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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs M. J. Cansfield | 49 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 167 | 52 | Apr 1956 | Mar 2013 | 56y 11m | Mrs J. Cansfield Miss M. J. Patrick |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1945 | PRISON | VHC | Can leaders in parliament really imagine such overheads necessary? | first letters; ref. MPs’ expenses |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1884 | FREELOADER | VHC | He’ll hang on for dear life if thrown out, struggling to conserve energy | E in anag. less if |
| 1879 | LITTER BASKET | VHC | Given title ‘Baker St Irregular’, I help to keep place tidy | anag.; ref. S. Holmes stories |
| 1871 | FAIRY GOLD | VHC | This changes into dry foliage – no end of change? | anag. less e, & lit. |
| 1849 | AUXESIS | VHC | USA confused about uprising in Congress? That’s an exaggeration | i’ sex (rev.) in anag. |
| 1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | Hope, now and then, for change in anencephalic character | anag.; ‘a Bear of Very Little Brain’ |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1784 | TEARAWAY | VHC | Get weary at a thrash, and drop off | anag., tear away; get n. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Epithet given to microlepidoptera, wholly or in part | hidden |
| 1733 | PALESTRA | VHC | Soldier has to pay attention once within training establishment | lest in para |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1606 | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | VHC | This helps viewers to see ITN broadcast | anag. |
| 1596 | GENISTA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Geats fashioned to admit metal | ingates; Ni in anag., & lit. |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1524 | INGRATITUDE | VHC | Lack of appreciation, being deprived of love – I get around it somehow | anag. less 0 |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1515 | SNIDE | VHC | Tin fish employed with injurious intent | Sn ide; torpedo |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1463 | REVERSIONAL | VHC | Ginger ale in ‘Rover’s Return’ may be so described | anag.; ginger vb. |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1380 | RAPPORT (Misprints) | VHC | Charge penny a piece for confection | connection; rap p ort |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1234 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | Preliminary approval’s not forthcoming without a bit of lobbying | anag. less l |
| 1232 | The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram) | VHC | At Christmas, should we do without Noel? No! | |
| 1212 | HILDING | VHC | Bit of lard used in basting chicken | l in hiding |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1190 | DENARIUS | VHC | It’s translated as ‘penny’ or, in U.S.A., ‘red’ | anag. |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1069 | (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces) | VHC | In German it’s ‘ersatz’ – ‘echt’ is opposite in meaning | B; anag. in Boche |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 969 | BUNTER | VHC | In fine garb you can not describe her as drab | last letters; in fine = finally |
| 952 | STAR (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Tea-shop’s bill has egg on | she tops; ’s tar3 |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 809 | DOLCE VITA | VHC | Bit of earth shifted back to show path with primroses | clod (rev.) + Evita; ref. musical; ‘primrose path’ |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 506 | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Pa often took Th/omas home when they were courting | |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Somehow its charms strike a note (if you’re lucky) of seasonal appreciation | anag. + box |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | Third | Seducing in a sports car is romance with a capital R | is Ladin in MG; i.e. Romance language |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Various points argued in broadcast | anag. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | New-fangled parts break – do without them | break; anag. in ut; do4 |
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | A mixture of smooth and corded material useful for patchwork | anag. |
| 332 | NUT-CASE | First | Fruit with skin could be called bananas | nut case |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 285 | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | VHC | Jugged or fined by beak | beau; anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Thou setter! CCL bath concerted thanks! | |
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | No ruddier helper there is in a fog | anag. & lit. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Old sweater got up new – bird looks different | anag. |
| 174 | EPEOLATRY | VHC | Breaking parole, yet honouring words | anag. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 79 | SLAPSTICK | VHC | Found within the confines of St. James’ Park – plastic explosive device designed to produce a dramatic bang | anag. in S, k; ref. IRA bomb threat |
| 70 | GESTAPO (Misprints) | VHC | Foreign policy established in General Assembly’s lower chamber | police; est. in GA + po |
| 62 | SOLITAIRES | VHC | Diamonds induce nymphet, short of capital, to accept daddies’ embrace | (L)olita in sires |
| 53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | Kex and lex are confusingly similar at first | anag. + s |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 31 | KITCHENDOM | VHC | Cook’s world tour starts off, with him on deck outside, waving | anag. incl. t |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1158 | ELEPHANT-SEAL | VHC | Being largely used to the sea, the seaplane crashed on a short lake | anag. + l |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | My govern/ment, father, would never allow corporal punishment | |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1036 | CORONETED | VHC | In the middle of two retrenched beds, viola comes up like lords and ladies | tenor (rev.) in co(t, b)ed |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 902 | WINCOPIPE | VHC | It opened wide in nice conditions; otherwise, perhaps, it pointed earthwards | initial letters, & lit. |
| 868 | DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left) | VHC | To smear with tar, we hear, is a remedy in cases of alopecia, and in the early stages of dermatitis and dandruff | ‘to pay’; d and der(matitis); pay2 |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 817 | WYLIE-COATS | Third | Canny sounding layers of rails on Scottish sleepers | ‘wily’ coats; rail5 |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | Astral body? He’s only been astral once | astray; star man |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 547 | STORMY | VHC | Passionate marine gets caught in amorous sport, chasing one of the W.R.N.S. | (WRN)S + RM in toy |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 430 | GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Have your pick and shovel handy when you di/e | |
2012-2013
2126 DESPERATE
2010-2011
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2009-2010
1979 FAR-OUT
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1958 HANGDOG
2008-2009
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1897 WASH-OUT
2007-2008
1858 HUMONGOUS
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
2006-2007
1814 HIPSTER
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1797 HEART
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1762 DUDDERY
1753 DIAGONAL
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
2004-2005
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1694 MISINTERPRET
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1667 CLARINI
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1646 BLACK
1637 AMNESIC
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
2002-2003
1615 RUGATE
1611 LEISLER
1593 MANSUETE
1585 SHIATSU
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
1576 FACADE
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1550 MEMORITER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1533 MASTER-MARINER
2000-2001
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1467 CANAPÉ
1999-2000
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1450 PRETENDANT
1439 JOHN CANOE
1428 CRICETID
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1322 CARPET
1996-1997
1303 PONIARD
1300 OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1247 PREDICANT
1229 GRUPPETTO
1216 CHAPERON
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1180 COLD TURKEY
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1161 ADIAPHORON
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1152 PARACETAMOL
1992-1993
1084 PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)
1078 KIRBEH
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1039 TOLERABLE
1034 BURLAP
1026 LET-OFF
1021 BEARD
1000 ONE THOUSAND
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
961 WAVESON
943 BARAGOUIN
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
869 HOLD-UPS
866 NECTAREOUS
849 VISITE
840 SONDE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
831 COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
814 SPOUSAGE
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
764 CHILDERMAS
750 SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue)
1985-1986
701 BALUSTRADE
1983-1984
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
517 IMMORTELLE
508 POSTURE-MAKER
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
460 SWOOP
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
430 TEGULA
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
379 SCYTHEMAN
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
276 AMTRACK
272 MALAGUETTA
267 MORRIS-DANCE
1976-1977
221 PADDY-WHACK
216 SCANTITY
1975-1976
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
169 THUGGEE
1974-1975
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
88 BLOOMERY
1972-1973
27 VINEGAR
23 SCLERODERMIC
1 ORGIAST
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1115 FLESH-POTTERY
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1045 SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left)
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1019 DISCORD (Misprints)
1010 MOTORIST
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
987 THING (Printer’s Devilry)
967 CREMOSIN
962 PALING
1966-1967
949 BROWSING
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
911 DRAGON
1965-1966
898 POCHARD
890 DEBENTURE
1964-1965
843 PRISTINE
825 COACHES
1963-1964
804 DETRUNCATE
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
782 SWELL
780 NOBLEST (and Eximenamination)
773 FIT-OUT
1962-1963
730 ARCH-PIRATE
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
712 RHEUMATICKY
1961-1962
686 FEMALE
682 PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left)
678 TESSELLATED
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
608 CUSTOMER
1959-1960
578 GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number)
573 SCAPEGALLOWS
571 PESTER
569 PROPOSAL
555 JURYWOMAN
1956-1957
417 SINECURE
412 SERVIETTE
1955-1956
382 ABSTAIN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1969-1970 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1967-1968 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1963-1964 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1961-1962 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1959-1960 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |