = top notch |
564 | PARAMENT | VHC | Governor’s clothes adorned with one no longer? | pa + ra(i)ment, & lit.; ’s = has |
552 | NOURICE-FEE | VHC | L.s.d. that might have been due Florence is | comp. anag. & lit.; F. Nightingale |
1981-1982 | ||||
525 | PABOUCHE | VHC | Pedal covering with loose heel, I, out East | P + abou(t) + ch + E; out = not in use; see ch in C. |
506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Well shares up a cent: r/ow in gold for Scots? | Allan Wells, sprinter |
504 | SIMMENTHALER | First | Style me Hitler’s man: I could die for the bully of Europe | anag.; i.e. bully-beef |
495 | CACOETHES | VHC | Is one ruining with a fountain of water a wee Scotch? | comp. anag. incl. w, & lit.; fountain = source |
486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | What’s started then finished is quickly made | jumped + up |
482 | BODY-SNATCHER | VHC | I did collar stiff: pressed, boned and starchy | anag. |
1980-1981 | ||||
460 | SWOOP | Third | Zero would do, in strike | O in swop, & lit ; do = suffice; Z., Jap. fighter plane |
443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | I’ll go on head of party – up to a point! (Bluff Jim giving T.U.C. boss heart?) | steep + Crow in Len; ref. J. Crow, J. Callaghan, L. Murray |
434 | JARDINIÈRE | VHC | Rose may be picked for it – that test player’s admitted that’s right | i.e. r in Jardine; ref. Brian R., Douglas J. |
1979-1980 | ||||
419 | RAMILLIES | VHC | Marlborough’s debut in period garment inventions? | M in rail5 + lies, & lit. |
414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | One pours out, developing enormous breadth – suggesting Amazon? | anag. incl. b, 2 defs.; Amazons reputed to amputate a breast |
406 | BOIL | VHC | Boycott opens, well content to reach a hundred by degrees | B + oil; content of wells |
393 | INTRACARDIAC | VHC | Being it air can upset a heart, maybe stopping it | card in anag., & lit.; stop = fill |
388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | VHC | Poisoning cure – to mix a phial get this out | comp. anag. & lit. |
384 | OUTSPREADING | First | As girt done up loosely? | anag. & lit. |
379 | SCYTHEMAN | VHC | Ask me out to lay in haystacks, men! | comp. anag. & lit.; lay in = get in supply of |
371 | GRADIN | VHC | You don’t have to keep on your feet in grandstand built with one | anag. incl. I less stand, & lit. |
1978-1979 | ||||
319 | PODESTA | VHC | One that sums up the case is from Rome? | pod + est + a, & lit. |
314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | May this plan in a competition stick – long! | play this man; meri l; ref. Azed comp |
1977-1978 | ||||
306 | DICKENS | VHC | Amiss snicked one that conjured up ‘Slasher’ | anag.; ref. Dennis A., Ken ‘S.’ Mackay, Australian cricketer, and Surgeon S. in ‘The Pickwick Papers’ |
300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | VHC | Schubert’s left unfinished in his pieces one gaining from a premature end | link(s) in anag.; ref. Unfinished Symphony; links (Ger.) = left |
272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | Grains, African in origin, fit in to a T here | ague, T in malt A, & lit. |
259 | TRANSIRE | VHC | It’s designed to limit smuggled revenue leaving the place | ran in anag. + re(venue), & lit. |
1976-1977 | ||||
250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Cheer! Test no. CCL hatched – thanks, tutor! | |
249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | In fog, he erred? No, lit up herd! | anag. & lit. |
1973-1974 | ||||
75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | Where you can start getting rice or tea without the usual ordering | g + anag., & lit. |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1968-1969 | ||||
1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | It’s to remain attending closely amid wrangles which is unusual for him | hang (vb.) in anag., & lit. |
1039 | TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number) | VHC | Come back, troops—that shell is live | troops; get (rev.) + men |
1028 | SATIRE | VHC | What TW3 created when it was on—a lot of hard feeling | Sat ire; ref. TV show ‘That Was The Week That Was’ |
1966-1967 | ||||
954 | CERATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | We shall deliver Ed another—boun/d—rich in the latest rubber | Wes Hall, Edrich |
2019-2020
2486 BRUHAHA
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2447 CONGENER
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2425 EPILIMNION
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2399 CHARMEUSE
2395 PURITANISM
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2016-2017
2347 ASLEEP
2334 ALLELUIAH
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2325 MASON
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2300 MISHMASH
2296 IMPROPERLY
2287 VALET
2283 BARGAIN
2279 CLEMENTINE
2274 SIMPATICO
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2270 FENESTRA
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2014-2015
2213 SOLECISM
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2187 WEST
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2148 ZOLLVEREIN
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2087 ROCKET
2083 BEWITCH
2078 RÉCOLLET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2064 COLD TURKEY
2053 PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number)
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2031 EMBROIDERY
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
1958 HANGDOG
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1949 PALFRENIER
2008-2009
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1906 MORSE
1893 EARTHY
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1849 AUXESIS
2006-2007
1827 AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)
1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1771 PARTERRE
1762 DUDDERY
1753 DIAGONAL
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1746 ENTOMIC
1741 LORD NELSON
2004-2005
1728 EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number)
1724 MONEYBAGS
1719 ANHELATION
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1694 MISINTERPRET
1689 SYNOD
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1667 CLARINI
1663 ARMAMENTARIA
1650 SAPHENA
1646 BLACK
1641 GADGETEER
1637 AMNESIC
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
1628 ENCOMION
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1602 FENESTRA
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1585 SHIATSU
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
1576 FACADE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1550 MEMORITER
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1541 CHUPRASSY
1519 CARRY-ON
2000-2001
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1439 JOHN CANOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
1406 CHASSEPOT
1402 PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1367 SANBENITOS
1363 MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number)
1997-1998
1360 BOG-ASPHODEL
1355 DIACATHOLICON
1342 ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)
1336 STOCKING
1334 CATACHRESTIC
1322 CARPET
1996-1997
1303 PONIARD
1273 SIPOREX
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1247 PREDICANT
1238 ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1229 GRUPPETTO
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1194 DONET
1161 ADIAPHORON
1993-1994
1130 AGRESTAL
1104 BURYING-PLACES
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1074 DEMIREP
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1039 TOLERABLE
1034 BURLAP
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
974 AVANT-PROPOS
956 SPEAR-SIDE
947 SHOULDER-SLIP
1989-1990
926 NERD
922 REFORMADO
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
917 HOOLIGANISM
913 ARCHIBALD
895 TONE DEAF
891 CAT
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
866 NECTAREOUS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
827 MICKEY-TAKING
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
814 SPOUSAGE
1986-1987
779 MISSING LINK
774 VICTORINE
766 GUBBINS
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
701 BALUSTRADE
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
675 CONSTERNATE
662 BARGE-COUPLE
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
657 SILLY-BILLY
1983-1984
610 DOUBLETHINK
607 CARNEY
603 FIGULINE
594 DOINGS
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
559 EMBASE
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
1981-1982
521 ATTITUDINISE
517 IMMORTELLE
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
456 BALADINE
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
452 DISSENTERISM
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
401 GO-AHEAD
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
340 BOOKSIE
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
298 NOSER
289 AMNESIAC
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
1976-1977
234 HOROSCOPIST
1974-1975
135 GABIONADE
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1076 NEFAST (Misprints)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019-2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
2018-2019 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
2017-2018 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
2016-2017 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 6 | – |
2015-2016 | 0 | 1 | 10 | – |
2014-2015 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
2013-2014 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 0 | 6 | 25 |
2012-2013 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 8 | 26 |
2011-2012 | 0 | 3 | 9 | – |
2010-2011 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 15 |
2009-2010 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
2008-2009 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
2007-2008 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 3 | 24 |
2006-2007 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 26 |
2005-2006 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 6 | 13 |
2004-2005 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 7 | 22 |
2003-2004 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 9 | 20 |
2002-2003 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 6 | 18 |
2001-2002 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
2000-2001 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
1999-2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1998-1999 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
1997-1998 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
1996-1997 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 2 | 3 | 12 |
1995-1996 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 6 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
1993-1994 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
1992-1993 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 5 | 20 |
1991-1992 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 4 | 4 | 5 |
1990-1991 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 3 | 17 |
1989-1990 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 7 | 15 |
1988-1989 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 5 | 11 |
1987-1988 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 4 | 17 |
1986-1987 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1983-1984 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 5 | 10 |
1982-1983 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1981-1982 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 3 | 9 |
1980-1981 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 21 |
1979-1980 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 7 | 3 | 5 |
1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1977-1978 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
1976-1977 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
Ximenes competitions | ||||
1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1968-1969 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
1966-1967 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |