Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. C. Borland | 91 | 4 | 13 | 74 | 74 | 108 | Jun 2004 | May 2022 | 17y 11m | T. Borland |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021-2022 | ||||
2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Freak wave astern, passing rear | rear; anag. less n |
2595 | FIFTY YEARS | VHC | Notable innings, a half-century from Yorkshire’s opener, thwarting fiery fast bowling | y in anag. |
2591 | GHAT | VHC | Grand passion English suppressed in A Passage to India? | g + h(E)at |
2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Bunk bed’s head has ladder fixed | b + anag. |
2582 | ACHITOPHEL | VHC | Mandarin once proving tricky, I engaged a Chinese to help out | I in a Ch. to + anag. |
2573 | HANDS-ON | VHC | Short of time, don hasn’t prepared practical | anag. less t |
2020-2021 | ||||
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Unframed Hogarth works capturing English lowlife | E in anag. less H, h |
2551 | SPAVIN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | What might male heir claim, when Queen passes, in turn | ail mare; av(ER) in spin |
2547 | FILATORY | VHC | It may produce woof with wag of tail on your returning | anag. + yr (rev.); woof1 |
2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | One very modestly employed towel, and bather’s changed | anag. |
2532 | POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree) | VHC | Spinning top littlest’s opening has tag cut off | top (rev.) + l + anag. |
2525 | PLACITUM | VHC | Soft, melodious backing when soprano yields to tenor, pleading | p + musical (rev.) with t for s |
2517 | LITERATIM | Third | Collect Latin merit, declining noun precisely as in Cicero | anag. less n |
2019-2020 | ||||
2512 | OSCITATE | VHC | Act so struggling over Parade’s End, finding it boring | it in anag. + e; ref. Ford Madox Ford novels |
2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | Statue to make black react, incensed | status; char + anag. |
2495 | BUNG | Third | It might encompass money to procure decorations | bun(tin)g, & lit. |
2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Scene of mystery yielding nothing, puzzled Morse paced about area | a in anag. less 0 |
2480 | STOCKING FILLERS | VHC | Mini presents grief, conks out on street (poorly maintained) | st + ill in anag. |
2473 | INTERPLAY | VHC | Crossing plenty, a grid’s contents show this | anag. incl. ri; ref. crosswords |
2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Crook old judge, despatching preliminaries, calls up at Bailey | balls-up at ceilidh; anag. less first letters |
2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | ‘Best on Fringe’ comic won with rapier wit | B + anag. |
2018-2019 | ||||
2451 | CAPUT | VHC | Shock at coup, ousting old head in Latin style | anag. less o |
2447 | CONGENER | VHC | Argument against sex, if there’s no depth in relationship | con + gen(d)er |
2434 | STONKERED | VHC | Saving its skin, pesky rodent scuttled under the table | anag. incl. esk |
2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | Hail Crewe’s styling that delivers a Bentley’s lines | anag. less a; Bentley cars designed and built in Crewe |
2425 | EPILIMNION | VHC | Top layer of mere lino? I’m revelling in distressed pine | anag. in anag. |
2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | Starting trouble as coil’s damp | anag. |
2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | VHC | Plan supporter also happy key Brexiteer’s lost face – it will benefit incumbent | prop + anag.; alt + (F)arage |
2412 | UBIQUARIAN | VHC | Dress in terminals of Abu Dhabi, a burqa covering all parts? | anag. incl. u, i |
2017-2018 | ||||
2408 | LUNCHEONETTE | Second | Ordered lettuce when losing weight, on being seated in this? | on in anag. less w, & lit. |
2403 | SWALE (Spoonerisms) | Second | Whacked traders might like promotion cut by week | tract waders; w in sale |
2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | It might make some ties much easier, not having Italy to play | anag. less I; ref. Italy’s absence from the World Cup |
2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | One repressed, prim aunt’s bent? | I in anag., & lit. |
2390 | POISSON D’AVRIL | VHC | A silver spoon I’d collected, not bearing English mark of this date, seemingly French | anag. less E; mark = victim of trick |
2373 | CACOGASTRIC | VHC | About Cape, original course for cargo, it’s often windy | ca. + C + anag. |
2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | Cracks in decrepit Fiat, one close to scrappage | ace in anag. + e |
2016-2017 | ||||
2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | Bloke seeking landlord as pi/nt flat | |
2334 | ALLELUIAH | VHC | Recognition of almighty VW failing provoked helluva wail | anag. less VW |
2325 | MASON | VHC | Cutting individual, as engaged by Solomon? | as in (Solo)mon, & lit.; ref. building of S’s temple |
2322 | VENTRICOSE | VHC | Misshapen, given corset that’s no good | anag. less g, & lit. |
2318 | TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy) | VHC | Element of rigging in money spent on polling battle | anag. less s; poll = remove top of |
2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Free with TCP, getting wound spotless | anag. |
2309 | GLOBETROTTER | VHC | Regular migrant to get trouble working, losing universal right | anag. less u + r |
2015-2016 | ||||
2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | No bad term for Hammersmith’s intertwining? | anag. less anag., & lit. |
2296 | IMPROPERLY | Third | Disgracefully sloppy primer leaving beginners confused | anag. less first letters |
2287 | VALET | VHC | One serving of Caesar is healthy | 2 mngs; ref. Latin |
2283 | BARGAIN | VHC | Steal home after pub and walk it off | bar + ga(it) + in |
2274 | SIMPATICO | VHC | Emperor being taken in by new ‘coat’ is charming | Imp. in anag. |
2272 | SNOWMOBILE | VHC | I pass over flakes after sprinkling some in bowl | anag. |
2265 | ESPRIT FORT | Second | Turn to ref: trip’s outside the box, he thinks | anag. |
2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | Likely to be back nesting in hole, fluttering tits raise commotion | apt (rev.) in pit; bust up |
2014-2015 | ||||
2248 | WAISTLINE | VHC | Change to ‘lite’ was after gaining inches here? | in. in anag., & lit. |
2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | Third | One that could deliver shock to e.g. staid art circles | van in anag., & lit. |
2239 | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | Third | Variety of aerated drinks I lay out, like Sprite | spray out like light; I in anag. |
2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | Reprehensibly stopping card after six at short hole | double par + king |
2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Salutary experience once jobless, taking Tebbit’s tip, circulate? | t in anag.; ref. 1981 ‘on his bike’ speech |
2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | Third | Nuts roasting, I might play carols this month, having time off TV full of glitz | ORGANIST/TINSELLY; ORGAINSTELLY; anag.; inst + (t)elly |
2218 | FOREIGNER | VHC | Is it referring to migrant, having forsaken origins? | anag. less r, t, & lit. |
2205 | CUMBERSOME | First | Unmanageable canine harassed Burmese tom, slipping its lead | c + anag. less t |
2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | Sea vessel leaving Eastern terminals to reach Italy here? | brin(e) dis(h) + I, & lit. |
2013-2014 | ||||
2187 | WEST | VHC | It’s reddest when the sun goes down | (Ra)west, & lit. |
2174 | CHARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Leftover bones for our poo/r eats | |
2170 | SAYONARA | First | Utter it leaving terminal in Tokyo Narita? | say + o Nar(it)a, & lit. |
2161 | FARRAGO | VHC | Ancient mob desperate for Viagra (missing sex) | anag. less VI; sex (L.) = six |
2012-2013 | ||||
2144 | INFERNO (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Sporty friend spending day on certain lakes down here | Satan lurks; anag. less d |
2139 | DE RIGUEUR | VHC | Standard queried urge to renew failing QE | anag. less QE |
2131 | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | VHC | Dismal Ikea store boss sounds worried: ‘I’ve surplus stock’ | hidden; hidden |
2122 | NICETY | Second | Revolutionary ‘citoyen’ dropping old politesse | anag. less o |
2096 | TRICK | VHC | Sucker, take in | r in tick, & lit. |
2011-2012 | ||||
2083 | BEWITCH | VHC | Spell Gewicht wrong, getting B for German | anag. with B for G |
2078 | RÉCOLLET | VHC | Brute Corleone not one to suffer brother who shuns the mob? | anag. less one + let |
2074 | BENNET | VHC | Fuzz nab teen concealing a bit of grass at Glastonbury? | anag. less a |
2065 | DERMESTIDAE | VHC | False steed, made with hollow interior, covering attackers | anag. incl. i, r; covering = clothing/carpeting; ref. Trojan horse |
2064 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Damaged rocket duly cutting speed? | anag. |
2058 | ROBUST | VHC | With out of bounds on right, leader goes for long iron | r OB + (l)ust |
2053 | PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Little menace from Hibernian, first shot coming midway through match | (I)rish in peer; shot |
2010-2011 | ||||
2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | Gallery’s filling for As You Like It | (b)alcon(y) + to |
2006 | GROAN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | What pique one can provoke, sounding cultivated | weak pun; ‘grown’ |
2009-2010 | ||||
