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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. C. Lance | 37 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 78 | 43 | Apr 1959 | Aug 2021 | 62y 4m | Dr E. C. Lance |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2564 | CLEARING | VHC | Concerned about life if rejected? This could help you gain access to higher education | l(if)e in caring |
| 2532 | POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree) | Second | Total shambles after start of pandemic – Boris ultimately caught dithering | p + anag. + s + anag. |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2443 | ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry) | First | In Mozart’s op/inion, Figaro must outwit his master | |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2351 | RHAGADES | VHC | Cracks in skin are not good in eggs (hard boiled) | anag. with a for g |
| 2318 | TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy) | VHC | Corrupt MEP, one engaged in tawdry artifice | anag. in tinny |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2305 | AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Scrap in beer garden set back accord | hidden rev.; scrap |
| 2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | Ropy prelim results from revising thus? | anag. & lit. |
| 2279 | CLEMENTINE | VHC | Powdered mineral (containing an element of lime) in earth makes a noted fertiliser for roses | l in cement + in e; ref. song v. 6: ‘Grow the roses … fertilized by C.’ |
| 2272 | SNOWMOBILE | Third | One’s bothered about BMW – oil needing to be changed for transport in arctic regions | anag. in anag. |
| 2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | VHC | No hint of dryness in supremely mellow drink – an occasion for tasting? | toasting; mil(d)est one |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | One such as Paul Gauguin, mouldering in a distant grave | anag. |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2178 | PARISON | VHC | Bottles may be produced from this – put one in the cooler | a in prison |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2131 | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | VHC | ‘Endless strip joints disfigured centre of Dorking’ – Mail leader | dives(t); anag. incl. k |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2045 | CATENATE | VHC | Both ends of chain have corroded – can it still do this? | c ate + n ate |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2031 | EMBROIDERY | VHC | This slash is repaired in royal bride’s hem with special decorative stitching | comp. anag. incl s |
| 2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | Court house has a new marble bust in decorative surround | CH + a + anag. incl. n |
| 2006 | GROAN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Likely response to tum pain? Transplanted organ! | tame pun; anag. |
| 1997 | FADO | VHC | Traditional local music in Algarve city, with outbreak of dancing taking over centre of tourism | Faro with d for r |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1988 | PERIQUE | VHC | Pipe contents exhaled with pungent aroma, by the sound of it | p(ip)e + ‘reek’ |
| 1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Livestock disease: malignant, so causes downfall of African people | TONGA NAILS |
| 1945 | PRISON | VHC | Bastille taken in French revolutionary initiations of New Order | pris + N O (rev.) |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1927 | TONSURE (Spoonerisms) | Second | Tot crept towards nurse unsteadily | tête cropped; to + anag. |
| 1901 | SANITISE | VHC | Antiseptic’s deployed to do this with TCP? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1893 | EARTHY | VHC | Vulgar rhyme with adult content removed is disjointed, lacking metre | anag. incl. a(dul)t less m |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1858 | HUMONGOUS | VHC | Gigantic hoax at the expense of you and me, ready to be taken in | hum2 + go in on us |
| 1856 | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Although some people were ill after eating the freshly caught herring, sal/ted were fine | |
| 1849 | AUXESIS | VHC | Expansive embroidery: Bayeux’s is blighted by being neglected | anag. less by |
| 1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | Third | Now the phone’s out of order, he hears a buzzing noise and he sometimes gets a hum | anag.; ref. Pooh stories |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1771 | PARTERRE | VHC | Distinctive feature of palace garden party curtailed – the Queen’s beside herself, deranged! | part(y) + ER + ER (rev.) |
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Touring actors in south London sta/re at ham performance | Streatham |
| 1750 | PLOUGHMAN | VHC | Foremost in pillage, with no turning aside, a Mongol Hun incorrectly styled ‘A tiller’ | p + anag. less no (rev.); ref. Attila |
| 1733 | PALESTRA | VHC | A plaster cast in Graeco-Roman style, perhaps | anag.; wrestling style |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Lustrous babe initially emerges from stable (foul-smelling joint) | STA(R ANK)LE; sta(b)le |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1147 | MAYDAY | VHC | Help required: maid, morning and afternoon | may day |
| 1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | ‘HM Treats Princess Disgracefully’ – the Mail may carry this gratuitous article some time in December | anag.; Royal / Daily Mail |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Footballers fou/nd fighting ruined the match | |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1091 | WENCESLAS | VHC | Riotous scenes—law no longer reigns in Prague | anag.; K. of Bohemia; ref. invasion of Czechoslovakia |
2020-2021
2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
2019-2020
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2018-2019
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2017-2018
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2395 PURITANISM
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2015-2016
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2287 VALET
2274 SIMPATICO
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2014-2015
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2218 FOREIGNER
2213 SOLECISM
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2170 SAYONARA
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2152 STUFFED SHIRT
2148 ZOLLVEREIN
2012-2013
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2135 LOB
2126 DESPERATE
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2113 PICAROON
2109 THICKETY
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2083 BEWITCH
2074 BENNET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2027 THRENETICAL
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2012 BLOATING
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2000 TWO THOUSAND
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1979 FAR-OUT
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1936 LITMUS TEST
1906 MORSE
1897 WASH-OUT
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1879 LITTER BASKET
1845 UPBRAID
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1806 INEBRIANT
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1753 DIAGONAL
1752 MIDWINTER
1746 ENTOMIC
1741 LORD NELSON
2004-2005
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
2002-2003
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
2001-2002
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1995-1996
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1989-1990
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
1965-1966
884 MASHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
1958-1959
534 RAIL-SPLITTER
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 1 | 9 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 29 |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| 2007-2008 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |