ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rev M. R. Metcalf | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 92 | 16 | Aug 1974 | Jan 2022 | 47y 5m | M. Metcalf Rev M. Metcalf M. R. Metcalf Rev Prebendary M. R. Metcalf |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Jumble sale had ends of drab old gear put out | anag. incl. b, d, r |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | This fortifies ‘lockdown’ mechanism the English Government planners broadcast – at first locally ignored | anag. incl. E G less l |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | Curate, say, mostly has bits of his egg well-cooked in pithy vignette | cleri(c) + first letters; ref. classic ‘Punch’ cartoon |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | VHC | One who’s perennially labouring with remuneration finally for length? | anag. with n for l, & lit. |
| 2360 | VIDENDA | VHC | Items on sightseer’s bucket list, possibly in Virginia, Idaho region | ID end in VA |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Fierce exercising in gym gets one less tense | anag. less I in PT |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2213 | SOLECISM | VHC | Christmas mistletoe being brandished? Such impropriety could result with that, mister! | comp. anag. |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2012 | BLOATING | VHC | Swelling up with boundless joy for earth, it’s what shepherds hear | bleating with (j)o(y) for E; Christmas story |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1810 | HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM) | VHC | Engage in animal welfare and become a hero or super eco-warrior because I need to impress and raise interest in organ transplants. | |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 904 | VOETGANGER | VHC | Veldt-going private? Turning livid with PT, he might become that! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 827 | MICKEY-TAKING | VHC | Paddy’s plight from long ago? | Mickey taking; P., M., offensive sl. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | What will make you stop wearying | anag. & lit. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | An extra, embellishing ends of craft (earlier type) | a plus + t r e, & lit. |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | VHC | Sail reverses, that is, round outside bends, etc. | beads; outer in jib (rev.) i.e. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 362 | SEA-SOLDIER | VHC | Sailor? See him with foot on land in the wars | anag. of sailor see d, & lit. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Thanks, hard clue setter! On to CCC, heh? | |
2021-2022
2582 ACHITOPHEL
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2543 CABRETTA
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2525 PLACITUM
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2504 UPBEAT
2490 DREAMSCAPE
2482 VOX POP
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2421 SPASMODICAL
2017-2018
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2015-2016
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2218 FOREIGNER
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2183 SANGRAIL
2178 PARISON
2012-2013
2126 DESPERATE
2122 NICETY
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2087 ROCKET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2007-2008
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2006-2007
1827 AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)
1814 HIPSTER
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1758 BIMBETTE
2002-2003
1615 RUGATE
1585 SHIATSU
2001-2002
1554 PEARL
1537 CAFTAN
2000-2001
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1999-2000
1450 PRETENDANT
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1998-1999
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1385 PANTRIES
1997-1998
1336 STOCKING
1996-1997
1290 NITERIE
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1993-1994
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1126 CHEATERY
1992-1993
1065 TANDOORI
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1030 PASTILLE
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
930 SABULOSE
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
882 DOSSIER
874 BLUESTOCKING
862 OFF-AND-ON
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
818 EMBUSQUÉ
1986-1987
762 OBELISE
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
1984-1985
653 INTERNUNCIO
640 MACHETE
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
594 DOINGS
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
572 SNAKE-OIL
1980-1981
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
452 DISSENTERISM
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
406 BOIL
393 INTRACARDIAC
1978-1979
332 NUT-CASE
1977-1978
267 MORRIS-DANCE
1974-1975
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
127 FRITHSOKEN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |