ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Barnes | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 16 | Jan 1973 | Jul 2021 | 48y 6m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | Parson’s moral make-up – reach out to accommodate leaders of roundhead and cavalier types | person’s; first letters in anag. |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2451 | CAPUT | VHC | What Charles lost initially, Cromwell and Parliament ultimately took | first letters & lit. |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | Trump is in a spin – it generates drama in The Crucible | anag.; ref. Judd Trump, snooker player & Arthur Miller play |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1741 | LORD NELSON | VHC | Piquet’s first, tracking leaders from lap one, readily defeating outgunned Villeneuve | first letters + Nelson; ref. racing drivers and French commander at Trafalgar |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1700 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | VHC | Mouldy owd ’Ovis loaf – check what might need trimming at teatime | anag. & lit. |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | VHC | Repositioning cine-art with ‘M’, Lang’s purveyor of flickering images | anag.; ref. Fritz L. |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 904 | VOETGANGER | VHC | Someone walking on grave – get shivery | anag. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | Elephants are immune to this disorder in man; not mice | anag. |
| 683 | BANISH | VHC | Has bin affected what bad bread does to good? | anag.; ref. Gresham’s Law |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 478 | BIBLIOPEGIST | VHC | Backing my fancy, I spoil big bet – ruined! | anag. |
| 473 | HERRING-BONE | VHC | Gee worked with Hern and O’Brien to get uphill in snow | anag. incl. g; ref. racehorse trainers |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | Minster’s redesigned after sides collapse: it’s got no room for bishops | anag. + anag. |
| 423 | ACCOUTRE | VHC | Actor’s confused with cue – old ones would when tiring | anag.; tire3 |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Sickly pseudo-grin at appearance of famous chestnut | anag.; ref. Longfellow: “Under the spreading c. tree” |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | VHC | ‘Mary, Joseph and Jesus’ Caspar swore As he banged his head on the stable door. ‘Good thinking, your majesty’, Mary said, ‘I’d almost decided to call him Fred.’ | |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 45 | NEMORAL | VHC | ‘Within a Budding Grove’ – that’s our version of le roman | anag.; ref. Proust, ‘A la Recherche…’ |
2020-2021
2560 BOMBAST
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2019-2020
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2464 BRAINPOWER
2018-2019
2421 SPASMODICAL
2017-2018
2399 CHARMEUSE
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2318 TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2209 (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent)
2013-2014
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2010-2011
2012 BLOATING
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2002-2003
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1997-1998
1338 SMART ALEC
1993-1994
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1990-1991
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
1985-1986
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
1984-1985
653 INTERNUNCIO
1980-1981
456 BALADINE
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
406 BOIL
401 GO-AHEAD
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
332 NUT-CASE
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
1976-1977
247 FLIVVER
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |