ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Tharby | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 18 | Dec 2016 | Aug 2020 | 3y 8m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2512 | OSCITATE | VHC | A Scottie awfy gaunt | anag.; gaunt2 |
| 2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Indistinct picture from faulty speed camera, a bit of evidence to be disregarded | anag. less e |
| 2473 | INTERPLAY | VHC | Action among conspirators to bury Julius Caesar? | inter play |
| 2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Deal for fab antiquity such as Scottie turned up | feel for dab; eld dug (rev.) |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2460 | TWEET | VHC | What gives hints of Trump’s thinking about number one? | wee in T, t, & lit. |
| 2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | In which Bentley specialised while heads of rival engineering companies diversified | anag. incl. r, e, c |
| 2412 | UBIQUARIAN | VHC | Posh bird, not half, one making first appearance in early February, topless? Unmissable! | U bi(rd) + (A)quarian |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2408 | LUNCHEONETTE | VHC | Techno tune pulsates in the French snack bar | anag. in le |
| 2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | Fine stuff with a smooth finish made by processing meerschaum, mostly | anag. less m |
| 2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | Prince having same-sex relationships, accepting it’s anathema for Royalists? | P + it in uranism |
| 2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | VHC | Who’s perennially working, getting peanuts essentially for a bit of literature? | anag. with n for l, & lit. |
| 2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Taste of stew with some offal makes one pale | stew; s + tripe; pale2 |
| 2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | In these you’ll find brazen sex turning up and a bit of erotica | face + it (rev.) + a, e, & lit. |
| 2364 | COMPOST HEAP | VHC | Bits of organic material stop decomposing in inferior source of fertiliser | o, m + anag. in cheap |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2351 | RHAGADES | VHC | Doctor reads about unsightly female skin blemishes | hag in anag. |
| 2334 | ALLELUIAH | VHC | Response by congregation starts off excellent litany, uplifting invocations in the name of God | first letters in Allah |
| 2324 | CELEBRATIONS | VHC | Babe finally placed in rough crib at Noel, centrepiece of Christian festivities | e in anag. + s |
| 2322 | VENTRICOSE | VHC | Conservative, not very active, involved with large corporation | anag. less v, a |
2019-2020
2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
2504 UPBEAT
2495 BUNG
2486 BRUHAHA
2482 VOX POP
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2451 CAPUT
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2425 EPILIMNION
2421 SPASMODICAL
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2017-2018
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2378 PROPOSAL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2016-2017
2325 MASON
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 30 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 |