1988 | PERIQUE | Third | Priest leading High Requiem Mass leaves pungent smoke | P + anag. less m |
1984 | ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink) | Third | George O.’s now struggling with real crux of deficit | anag. incl. i; ref. G. Osborne, G. Orwell |
1940 | SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number) | VHC | Bradman ultimately held in check by dropping short | check; n in scat3; ref. Don B., bodyline series |
2008-2009 | ||||
1932 | NINE-TO-FIVE | VHC | ‘Groovy’ once, even if no rebel with it | anag.; groovy = following set routine |
1927 | TONSURE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | United are denied opening after loads spot Wayne’s shoved | spot one’s shaved; tons + U (a)re |
1893 | EARTHY | VHC | Dropping aitch, sound unrefined | hearty with h dropped |
2007-2008 | ||||
1875 | GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left) | First | Knowing rules about drainage channel, lift out and get free drop | up + ea in r r; anag.; ref. golf |
1866 | BINGE | VHC | Where you might go crazy on case of Glenmorangie | bin + G, e, & lit. |
1853 | ANTIQUITARIAN | VHC | Persist, perhaps, in dancing with quaint tiara | anag.; Persist = expert on Persia |
2006-2007 | ||||
1810 | HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM) | VHC | I’ll discard papers if their crosswords are hideous, just some show-off or pseud overdoing contrivance to grind solvers down – I’ll stick to a setter I enjoy! | |
1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | VHC | Deployment by Germany, for example, infiltrating Maginot’s folly from the east | use D e.g. all in erreur (rev.), & lit.; ref. M. Line |
1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | Rendition of tame set in bar, comprising a couple of empty numbers, dismays a type usually fond of bluegrass | anag.; 00 in appals + a |
2005-2006 | ||||
1762 | DUDDERY | First | Sisters and their mother sniffily dictated what Cinders wore about the house | i.e. congested pronunciation of ‘nunnery’ |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2578 VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent)
2569 BILBO
2020-2021
2564 CLEARING
2560 BOMBAST
2543 CABRETTA
2530 STUDENTY
2521 CHAMBERS
2019-2020
2504 UPBEAT
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2486 BRUHAHA
2482 VOX POP
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2428 SHEPHERDS
2017-2018
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2378 PROPOSAL
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2360 VIDENDA
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2351 RHAGADES
2338 TRUMP
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2279 CLEMENTINE
2270 FENESTRA
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2014-2015
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2013-2014
2191 PLUG
2183 SANGRAIL
2178 PARISON
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2152 STUFFED SHIRT
2012-2013
2118 BLOKEISH
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2113 PICAROON
2109 THICKETY
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2087 ROCKET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2031 EMBROIDERY
2027 THRENETICAL
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2012 BLOATING
2010 A COMING OF AGE
1997 FADO
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1979 FAR-OUT
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1967 SUBORDINATELY
1962 ANADEM
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1949 PALFRENIER
2008-2009
1936 LITMUS TEST
1906 MORSE
1901 SANITISE
2007-2008
1879 LITTER BASKET
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
2006-2007
1827 AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1753 DIAGONAL
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2019-2020 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2018-2019 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
2017-2018 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 5 | 5 | 7 |
2016-2017 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 6 | 5 | 10 |
2015-2016 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 6 | 3 | 4 |
2014-2015 | 4 (1, 0, 3) | 5 | 1 | 2 |
2013-2014 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 19 |
2012-2013 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 5 | 16 |
2011-2012 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
2010-2011 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
2009-2010 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 1 | 6 | 18 |
2008-2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
2007-2008 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 2 | 24 |
2006-2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
2005-2006 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |