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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Williamson | 95 | 3 | 8 | 84 | 152 | 106 | Sep 1974 | Dec 2017 | 43y 3m | D. C. Williamson |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2053 | PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Dodgy hire-purchase foots account for —— out of cash | comp. anag. & lit.; account |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2010 | A COMING OF AGE | VHC | Details of —— could be logged at office in Samoa | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Margaret Mead’s anthropological classic,‘Coming of Age in Samoa’ |
| 2006 | GROAN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | With rogan josh order, get edible trauma | audible tremor; anag. |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | Manoeuvering of a prow in Thames, striking nothing? | anag. less 0, & lit. |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1936 | LITMUS TEST | Second | Solution in paper showing how setter dissimulated could be a desired —— | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. AZ comps and solution notes |
| 1923 | ELLIPTIC | VHC | What’s showing explicitly coordinated axes x and y? | anag. less x, y, & lit.; ref. Cartesian coordinate geometry |
| 1918 | PALAMPORE | VHC | A simple counterpane’s revamped – to match —— in cuteness? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1893 | EARTHY | VHC | —— tuba? Could be jarring at Bayreuth | comp. anag. & lit.; see Wagner tuba in ‘Oxf. Comp. to Mus.’, etc. |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1884 | FREELOADER | VHC | Composite order leaf cut by English … chiseller, some would say? | anag. less E; ref. architectural decoration |
| 1849 | AUXESIS | VHC | Leaving the egg, developing “oiseaux” primarily show this? | anag. less O + s, & lit. |
| 1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | What a phenomenon – but lacking brain ultimately – has A.A.M. contrived with ——? | comp. anag. less n, & lit. |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1827 | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number) | Second | As if Shaka is come reborn might such chiefs be exposed? | exposed; comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1818 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Origins of spaghetti spoof, found in shredded ravioli pod? | s, s in anag., & lit.; ref. ‘Panorama’ spoof |
| 1814 | HIPSTER | VHC | Harry Roy and me? That could be prehistory | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. former jazz bandleader |
| 1788 | ETHEREAL OILS | Second | These L’Oréal possibly should invest in? | i’ in anag., & lit. |
| 1784 | TEARAWAY | VHC | You might see Bonnie turn —— forming a union with Warren Beatty | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. film ‘Bonnie & Clyde’, starring W.B. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | If pa/inting is pinkish you could be looking at theft! | ref. Financial Times |
| 1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | Shoddy underwear could be programmed as —— on washer | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1750 | PLOUGHMAN | VHC | Spam I got for luncheon could be ——’s refection, possibly? | comp. anag. (?) & lit. |
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | You’ll find this is frequently rendered as ‘insectiform’ | anag. less is fr., & lit. |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | Gnome, say, shifting around capital to Bern? | B in anag., & lit. |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1663 | ARMAMENTARIA | VHC | Fittingly treating a marine, a matron would bring this equipment on | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1646 | BLACK | VHC | In end of table opposite this, middle half circled, cueist initially breaks | c in balk with centre reversed, & lit.; ref. snooker |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1585 | SHIATSU | VHC | Forsaking medical speciality initially, enthusiast might turn to this | anag. less ENT, & lit. |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | Rocky range Mount overhangs each side of border | overhangs; anag. in Mt |
| 1576 | FACADE | Third | Elevation derived from Sandy’s drive checked by late slice | ca’ in fade; ref. golf |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1567 | QUEEN | VHC | Waxing equine, one is lost in oneself | anag. less I, & lit.; royal form of reference |
| 1546 | TRANSPARENT | VHC | Rays penetrate, then scatter, making the eye this | comp. anag. & it. |
| 1541 | CHUPRASSY | VHC | ‘Are you being served?’ suggests one who could be arch with pussy | anag.; ref. Mrs Slocum in TV sitcom |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1489 | FRONT-BENCHER | VHC | ——, Tory or otherwise, might be seen as Thorneycroft reborn | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Peter T. |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1454 | GET-UP | VHC | Fashion plate in Vogue to display novel A1 —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1439 | JOHN CANOE | VHC | Jamaican hoedown could produce this, a mad W.I. dancing | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1433 | NEANDERTHAL | VHC | Such antediluvian frames an antre held | anag.; i.e. cave-dweller |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1406 | CHASSEPOT | VHC | A poilu fooling around with this? Upshot’s alopecia, possibly! | comp. anag. & lit.; see etymology of poilu |
| 1402 | PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Bootleg whiskeys hammer at back of head, gripping rising toper | poteens; sot (rev.) in pene |
| 1385 | PANTRIES | VHC | Acting in Pinter’s cast, might they feed the dumb waiter? | a in anag.; ref. Pinter’s play ‘The Dumb Waiter’ |
| 1376 | LOGO | First | What’s jamming to gollywog? Quite the reverse | hidden rev., & lit.; ref. logo of Robertson’s jam |
| 1367 | SANBENITOS | VHC | Banesto star’s lead in tours providing yellow garments formerly | anag. incl. s; ref. Tour de France |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | VHC | Plant associated with marsh birds? Ah! Poe’s Gold Bug initially involves that | anag. incl. B; ref. Poe short story |
| 1355 | DIACATHOLICON | VHC | It had a colonic licked! | anag. & lit. |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | Effectively as mist, this veils a saint’s remnants | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1273 | SIPOREX | VHC | Block’s constituent perhaps rigged proxies | anag.; ref. block votes |
| 1264 | TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left) | VHC | Four overs to go: Fiery Fred, doffing cap, has to bowl out Aussie’s tail in game for three | anag.; (F)red in trill + e; ref. F. Trueman |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1247 | PREDICANT | VHC | Reformed padre in Cape Town originally? | anag. incl. C T, & lit. |
| 1229 | GRUPPETTO | VHC | Freely intoned appoggiatura could modulate into this, in an adagio | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1194 | DONET | VHC | Flaky undercoat a mangy cur scratched, revealing old primer | anag. less anag. |
| 1190 | DENARIUS | VHC | What’s spent in making urine’s a d | anag. & lit. |
| 1165 | YAPSTER | VHC | What could be pest lining your pet say, possibly Rex | anag. in yr, anag. + R, & lit.; line = copulate with |
| 1156 | TERPSICHOREAN | VHC | So the prancer, I mused | anag. & lit.; mused = fuddled |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1143 | DEATH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Though with Wings, members of the group ar/rive by water | Ardea |
| 1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | Old bean, haricot vert, to begin with soaked | anag. incl. v; soaked = beaten |
| 1126 | CHEATERY | VHC | Stuffing Archaeopteryx could involve Paxo recipe and this, perhaps! | comp. anag. incl. r, & lit.? |
| 1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | VHC | Randy Matson’s first Olympic throw might have produced this | anag.; ref. US shot-putter |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1056 | ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Itinerant at heart might set out so | heart; anag. of middle letters & lit. |
| 1052 | AGANIPPE | VHC | You could make this inspirer ape Pierian spring! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | VHC | What’s changing to palais glide? Is it this, possibly? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1039 | TOLERABLE | VHC | How all beer to drunk appears? | anag. & lit. |
| 1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | In which you’ll find larvae developing on common factor of royal jelly and honey | anag. + y, & lit. |
| 1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Excited spectators enthralled by Senior T.T. performer | T.V.; anag. in Sr |
| 995 | STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I avoid damaging the ba/rk off trees to show my trail | |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Hunt this out, when rearranging annual matches? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | VHC | I’d pull horse’s withers | anag. & lit. |
| 943 | BARAGOUIN | VHC | Bulgarian’s too difficult? Then you could get lost with this | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 926 | NERD | VHC | Backward wet? Not half! | dren(ched) (rev.), & lit. |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 835 | PROSAICAL | VHC | To wax this on an acropolis would be unfitting | comp. anag. & lit.; cf. wax lyrical |
| 823 | SARBACANE | VHC | What could produce scar with a bean? | anag. & lit. |
| 796 | UPHOLSTERY | VHC | House partly refurnished could show a variety of this | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 750 | SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue) | VHC | This fairly freely gives you gallimaufry | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | A ——? Yes, the vintage pressing | comp. anag. & lit.; press = strain |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Might swimming cobs ram sixth such present? | anag. & lit.; ref. ‘seven swans a-swimming’ |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 419 | RAMILLIES | VHC | Head covering that’s indicated after fight | mill i.e. in ras, & lit. |
| 410 | CUL-DE-SAC | VHC | Mistakenly see this as giving dual access? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 406 | BOIL | VHC | The Gathering Storm | 2 mngs. |
| 397 | BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) | Third | Bricks thrown in jubilee riot missing sovereign | tricks; anag. less L |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | What provides a big hit, with dash? Jonathan’s jest! | monkey + shine; J. = American and AZ’s first name |
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | First | To shed more cost I’d settle for ties made with this | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Sure to have a page (at least) of Wilde lying around | OK in Bosie, & lit.; ref. Lord Alfred Douglas |
| 323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | Bird’s call we hear after letter related to Top People? | U + ‘coo’, & lit.; ref. ‘first cuckoo’ correspondence in The Times |
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | Third | Awkward letters bind me up, and tricky limericks make me sick | betters lined; comp. anag. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 298 | NOSER | VHC | Take after one’s pappy, i.e. dad, in the face | anag. + r; pappy adj., dad v. |
| 281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | A sexicorn possibly whereof sign of multiplying should be dead | anag. with d. for x, & lit. |
| 272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | Sorbet blended with this spice might be made at a gourmet’s table | comp. anag. |
| 263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Though I usually find opera s/illy, I found Cavalleria charming | opera seria |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 247 | FLIVVER | VHC | A twopenny runabout requires £5 ÷ 5 ÷ 50 | L and V in fiver; sum gives 2p |
| 238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | Overture of Lehar’s in C major being travestied – it’s often heard in singsong | L in anag. |
| 234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | With crops so withered in heat, one should engage a diviner | I in anag. in hot; ref. summer heatwave |
| 229 | METRICATE | VHC | Base answer around ten, and you’ll have ‘mile’ to remove, perhaps | m + e(X)tricate, & lit. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | Second | Waffle cake with hard filling – try biting on each side | H in silly + all in shy2; cake = fool |
| 187 | POWDERING-TUB | Third | Big undertow swirling abaft stern of ship. Salt maintains course of junk in it | p + anag.; junk = salt meat |
| 174 | EPEOLATRY | VHC | Heresy against Newspeak, presumably, yet a prole freely expresses it | anag.; ref. ‘1984’ |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 146 | CHARADES | VHC | Riddles are to be found in crashed crackers | a in anag. |
| 143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | VHC | Greetings from a fellow sage! I Bear three gifts as well, O Magi! You can win them (or be praised) In my Christmas Puzzle, Azed | |
| 139 | PIEPOWDER | First | I might have benefited from Maundy Gregory perhaps, going after welcome honour | pie1, powder; ref. ceremony of washing feet; G.’s powder |
| 135 | GABIONADE | VHC | Igloo an abode with no W.C. – dashed for baskets of earth (no seats) | anag. less loo |
| 130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The only sugar – you’ll need to produce m/oney | |
2017-2018
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2011-2012
2058 ROBUST
2010-2011
1997 FADO
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1949 PALFRENIER
1945 PRISON
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1910 BARPERSON
1906 MORSE
2007-2008
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1866 BINGE
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1858 HUMONGOUS
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1823 KISS
1806 INEBRIANT
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1797 HEART
1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1758 BIMBETTE
1741 LORD NELSON
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1728 EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number)
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1667 CLARINI
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1650 SAPHENA
1641 GADGETEER
1637 AMNESIC
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1615 RUGATE
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1602 FENESTRA
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1593 MANSUETE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1563 SLYBOOTS
1550 MEMORITER
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1999-2000
1450 PRETENDANT
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1437 MISTLETOE
1428 CRICETID
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
1398 PERMETHRIN
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1996-1997
1303 PONIARD
1290 NITERIE
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1242 KNOCKERS
1238 ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1225 CURRY
1220 CASSANDRA
1216 CHAPERON
1212 HILDING
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1161 ADIAPHORON
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1139 BENJAMIN
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1104 BURYING-PLACES
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1084 PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1074 DEMIREP
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1065 TANDOORI
1991-1992
1030 PASTILLE
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
987 IRON CURTAIN
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
974 AVANT-PROPOS
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
934 LACE-UPS
930 SABULOSE
917 HOOLIGANISM
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)
1988-1989
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
814 SPOUSAGE
801 LINCHET
1986-1987
770 HERMITS
764 CHILDERMAS
1982-1983
543 STAYING POWER
1981-1982
517 IMMORTELLE
508 POSTURE-MAKER
478 BIBLIOPEGIST
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
460 SWOOP
452 DISSENTERISM
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
443 STEEPLECROWN
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
434 JARDINIÈRE
1979-1980
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
354 SHEER-HULK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
276 AMTRACK
267 MORRIS-DANCE
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
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
114 PANIC
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
75 GROCETERIA
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1110 IMPERSONATE
1969-1970
1106 LEXICOGRAPHY
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 2 | 9 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 29 |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 1978-1979 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 1975-1976 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 1974-1975 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |