Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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M. Hodgkin | 66 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 78 | 77 | Mar 1985 | Apr 2022 | 37y 1m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2021-2022 | ||||
2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Expression of disgust about liberal articles seen in Bild-Zeitung – smut, in places | L der, das in bah |
2578 | VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | United going after match official booking Ferdinand, perhaps reflecting views of commentators | Rio in VAR u |
2573 | HANDS-ON | VHC | Using manipulative means, Henry gets an heir after daughter | H + an + d + son; ref. Henry VIII |
2020-2021 | ||||
2564 | CLEARING | VHC | Fly around hectic air terminal in desperation to find gap between planes? | anag. + n in cleg |
2560 | BOMBAST | First | Bojo’s beloved going nuts about bride-chamber at Number Ten – outdated stuff! | Bo(jo) + b in mast; ref. Carrie Johnson and re-decoration controversy |
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Clochard near Gare de l’Est | to + gare (rev., i.e. from the east) |
2551 | SPAVIN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Special platform’s opening via disguised terminus in London, from which Potter may get train | trotter … pain; s + p + anag. + n; ref. Harry P. |
2547 | FILATORY | VHC | Priti’s latest to appear swathed in Union Jack? Government’s yielding to Conservative spin machine | i in flag with Tory for g; ref. P. Patel |
2539 | TORSE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Juggling with knives, you may get cu/rious injury | |
2525 | PLACITUM | VHC | No backing for claim spuriously held by desperate Trump – rule out plea | anag. less m in anag. less r |
2019-2020 | ||||
2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | Statue falls, with rejection of fashionable man once surrounded by heartless acclaim | status; (cat)aract in ch(e)er |
2486 | BRUHAHA | VHC | Stir rhubarb that’s stewing, after trimming ends | anag. less r, b, t, t |
2473 | INTERPLAY | VHC | The Caretaker perhaps expressing power in effect character’s actions have on each other | (P)inter play |
2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | To patch car by hand, say, plastered glue round sides of dashboard | catch parr; d, d in anag. |
2018-2019 | ||||
2451 | CAPUT | VHC | Bean counter: place to find bean | CA (chief accountant) + put |
2447 | CONGENER | First | Leave campaign’s right wing and European right like birds of a feather | congé + n, E, r |
2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | Social media’s essential content hacked with spam in bursts | anag. incl. d |
2017-2018 | ||||
2403 | SWALE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Sew ruffles round edges of apparel, giving gauze to cutter | cause to gutter; a, l in anag. |
2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | After Britain’s exit, beaches awash with rum and French silk | anag. less B |
2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | VHC | Writer short of a buck – one careful with money, not getting advance | pen + nyal(a) + I ne(a)r, & lit. |
2373 | CACOGASTRIC | VHC | Having such problems travelling, got carsick, heaving last after drive in Trossachs | ca’ + anag. less k |
2016-2017 | ||||
2356 | PUBLIC SERVANT | VHC | Mandarin perhaps found very inscrutable by westerner in Peking | P + anag. incl. v; found2 |
2325 | MASON | VHC | Fellow entering special order | SO in man & lit. |
2324 | CELEBRATIONS | Second | Time to get ebriose with clan gathered round for Christmas and New Year? | t in anag. |
2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Fellow put in piano, upright in time for old folks’ waltz | F in p erect; triple time |
2309 | GLOBETROTTER | VHC | One moving round earth better root hollow log out | anag. incl. l(o)g |
2015-2016 | ||||
2305 | AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number) | Third | Enjoy view in common area gardened regularly | a + alternate letters; area |
2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | Unseemly to suggest sticking in Europe after rejecting EU rule | (EU)rope r in imply |
2283 | BARGAIN | VHC | Boris’s number one aim – ‘I’m going to take over after loss of poll on Europe’ – creates strife for Cameron | B + a(I’m) + r(E)gain |
2274 | SIMPATICO | VHC | It’s a comp, for a change, I can enter – that’s nice | I in anag. |
2270 | FENESTRA | Third | Free Santa after backside’s left jammed in vent | anag. less a |
2261 | GANGSTERLAND | First | Flowery headgear worn by flamboyant gents could be called ‘the hood of hoods’ | anag. in garland; hood2, 3 |
2014-2015 | ||||
2248 | WAISTLINE | First | With consumption of endless fibre I decrease in size? | istl(e) I in wane, & lit. |
2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | VHC | Early adopter tried satnav, losing way around outskirts of Geneva | G, a in anag. |
2205 | CUMBERSOME | VHC | Members united in struggle with company, causing management difficulty | anag. incl. U, co. |
2010-2011 | ||||
2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | Dissatisfied customer not outwardly worked up once nothing charged for selected items | malcontent less ment + 0 |
2027 | THRENETICAL | VHC | Mourning Becomes Electra with thin cast | anag.; ref. O’Neill play |
2014 | HACKETTE | VHC | Woman reporting husband getting Man’s Prize in ‘fruit’ from WI | h + TT in ackee; ref. IOM race |
1997 | FADO | VHC | A bit of folk song and dance | f ado, & lit. |
2009-2010 | ||||
1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | Putting one’s oar in skilfully to rally MPs round a new style after Labour’s second period | a term + a NS, all in whip |
1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Disadvantage in a skimpy undergarment – open flies cause such trouble | TANGA NAIVE |
1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | One fitting harness and primarily fettling, looking after and preparing all mounts | reiner + f l a p (all rev.), & lit. |
1940 | SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number) | VHC | To pinch butt is attempt to attract attention – ignore | pinch; can in st |
2008-2009 | ||||
1927 | TONSURE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Ripped clothing and latest in nose-rings on upper-class punk’s mate | monk’s pate; ’n’ s U in tore |
1918 | PALAMPORE | VHC | Decomposed pap or meal spread on bed with flowers | anag. |
1906 | MORSE | VHC | Carpenter’s mate perhaps getting bit (minus head) back out of hole in wood | mortise less (b)it (rev.); ref. ‘The Walrus and the C.’ |
1897 | WASH-OUT | Third | Wimbledon’s opening’s one? Soaked, thus covers on | W + a + o’ in anag., & lit.; soak = beat, pummel |
2007-2008 | ||||
1866 | BINGE | Third | Lift end of pen and get last forgotten pig out | nib (rev.) + ge(t) |
1858 | HUMONGOUS | VHC | Banishment order heartless Uranus placed on mortal showing love for a Titan | human with 0 for a + ‘go’ + U(ranu)s |
1853 | ANTIQUITARIAN | VHC | Old-fashioned, am not one free of ancient doctrine | an’t I quit + Arian, & lit. |
1845 | UPBRAID | VHC | Dress down Friday: discard outer wear, put on louder underwear | up bra + Friday less fray |
1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | Upset when honeypot’s spilt last of honey? I would be | anag. less y |
2006-2007 | ||||
1831 | MARGINALIA | VHC | Letters of anagram I scrawled either side of slip’s central text? | li in anag., & lit. |
1823 | KISS | Third | X marks spoil disposed of round island | Is in (mar)ks |
1818 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Rancid old pissoir, outside convenience left off annual urine extraction routine? | (l)av in anag.; i.e. taking the piss |
1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Such civvies seen on trannies show one with chest less developed | savvy’s seen on Trinny’s show; anag.; ref. TV show ‘What Not to Wear’, with Trinny and Susannah; tranny = transvestite |
1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | VHC | Trick employed, say, by Ulysses initially to slip in soldiers? | used e.g. U err, all in RE, & lit. |
2005-2006 | ||||
1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | VHC | Some sinew I exercised a bit of recently got stiff | stuff; hidden |
1771 | PARTERRE | VHC | Rep theatre cast right for the playhouse’s lowest level | anag. with r for the |
2004-2005 | ||||
1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | VHC | Right wing facility issuing strident paper full of distortion | r el ease; spin in rag |
1689 | SYNOD | VHC | Do nylons want left leg pulling up where the cloth gathers? | do ny(l on)s (all rev.) |
1680 | PILLOW-CUP | VHC | A little Ovaltine after medicine and toilet, before heading bedwards? | pill + O + WC + up, & lit. |
2003-2004 | ||||
1646 | BLACK | VHC | Star of dating game unable to make first move in mating game! | 2 mngs.; ref. Cilla B., host of ‘Blind Date’, chess |
1637 | AMNESIC | VHC | One whom memories can disturb no more | anag. less more, & lit. |
1633 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left) | VHC | What light from yonder window breaks? Dodging the —— hour, how dreary east softly enters at morn’s crack – perchance Juliet’s back | comp. anag.(?); E + p in anag. |
2002-2003 | ||||
1589 | JOKESMITH | Third | Joe Miller’s first skit flopped – hard for old man of comedy | anag. incl. M + h; ref. 18c. comedian |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2591 GHAT
2020-2021
2543 CABRETTA
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2504 UPBEAT
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2495 BUNG
2482 VOX POP
2480 STOCKING FILLERS
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2018-2019
2460 TWEET
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2434 STONKERED
2430 CLERIHEW
2428 SHEPHERDS
2425 EPILIMNION
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2395 PURITANISM
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2016-2017
2347 ASLEEP
2338 TRUMP
2334 ALLELUIAH
2015-2016
2300 MISHMASH
2279 CLEMENTINE
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2014-2015
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2222 OBJECT LESSON
2013-2014
2148 ZOLLVEREIN
2011-2012
2083 BEWITCH
2070 MISTREATMENT
2062 APPLE-KNOCKER
2058 ROBUST
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1958 HANGDOG
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
2008-2009
1936 LITMUS TEST
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1908 WE THREE KINGS
1893 EARTHY
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1827 AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)
1814 HIPSTER
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1806 INEBRIANT
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2005-2006
1762 DUDDERY
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1746 ENTOMIC
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1728 EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number)
1724 MONEYBAGS
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1641 GADGETEER
2002-2003
1585 SHIATSU
2001-2002
1550 MEMORITER
1537 CAFTAN
1533 MASTER-MARINER
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
1984-1985
670 TURNIP-FLEA
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
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2020-2021 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 2 | 11 |
2019-2020 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 30 |
2018-2019 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 7 | 25 |
2017-2018 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 31 |
2016-2017 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 3 | 15 |
2015-2016 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 3 | 5 | 12 |
2014-2015 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 25 |
2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2011-2012 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
2010-2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
2009-2010 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
2008-2009 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 3 | 5 | 16 |
2007-2008 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 5 | 11 |
2006-2007 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 5 | 11 |
2005-2006 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
2004-2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
2003-2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
2002-2003 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |