ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. J. Bulman | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 19 | Aug 1972 | Aug 1982 | 10y 0m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 521 | ATTITUDINISE | VHC | Mince as served up in dietitian’s shift | ut (rev.) in anag. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | Stern prospect for ancient craft, reversal of past splendour | pa. (rev.) + lustre |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | Penitent sinner? No rum, almost sober, reformed | anag. incl. sobe(r) |
| 379 | SCYTHEMAN | VHC | Haymaker – man’s techy swing | anag.; cricket delivery |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 327 | HEMLOCK | VHC | Tough guy slipping one Judo hold could give you lethal nip | he-m(an) + lock |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 310 | STERNFAST | VHC | Painter’s tight after getting society prize for three drawings | S tern2 + fast |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | Second | Stap, chap, trap. There’s rhyming for you! | cram bo jingle |
| 221 | PADDY-WHACK | VHC | After a couple of days in the money wallop makes Irishman high | d, d in pay + whack; wallop, high, 2 mngs. |
| 216 | SCANTITY | VHC | The pattern of industry in, say, Coventry after ending of strikes is material shortage | s + ant in City |
| 212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Girdles can make clerics snug when front of cassock is loose | anag. less c |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | Hamlet, perhaps, is perversely shy to pursue fell kinsman | ’s + hill + anag. + ally |
| 190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | ‘Wo, wo’, I pronounced but the horse got in | cryptic def.; wo, 2 mngs. |
| 178 | A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent) | VHC | Clown, maladroit – hush follows gag that lacks originality | (g)ag + st |
| 169 | THUGGEE | VHC | Time, keep close to, surprise! That’s garrotter’s practice | t hug gee2 |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | Tart covered with make-up may be street-walker | pie1 + powder |
| 127 | FRITHSOKEN | Third | A hovel sufficed Kent for his, in a storm | anag.; ref. King Lear, III |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Anchorage stoppers sailors tie in knots | anag.; stopper = rope; anchorage = recluse’s cell |
1982-1983
538 INGRAIN
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
513 ETYMOLOGICON
508 POSTURE-MAKER
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
456 BALADINE
443 STEEPLECROWN
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
430 TEGULA
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
401 GO-AHEAD
393 INTRACARDIAC
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
349 ODDCOMESHORT
340 BOOKSIE
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
1977-1978
289 AMNESIAC
272 MALAGUETTA
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
243 OLYMPIC
225 VALETA
1975-1976
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
1974-1975
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1973-1974
88 BLOOMERY
84 MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)
79 SLAPSTICK
75 GROCETERIA
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
23 SCLERODERMIC
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 1974-1975 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |