ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. Guiver | 30 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 35 | 35 | Dec 2000 | Oct 2013 | 12y 10m | J. Guiver |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2157 | MELODRAMATIC | VHC | Sensational hit raised cheers in musical | ram + ta (rev.) in melodic |
| 2152 | STUFFED SHIRT | VHC | This duffer’s affected to a T | anag. + T, & lit. |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2116 | YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | A bit of extra housework taken up to get university room decent for Christmas term | u let in e DIY (rev.) |
| 2113 | PICAROON | Third | Jack stealing pies queen of hearts removed from oven | Pica + R + o’ + o(ve)n |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2074 | BENNET | First | Dry stale slice of bread and marmalade served up | b + tenné (rev.); stale4 |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2027 | THRENETICAL | VHC | Working gent’s exhausted from recent late nights travelling – waking’s such a strain | anag. less anag.; ref. wake for the dead |
| 2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | Last of autumn leaves from an elm branch swirling around ornamental border | anag. less n |
| 2014 | HACKETTE | VHC | Press female cheek at tango dance | anag. incl. t |
| 2012 | BLOATING | VHC | Complaint in which sheep’s belly becomes round | o for e in bleating, & lit. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1752 | MIDWINTER | VHC | It’s just before Christmas – cut down Scots pine, deck with fancy trim, and put in base | dwin(e) and e separately in anag. |
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Residing in Ecuador, I’m not fearful of insects | anag. in EC |
| 1733 | PALESTRA | VHC | Wrestling art’s enclosure formerly? | pale + anag., & lit. |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | VHC | One lying in a ditch knocked back spirits | ditch; I in a lode (rev.) |
| 1719 | ANHELATION | VHC | Striving for inspiration, Man City put in non pro at centre forward | he LA in anti + on |
| 1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | VHC | Always bending back pulling grasses in loose gravelly stone covering drive | leas in e’er (rev.); spin in rag |
| 1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | In ironic mode, this possibly defines a bit of rhetoric | r in anag. in wry |
| 1698 | CROSSTIE | VHC | Corset is bust line’s support | anag. |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Ales, perhaps, providing relief in lawyers having to break endless deadlock | oils … layers; to in impass(e) |
| 1667 | CLARINI | VHC | In launch, RN official’s dropping off some top brass | anag. less off |
| 1663 | ARMAMENTARIA | First | What’s all that’s needed to heal limb? Answer: a term in a cast | arm + A + anag. |
| 1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | VHC | Chicken dish ready after self-catering? About time | s/c + anag. + ca. t |
| 1650 | SAPHENA | VHC | Large vein is source of pyritic layer in rock | ’s + p hen in aa |
| 1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | VHC | Is G. Mercator enabling representation of orb with, e.g., this means of projection? Yes and no | comp. anag. |
| 1637 | AMNESIC | VHC | Absent minded, retaining only odd snippets, and so forgetful | a + alternate letters + sic, & lit. |
| 1628 | ENCOMION | First | Reckless CO’s mention in dispatches isn’t ground for high commendation | anag. less anag. |
| 1624 | BELAY | VHC | After extreme crop of burglaries, see about a security system | b + a in Ely; see2 |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1598 | PHRASEMONGER | VHC | I’d be outstanding where aphorism genre’s concerned | anag. less I, & lit. |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | First | After wasting years divided, Germany tears to pieces old boundary | tears; anag. less y, ears |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1567 | QUEEN | VHC | ‘Eat quince I sliced!’ Buffet for this pussy cat? | comp. anag. less I; ref. ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’ |
| 1533 | MASTER-MARINER | VHC | As a former minister, losing Foreign Office is disastrous for Cook’s career | anag. less FO is; ref. Robin C., Captain C. |
2012-2013
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2126 DESPERATE
2122 NICETY
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2011-2012
2083 BEWITCH
2010-2011
2031 EMBROIDERY
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1758 BIMBETTE
1753 DIAGONAL
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
1737 ANIMUS
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1711 MINUS
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1646 BLACK
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1615 RUGATE
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1589 JOKESMITH
2001-2002
1563 SLYBOOTS
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1537 CAFTAN
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 3 | 8 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 2003-2004 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 2002-2003 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |