ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. R. Beresford | 80 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 79 | 90 | Nov 1990 | Apr 2006 | 15y 5m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1758 | BIMBETTE | VHC | Grip snags laid with a bit of meat on a Barbie | m bet all in bite; snag (Aust.) = sausage |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1728 | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | Third | Reversing estate, I end in ravine – ‘confusing reflections’ | alod I e (all rev.); ravine |
| 1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | Dives may start to gather bones in a wreck | anag. incl. g |
| 1719 | ANHELATION | VHC | One struggling to inhale shows it | an + anag., & lit. |
| 1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | VHC | See real wild and loose guy putting drive in rough | anag.; spin in rag |
| 1711 | MINUS | VHC | It reduces in sum | anag. & lit. |
| 1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Bottle with a narrow neck – a small space one gets a half-finished ship over | lagena; gal(ley) en a |
| 1694 | MISINTERPRET | VHC | Read with problems, Times printer changes its format | anag. |
| 1689 | SYNOD | VHC | Second year wag played with Sony device at first assembly | s y nod, & anag. + d |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1676 | CRINGE-MAKING | VHC | —— grime can unsettle one occupying the throne | anag. + king, & lit.; ref. lavatory graffiti |
| 1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | One twitching spots first pair of mallards, hears of smew | smears of hue; I + anag. incl. ma |
| 1667 | CLARINI | VHC | Clear instruments on one dash in learner car | anag. incl L + I |
| 1654 | CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps) | VHC | Residence has canines around street entrances deploying the snarl | res. in c, c; anag. |
| 1646 | BLACK | VHC | Moor, lowering dingy – light opposite jetty | 5 defs. |
| 1641 | GADGETEER | VHC | Wandering the earth to distribute toys – that’s my obsession | gad Ge teer; ref. Father Christmas |
| 1637 | AMNESIC | VHC | One beset by an imperfect recollection of names &c | I in anag. & c, & lit. |
| 1633 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left) | VHC | Men cut short patrol at sea to help Arctic tern oiled in slick | anag. less l; anag. in wily |
| 1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | When one sadly departs, a moving —— could be seen as nomic | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1615 | RUGATE | VHC | It’s what skin can become if you’ve worried away | i.e rugate less ate = rug; & lit.; e.g. bearskin rug |
| 1593 | MANSUETE | First | What’s use meant ‘broken’? | anag. & lit. |
| 1589 | JOKESMITH | VHC | Around the 5th of November is one time for an old-fashioned party with squibs | m in joke sith; see one in C. |
| 1585 | SHIATSU | VHC | Massage enthusiast disregarding hospital department to get this? | anag. less ENT, & lit. |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | What Hammers do about man past edge of area | Hammers; ram (rev.) + gent |
| 1572 | SHIELD-MAY | Third | Amazon order mailed with shrink wrapping | anag. in shy; ref. mail-order company |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1567 | QUEEN | VHC | One half of quid still shows our crowned head | qu(id) + e’en, & lit. as if spoken by HM |
| 1563 | SLYBOOTS | VHC | Artful Dodger: the first to spy lost boy Twist | s + anag. |
| 1554 | PEARL | VHC | Thunderous clap’s about right for one that shines in setting. | r in peal |
| 1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | Brothers (per rota) turned up in support of strike picket | pat + lor! (rev) |
| 1541 | CHUPRASSY | VHC | Such as dashed with press release in back of gharry? | PR in anag. + y, & lit. |
| 1537 | CAFTAN | VHC | What hangs loose in toilet? Answer: paper | a FT in can |
| 1533 | MASTER-MARINER | VHC | Normal title, assuming one ran steamer at sea | anag. incl I, in Mr, & lit. |
| 1528 | STROP (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Weather that lets us cook outside recipe is over | leather that whets; ’s + r in pot (rev.) |
| 1524 | INGRATITUDE | VHC | Those that give urgent aid get upset about it | it in anag., & lit. |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1515 | SNIDE | VHC | Diners take away battered cod | anag. less r |
| 1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Low return of service breaking superior player in set | deep + TA (rev.) in seed |
| 1506 | BARE(-)BONES | VHC | With this diet potentially ban outsize beer guts | anag. incl. OS; 2 defs. |
| 1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | The ‘Unfinished’ conductor returns for ‘Drumroll’ | Leppar(d) (rev.); ref Schubert & Haydn symphonies |
| 1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | Company with an eccentric rig taking drink to excess on board | COGITOPER; co. + tope in anag. |
| 1494 | MARATHON | First | Licking for Persians is a prolonged exercise | ref. cats & battle |
| 1480 | SAMARITAN | VHC | Saint badly needed around one hurt | a mar in anag., & lit. |
| 1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | It’s harmful to deal, say police in drugs bust, removing cocaine | anag. less c |
| 1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The men got in/ks for the tattoo. | |
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | Second | Is an impressionist delicacy brought out in Déjeuner sur l’herbe? | can ape; ref. Manet painting |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1463 | REVERSIONAL | VHC | Irons played in broadcast as the hero of Brideshead Revisited | anag. in reveal; ref. Jeremy I. |
| 1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Massed croaking about – a first sign of toads in romance | most cracking; re a t in gest |
| 1454 | GET-UP | VHC | Go faster, having little time for third gear | t for e in gee up |
| 1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | VHC | Review hope it can put puzzling around end of Business | comment/aphis; s in anag.; ref. position of AZ puzzle. |
| 1439 | JOHN CANOE | VHC | Perhaps ladies once made crackers, holding a Christmas event in the WI | john + a in anag. |
| 1433 | NEANDERTHAL | VHC | The eland ran excitedly out of the ark | anag. |
| 1424 | HEIST | VHC | Sting itches terribly, wanting a bit of calamine | anag. less c |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1411 | LOOK-SEE | Second | Butcher’s relaxed about Knight opening for England? | K in loose + E; ref cricketers |
| 1385 | PANTRIES | VHC | Pints are drunk as sources of cheer | anag. |
| 1363 | MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number) | Second | Villain leaving hurtful marks with a whip crack | v(ill)ain M anag.; whip |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | VHC | Verse penned by John (Poet Laureate) has upset Slough inhabitant | ode in anag. incl. PL; ref Betjeman: ‘Slough’ |
| 1355 | DIACATHOLICON | First | Versatile colonic aid that time forgot | anag. less t, & lit |
| 1351 | NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | In Hamlet, Ophelia goes in – sa/d! | |
| 1325 | UPROOTAL | VHC | More menacing clouds pour a lot | anag.; more2 |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1307 | AGILE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Taking seconds was against diet – please remove my bowl | mobile; second letters |
| 1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Do in with a prod | anag. & lit. |
| 1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Kind Ratty, pompous Toad (initially), in a willowy setting | STA(TE STY)LE; T in sale2 |
| 1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | It’s never confused with Bravo and Oscar | anag. incl. B, O, & lit.; ref. NA TO phonetic alphabet |
| 1260 | OUT-AND-OUT | VHC | Teetotal finished one tonic after another | out an do ut |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1250 | SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One) | VHC | Once a road is snarled up, this calls for a bypass | anag. |
| 1238 | ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘A Sassenach’, thinks the ga/ting fellow | |
| 1220 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Clairvoyant finds ‘Fool’ an inspiring playing card | ass an in anag. |
| 1212 | HILDING | VHC | Hello pound beat that’s funky | hi l ding; ref pop group |
| 1207 | EPOCH-MARKING | VHC | Record Chopin waltzes with piece in G major | EP + mark in anag. + G |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1186 | GRISELDA | VHC | A model’s always disregarded by Greer and ‘liberated’ ladies | Gr(e’er,) + anag. |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1147 | MAYDAY | VHC | Rover’s exceptional transmission is the pretext for a Morris dance? | 2 meanings |
| 1139 | BENJAMIN | VHC | Pottery bunny in junk layer (edges chipped off) | being + (l)amin(a); ref Beatrix Potter |
| 1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | A Bolshevik at heart – victor in revolution | anag. incl. h, & lit. |
| 1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | Charts misspent career with heartless Ebenezer | anag. incl. E, r & lit. |
| 1126 | CHEATERY | VHC | What’s altering the ace before chemin de fer? | anag. + ry & lit. |
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | VHC | Graves expert impresses by slurping extravagantly | ace in anag. |
| 1100 | CONCORDANCE | VHC | Scan my headings to consult extracts about Daniel | Dan. in con cor! c, e & lit. |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1091 | SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms) | Second | Gracious cub renders OAPs a turn (waiving bob for nothing) | OAPs a go with s for 0; caseous grub |
| 1056 | ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number) | VHC | A long time without love? Prepare for performance with this! | love; e(0)n + train |
| 1052 | AGANIPPE | First | Did I poetically inspire a lovelorn Pope? | gan I in a P(o)pe, & lit. |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | VHC | In which girl and boy partners encompass a series of movements with energy | op in gal lad + E, & lit. |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 991 | BRASH (or BRUSH) | VHC | Bush’s heart restored … as right as rain | r as for us in Bush |
2005-2006
1766 GEST (Printer’s Devilry)
1762 DUDDERY
1753 DIAGONAL
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1698 CROSSTIE
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1663 ARMAMENTARIA
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1650 SAPHENA
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1602 FENESTRA
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1550 MEMORITER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1519 CARRY-ON
2000-2001
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1999-2000
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1437 MISTLETOE
1419 SPLODGE
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1406 CHASSEPOT
1398 PERMETHRIN
1394 BERGAMOT
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1380 RAPPORT (Misprints)
1997-1998
1336 STOCKING
1329 PITHOS
1996-1997
1300 OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)
1294 TRANSENNA
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1995-1996
1255 CATAFALCO
1247 PREDICANT
1225 CURRY
1216 CHAPERON
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1178 BOOTLEG
1161 ADIAPHORON
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1993-1994
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1130 AGRESTAL
1122 BASILIAN
1117 STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters)
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1108 GREEN
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1078 KIRBEH
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1074 DEMIREP
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1039 TOLERABLE
1034 BURLAP
1030 PASTILLE
1026 LET-OFF
1021 BEARD
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1013 ALVEARY
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
974 AVANT-PROPOS
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| 2002-2003 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2000-2001 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| 1998-1999 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 1997-1998 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| 1992-1993 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 11 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |