ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. H. Tompsett | 77 | 3 | 8 | 66 | 175 | 88 | May 1972 | Dec 2012 | 40y 7m | D. Tompsett |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2053 | PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Rogue Herries tracks central character for Walpole – a rascal figure | p + anag.; figure |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | VHC | Cow drover aweary embraces irenic uplifting character in this | hidden; tone (rev.) in hic |
| 2012 | BLOATING | VHC | Puffing Billy’s first along it – off the rails | anag. incl B; ref. early rail and road steam engines |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1975 | SEPTENTRIONAL | VHC | Like reindeer moss’s habitat: antlers open it up | anag.; up = in an excited state |
| 1962 | ANADEM | VHC | Bays – the coasts of Canada are cleft by them | (C)anad(a) + ’em; cleave = sever |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1914 | VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent) | Third | Beguine, valeta are unremembered dances | anag. less a |
| 1906 | MORSE | VHC | Puzzle-solver who’s something extra … enthralling in his style … | (Morse code for) s in more |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1875 | GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left) | VHC | Sky – empty air – after pure tumbling drop with which para jolts tutor agape | anag. + a(i)r; comp. anag. |
| 1862 | UNALIKE (Spoonerisms) | Third | So melodically Gary’s to plink a guitar catching soul of tonality | Parry’s to Glinka; nali in uke |
| 1856 | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘New Markets’ – big meeting – what might imperi/al lenders attack? | see sallenders |
| 1845 | UPBRAID | VHC | South’s heart lead and a coup produces slam | u Pb raid |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Belch’s last scenes stole play: this Twelfth Night’s lured stacks | steward (i.e. Malvolio) lacks; anag. incl. h |
| 1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | I’m Steen at work – here perhaps paint’s applied by one privy to it | anag.; ref Jan S., painter of tavern scenes; app. a loo SA |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The Abbey’s director never rated the laid-back syn/archy | ref. J. M. Synge |
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Millions notice bust on such as Dors and Painted Ladies | anag. incl. m |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Abstract pictures kill oiled Academician | anag. incl. A; kill2 |
| 1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | Doubled game by South – No Trump – that’s his style! | anag. incl. S; double = fold; ref Donald Trump, US property billionaire |
| 1719 | ANHELATION | VHC | Dyspnoea’s advanced – new hospital – joy! | a n H elation |
| 1700 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | VHC | Dusky chaps who’d flocks, a voice disturbed | anag.; ref Christmas shepherds |
| 1698 | CROSSTIE | VHC | Resist calories and the start of overeating madly – this prevents bellying | anag. incl. c, o |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | Was worried in the outskirts of Sydney about first sign of the dingo | cared in S, y + ca t |
| 1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | In brief, it’s Oliver Mellors wreathing with Connie that’s Lawrence’s for nature | anag. incl O.M.; ref. ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | What can be each side of fireplace niche and of sunlit rotunda? | first and last letters, & lit. |
| 1596 | GENISTA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | ‘From the East’, carol about origin of Epiphany, cheers spirits | tangies; E in sing (rev) + ta |
| 1589 | JOKESMITH | VHC | Joe Miller’s his, maybe – so he can dress in Joe’s mackintosh! | comp. anag. |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | Windage forgotten: range shot sails into empty moat | sails; anag. in m(oa)t; windage = margin of error |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1559 | THEOLOGASTER | VHC | Healer got sot stinko: his cure may be ineffectual | anag.; cure = care of souls |
| 1554 | PEARL | VHC | Setter’s latest in resounding sequence – his next is ruby | r in peal; ref. typesetter’s sizes |
| 1537 | CAFTAN | VHC | Ottoman’s loose cover – selvages of chinchilla, felt and Acrilan | first and last letters |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1515 | SNIDE | VHC | In fine mess – Stan quasi dismayed, Ollie derogatory | last letters; In fine = finally |
| 1506 | BARE(-)BONES | VHC | William’s (Hudibrastic?) beanpoles bore beans entwined. | anag. |
| 1494 | MARATHON | VHC | Many race this only half-length each time. | halves of first 4 words, & lit. |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1454 | GET-UP | VHC | Letter leads to garters embellishing Twelfth-Night’s unsuspecting patsy’s —— | first letters & lit., ref. Malvolio |
| 1446 | NEWSPAPERDOM | VHC | Whimsically, per E. W., odd bits of ‘Scoop’ damns???! | anag. & lit.; ref Evelyn Waugh novel |
| 1424 | HEIST | VHC | Early pieces taken from Hellas: Elgin initiated superior this? | first letters & lit. |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1406 | CHASSEPOT | Second | I could lay fire quicker than Brown Bess: can Mary Jane? | chassé + pot; can = dismiss, pot = marijuana |
| 1385 | PANTRIES | Third | Mug shots seen in offices of commissariat | pan tries |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | Mrs M’s abusive about Acres astride horse in classic | c + h in Acres in Attic |
| 1325 | UPROOTAL | VHC | It’s needed by me to get tropaeolum out | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1255 | CATAFALCO | VHC | Portakabin for the likes of Jock: reverse of luxury with crude cloaca outside | fat rev, in anag.; like3 |
| 1250 | SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One) | VHC | Seedy raspberry-tart or a nice soda pop | anag.; raspberry-tart, rhyming slang for heart; see Brewer |
| 1212 | HILDING | VHC | Like Plaza-Toro – first to lie where he spent the war | l in hiding: ref ‘The Gondoliers’: ‘He lay concealed throughout the war’ |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1200 | Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Unhappy choice as night-watchman – plays on googly | NY(CT)ALOPS; anag. |
| 1181 | SLADE | VHC | Dell where Rosie takes cider – and Lee’s heart | Slad + e; setting of Laurie Lee’s ‘Cider with Rosie’ |
| 1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Withdrawing dope? | cold turkey, & lit. |
| 1152 | PARACETAMOL | VHC | A la C. Patmore (re-edited): ‘Whence is the poignancy peaceful…’? | anag.; ref. Coventry P., ‘St Valentine’s Day’ |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1139 | BENJAMIN | First | What’s ‘Wedgy’ in his family circles: a pet name? | jam + i’ in Benn; ref Tony (Wedgwood) B. |
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | VHC | Hoards of Bones – badly bungles piracy | anag.; ref. ‘Treasure Island’ |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | Veteran Rolls and De Dion almost fully restored | anag. |
| 1084 | PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM) | VHC | That Claire be perfect doth not proof entail: For patron serveth she, my matchless grail | |
| 1052 | AGANIPPE | VHC | Poetically did I – page by page – infuse G. W Russell | gan I p, p in AE, & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1034 | BURLAP | VHC | Keating’s crack: Australian Premier’s heading for rough carpeting | burl A P |
| 1026 | LET-OFF | VHC | Piece of felt could be missing dolly | anag.; piece vt |
| 1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | One’s entered quite at the end of a line – a straight one! | a l + a in very, & lit.; ref bee-line |
| 995 | STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I’ve given up all the co/ke for grass and snow in the Alps | |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 939 | A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left) | First | ‘Nonpareil’ apple-crusher ejects every other core and Coxes’ peel mashed in the twister | alternate letters; anag. incl. C(oxe)s |
| 930 | SABULOSE | VHC | Suitable for petanque and as boules pitch | anag. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 862 | OFF-AND-ON | VHC | In the manner that characterises female – Donna – mobile! | of f + anag. & lit. |
| 840 | SONDE | VHC | Stratocruiser’s heading is set with bit of data captured by one | s + d in one & lit. |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 831 | COOLABAH (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Tigger’s drunk maybe – pleasing a Pooh! | cool a bah!; digger’s trunk |
| 818 | EMBUSQUÉ | First | Skipper? Board dismissing for example Caine’s! | embus + Que(eg); ref The Caine Mutiny |
| 792 | DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Sighs Ball, ‘A/n amour! So don’t beat it, willow!’ | ref. The Mikado |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 731 | STRING | VHC | Essential for starting straight the rows in neat gardens | initial letters & lit. |
| 727 | WELL-TO-DO | VHC | Kindly explain dust on velvet! | ‘Well?’ + to-do |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 609 | LUCKY-BAG | Second | Where you pay to fish alewife and mort | 2 meanings each for a. and m. |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 517 | IMMORTELLE | VHC | A cat’s ear for example – that is catching a lot in fight | mort2 in mell in i.e.; c.e.=antennaria |
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | Third | What’s ‘cento’ originally about? I go and look mine up | I go lo my (rev.) in anag. & lit. |
| 495 | CACOETHES | VHC | Not a nice drive – coaches, etc., endlessly weaving | anag. incl. et(c) |
| 482 | BODY-SNATCHER | VHC | He soon vacated the shell – form prize by middle of term | shell = coffin; body (vt.) + snatch +(t)er(m) |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Wretched Sou/th – didn’t know King had fallen! | ‘Tell it not in Gath’ |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 401 | GO-AHEAD | Third | Where the kokum’s found nut butter certainly is | Goa head; b. = one who butts |
| 393 | INTRACARDIAC | VHC | Like a fool’s saying – astray, arrant and acidic | anag.; ref Psalm xiv, 1 |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 362 | SEA-SOLDIER | VHC | Whose indication might be the blue ensign? | sea, soldier |
| 354 | SHEER-HULK | Second | Bottom no longer decked with large pair overhead – simple bumpkin | sheer hulk; bottom = ship; ref. AMND |
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | A small rum – neat – holds courage! | come in odd, short; courage interjection, small n. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 310 | STERNFAST | VHC | Rump-rash after lashing | stern fast |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Torturing ulcers and gins – essentials for those in the saddle | anag. |
2012-2013
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2083 BEWITCH
2078 RÉCOLLET
2064 COLD TURKEY
2058 ROBUST
2010-2011
2027 THRENETICAL
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1949 PALFRENIER
1945 PRISON
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1918 PALAMPORE
1908 WE THREE KINGS
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1879 LITTER BASKET
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1858 HUMONGOUS
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1827 AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)
1823 KISS
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1797 HEART
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1771 PARTERRE
1762 DUDDERY
1758 BIMBETTE
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
1737 ANIMUS
2004-2005
1711 MINUS
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1694 MISINTERPRET
1689 SYNOD
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1667 CLARINI
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1650 SAPHENA
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
1641 GADGETEER
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1615 RUGATE
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1593 MANSUETE
1585 SHIATSU
1576 FACADE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1550 MEMORITER
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1533 MASTER-MARINER
2000-2001
1511 DEEP-SEATED
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1467 CANAPÉ
1999-2000
1450 PRETENDANT
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1998-1999
1411 LOOK-SEE
1394 BERGAMOT
1997-1998
1346 PHARISEE
1338 SMART ALEC
1322 CARPET
1996-1997
1294 TRANSENNA
1290 NITERIE
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1273 SIPOREX
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1242 KNOCKERS
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1225 CURRY
1220 CASSANDRA
1216 CHAPERON
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1186 GRISELDA
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1130 AGRESTAL
1126 CHEATERY
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1108 GREEN
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1030 PASTILLE
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
982 ALMANAC
969 BUNTER
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
956 SPEAR-SIDE
1989-1990
926 NERD
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
917 HOOLIGANISM
913 ARCHIBALD
904 VOETGANGER
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
866 NECTAREOUS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
827 MICKEY-TAKING
814 SPOUSAGE
796 UPHOLSTERY
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
764 CHILDERMAS
762 OBELISE
753 SHEEPDOG
1985-1986
722 SUPERNACULUM
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
1984-1985
662 BARGE-COUPLE
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
657 SILLY-BILLY
653 INTERNUNCIO
649 AUSTRALORP
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
640 MACHETE
1983-1984
607 CARNEY
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
594 DOINGS
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
552 NOURICE-FEE
547 GLEEMAN
534 DODGEM
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
521 ATTITUDINISE
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
443 STEEPLECROWN
434 JARDINIÈRE
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
410 CUL-DE-SAC
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
340 BOOKSIE
332 NUT-CASE
319 PODESTA
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
298 NOSER
289 AMNESIAC
281 DINOCERAS
276 AMTRACK
1976-1977
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
247 FLIVVER
243 OLYMPIC
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
208 RALPH
1974-1975
118 OPERETTIST (Misprints)
1972-1973
36 CRUSADER
10 LINGERIE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 1993-1994 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |