Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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W. Drever | 58 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 105 | 66 | Jun 2005 | May 2022 | 16y 11m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2021-2022 | ||||
2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | What’s obscene term for fundament? Arse possibly! | fundament; t + anag. |
2595 | FIFTY YEARS | VHC | Azed’s latest milestone? Signify half-century exuberantly with special lunching out | anag. less anag. |
2591 | GHAT | Third | See Gandhi thus disposed of in Hindus’ —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
2578 | VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Series of changes produced by video assistant referee leads to inconsistency of results unfortunately | VAR + first letters |
2569 | BILBO | Second | Hobbit deficient in height, character central to J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel | anag. less ht incl. l, & lit. |
2020-2021 | ||||
2564 | CLEARING | VHC | Opening up, slippery Lance Armstrong finally admits sources of racing infringements | r i in anag. incl. g |
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Conclusions drawn from jaunt to castle annoy Dominic Cummings perhaps | last letters + rag |
2551 | SPAVIN (Spoonerisms) | First | After Augusta’s fifth, US golfer heading for par in ‘Juniper’ makes a silly four | filly sore; s + (Corey) Pavin, p in savin; ‘Juniper’, par 3 6th hole at Augusta |
2543 | CABRETTA | VHC | ‘R & B’, a term for music reflecting Ms. James’s beautifully smooth material | R, B a c (rev.) + Etta; ref. E. James |
2539 | TORSE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘Behind’ when at Harvard? One could use ‘tu/sh’! | |
2532 | POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree) | VHC | Period during which winds gust a lot? | anag. in patch |
2019-2020 | ||||
2504 | UPBEAT | VHC | Gleeful doctor starts to examine page three beauty’s unique assets | anag. of first letters |
2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Fantastic show with old-style music finale from Fats Domino? | dream2 + s + cape |
2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | VHC | Time at end of November where one starts to ponder sunshine abroad? | anag. incl. t, r, a, p, s, & lit. |
2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | A tight wrangle thwarted leaders of EU and UK getting ‘leave deal’ done | right tangle; anag. of first letters |
2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | ‘We’ in Paris, or Belgium possibly, is expressed ‘nous’ | anag. incl. B, less is |
2018-2019 | ||||
2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | VHC | Relating to gripes altering main line vehicle route largely | anag. + l; trac(k) |
2447 | CONGENER | Third | Odd characters in crown green bowling having a match | alternate letters + anag. |
2434 | STONKERED | VHC | Is ‘Drunkometer’ required for one —— with rum? Possibly | comp. anag. incl. I, & lit. |
2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | Diminutive lay minister fell for head of choir | cleric with hew for c |
2428 | SHEPHERDS | VHC | They’re startled at first, then melodically informed king is in rickety shed | s + hep R in anag., & lit. |
2425 | EPILIMNION | VHC | Record I draw on includes current top band from the Lakes | I in EP I limn on |
2017-2018 | ||||
2403 | SWALE (Spoonerisms) | First | Birch a lout with old-fashioned wicker lashes | lurch about; w in sale2 |
2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | Fabric softener frequently leaves attire outwardly much improved | anag. less often incl. a, e |
2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | Beethoven’s sixth – quiet ‘Pastoral’ work, without a tense overture | anag. incl. o, p, less a, t |
2376 | SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding) | VHC | Terrible snows brought about the end of office parties, sadly | anag. incl. e in anag. |
2369 | FACETIAE | VHC | Primarily funny adages? Cruder examples typically include adult erotica | first letters & lit. |
2016-2017 | ||||
2351 | RHAGADES | VHC | A hag with syphilis: could her face ultimately develop these? | anag. incl. last letters, & lit.; ref. late stage congenital syphilis |
2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | After a Labour win Corbyn vowed to change, the Conservatives hi/d | |
2325 | MASON | VHC | I’m a stone ‘master’, when item needs to be cut | I’m a stone M less item, & lit. |
2322 | VENTRICOSE | VHC | Viagra’s beginning to get floppy erections quite tumescent! | V + anag. |
2015-2016 | ||||
2305 | AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number) | First | What’s a largely dull term for ‘fadge’? | a gre(y) e, & lit.; term |
2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | Working lunch ultimately is M&S ham salad | anag. incl. h |
2279 | CLEMENTINE | VHC | Dreadfully cold end for the miner’s lamented: dear Ms —— | comp. anag. incl. c, e, & lit. |
2274 | SIMPATICO | VHC | ‘Compassionate’ – as one expressed around Italy, possibly? | I in anag. less as one, & lit. |
2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | Footballer finally leaves for Spain in busy transfer window | anag. with E for r |
2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Enlist me to ultimately have organised this celebratory pint for Azed | point; anag. incl o |
2014-2015 | ||||
2239 | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Foreign letter I presume must return to lend out site | send out light; eta I dare (rev.) |
2213 | SOLECISM | VHC | Blundering beginner is involved in the opening bit of Strictly Come Dancing | anag. incl. L is S; blundering n. |
2205 | CUMBERSOME | Third | Clumsy routine gets beginner eliminated in opening of Strictly Come Dancing | (n)umber in anag. incl. S |
2013-2014 | ||||
2187 | WEST | VHC | Leading characters from this ‘End’ would star in play | anag. of first letters, & lit. |
2183 | SANGRAIL | VHC | Cor anglais has no business playing the incredible theme of ‘The Mission’ | anag. less Co. |
2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | To add a run, one includes leg bye | on in say a r a |
2012-2013 | ||||
2118 | BLOKEISH | Third | I’m this when boisterous, like ‘himbos’ | comp. anag. & lit. |
2011-2012 | ||||
2083 | BEWITCH | VHC | Leaders of bridal entourage wait in the church hall entrance | first letters |
2074 | BENNET | VHC | What’s found in baseline’s edges, and on Wimbledon Centre Court ultimately? | b, e + last letters, & lit. |
2053 | PERISHER def. ESTIMATE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Limb’s affected I reckon primarily with herpes | anag. incl. I, r; reckon |
2010-2011 | ||||
2010 | A COMING OF AGE | VHC | After childhood primarily, one stops me goofing about? | A c + a in anag., & lit. |
2000 | TWO THOUSAND | VHC | No. —— ‘not out’, Azed ultimately has now compiled? | comp. anag. incl. d, & lit. |
1992 | FOULARD | VHC | Is this accessory fancy coloured scarf, say? | comp. anag. & lit. |
2009-2010 | ||||
1975 | SEPTENTRIONAL | VHC | Northern Rock plan, with zero interest | anag. incl. 0; ref. poor rates offered by bank after bail-out |
1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | A prowess, in the main? This is one possibly | comp. anag. & lit. |
2008-2009 | ||||
1906 | MORSE | VHC | Foremost of many Observer ‘regulars’ – solver extraordinaire? | first letters & lit. |
1897 | WASH-OUT | VHC | What are summers here, often? Unfortunately this primarily! | first letters & lit. |
2007-2008 | ||||
1836 | POSTHASTE | VHC | Rather quick to pass the buck | anag. |
2006-2007 | ||||
1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | Ghastly —— could give stag labyrinthine troubles | comp. anag. & lit. |
2005-2006 | ||||
1758 | BIMBETTE | VHC | Is she a female parody somehow of a pretty dim babe? | comp. anag. incl. f, & lit. |
2004-2005 | ||||
1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Ditch old ideal for new ones | ditch; anag. incl. o |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2586 BALDERDASH
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2560 BOMBAST
2547 FILATORY
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2530 STUDENTY
2525 PLACITUM
2521 CHAMBERS
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2495 BUNG
2486 BRUHAHA
2482 VOX POP
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2451 CAPUT
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2421 SPASMODICAL
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2395 PURITANISM
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2347 ASLEEP
2338 TRUMP
2334 ALLELUIAH
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2015-2016
2296 IMPROPERLY
2287 VALET
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2226 DOUBLE-PARKING
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2218 FOREIGNER
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2191 PLUG
2178 PARISON
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2161 FARRAGO
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2152 STUFFED SHIRT
2012-2013
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2126 DESPERATE
2122 NICETY
2109 THICKETY
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2091 SNIFTER
2087 ROCKET
2078 RÉCOLLET
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2036 AL CONTO
2031 EMBROIDERY
2027 THRENETICAL
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2014 HACKETTE
2012 BLOATING
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1967 SUBORDINATELY
1962 ANADEM
1958 HANGDOG
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1945 PRISON
2008-2009
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1910 BARPERSON
1901 SANITISE
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1823 KISS
1814 HIPSTER
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1771 PARTERRE
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1762 DUDDERY
1753 DIAGONAL
1752 MIDWINTER
1746 ENTOMIC
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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2020-2021 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 7 | 13 |
2019-2020 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
2018-2019 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 6 | 11 |
2017-2018 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 6 | 19 |
2016-2017 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
2015-2016 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 4 | 19 |
2014-2015 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 8 | 25 |
2013-2014 | 0 | 3 | 8 | – |
2012-2013 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 9 | – |
2011-2012 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
2010-2011 | 0 | 3 | 8 | – |
2009-2010 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
2008-2009 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
2007-2008 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
2004-2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |