ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. J. Hooper | 183 | 19 | 27 | 137 | 101 | 229 | Jun 1975 | Mar 2013 | 37y 9m | R. Hooper |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | Sinking with deep waters swirling about could make one this | anag. less w, & lit. |
| 2122 | NICETY | VHC | Tiny shell of chinaware is crafted to show quality of the finish | anag. incl. c, e; finish (adj) |
| 2109 | THICKETY | Third | Violet Elizabeth’s ghastly, yet somehow in solid with elders? | i.e. ‘sick’ with lisp + anag.; ref. William books |
| 2096 | TRICK | VHC | Mo keeps lead in race – it’s a fast one | r in tick |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2091 | SNIFTER | VHC | The end for Batman, trapped by Riddler? It could serve to sink spirits in Gotham City | n in sifter; ref. comic book characters |
| 2078 | RÉCOLLET | VHC | One who’s into Revelations, retiring and with restricted company? | co. in teller (rev.), & lit. |
| 2074 | BENNET | VHC | Bath bun? It’s not quite fresh, getting dunked in cup of tea | ne(w) in bent1; see bun2 |
| 2070 | MISTREATMENT | VHC | What cannibals do in obscurity, right, must constitute this | eat men in mist rt, & lit. |
| 2065 | DERMESTIDAE | VHC | See maid tread clumsily, one spilling champers on carpet etc | anag. less a |
| 2064 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Outcome for truly coked-up after crack completely withdrawn? | anag. less up, & lit. |
| 2058 | ROBUST | First | Tough as old boots from crate in cobblers | bus in rot |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Experts on The Planets studied larg/o I’d recently discovered | |
| 2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | How one might order starters in Calabrian osteria, Lombardy albergo or Neapolitan trat | anag. of first letters, & lit. |
| 2031 | EMBROIDERY | Third | Cracking Briers comedy with central couple dropping out – something Penelope worked on for years | anag. less s, c; ref. TV comedy series ‘The Good Life’, P. Keith & wife of Odysseus |
| 2012 | BLOATING | VHC | A belt going tight, eg, this will lead to | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | Taste of Worcester Pearmain’s not quite the fresh quality of a good Cox, say | w + anag. incl. th(e) |
| 1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Skimpy garb for beach bum acquiring tan at sea – could it drop lower? | TANGA NATES; lower noun |
| 1958 | HANGDOG | First | It’s looking like a wet weekend with chill to follow | hang + dog |
| 1940 | SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number) | VHC | Need to take words of such as politicians with a pinch of salt | s + cant; pinch |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1918 | PALAMPORE | Second | Spread of snorers makes one glower during baroque opera | lamp in anag. |
| 1914 | VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent) | VHC | One having to check such as rumpy and lovers’ overtures | vet + first letters; rumpy = Manx cat |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1879 | LITTER BASKET | VHC | Hendry drops red in here, carrying frame; next shot takes black | litter + anag. incl b; red2; Scottish snooker player |
| 1849 | AUXESIS | VHC | What brings one to the art at Bayeux is more than just embroidery | aux es (Fr.) + is |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1814 | HIPSTER | VHC | I’ll investigate hot new culture i’d taken from heated Petri dish | anag. less I’d |
| 1797 | HEART | VHC | What beats having cockles? It’s tucking right into hot chop | h + r in eat; 2 defs |
| 1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | Equus to shock circle, in due course springing up before matinee’s done and heading for theatre bar | appal + O + so (rev.) + a; anag. + t |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1758 | BIMBETTE | VHC | I’m into books? One such as I will never reach the end – or even start | I’m in bb + (l)ette(r), & lit. |
| 1753 | DIAGONAL | VHC | Goal! – and international’s shot from a corner headed for another | anag. incl I |
| 1752 | MIDWINTER | First | Time around which man taking sack maybe appears after dark’s returned | dim, rev., + t in winer, & lit. |
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Computer that Dell’s invested in needs absolute eradicating of bugs | tom in eni(a)c |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | Gay after theatrical hit so went joke bygone Sam cracked | anag.; ref S. Johnson: ‘[The Beggar’s Opera] had the effect … of making Gay rich, and Rich gay.’ |
| 1719 | ANHELATION | VHC | A new short skirt worn in a hotel – it makes pants noticeable, climbing stairs | anag. in a, n |
| 1711 | MINUS | VHC | Alight in a frenzy, not running to time? It can be a bit of a problem, this line | in in mus(t) |
| 1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Tempest with ultimate in rotten acting? It was a fiasco | lagena; gale n a |
| 1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | In trial, Met dish crook for fabrication, leading to exemplary sentence perhaps | anag. in worry |
| 1700 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | First | ‘In Foreign Office I’ve hit trouble,’ the PM bristles | I’ve in FO + clock shadow |
| 1694 | MISINTERPRET | VHC | Arrive at wrong solution to Printer’s Devihy in new format of Times | anag. in anag. |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1667 | CLARINI | VHC | Irenical winds? Not the first of epithets here | anag. less e, & lit.; wind2 |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1611 | LEISLER | VHC | A tea-tray in the sky? I may be taken for one by nonsense versifier | Isle (= I) for a in Lear; ref. Mad Hatter’s tea party |
| 1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | Oxford detective Morse spending minimal time at New – could clue indicate Oriel? | Fen + -anag. of (Mo)rse at;. ref. Gervase F. in novels of Edmund Crispin |
| 1598 | PHRASEMONGER | VHC | One who over-refines words in interpretation of Morgen, perhaps, neglecting piano | anag. less p; ref. Richard Strauss song |
| 1596 | GENISTA (Definition of Anagram) | Third | Dope – taking it’s a crazy course, opposite of wise men’s | easting; gen + anag. |
| 1585 | SHIATSU | VHC | Applying pressure over arms etc, has it to be done with American backing to succeed? | anag. + US (rev.) |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | Traditional alternative to shopping malls needs to stock the latest skirt | malls; gen in mart |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1554 | PEARL | VHC | Colleague of Dean and Rector dwelling within the sound of bells | R in peal; ref. P. & D. film advertisements |
| 1550 | MEMORITER | VHC | How maestro could conduct item Rorem composed | anag.; ref. Ned R.., US composer |
| 1546 | TRANSPARENT | VHC | Ingenuous Stan and partner, gotten into a fine mess | anag.; ref. Laurel & Hardy |
| 1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | First | Castro perhaps in troop making entrance after complete internal revolution | portal with inside letters reversed |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1515 | SNIDE | Third | For coining such repeatedly, crook ends inside? | double anag. & lit. |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1439 | JOHN CANOE | Third | Seasonal celebrations in office, WC 1, with large number going | John can o(n)e |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1385 | PANTRIES | First | What maids must step into daily when apprehending dinner’s close? | r in panties, & lit. |
| 1380 | RAPPORT (Misprints) | VHC | Header’s gone in net – Seaman’s left an emotional kind of pink | (t)rap port; link; ref England goalkeeper |
| 1376 | LOGO | Second | Cipher associated with brand, possibly? | log + 0, & lit. |
| 1372 | MASTERSTROKE | VHC | Sea-going Pole, under sail at first, then steam, and begetter of Victory? | mast erst roke; misleading ref to J. Conrad |
| 1367 | SANBENITOS | VHC | Special fashion for ones bastin’? | anag. & lit. |
| 1363 | MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number) | First | Bird having to strip is in the buff | mav(is) + in; strip |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1322 | CARPET | VHC | Possible hanging matter fabricated? Marshal Earp in court | anag. in ct; matter = mat-maker (OED) |
| 1316 | FINGERLICKIN’ | Third | Champion Faldo losing lead with not quite par round | (N)ick in fingerlin(g) |
| 1312 | REST-CURE | VHC | Possibly relaxing time in San Jose’s ending after stay gets cut short | rest cur(t); san = sanatorium |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1307 | AGILE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | With 250 neat entries for Azed’s grading, illegibility’s ludicrous error | two nifty feet; first letters |
| 1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Half-formed ‘air-drawn’ fancy seen with play’s leading character alone on stage? | p on + air-d (anag.), & lit.; ref ‘Macbeth’ 2, 1 & 3, 4, 62 |
| 1290 | NITERIE | First | Dive made from upturned punts | ‘Eire tin’ rev. |
| 1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | Second | Heart of Christmas story: unique gift from God abides in animals’ dwelling | STA(BLES SING)LE; S + tale |
| 1268 | ARGIE-BARGIE | VHC | Ringing changes in bigger areas, I could produce really annoying ding-dong | anag. |
| 1264 | TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left) | Second | Eager over-fours replaced game for under-fours with train set in box, perhaps | anag.; drill in tree |
| 1260 | OUT-AND-OUT | VHC | Dog? One slipping lead in the field nips small terriers | TA in (h)ound out; dog adv |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1255 | CATAFALCO | VHC | A flat’s strewn with half-consumed Coca-Cola, the remains of late parties! hold | anag. |
| 1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | Ferry operator restricts use of bars etc? My charges on trip should be small | PE in Charon |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Yearning for horse? That’s proud king yclept Dicky (the two Princes disposed of) | anag. incl. K, less p, p; ref Richard III |
| 1152 | PARACETAMOL | Second | What suppresses the aches of the chap with a molar decaying? | anag., less h, h, & lit. |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | Short to play against one with superb ending – it’s mate for Kasparov | to(y) v a rich |
| 1130 | AGRESTAL | VHC | A great lover’s not finished performing – naturally wild in bed | anag. less over |
| 1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | Matchless sprinter staggered, losing lead to Linford, thus was not quite the first | anag. less L, thus = frankincense |
| 1122 | BASILIAN | Second | Left out of waltzing in a ball, is one possibly taken for a beguine? | anag. less l; beguine2 |
| 1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | VHC | Ancient jar of Grecian 2000 (half defective) that ruined old Stan’s locks | M in anag. incl. o |
| 1113 | EMPLASTRUM | First | Mutton and rump with salt in caper and mustard dressing, perhaps | em + anag., ref. mustard plaster |
| 1108 | GREEN | VHC | Like e.g. mint, there’s a hole in it | 2 meanings |
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | Third | Where ‘lads and girls … come to dust’ (which also evokes girls and boys involved with a clean-up!) | comp. anag.; ref. song from ‘Cymbeline’ |
| 1100 | CONCORDANCE | VHC | What’s used to locate knock-about meeting with Conrade in play? | con-c. + anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Much Ado’, III, iii |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | Possible bank deposit in Lloyd’s – I’d öre, not yen, for exchange | anag. less Y |
| 1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | Second | Popular romp Sega’s displaced (after dad’s bought it)? | anag. less pop & lit. |
| 1074 | DEMIREP | Second | In translation, I’m perdue, not accepted in good society? | anag. less U & lit. |
| 1069 | (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces) | VHC | Help the cops in charge to uncover counterfeit | SOS + i/c in the |
| 1052 | AGANIPPE | VHC | A rare visitor to Henley, am I to catch a crab in boat race initially? | (b)ag a nippe(r); ref. WE. Henley, minor poet |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | First | In which horse takes step to its side instead of the usual way. | pad + (hors)e for way in Galloway, & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Cartoon mouse producing raspberry ja/m | ref. Tom & Jerry |
| 1039 | TOLERABLE | VHC | Fair representation demanded by balloteer | anag. |
| 1034 | BURLAP | VHC | Planting soft yielding kiss in attempt to soothe baby could be requirement for canvasser | la(X) in burp |
| 1030 | PASTILLE | VHC | Hardly contributes to cause of cleaner teeth | ill in paste & lit |
| 1026 | LET-OFF | VHC | Fire escape | 2 meanings |
| 1021 | BEARD | VHC | Face down? | 2 meanings |
| 1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | Third | It’s kind of pop to wrap gents’ garb for head teacher’s present, say couple we hear with mum in market | chaps in ska; ‘pair’ ma in, ‘an apple for the teacher’ |
| 1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | Item listed by Yeats before lake water lapping verse line | v in a l ea + ry,& lit.; ref. ‘Lake Isle of Innisfree’ |
| 1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Flowers in box on ground? Variety’s enthralling P. Thrower | Blowers; P in sport’s + caster; ref. Henry ‘B.’ Blofeld, Percy T. |
| 1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | Second | One lot surprisingly paraded around past home in G. and S. | pa. in in anag. + in G.S., & lit; ref ‘Ruddigore’ |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 991 | BRASH (or BRUSH) | VHC | Branches axed in cuts to services, perhaps? Reduced rail network remains | BR + ash; service2 |
| 987 | IRON CURTAIN | Second | With force of gravity, this could have crashed ruining actor’s composure | anag. less g & lit. |
| 978 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | VHC | M’s fifth rule: Bond will get into trouble with cutey | anag.; M = 1000 |
| 974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | This kind of thing has been dashed off by scholar for Chambers! | i.e. (s)avant pro pos, & lit. |
| 972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | Tea clobber: half-guinea hat on ‘nut’ | ref. Mad Hatter’s tea party |
| 969 | BUNTER | VHC | I’d reveal p.o.’s not materialised when cake bill’s presented | bun (pos)ter & lit. |
| 956 | SPEAR-SIDE | First | Dies out after a person’s popped off without male issue | anag. less son + anag., & lit. |
| 947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | First | Ill-doers push crack? No crack here – just a joint given a pull | anag. ref. drugs |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | What scale models will circle aloft? Trainers – Oxford perhaps – but not Wellingtons | up in anag. |
| 920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | First | Lord King detains staff with pained expression: “I’ll have BA back in front, well ahead of KLM” | Cross in Christ R, ow, ref. British Airways chairman |
| 917 | HOOLIGANISM | VHC | Rough behaviour, shaming game, involves representatives of FA and League in meeting | OO, l, i’ in anag.; FA = Fanny Adams |
| 904 | VOETGANGER | VHC | Growing threat to countryside turns a Govt green | anag. |
| 895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | ‘Not knowing one’s brass from one’s oboe’? One must enter quality definition | a in tone def. |
| 891 | CAT | VHC | Dandy lion? | 2 meanings |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 887 | MONSTER | VHC | No little creature in mass – ‘enormous-est’ brute! | m + anag. less mouse & lit. ; brute adj. |
| 874 | BLUESTOCKING | VHC | College beak with bust (?) in worsted (Miss Beale, possibly) | comp. anag. & lit. ; ref. Dorothea B. |
| 853 | DEBACLE | VHC | Half of MCC able bats? That won’t debar English collapse | E in anag. of DC able |
| 840 | SONDE | VHC | Eminent interpreter of Blue Skies and Stormy Weather? Song-writer wants him | Sond(h)e(im) |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 835 | PROSAICAL | VHC | A la scrip o’ novel? | anag. & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | S. American peon could work near me | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 779 | MISSING LINK | VHC | Don’t get at Mikhail G, source of overtures for reduction – he’s presumably an advance on his predecessors | miss in Glink(a) |
| 774 | VICTORINE | Second | Wrap it over chin if not hot? | anag. less h & lit. |
| 770 | HERMITS | VHC | They must interpret theism with utmost of rigour | anag. incl. r & lit. |
| 762 | OBELISE | VHC | ‘Tell how it alters’ ? (Honour is briefly put down in Raleigh poem) | OBE + ’s in (the) Lie; ref. Sir W. R.’s poem |
| 753 | SHEEPDOG | VHC | What may a. appear in trials, b. sell paint, c. collect hogs, d. pee indiscriminately? | anag.; ref. Dulux ad, etc. |
| 740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | Flying Circus? Cleese, Idle are endlessly funny | anag. less final letters; ref. M. Python |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 731 | STRING | VHC | Bite for King to tuck into? | R in sting & lit.; ref. Belloc’s Henry K. |
| 727 | WELL-TO-DO | VHC | With plenty of tin available, shaft sunk,near Land’s End comes to nothing | well to d O; ref . crisis in tin industry |
| 722 | SUPERNACULUM | VHC | It beats usual cup men take | anag. incl. r & lit. |
| 718 | FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Aim of drummers in LPO: loud, not soft, playing | f for p in anag.; drummer = commercial traveller |
| 714 | MOTE | VHC | What means ‘tick’as well as ‘mound (long unused)’? | mo + te(l) & lit. |
| 712 | PANTOMIME HORSE | VHC | In me (some part!) couple of ‘hoofers’ clown | anag. incl. ho & lit. |
| 705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | In which we’d see rhapsodic air mute psycho? | anag. & lit. |
| 696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | Male’s among men in action abroad – serving in Foreign Legion, perhaps? | m in anag.; ref. traditional reason for joining F.L. |
| 692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | Second | Get low impulses to spike punch before our party? It will set things alight | spike; id3 in fib2 + us |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | First | What makes ‘gourdy’ when defined by coot et al? | curb (disease of horses) in cuit + al, & lit. |
| 683 | BANISH | VHC | Transport strike off | 2 meanings |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 679 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | One on country picnic: ‘Go/d – ant-hill!’ | |
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | Prisoner’s on trial in connection with leaflets creating alarm | con’s ternate; trial2 |
| 666 | Any word; subsidiary indicators to omit an animal (Beasts) | VHC | What you’ll find in colour supplement drops animal elements | hu(manis)es |
| 662 | BARGE-COUPLE | First | Sawyer’s contribution to topping story shows the lighter Twain | barge couple, ref. Mark T. |
| 657 | SILLY-BILLY | VHC | Close and Illingworth must accept (if all but opener go!) Boycott for one bats | B in silly Illy |
| 653 | INTERNUNCIO | First | One not effective in bending certain union | anag. less a, & lit., ref. current (Nov. 1984) miners’ strike |
| 649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | A variety of our Partlets, not a little alien | anag. less ET, & lit. |
| 644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | Result of limitless bets involving a system always coming up? | a syst. + e’er (rev.) in (b)et(s), & lit. |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | Help for Cuban peasants cutting through bush | Che (Guevara) in maté |
| 635 | ROSEMARY | VHC | You’ll find ——’s offered with rue ‘with a difference’ in sorry measure | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Hamlet IV, v |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 627 | AMBIENT | VHC | It’s buzzing with BA men | anag. & lit.; BA = British Airways |
| 618 | CRETISM | Third | I may be swallowed by the foolish etc (and RMs?) | I in anag. & lit.; ‘tell it to the marines’ |
| 615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | Short title, i.e. not long novel | anag. less L |
| 607 | CARNEY | VHC | Soap opera girl has contrary craving for men | yen (rev.) for men in Carmen |
| 590 | MINEVER | Third | What edges something in which peer dresses up? | even (vb) in rim (all rev.) & lit. |
| 581 | SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number) | VHC | Eccentric soprano tackling snatch of Donizetti was both sharp and flat. | eccentric; D in anag. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 576 | TOP-NOTCH | Third | Two small children pounding piano not likely to get rave reviews | p, no in tot, ch |
| 572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | Could be mixture of aloes and ink! | anag. & lit. |
| 558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Content of Christmas crates? Mm, nice fruity taste | cates; anag., fruity = crazy |
| 556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | Third | Since becoming free, Walesa appears less active | singe; anag. less a |
| 547 | GLEEMAN | VHC | Has he lots of numbers to call up (all good lays)? Gee, lover has hidden energy | G + E in leman |
| 543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | It could make you stop wearying | anag. & lit. |
| 538 | INGRAIN | VHC | Causing fall, cycling fast | raining cyclically |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 508 | POSTURE-MAKER | VHC | P. E. makes route to career for me | anag. & lit. |
| 506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What’s the fu/n? As always, getting lit up with alcohol | etna |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 404 | CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Keeper can lead astray forward without a back swearing job is his | wax-bearing; can + anag. less a + holder |
| 379 | SCYTHEMAN | VHC | Grotty chem; nasty maths: I get exercise in them | math = mowing |
| 375 | SPREATHE | Second | ‘Asperate’ gives one this, not ‘aspirate’, silly! | i.e. gives anag. incl. a less h, & lit. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | Actively put end to idleness and shift | idleness; put s anag. + art, & lit. |
| 352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | Flashy rig half the time needing attention, that could make a fir sightly? | anag. incl. ti(me), anag., & lit. |
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Half that duo of Browning’s – that’s a description of Gigadibs | Book’s, i.e.; ref. ‘The Ring and the Book’ and ‘Bishop Blougram’s Apology’ |
| 332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | The hatter or the hat? | i.e. nut case |
| 323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | Take a look up: you could see me soaring in a high place | rev. in alp |
| 319 | PODESTA | VHC | Man with ‘fair round belly’ and seat abroad? | pod + anag.; ref. AYLI |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 306 | DICKENS | VHC | In revolution Sydney cops chopped neck, you’ll read in me | anag. in Sid (rev.); ref. S. Carton |
| 301 | TROLLOPISH | Second | Posh? Rot! – ill groomed | anag. & lit |
| 294 | HUMECT | Second | What tears etc. do primarily? | hum + anag. & lit. |
| 281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | Amiss and I score? With my stumps on the ground I walked long ago | anag.; ref. Dennis A. |
| 276 | AMTRACK | VHC | One’s waterproof, landing spearheads of the raid? | t, r in a mack & lit. |
| 272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | Gateau with malt, nuts and spice | anag. |
| 267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | First of May : what’s carried on energetically around centre of Padstow? | s in anag.; ref. hobby in Brewer |
| 263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | They’re a strong team etc. What a tea – s/ad me stumped! | ref. 1 ac. in puzzle |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | First | Year J. Bull loves E.R. II afresh | anag. & lit. |
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | Christmas song character in need ; ‘Hither, Page!’ louder ordered king | anag. incl. p + R; ref. Wenceslas |
| 243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Description of sacred mountain-top elite, knowing no limits? | (h)oly m-pic(k), & lit. |
| 238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | As demonstration: ‘Make gamble, join ramble, and head it with credit.’ | cr + anag. |
| 225 | VALETA | VHC | See a radical Party-man scattering tea – could this accompany revolutionary activity in Boston? | v. a L (=Liberal) + anag.; ref. B. tea party |
| 216 | SCANTITY | First | You’re sure to get it in a second lean year | it in s cant y & lit. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 203 | BOGY | First | Dogberry’s role: —— errors led astray? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. constable in ‘Much Ado…’ |
| 197 | CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Successful Palace scheme – Rover/s put in grim struggles, were finally quelled | |
| 195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | Foolish type – no leader – wanting will often and outwardly unconfident | (s)illy shall in shy |
2012-2013
2113 PICAROON
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2011-2012
2087 ROCKET
2083 BEWITCH
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1997 FADO
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1962 ANADEM
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1949 PALFRENIER
2008-2009
1923 ELLIPTIC
1897 WASH-OUT
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1858 HUMONGOUS
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
2005-2006
1771 PARTERRE
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1563 SLYBOOTS
1999-2000
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1998-1999
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1997-1998
1338 SMART ALEC
1336 STOCKING
1996-1997
1294 TRANSENNA
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1273 SIPOREX
1995-1996
1220 CASSANDRA
1994-1995
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1165 YAPSTER
1993-1994
1139 BENJAMIN
1126 CHEATERY
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1078 KIRBEH
1065 TANDOORI
1061 MAGIC
1056 ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)
1991-1992
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1000 ONE THOUSAND
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
982 ALMANAC
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
961 WAVESON
1989-1990
922 REFORMADO
913 ARCHIBALD
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
869 HOLD-UPS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
827 MICKEY-TAKING
823 SARBACANE
788 CROW
1986-1987
766 GUBBINS
764 CHILDERMAS
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
709 GINGER
701 BALUSTRADE
1984-1985
670 TURNIP-FLEA
1983-1984
609 LUCKY-BAG
603 FIGULINE
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
564 PARAMENT
559 EMBASE
1981-1982
513 ETYMOLOGICON
1979-1980
406 BOIL
384 OUTSPREADING
1978-1979
366 MONKEY-SHINE
362 SEA-SOLDIER
349 ODDCOMESHORT
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
298 NOSER
289 AMNESIAC
1976-1977
247 FLIVVER
229 METRICATE
1975-1976
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
169 THUGGEE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| 2010-2011 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 2009-2010 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 2008-2009 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 2004-2005 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2001-2002 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 2000-2001 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 3 (2, 1, 0) | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997-1998 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| 1996-1997 | 3 (1, 2, 0) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 1992-1993 | 3 (1, 2, 0) | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 1991-1992 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 1990-1991 | 3 (2, 1, 0) | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1989-1990 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 1985-1986 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 1984-1985 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983-1984 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 1982-1983 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 1977-1978 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 1976-1977 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 1975-1976 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 3 | 19 |