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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. G. Booth | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 73 | 26 | Jan 1974 | Feb 2021 | 47y 1m | Dr J. G. Booth |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2376 | SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding) | VHC | Surely our weakened PM is actively seeking terms re ensuring European nationals’ security primarily? | first letters |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2338 | TRUMP | VHC | A fart making the régime undo medical program initially | first letters; ref. Obamacare |
| 2322 | VENTRICOSE | VHC | Paunchy, distressed I’ve corset on, obscuring a hint of obesity | anag. less o |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2248 | WAISTLINE | VHC | Girth’s extent? Unconstrained it was 50 inches before the start of exercising? | anag. + L in. e |
| 2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | One producing new-fangled art ideas, including Van Gogh originally – that’s about it in brief | Van ’t G in anag., & lit. |
| 2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Close ENT jobs following re-organisation? That could be an instructive experience! | anag. |
| 2218 | FOREIGNER | VHC | Frog Irène’s unsettled – she’s unlikely to be welcomed by Ukip | anag. |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2148 | ZOLLVEREIN | VHC | Novelizer’s seething after receiving fifth of royalties in one-time free trade area | l in anag. |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2139 | DE RIGUEUR | VHC | On the Ku’damm the guipure (priced initially to go) could render one comme il faut | der + anag. less p |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2049 | PARTY-POOPER | VHC | Do chamber opera without acting? I shall not stay to the end | party po oper(a) |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | VHC | Hospital notice is amended aiming to reconcile row heard after deliveries scare | H + anag.; over + ‘oar’ |
| 1992 | FOULARD | VHC | Dilapidated Ford starts to upset antinoise league – a muffler’s required | anag. incl. u a l |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1984 | ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink) | VHC | Troubled New Labour’s missing bus, needing leader of inspiration in style of Blair | anag. incl. i |
| 1953 | TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints) | VHC | Taking a bend in ramshackle pram can give you a shock | tram; a U in anag. |
| 1945 | PRISON | VHC | Getting choky, off-colour pro starts to shank into no-man’s-land | anag. incl s i n |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1897 | WASH-OUT | VHC | Women spend extravagantly after pound goes flop | w + (l)ash out |
| 1888 | RASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A Victorian child often had a firm fat he/n, one ready to flog if need arose | |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1884 | FREELOADER | VHC | Endlessly greedy no good loafer is dreadful – he wangles lunch, gratis | anag. less y, g |
| 1875 | GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left) | VHC | In pouring out tea a driblet’s found to rise; redesign a pourer carving centre of spout | hidden; anag. less o |
| 1871 | FAIRY GOLD | VHC | False notes coming from loud and riotous goliardy | f + anag. |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1567 | QUEEN | VHC | Nancy is arrived at by what from Dijon leads east and north | que (Fr.) + E N |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Entrenched weed is pulled up before grain is spread about a bit of terrain | peed (rev.) + a t in seed |
| 1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | Al: ‘A shame I’m outed but is every chad correct?’ | |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1387 | Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram) | VHC | Chilly Mandelson admits his act was rash | |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Where pantos are likely to be blue as well as loose? | pants; 2 mngs.; ref. O. bags |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 97 | TREBUCHET | VHC | This reinforced early bombardments upon castles, having elastic tension initially | initial letters, & lit. |
2020-2021
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2495 BUNG
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2425 EPILIMNION
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2395 PURITANISM
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2351 RHAGADES
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2325 MASON
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2279 CLEMENTINE
2274 SIMPATICO
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2014-2015
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2012-2013
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2122 NICETY
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2087 ROCKET
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2064 COLD TURKEY
2058 ROBUST
2053 PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number)
2010-2011
2031 EMBROIDERY
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2014 HACKETTE
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2009-2010
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
2008-2009
1906 MORSE
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1866 BINGE
2006-2007
1823 KISS
2005-2006
1771 PARTERRE
1752 MIDWINTER
2002-2003
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1576 FACADE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1563 SLYBOOTS
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
2000-2001
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1999-2000
1450 PRETENDANT
1998-1999
1402 PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1273 SIPOREX
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1987-1988
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
92 BRAINWASH
75 GROCETERIA
62 SOLITAIRES
Ximenes competitions
1969-1970
1089 ENCLOISTER
1084 ANGEL-FOOD
1058 Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram)
1965-1966
882 SNAPDRAGON
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |