Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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R. Hesketh | 87 | 1 | 9 | 77 | 134 | 97 | Jun 1993 | Sep 2015 | 22y 3m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2015-2016 | ||||
2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | In a flutter old man in prison, tense in court after a couple of boobs, spat | pa in pit + t; bust up |
2014-2015 | ||||
2248 | WAISTLINE | VHC | Moving a wine list one’s found under the breadbasket, perhaps | anag. |
2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Job selections under review after overlooking current teaching experience | anag. less I |
2209 | (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | This month’s strong ale consumption breaks flipping record! | TB in rec. (rev.) |
2205 | CUMBERSOME | VHC | Clunky songs with note missing in climax | (n)umbers in come |
2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | A drinking-song to be repeated by one swallowing drink endlessly when drunk | anag. less k in bis + I |
2013-2014 | ||||
2191 | PLUG | VHC | Good word for punch coming from left landed by boxer – a piece of cake for many a champ | 3 meanings, & l in pug |
2187 | WEST | VHC | Left turn, not right – be lost after going here? | w(r)est |
2178 | PARISON | VHC | American in brig – gob showing some bottle after series of blows? | A in prison; see gob1,2 |
2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | Clout given by Nora Batty before parting | say + anag. + a |
2165 | OUT OF ORDER | Third | Do footer and rugby union for a change, not cricket | anag. incl. RU |
2012-2013 | ||||
2139 | DE RIGUEUR | VHC | Guilder but not pound being replaced by single currency almost expected | anag. less l + eur(o) |
2135 | LOB | VHC | On which South Africa may be seen missing boundaries of Graeme Pollock | (G)lob(e); ref. former SA cricketer |
2131 | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | VHC | Lapses involving very fat cat owner before breaking milk bottles | v in dies; a in anag. |
2113 | PICAROON | VHC | Ford’s second Capri modelled on a Corsair | anag. incl. o + on |
2105 | TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps) | VHC | Huge boob by one cold and unemotional person for example embracing British Queen | tit + an; B ER in e.g. |
2096 | TRICK | VHC | In US u/s Jiffy bags start to rip | r in tick |
2011-2012 | ||||
2078 | RÉCOLLET | VHC | Observant, reformed bank clerk rejected about forty per cent of coins | co in teller (rev.) |
2010-2011 | ||||
2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | VHC | Likely to make one butcher once hit cow or a ewe very roughly | anag.; anag. incl. v |
2014 | HACKETTE | Second | Daily woman runs in out of kitchen with tea freshly made | anag. less in |
2000 | TWO THOUSAND | VHC | Who batted with standout score a hundred times? Originally saw Hutton do this too | anag., anag.; 20 x 100; ref. Len H. |
1997 | FADO | VHC | Type, primarily, of folk song and dance | f + ado, & lit.; type = lettering |
2009-2010 | ||||
1979 | FAR-OUT | VHC | Ace service returned? Impossible | RAF (rev.) + out |
1975 | SEPTENTRIONAL | VHC | Northern Line stop (not Circle) near to Barking? | anag. less O; ref. London tube lines |
1958 | HANGDOG | VHC | Damn – an expression of anger when upset or downcast | hang + God (rev.) |
2008-2009 | ||||
1923 | ELLIPTIC | VHC | Explicitly rendered without variables? Yes and no! | anag. less x, y |
1914 | VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent) | VHC | The reverse of some maculate venture? | hidden rev. & lit.; venture = prostitute |
1901 | SANITISE | First | It is covered by ‘compos mentis’ and ‘clean round the bend’ perhaps | it is in sane |
2007-2008 | ||||
1836 | POSTHASTE | VHC | Like a shot, a cut shot, caught by slip | anag. in paste |
2006-2007 | ||||
1818 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Avoid slips or blunders to get a mark one’s been after in French translation | anag.; mark = suitable victim |
1814 | HIPSTER | VHC | This rep worked as someone ‘On The Road’ | anag.; ref. Kerouac novel |
1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | A tinnie with beer contents poured out being drunk perhaps | anag. incl. b(ee)r, & lit. |
1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Adrift when guessing wrongly he loses scent | a gift when dressing; anag. |
1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | VHC | Possibly Trojan Horse utilized, for example, in French way? Make a mistake getting taken in by this | err in used e.g. in rue |
1788 | ETHEREAL OILS | VHC | Run hotel and realise what Basils’ strained expressions might be | anag.; run = fuse; ref. ‘Fawlty Towers’ |
2005-2006 | ||||
1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | Stew and last portion of roly-poly is what Bunter might have | dudder + y; see bunter |
1753 | DIAGONAL | VHC | Line taken by bishops relating to deacons – good for chapter | diaconal with g for c |
1752 | MIDWINTER | VHC | Term taken roughly to include one day/week during the present time? | I d w in, all in anag. |
1741 | LORD NELSON | Third | I may be seen by commuting Londoners entering end of Whitehall | l in anag., & lit. |
2004-2005 | ||||
1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Remake of an oldie having to ditch new images, after reflection | ditch; anag. less n |
1700 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | VHC | Tricky Dick’s vocal foe who is reason for his 1960 electoral defeat? | anag.; ref. Richard Nixon |
1680 | PILLOW-CUP | VHC | Cop will look silly in court as the mug having one last drink before crashing | anag. + up |
2003-2004 | ||||
1676 | CRINGE-MAKING | Third | Having to tinkle during Church Assembly can be acutely embarrassing | ring in CE + making |
1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Mission’s tedium’s over, so I’m excited about it | Titian’s mediums; past in anag. |
1667 | CLARINI | VHC | After playing principal parts with pedals, organ stops | anag. less P, P |
1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | Giving out cry acted as baby without bottle | anag. |
1646 | BLACK | VHC | Threatening as club is or bar | 3 mngs.; ref. cards |
1641 | GADGETEER | VHC | Totty agreed entertaining brat’s a toy boy | get in anag.; see totty1 |
1633 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left) | VHC | Welsh football team in Italy, lousy on the wings – dismal team prone to collapse without bit of enthusiastic support | W + Inter + l, y; anag. less e |
2002-2003 | ||||
1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | In the past was mild the draught, not bitter, asked for? | man + ‘sweet’ |
2001-2002 | ||||
1554 | PEARL | VHC | Perhaps Orient could be joining, say, Conference League shortly | pear + l; ref. Leyton O.’s lowly place in Div. 3; type of pearl |
1541 | CHUPRASSY | Second | Boss pays such rupees | anag. incl. r, & lit. |
1537 | CAFTAN | VHC | What East African might change into after leaving serai refreshed? | anag. less anag. & lit. |
2000-2001 | ||||
1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | Prince and Pearl Jam bound to go down as Masters of Rock? | anag. of P, Pearl; famous rock performers |
1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | Goods on freighter in the main taken to island by smack | CARGITACK; carg(o) I tack7 |
1494 | MARATHON | VHC | All bar tail of once dominant West Indian cricket side spun out | Marath(a) + on |
1489 | FRONT-BENCHER | Third | Blind Pew turned on Hawkins, for instance | front bench + re (rev.); blind (noun); ref. ‘Treasure Island’ and Nick H., Tory front-bench spokesman for Home Affairs |
1999-2000 | ||||
1446 | NEWSPAPERDOM | VHC | Rag trade tailors sew or mend stitching in bust part? | pap (= nipple) in anag. |
1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | VHC | Puzzle involving swap (initially Lake’s idea). | dilemma / wasp; anag. incl. L; ref. F. P. N. Lake, credited with idea for puzzle |
1433 | NEANDERTHAL | VHC | Tool Barney, passing by, had lent Fred Flintstone, perhaps | anag. incl. (B)arne(y); ref. ‘The Flintstones’ |
1998-1999 | ||||
1411 | LOOK-SEE | Third | Fashion show making The Observer’s Review? | look see; see, show = usher |
1402 | PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Yank can unravel the fibres of an Afghan greatcoat | posteen; pen + tose |
1387 | Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram) | VHC | I say Clinton’s hi-tech war’ll smash Saddam | |
1385 | PANTRIES | VHC | Chambers where commons are and are not constrained by peers | an’t in pries |
1372 | MASTERSTROKE | VHC | The ultimate in performance and knack or smartest move around? | anag. incl. e, k, & lit. |
1997-1998 | ||||
1342 | ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left) | VHC | In a balmy spell an isle’s old peregrines are trained outside to hold fast prey | anag.; pin in anag. |
1338 | SMART ALEC | VHC | Originally a ‘Master of Science’ later becoming a ‘Professor of Omniscience’? | anag. incl. a MSc |
1336 | STOCKING | VHC | Fetching calves, perhaps, and very engaging glimpse of thighs? | t in socking (adv.) |
1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | Blasted cold (as the Arctic) or too tropical? | anag. incl. c; see trope |
1325 | UPROOTAL | VHC | The throwing out of a lout (for being an intruder) | pro in anag., & lit. |
1996-1997 | ||||
1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Do in with a prod | anag. & lit. |
1290 | NITERIE | Second | Where might you find inebriety that’s fired by dancing? | anag. less by, & lit. |
1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Reasons doctor lets a surgical procedure cut into vein | ST(OPE RATION)ALE; anag. |
1281 | ABLUTOMANE | VHC | I’m mental about failing to appear completely fresh | anag. less t’, & lit. |
1995-1996 | ||||
1250 | SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One) | VHC | A stab in the chest – sort to finally do Caesar in | anag. incl. o |
1247 | PREDICANT | VHC | I’m positive – on dead certain ground | p + anag. incl. d, & lit. |
1242 | KNOCKERS | VHC | After King, turn up second King, then twist – receiving the Queen would make you bust | K + ER in K con (all rev.) |
1225 | CURRY | VHC | Groom to treat kid to race course thrash | 5 mngs. |
1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | I watch over any person surrendering to swain very freely | comp. anag. & lit. |
1207 | EPOCH-MARKING | VHC | Traffic cop making her signal | anag. |
1994-1995 | ||||
1174 | DINGLE-DANGLE | VHC | Drop from ledge, landing on the rocks | anag. |
1161 | ADIAPHORON | VHC | Do pair coupling wantonly with Noah have a biblical affair that lacks judgement? | anag. |
1993-1994 | ||||
1143 | DEATH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Sandy ma/re at Ascot’s one that’s intimidating | |
1139 | BENJAMIN | Third | What’s like an Ulster summit, tackling the difficult situation that’s already divided Northern Ireland? | jam in NI in ben |
1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | VHC | The old pitcher from Minnesota’s giving up batting, and having no energy, stumbling | anag. less in, E |
1108 | GREEN | VHC | Teenager, wanting tea, brewed fresh pot | anag. less tea; g. = marijuana |
1100 | CONCORDANCE | VHC | This agreement will have to do. Blimey, 60% of Danes sided with European Community after reflection! | con cor! Dan(es) + EC (rev.); ref. Danish referendum |
2014-2015
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2226 DOUBLE-PARKING
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2218 FOREIGNER
2213 SOLECISM
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2152 STUFFED SHIRT
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2118 BLOKEISH
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2109 THICKETY
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2087 ROCKET
2083 BEWITCH
2070 MISTREATMENT
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2064 COLD TURKEY
2058 ROBUST
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2031 EMBROIDERY
2027 THRENETICAL
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2012 BLOATING
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1967 SUBORDINATELY
1962 ANADEM
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1949 PALFRENIER
1945 PRISON
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1918 PALAMPORE
1910 BARPERSON
1897 WASH-OUT
1893 EARTHY
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1879 LITTER BASKET
1866 BINGE
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1858 HUMONGOUS
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1849 AUXESIS
1845 UPBRAID
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1758 BIMBETTE
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1719 ANHELATION
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1711 MINUS
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1698 CROSSTIE
1694 MISINTERPRET
2003-2004
1663 ARMAMENTARIA
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
1637 AMNESIC
1628 ENCOMION
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1615 RUGATE
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1602 FENESTRA
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1589 JOKESMITH
1585 SHIATSU
1576 FACADE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1550 MEMORITER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1533 MASTER-MARINER
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1454 GET-UP
1428 CRICETID
1424 HEIST
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1406 CHASSEPOT
1398 PERMETHRIN
1394 BERGAMOT
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1380 RAPPORT (Misprints)
1376 LOGO
1367 SANBENITOS
1997-1998
1360 BOG-ASPHODEL
1355 DIACATHOLICON
1346 PHARISEE
1322 CARPET
1316 FINGERLICKIN’
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1294 TRANSENNA
1273 SIPOREX
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1220 CASSANDRA
1212 HILDING
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1178 BOOTLEG
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1130 AGRESTAL
1126 CHEATERY
1122 BASILIAN
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1104 BURYING-PLACES
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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2015-2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
2014-2015 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
2013-2014 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 4 | 16 |
2012-2013 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 9 | – |
2010-2011 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 7 | 15 |
2009-2010 | 0 | 3 | 8 | – |
2008-2009 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 6 | 24 |
2007-2008 | 0 | 1 | 10 | – |
2006-2007 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
2005-2006 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 13 |
2004-2005 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
2003-2004 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 6 | 3 | 12 |
2002-2003 | 0 | 1 | 11 | – |
2001-2002 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 6 | 22 |
2000-2001 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 3 | 20 |
1999-2000 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
1998-1999 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 7 | 9 |
1997-1998 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
1996-1997 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 6 | 17 |
1995-1996 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
1994-1995 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
1993-1994 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 6 | 16 |