ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Parfitt | 19 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 21 | May 2004 | Jan 2011 | 6y 8m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1910 | BARPERSON | VHC | Under prohibition, active one heads for stern police reprimand | bar + anag. incl. s p r, & lit. |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1871 | FAIRY GOLD | VHC | Deceptively gifted scratch golfer with a ‘DIY’ swing, striking centre of green | anag. less e; scratch = cash |
| 1866 | BINGE | VHC | What features a ‘clink’ at the start and ends in big headache? | bin + g e, & lit.; bin = jail |
| 1858 | HUMONGOUS | VHC | Patagonian gaucho’s mount collapses after disregarding a colt’s limits | anag. less a c, t; see Patagonian |
| 1856 | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Slavering old dog eyes a tenderlo/in fully | Lolita |
| 1849 | AUXESIS | VHC | I sex up boring and uninspired speech, primarily | I sex (rev.) in first letters, & lit. |
| 1845 | UPBRAID | VHC | Twit, drinking place dry, starts falling down | pub + arid with initial letters dropping down a place |
| 1836 | POSTHASTE | VHC | Word indicating lack of movement? Intrinsically, that’s erroneous | anag. in posé, & lit. |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1823 | KISS | VHC | What’s planted on a couple of parishioners giving pax? | i.e. pa + x = pax (k. of peace), & lit. |
| 1818 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Cuckoo solo is very rapid – a mark of Spring? | anag. incl. v; mark = suitable victim |
| 1810 | HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM) | VHC | Try to rehabilitate my career – I want to impress others by having a super occupation that will generate interest, such as ‘music producer’. | |
| 1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | What lush downs may be seen when hibernating, essentially, is done | anag. of (h)ibernatin(g) |
| 1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | VHC | Subterfuge le leader tried out? Possibly, battlefield —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1797 | HEART | First | The location of love within you? | i.e. position of 0 in you, & lit. |
| 1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | I am tense performing gymnastics on the bar, horse and rings after shock on second piece of apparatus | anag. + t’; appal + OO + s a |
| 1788 | ETHEREAL OILS | First | These I loosely associate with L’Oréal | anag. & lit. |
| 1784 | TEARAWAY | VHC | A wild plant: Asian tree with green, brown and black leaves | tea raw (b)ay; plant = young person |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | VHC | Hick, perhaps, having smashed boundary, charged, getting out caught and bowled | anag. less c, b; ref. Graeme H., cricket |
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Will, the bad golfer, swings and we d/uck as he is in bunker | |
2010-2011
2014 HACKETTE
2008-2009
1923 ELLIPTIC
1918 PALAMPORE
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1908 WE THREE KINGS
2007-2008
1879 LITTER BASKET
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1827 AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)
1814 HIPSTER
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1771 PARTERRE
1753 DIAGONAL
2004-2005
1689 SYNOD
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1667 CLARINI
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 2006-2007 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |