HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors | ordStats | See also: Dr J. & Mrs K. Burscough
Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr J. Burscough | 96 | 7 | 13 | 76 | 157 | 116 | Dec 1984 | May 2022 | 37y 5m | J. Burscough |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021-2022 | ||||
2599 | DESIDERATA | VHC | Wanted list crook, readiest for District Attorney to imprison | anag. in DA |
2578 | VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Shifting constitution, coronavirus mutates in succession of changes | anag. less cons. |
2020-2021 | ||||
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Gogo, Estragon – ——’s name | comp. anag. incl. s, n, & lit.; ref. ‘Waiting for Godot’ |
2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | Belowstairs, the boots is this perhaps | comp. anag. & lit. |
2517 | LITERATIM | VHC | Am I letter changing? Not me, I’m presenting —— | anag. less me + I’m, & lit. |
2019-2020 | ||||
2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | E.g. Holder, fantastic catcher taking a run | Holden; a r in anag.; ref. WI cricketer, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ |
2486 | BRUHAHA | Second | Hereby upheaval regularly erupts | anag. of alternate letters, & lit. |
2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | VHC | In the Bleak Midwinter, seasonal poem originally with transformed earth and water | s, p + anag.; ref. poem/carol with words by Christina Rossetti |
2018-2019 | ||||
2447 | CONGENER | VHC | Enron and GEC, once involved in communication | anag. |
2434 | STONKERED | Second | Stinko? Reed could be one this inebriated | anag. less I, & lit.; ref. Oliver R. |
2425 | EPILIMNION | VHC | Lake superiorly boasted, ‘I’m No. 1 in ELP’ | anag.; ref. Emerson, Lake & Palmer; boast = shape roughly |
2017-2018 | ||||
2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | Protestant precept, pietist extremes of which Arminius reformed | anag. incl. p, t |
2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | First | Writer, non-literary, churning shoddy rot out | pen + anag. less anag., & lit. |
2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | ‘Put a ring on it’ suggestion of lady captivating Romeo | R in pop O SA l, & lit. |
2376 | SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding) | VHC | Winter stall by devout saint found,/Nativity’s first to have animals around | pia st + ree + n, all in sows |
2373 | CACOGASTRIC | VHC | Dyspeptic suggestion of Cato as conclusion to speech: delenda est Carthago (sic) | anag. with C for h |
2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | Video app acting as mobile pornography? | FaceTime® with a for m |
2364 | COMPOST HEAP | VHC | Containing organic material primarily, phosphate possibly – refuse tip for horticulturist | first letters + anag. less h, & lit. |
2016-2017 | ||||
2356 | PUBLIC SERVANT | VHC | For Liberal one such, put in Sir V. Cable | comp. anag. incl. I, & lit. |
2347 | ASLEEP | VHC | Having dropped dead, elapsed, perished | anag. less d, & lit. |
2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Farmers producing grain mountain need a C/AP | |
2325 | MASON | VHC | Mansion crumbling? Get me in | comp. anag. & lit. |
2324 | CELEBRATIONS | Third | Mars bar selection? | anag. & lit.; ref. Mars Inc. chocolate collection |
2015-2016 | ||||
2305 | AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Repair relationship – this mends same-gender split? | comp. anag.; repair |
2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | Providing —— is ‘hash’ | i.e. providing ‘m’ is ‘h’, ‘mash’ is ‘hash’; & lit. |
2291 | AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | Countryside’s aligned along le/y lines | Country sides … Leave/Stay |
2279 | CLEMENTINE | VHC | Orange order let in men embraced by Protestant church | anag. in CE |
2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | VHC | On stele, I mark curses | courses; anag. incl. M, & lit.; course = run |
2014-2015 | ||||
2213 | SOLECISM | VHC | Bad form, perhaps, using moles (sic) unchecked? | anag.; unchecked = not restrained; ref. Molech clue |
2013-2014 | ||||
2174 | CHARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Jo and Meg, mar/rying as ‘Little Women’ to become ‘Good Wives’? | |
2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | Something said by chaps leaving a Japanese meal, perhaps? | say on + a ra(men), & lit. |
2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Ten sore – you’re dismissing one in two possibly | score; anag. of alternate letters & lit.; 200 × ½ |
2165 | OUT OF ORDER | VHC | This do for ‘outré’? | anag. & lit. |
2012-2013 | ||||
2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | Furious violation of speed limits snitch brought on the end of both Huhne and Pryce | e rat in anag.; ref. convictions of Chris H. and Vicky P. |
2109 | THICKETY | VHC | —— ashes? Wielding hatchets is key | comp. anag. & lit. |
2096 | TRICK | VHC | Fob watch? | 2 meanings |
2011-2012 | ||||
2058 | ROBUST | VHC | This clue acceptable for ‘tuberculous’? Not normally | comp. anag. incl. U, & lit. |
2053 | PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number) | First | Rogue Herries, central character in Walpole novel | anag. incl. p; character (= reputation) |
2045 | CATENATE | Third | Conveyance of estate, if not singular, can? | anag. less s, & lit.; ref. estate agents’ property chain; conveyance = trickery |
2010-2011 | ||||
2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Did the demise of Mansfield and Monroe spell the end of the Hollywood br/a? | |
2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | Possibly marble, an arch trimming a residence’s opening? | anag. less a r, & lit. |
2014 | HACKETTE | Third | Sort editing Heat, OK, etc (not Observer’s head)? | anag. less O; magazines with female editors |
2012 | BLOATING | VHC | Drying process – one used in making biltong, jerky? | a in anag. |
2009-2010 | ||||
1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Zoonosis (Angolan, Ugandan?) resembling sleeping sickness in animals | SNOOZING ANALOGOUS |
2008-2009 | ||||
1932 | NINE-TO-FIVE | VHC | On shift, if one with no event? | anag. incl. I, & lit. |
1923 | ELLIPTIC | VHC | Using pith, & lit. clue’s thus —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
1910 | BARPERSON | VHC | Beer’s on apron? One —— sports, perhaps | comp. anag. & lit. |
1906 | MORSE | First | Do crimes puzzle this DCI? | comp. anag. & lit. |
1888 | RASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Though her old man regularly took Vi, ag/ility on her part prevented pregnancy | |
2007-2008 | ||||
1884 | FREELOADER | VHC | Federer broken, overturned service provider’s thrown in sponge? | AOL (rev.) in anag. |
1879 | LITTER BASKET | Second | Transfer ‘Battlestrike’ to Recycle Bin? | anag.; ref. computer game |
2005-2006 | ||||
1758 | BIMBETTE | VHC | Scatty tit, mebbe? | anag. & lit. |
1733 | PALESTRA | VHC | Faulty grip should be eliminated in it, a grapplers’ ground | anag. less anag., & lit. |
2004-2005 | ||||
1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Phantom crew ordered to ditch but bailed out? | ditch; anag. less but |
1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | VHC | Winding reel on heaving sea, catch pike with swivel, round fish with rotating bait – brassy, perhaps? | anag. + anag.; spin in gar (rev.); brassy, 2 mngs. |
1711 | MINUS | VHC | Dash in sum? | anag. & lit. |
1700 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | Second | Appearing after poor shave, flocci – OK, covering of hair – when end of afternoon’s passed | anag. + dow(n), & lit. |
1694 | MISINTERPRET | VHC | Prime Minister, I’m becoming a little tired with spin how distortedly you explain! | anag. with t for I’m |
1689 | SYNOD | Third | See heresy given assent? Not here! | (here)sy + nod, & lit.; see, 2 mngs. |
2003-2004 | ||||
1663 | ARMAMENTARIA | VHC | All doctors’ resources required to purge extremes of perspiration from parliamentarian (Liberal one taken as movement’s leader) | parliamentarian less p, n and with L I for m; ref. Charles Kennedy at Lib Dem party conference |
1654 | CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps) | VHC | Passing ecstasy, absolute madness for The Arsenal captivates growing boy’s heart, screened from soccer novel | anag. less E, a; anag. less o; ref. film ‘Fever Pitch’, adapted from Nick Hornby’s novel |
2002-2003 | ||||
1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | Following unravelling, enter as light? | f + anag. |
1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | Use meant ‘broken’? | anag. & lit. |
1589 | JOKESMITH | VHC | Hash joint smoke – hit may be source of giggles | anag. incl. J |
1585 | SHIATSU | VHC | Rejecting specialized medicine, enthusiast for this demands massage | anag. less ENT, & lit. |
1572 | SHIELD-MAY | VHC | Tough bird? It’s unknown when Delia Smith’s cooking! | anag. with y for it |
2001-2002 | ||||
1550 | MEMORITER | VHC | Iodine, in chronic illness, treated tremor by heart? | I in ME + anag. |
1533 | MASTER-MARINER | First | Capsizing trawler’s last tar remains – me? | anag. incl r, & lit.; ref. captain going down with his ship |
2000-2001 | ||||
1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | Whereby Prince in ‘Rapunzel’ clears one impedance | P for un Z in Rapunzel, & lit.; ref. fairy tale |
1494 | MARATHON | VHC | Snickers, once Graham Norton is performing (not without a groan!): | anag. less gro(a)n; ref. chocolate bar formerly called M. |
1485 | BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left) | VHC | ‘Footsie’ untouched by European manoeuvres: one supporting Euro’s uncommon on British exchange | anag. less E; B + anag. |
1480 | SAMARITAN | VHC | Go to (Aramaic?) man’s aid, when in distress? Good —— would do! | comp. anag. incl. Ar., & lit. |
1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | Despoiling spruce’s heart? It might be! | anag. incl ru, & lit. |
1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | For ulsters or ties, it’s paisley ran/ge men prefer | sorties; ref. Ian P. |
1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | It circulates with champagne? This might! | comp. anag. |
1999-2000 | ||||
1446 | NEWSPAPERDOM | Third | It’s the province of dailies to wield sweeper and mop, removing last trace of grime | anag. less e |
1419 | SPLODGE | VHC | Traverse slowly between Sun and Earth, perhaps, creating blot? | plod between S and Ge |
1998-1999 | ||||
1398 | PERMETHRIN | VHC | How this, sprayed, makes hornet whimper! | comp. anag. & lit. |
1394 | BERGAMOT | First | Orange order embargo, ending Loyalist displays? | anag. + t; ref. marching bans |
1997-1998 | ||||
1355 | DIACATHOLICON | VHC | Terminally constipated? I act and loo-chain rattles! | d + anag., & lit. |
1996-1997 | ||||
1286 | CHALET | VHC | Are lodges in Switzerland rented out? This one may be! | a in CH let |
1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Christmas mystery has all men’s hearts throbbing – / ‘Here Jesus was born,’ the little lamb’s sobbing | STA(BLE ATING)LE; middle letters |
1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | First | Instant beverages save a lot of time – no brewing! | anag. less ages; comp. held in Nov |
1273 | SIPOREX | VHC | Stone artificially created central characters for ‘Nixon’ (including Pres.) with make-up | anag. incl. (N)ixo(n); ref. Oliver Stone biopic |
1995-1996 | ||||
1229 | GRUPPETTO | VHC | Misleading ‘peg’ tot-up (Crowther’s latest) might give solver a turn! | anag. incl. r; ref. AZ’s error in clue to OCTOPOD |
1993-1994 | ||||
1113 | EMPLASTRUM | VHC | Trammels wound up | anag. & lit. |
1989-1990 | ||||
908 | INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Strictly speaking, one can’t gatecrash sh/ut doors | |
1988-1989 | ||||
874 | BLUESTOCKING | Third | Who might show worsted in King’s College but no leg? | anag. less leg, & lit.; show vi |
869 | HOLD-UPS | First | Bush-whackers may take stick to President in United States shortly | hold + P in US |
866 | NECTAREOUS | VHC | Parts of one curate’s free-range perhaps delicious? | anag.; ref. classic ‘Punch’ joke |
1987-1988 | ||||
796 | UPHOLSTERY | VHC | Polyurethanes, possibly? Not in an antique | anag., less ane, & lit. |
1986-1987 | ||||
757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | Gas field might yield carbon monoxide, air – and methane | fiend; anag. incl. CO |
1985-1986 | ||||
683 | BANISH | Second | Refuse truck with ash-bin’s debris in? | anag. |
1984-1985 | ||||
675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | So upset one can’t rest? | anag. & lit. |
662 | BARGE-COUPLE | VHC | House supports EEC, Labour group’s extreme members rebelling | anag. incl. g, p |
660 | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram) | Second | At our wainscot, no murine ever greets Santa |
Clues | Annual Honours | Other competitors | See also: Dr J. & Mrs K. Burscough
2021-2022
2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2591 GHAT
2586 BALDERDASH
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2564 CLEARING
2543 CABRETTA
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2530 STUDENTY
2525 PLACITUM
2019-2020
2504 UPBEAT
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2490 DREAMSCAPE
2482 VOX POP
2473 INTERPLAY
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2430 CLERIHEW
2421 SPASMODICAL
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2017-2018
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2399 CHARMEUSE
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2360 VIDENDA
2016-2017
2338 TRUMP
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2318 TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy)
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2287 VALET
2283 BARGAIN
2274 SIMPATICO
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2226 DOUBLE-PARKING
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2218 FOREIGNER
2205 CUMBERSOME
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2183 SANGRAIL
2178 PARISON
2161 FARRAGO
2148 ZOLLVEREIN
2012-2013
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2122 NICETY
2118 BLOKEISH
2113 PICAROON
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2083 BEWITCH
2078 RÉCOLLET
2074 BENNET
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2064 COLD TURKEY
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2010-2011
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1958 HANGDOG
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1936 LITMUS TEST
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1858 HUMONGOUS
1849 AUXESIS
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1823 KISS
1806 INEBRIANT
1797 HEART
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1771 PARTERRE
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1753 DIAGONAL
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1746 ENTOMIC
1737 ANIMUS
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
1646 BLACK
1641 GADGETEER
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
1628 ENCOMION
2002-2003
1611 LEISLER
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1563 SLYBOOTS
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1554 PEARL
1546 TRANSPARENT
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1541 CHUPRASSY
1537 CAFTAN
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
1524 INGRATITUDE
1519 CARRY-ON
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
1511 DEEP-SEATED
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1999-2000
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1437 MISTLETOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1428 CRICETID
1424 HEIST
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
1406 CHASSEPOT
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1363 MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number)
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1346 PHARISEE
1342 ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)
1336 STOCKING
1325 UPROOTAL
1996-1997
1300 OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1238 ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1994-1995
1178 BOOTLEG
1992-1993
1065 TANDOORI
1056 ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)
1990-1991
969 BUNTER
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
922 REFORMADO
913 ARCHIBALD
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
823 SARBACANE
801 LINCHET
1986-1987
766 GUBBINS
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
701 BALUSTRADE
688 CUCURBITAL
1984-1985
670 TURNIP-FLEA
Clues | HCs | Other competitors | See also: Dr J. & Mrs K. Burscough
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
2019-2020 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 7 | 30 |
2018-2019 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 3 | 25 |
2017-2018 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2016-2017 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 4 | 15 |
2015-2016 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 19 |
2014-2015 | 0 | 1 | 10 | – |
2013-2014 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
2012-2013 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
2011-2012 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 7 | 17 |
2010-2011 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 15 |
2009-2010 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
2008-2009 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 3 | 12 |
2007-2008 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
2005-2006 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
2004-2005 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 4 | 4 | 6 |
2003-2004 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
2002-2003 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
2001-2002 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 11 | – |
2000-2001 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
1999-2000 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 6 | – |
1998-1999 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
1997-1998 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1996-1997 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 17 |
1995-1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1988-1989 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 3 | 15 |
1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1985-1986 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
1984-1985 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 1 | 16 |