ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Taylor | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 46 | 20 | Sep 2010 | Jul 2018 | 7y 10m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | Smartphone app lifting threshold for messages, space filled with amateur witticisms | FaceTime® with a for m; ref. also Twitter |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2334 | ALLELUIAH | VHC | Religious composition? Well, music’s regularly written in God’s name | alternate letters in Allah |
| 2324 | CELEBRATIONS | VHC | Disruptive child kept in perplexed silence – o, joyful times! | brat in anag. |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2291 | AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Several candidates were charming but the su/pplicant got the job | |
| 2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | VHC | With endless money, one lets funders indicate significant progress here | founders; anag. less y, incl. I |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | She’s daringly innovative playing a vintage strad | anag. |
| 2235 | CHOCK-A-BLOCK | VHC | Crowded bar supports service offering guidance about wine | hock in CAB + lock |
| 2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Adolescent’s job reassigned without notice or warning | anag. less ad |
| 2213 | SOLECISM | VHC | A placement of semicolons that’s not on? | anag. less on, & lit. |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2183 | SANGRAIL | VHC | Possibly I’m a bit of talent short: cryptic anagram and lit. is the ultimate goal | anag. less I’m a t |
| 2178 | PARISON | VHC | I’m not in shape, yet a decent score’s not out of the question | par is on |
| 2161 | FARRAGO | VHC | Removing piece of filo from this pie shows herb’s inside | i.e. farrago less f = (t)arrago(n); pie2 |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2139 | DE RIGUEUR | VHC | Fashion guru: hot designer making thongs this? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2131 | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | VHC | Serving of korma likely to make Indian who owns seedy pubs a rich man | hidden; 2 meanings |
| 2109 | THICKETY | VHC | A —— area’s damaged as I hack at trees, ay? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2070 | MISTREATMENT | VHC | Abuse stock market’s banks with Main Street in disarray | anag. in m, t |
| 2062 | APPLE-KNOCKER | VHC | UK ‘plonker’ translated (with space) could be US ‘——’ | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2014 | HACKETTE | VHC | Take the scrap of cloth out for rag woman? | anag. incl. c |
| 1997 | FADO | VHC | Melancholy folk refrain from opening of alcohol during loud party | a in f do |
2017-2018
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2360 VIDENDA
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2325 MASON
2322 VENTRICOSE
2318 TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy)
2313 PERFECT
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2296 IMPROPERLY
2279 CLEMENTINE
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2226 DOUBLE-PARKING
2218 FOREIGNER
2205 CUMBERSOME
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2191 PLUG
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2170 SAYONARA
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2135 LOB
2126 DESPERATE
2122 NICETY
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2113 PICAROON
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2083 BEWITCH
2078 RÉCOLLET
2064 COLD TURKEY
2058 ROBUST
2053 PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number)
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2010-2011
2031 EMBROIDERY
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2000 TWO THOUSAND
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 2 | 8 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 7 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |