Clues written by C. J. Morse
HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStats | See also: C. J. & R. S. Morse
HCs | Annual honours | Other competitors |
ordStats | See also: C. J. & R. S. Morse| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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| C. J. Morse | 309 | 19 | 31 | 259 | 156 | 359 | Mar 1972 | Apr 2013 | 41y 1m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2131 | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | VHC | One richly endowed goes down, a figure of authority. Almost maternal? | 2 meanings; ma-lik(e); ref. death of Lady Thatcher |
| 2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | Depart with See in disarray? That could be reckless | anag.; ref. former Pope’s resignation |
| 2118 | BLOKEISH | VHC | A bit of kindness gets ‘bolshie’ turning round to become ‘matey’ | k in anag. |
| 2116 | YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | Dietal uey – could good come of a ——? | comp. anag. & lit.; goof vtr; see Webster for dietal |
| 2113 | PICAROON | VHC | Thieving sort – an abandoned character, by the sound of it | Pica + ‘rune’, & lit. |
| 2109 | THICKETY | VHC | With crumbling yet to come, pest imports the end of ash densely planted | h in tick + anag.; ref. threat of ash dieback |
| 2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | VHC | Quick needle-and-thread job – or it’s machine time wasted covering it | it in anag. incl. t |
| 2096 | TRICK | VHC | Where Bolt runs, I for one take in a bit of magic | track with I for a; 2 meanings |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2091 | SNIFTER | VHC | One strong draught to make you snuffle: another to pep you up | 3 meanings |
| 2083 | BEWITCH | VHC | The internet’s regressive with a persistent urge to spell badly | Web (rev.) + itch |
| 2074 | BENNET | VHC | Signs of black earth, new and clear evidence of drought in S. England | b, e, n + net; ref. hose-pipe ban |
| 2062 | APPLE-KNOCKER | VHC | The makings of a pen-pal in a thousand? On the contrary, a boor from overseas | k in anag. + ocker, & lit. |
| 2058 | ROBUST | VHC | Strong currency left by EU in ruins | (EU)ro + bust |
| 2045 | CATENATE | Second | Form a chain with ‘lynx’ (e.g.) growing out of ‘links’ | cat enate |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Th/is kiss – o me! – how suggestive of an oath being sworn! | |
| 2027 | THRENETICAL | VHC | Put line under unsound 13 ac. – it’s woeful | anag. + l |
| 2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | VHC | There’s nothing ‘ethnic’ about making one cow cover a week’s sandwiches | anag. incl. 0; hidden |
| 2012 | BLOATING | VHC | I’m tabling nothing exotic or fattening: shed the rich showy stuff and discover cereal | anag. incl. 0; bloating less bling = oat |
| 2010 | A COMING OF AGE | VHC | A ‘21’ event? Nothing before and after one would match Azed’s | i.e. 2(0)1(0) |
| 2000 | TWO THOUSAND | First | Out now, Azed’s latest – hats off! | anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| 1997 | FADO | VHC | It’s the plagal cadence you want for a sad song | fa do |
| 1992 | FOULARD | Third | I often cover conjuring tricks, and I could expose an old fraud | comp. anag. |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1984 | ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink) | VHC | Alias Blairite? But this would confuse it with New Labour | comp. anag. |
| 1979 | FAR-OUT | Third | Unsociable, not revolutionary, and trad, not rad – I mean rad, not trad | farou(Che) + t(rad) |
| 1971 | WATERMANSHIP | VHC | When ship breaks down within reach of the south coast, rowing craft comes out | man in Watership (Down, in Hampshire) |
| 1962 | ANADEM | VHC | What frump would wear this, even in vain daydreams? Maenad, possibly | alternate letters, anag. |
| 1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Bum’s hurting again, damn – a gluttonous animal’s ailment | DAMAGING ANAL |
| 1958 | HANGDOG | VHC | Exhibit in gallery with towering deity looking down | hang + god (rev.) |
| 1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | I care for horses: one I like’s mostly let go on loose rein | pal + fre(e) + anag. |
| 1945 | PRISON | VHC | You’ll find no reformed rips returning here | no + anag. (all rev.), & lit. |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1936 | LITMUS TEST | VHC | Literature and music bear witness to some deeply revelatory event | lit. + mus. + test3 |
| 1932 | NINE-TO-FIVE | VHC | Following ‘Spoonerisms’ it’s nice to have a stab at this ‘plain’ type of job | cf. fine to knive; ref. AZ puzzle types |
| 1927 | TONSURE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Clare hipped by Francis’s followers stirring unrest about head of Order | O in anag.; hair clipped; ref. controversies surrounding St F’s successor Brother Elias |
| 1893 | EARTHY | VHC | Having the substance needed for growing plants, they are pruned and then trained | anag. less e |
| 1888 | RASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Tail-ender in speedboat race had dropped fa/n | fan = propeller blade |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1879 | LITTER BASKET | VHC | It takes bits of light rubbish, bottles, everything that’s broken | anag. incl. first letters, & lit. |
| 1875 | GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left) | VHC | Climbing can give a lift to activity above almost sheer drop | up rear (= lavatory); go + utte(r) |
| 1871 | FAIRY GOLD | Second | What’s capital in El Dorado? Should I go for that, it might become faded glory | anag. with ED for I, & lit. |
| 1866 | BINGE | VHC | Imbibing excessively, that’s part of it – and grabbing eats | hidden twice, & lit. |
| 1862 | UNALIKE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Edmund’s virtuous lady love is keen not to be a Sloane | seen … clone; Una like; ref ‘Faerie Queene ‘ |
| 1853 | ANTIQUITARIAN | VHC | With first signs of any new tenet I’m off, following older doctrine | first letters + I quit + Arian, & lit. |
| 1849 | AUXESIS | VHC | To the French their art is an extension from the Greek | aux es is |
| 1836 | POSTHASTE | First | Stop getting tanned, abhor catching sun and treat heatspots immediately | anag. + S in hate, & anag. |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1823 | KISS | First | X in ‘billet-doux’ and the ilk is silent | sign for kiss in love-letter and hidden |
| 1810 | HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM) | VHC | I mustn’t run down pop music again, having heard a pretentious fellow claim that some obscure opus for barrel organ was of more interest than Presley. | |
| 1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | Third | It’s running rings round enemy, as their leaders swallow practised English fiddle | used E gue all in r, r, r, e, & lit. |
| 1788 | ETHEREAL OILS | VHC | Herbal distillates heal it, or else doctors | anag. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | Second | Not as it was, Women’s Institute wants end to ‘housewife’: this is jest of the moment | just; ne WI e; ref. recent WI announcement |
| 1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | VHC | Bully and greens is nice enough (but not refined) | rough and ready |
| 1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | Dude wanders in without sympathy here | anag. in dry, & lit. |
| 1753 | DIAGONAL | VHC | I’m a line that joins and I go aslant | anag. + a l, & lit. |
| 1741 | LORD NELSON | VHC | Foremost of landmarks, with Londoners milling beneath, exhibits me | l + anag., & lit. |
| 1737 | ANIMUS | VHC | What match play between America and ourselves can generate | nim in A us, & lit. |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | Drunken man goes by – he’s rolling | anag. |
| 1719 | ANHELATION | First | Happiness starts with an H – a rough breathing to the likes of Hippocrates | an H elation: ref Greek ‘h’ |
| 1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | VHC | Exodus from prison – about 50 loose: one inside sprang faulty grating | re L ease; I in anag. |
| 1711 | MINUS | VHC | Deficient in sum | anag. & lit. |
| 1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | With dime’s worth tumbling, you should double your small coinage | anag. + yr (rev.); ref. weak dollar |
| 1698 | CROSSTIE | VHC | Ill-tempered match, with clubs sticking to different stories, leaves supporter thwarted | cross tie, c + anag. |
| 1685 | MINO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Under neat-ho/use vents lies a foul plot | |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1676 | CRINGE-MAKING | VHC | Crown jewel hiding in pocket, leading to a top royal’s shaming | in in cr. gem + a king |
| 1672 | IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms) | VHC | I’m dad to returning boozers, generously dubbed ‘callers’ | daubed colours; I’m pa + sots (rev.) |
| 1667 | CLARINI | VHC | See Gunners in one-nil reverse, and trumpeting stops | c + RA in I-nil (rev.); ref. Arsenal’s aim to complete League without defeat |
| 1663 | ARMAMENTARIA | VHC | Air force equipped for war switches to deliver medical kits | aria armament switched |
| 1654 | CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps) | VHC | A heart exuding love, perfume, a curved shape – charms take in an artist | c(0)re + scent; r in Hals |
| 1650 | SAPHENA | VHC | Drain man’s extremities of nourishing plasma? I help to do that | sap he n, a |
| 1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | VHC | I entrance with glam slides | anag. & lit. |
| 1646 | BLACK | VHC | British want unofficial support to keep the pound | B + lack, l in back |
| 1641 | GADGETEER | Second | Ragged tee shot leaves one with ‘gimmicky’ approach | anag. |
| 1637 | AMNESIC | VHC | Qu. What’s unlike elephants? Ans. Mice, silly | anag.; ‘e. never forget’ |
| 1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | The leader apart, people with case for commendation will get it | (m)en + com(mendat)ion; ref. Prescott’s vain plea for recognition of Blair’s achievements |
| 1624 | BELAY | VHC | Take tip of boulder and lock on it with a turn | b + Yale (rev.), & lit. |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1611 | LEISLER | VHC | With high squeak and round bat’s tail, it gets mistaken for pipistrelle | pip + anag. round t, & lit. |
| 1596 | GENISTA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | The way Magi went home with information is half legend | easting; gen-is ta(le) |
| 1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | Used to men and all clipped and trained | anag. less last letters, & lit. |
| 1589 | JOKESMITH | VHC | All right in most of his humour, you can pull him up about the rest! | OK in jes + t in him (rev.), & lit. |
| 1585 | SHIATSU | VHC | There’s pressure on key points from Asia – has it turned America back | anag. + US (rev.); ref. Iraq crisis |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | According to makers, edging on front of mallets should be white | mallets; m + argent; maker = poet |
| 1572 | SHIELD-MAY | VHC | Mailed she – sounds cross-dressed | Spoonerism & lit. |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1554 | PEARL | First | With this gem, is setting done? No, coral would add further lustre | coral anniversary, 35 years; lustre = 5 years; ref. AZ series |
| 1550 | MEMORITER | VHC | Without book, brief summary by author lacks a bit of weight | memo (w)riter |
| 1546 | TRANSPARENT | VHC | Time’s long since passed to leave leaders of new terrorism unpunished, that’s clear | t + ran + spare n t |
| 1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | Brief Arab plot to arrest Potters: ships and aircraft on watch | anag. incl. Ar.; ref. Harry P. |
| 1537 | CAFTAN | VHC | Something containing to hide wobbly fat about and behind one | anag. in can, c. + aft an, & lit. |
| 1533 | MASTER-MARINER | VHC | Rams team languishing with former outside right as captain | anag. + rine r; ref. Derby County’s woes under Craig Burley |
| 1524 | INGRATITUDE | VHC | German and British gunners in duet exploding round it – that’s what Amiens complained of | it in anag. incl G + RA; ref AYLI 2,7 and WWI bombardment |
| 1519 | CARRY-ON | First | Wild love affair like this could give you coronary | anag. incl. 0, & lit. |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1515 | SNIDE | VHC | Ill-natured, insinuating – this reflects the core of it | central letters reversed, & lit. |
| 1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Ocean growing rough? Not on the surface | deep-sea + Ted |
| 1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | After docking to load I sail a changed course | CARGITACK; carg(o) I tack |
| 1494 | MARATHON | VHC | Major run to hell’s mouth and beyond | ma. r at h on, & lit.; see OED for abbr. |
| 1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | It led me to chart such a brave course, my idea. | |
| 1489 | FRONT-BENCHER | VHC | Leading MP applies Robespierre’s language about top-heavy consumption to our queen | on TB in French + ER; ref. current republican stirrings |
| 1485 | BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left) | Third | For a supporter there’s nothing very convenient about British treatment of Euros as foreign exchange | 0 si fit (all rev.); B + anag. |
| 1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | It’s typical of active termite to wind up soldiering | anag.; ref. soldier-termites |
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | ‘Keep an ace back’ encapsulates this method of bidding | hidden rev. |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1463 | REVERSIONAL | Second | As Rover line is rejigged, it’s making a comeback | anag. |
| 1454 | GET-UP | VHC | To make out at college, you need outfit and you have to cram | get up & 2 meanings |
| 1450 | PRETENDANT | VHC | Press release resurrected whopper to discourage old-style candidate | PR eten dant; ref. spin against Livingstone |
| 1446 | NEWSPAPERDOM | VHC | We’d spare no MP going astray | anag. & lit.; ref sleaze |
| 1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | Second | To start year of historic significance, I’m having a bust | mammate/ked; make date |
| 1439 | JOHN CANOE | VHC | His Christmas revels could make Jamaican’s head ache on and on | anag. incl. J |
| 1424 | HEIST | VHC | ‘He is one who believes in God’ – that’s your prig twice over | i.e. he is theist |
| 1415 | MANATI (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Early railways had steam-e/ngine missions that would be banned today. | |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1411 | LOOK-SEE | VHC | Gander needs to go slow keeping right on goose’s tail | OK in lose + e |
| 1402 | PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Model, with cleavage, went topless inside greatcoat | posteen; (w)ent in pose |
| 1387 | Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram) | VHC | Did Santa charm this small Welsh scion? Ay. | |
| 1385 | PANTRIES | VHC | Cooking article examines where to find butlers | pan tries |
| 1380 | RAPPORT (Misprints) | Third | With right blend of art and pop, this band’s a sensation | r + anag.; bond |
| 1372 | MASTERSTROKE | VHC | Coup needs leaders up front to make it a real coup | masters + troke |
| 1367 | SANBENITOS | Third | To be in wrong, without admitting it: these robes might signify that | anag. in sans |
| 1363 | MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number) | VHC | Strip side-branches to trim a vinery? That’s for the expert | hidden; strip |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1355 | DIACATHOLICON | VHC | From a cold to endless aching I constitute the answer | anag. less g, & lit. |
| 1342 | ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Take a long spoiling lie in on ancient Sabbath – that’s for otherworldly types | r a pine; lie in an3 + s |
| 1338 | SMART ALEC | VHC | Could this posturing fool make a master-class? Possibly | anag. less ass, & lit. |
| 1336 | STOCKING | VHC | It’s the end of clocks sounding like clocks: mine are ornamental | s tocking; see clock2 |
| 1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | Characteristic – her word for it? – of Mrs Malaprop’s parlance | Malapropism of ‘catachrestic’ |
| 1329 | PITHOS | First | Greek character, liberal host – this could be his pot | pi + anag., anag., & lit |
| 1322 | CARPET | Second | Consider jute practical backing for this | hidden rev. & lit. |
| 1316 | FINGERLICKIN’ | VHC | Fabulous models link in grief to bury foremost of couturiers | c in anag.; ref Versace funeral |
| 1312 | REST-CURE | First | What makes stressed better is sure cert coming unstuck | anag. |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Put a prod in viciously | ariag. & lit. |
| 1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | The aging steer towards centre of goodly university | godly; ox for d; ref. gathering for AZ dinner |
| 1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | This could be spread round a representation of St Anne – or vice versa | ran in anag. |
| 1290 | NITERIE | VHC | Place one has evening out in and is then ruined? | alternate, i.e. evenly spaced letters, & lit. |
| 1286 | CHALET | VHC | Cabin service to be cancelled after not very refined tea | cha let |
| 1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | First | Unique gift from God, centre of Christmas story, is housed in a stall | STA(BLES SING)LE; s + tale |
| 1281 | ABLUTOMANE | VHC | I wash all the time by hand in a laundering liquid | to man in a blue |
| 1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Dismal season? No, spring (as Horace said) is about to happen | no + be in ver; ref. Horace Odes 4, 7, 9 |
| 1273 | SIPOREX | Third | ‘DI IN SEX ROMP’ could furnish material for artist with twisted mind | comp. anag. |
| 1268 | ARGIE-BARGIE | VHC | If Barbara leads you to BR, the row you want is AR | i.e. Argie bargie = Ar |
| 1264 | TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left) | VHC | Let Rugby League’s beginners ride rough in game played with pack of 30 ardent milling over-fours | anag. incl. RL; anag.; t. played with 30 cards |
| 1260 | OUT-AND-OUT | VHC | Might one see Open University project bar beginner as ‘unqualified’? Definitely! | OU +(s)tand out, and 2 defs. |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1255 | CATAFALCO | Third | Vehicle of death – might Tomahawk come under that genus in USA? | cat-a-Falco; ref US missile |
| 1250 | SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One) | VHC | To identify this disease in a blurred radio-scan is a chancy game | EO in anag. |
| 1238 | ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry) | First | “As a non-worker,” the faithful drone, “does the Queen be/g favours?” | …bee lasting… |
| 1234 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | Cantona’s introduction makes a forward line work in flawed sport | a van + op in anag. |
| 1232 | The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram) | VHC | O how ‘I want to sell’ hounded out Christmas! | |
| 1229 | GRUPPETTO | VHC | Italian crew turn up in port and get drunk | 2 defs and up in anag., |
| 1220 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Forecaster who spoke unbelievably about ‘sun, sun and sun again’ | Ca. S. S and Ra |
| 1216 | CHAPERON | First | To accompany small children, adult individual, leader of school outing | ch + A per(s)on, & lit. |
| 1212 | HILDING | Second | Nithing’s nothing different, so I’m holding | as nithing differs from nothing so does hilding from holding; hold = assert |
| 1207 | EPOCH-MARKING | VHC | I’m revolutionary: I’m pro change with a bit of killing involved | anag. incl. k |
| 1203 | CLERICALISM | VHC | False claims about relic partly reflected too much church influence | leric in anag. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1194 | DONET | VHC | Sad end to Kennedy’s great early example | anag.; ref Latin Primer |
| 1190 | DENARIUS | First | Plautine piece, ten times as rude as in burlesque | anag.; D = 10 asses |
| 1181 | SLADE | VHC | Down here it’s damp: up North you’d have glided over the ice – and tobogganed, we hear | 2 meanings + ‘sleighed’ |
| 1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Would prison official have power to bar centres for drastic drug treatment? | co(u)ld tur(n)key |
| 1178 | BOOTLEG | VHC | What traffickers do is profit by limited legal protection for calves | boot leg.; ref. concern over transport of live animals |
| 1174 | DINGLE-DANGLE | VHC | Swinging Princess has England agog with endless delight (or depression) | Di + anag. +gle(e/n) |
| 1165 | YAPSTER | VHC | Pet, stray, mongrel – such would fit this to a T | anag. & lit. |
| 1161 | ADIAPHORON | VHC | In Atherton’s case one sees semi-transparent bit of rubbing between balls – one doesn’t have to believe it right | diaph(anous) + O-r-O in A, n |
| 1152 | PARACETAMOL | VHC | With a bit of pain take one – and another one in mortal suffering | p a + ace in anag. |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1147 | MAYDAY | VHC | In my lifetime, a socialist celebration has become a cry for help | a in my day + 2 meanings |
| 1143 | DEATH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Female body-builder advised to go for a lean/er beef. | |
| 1139 | BENJAMIN | VHC | What tropical tree with sweet sticky stuff inside yields | ben jam in, & lit. |
| 1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | Nureyev’s ‘friend’ typically could be actor with HIV | anag. |
| 1130 | AGRESTAL | First | Ace filly laps remainder of the field | a + rest in gal |
| 1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | Second | A thin spectre? – Mr S’s turned out otherwise | anag. & lit. |
| 1113 | EMPLASTRUM | VHC | Application to check corn sample damaged by blast after cropping | anag. + trum(p) |
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | Second | Angry public revolts, wanting heads of English selectors. Ashes belong here! | anag. + E, s |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1095 | STINK | VHC | Karadzic’s initial footing isn’t working: it’s the end of his high-level ping pong | anag. incl. K; s + tink |
| 1091 | SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms) | VHC | To get possibly leaner choose juice and something like tapioca | sap sago; lunar cheese |
| 1084 | PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM) | VHC | What price a bleeding heart? ’Neath thy soft sale No shop-assisant thou. Tigress, all hail! | |
| 1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | VHC | What house-party gets up to might make super alarm go off | anag. |
| 1074 | DEMIREP | VHC | Gross woman with no name to lose pounds per diem | anag. |
| 1069 | (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces) | VHC | Without resource, hospital held in reserve, an unwanted extra | lost + H in ice |
| 1065 | TANDOORI | VHC | Indian camp short of a cook before one’s found – with this skill? | tan(a) do or I |
| 1056 | ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number) | Third | French life styles are not ‘in’ without love | love; anag. less 0 + in |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | VHC | You need some acceleration to bound round a tiny bit of dance-floor in this | gal2 + a d in lope, & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Maybe Marie’s to/o kind: Ian’s exposé’s for real | |
| 1039 | TOLERABLE | VHC | To entice the mob with just one bit of bribery is fair – Liberal balloteer | tole rab(b)le & anag. |
| 1034 | BURLAP | VHC | Archetypal Rubens turns up – there’s a coarse canvas for you | hidden rev. |
| 1026 | LET-OFF | VHC | Fiesta’s spare part, exhaust-pipe perhaps | 3 meanings |
| 1024 | PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Immense crackers, given time, always deliver a maxim | SEM(PRE SENT)IMENT; anag. + t |
| 1021 | BEARD | VHC | In a brush one has to confront and overthrow, not concede | bear d(own) |
| 1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | VHC | Man spattered with a ripe item from fruit-stall asks wryly about local customer in cap | anag.; chap in anag. |
| 1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Play actress recreated Swanson’s former role | Swanton; sport + anag.; ref E.W.S. |
| 1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | VHC | ‘What plain folk are not’ isn’t plain – I go for riddling | anag. |
| 1000 | ONE THOUSAND | VHC | How much Azed has contributed to the Observer – and Oxford University hasn’t done badly, too | anag. incl. OU |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Calendar has dancing-girl on front of cover – and one inside | an in alma + c |
| 974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | French scholar wanting opening for elevated work has short —— | (s)avant pro + op (rev.) + ’s, & lit. |
| 972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | A hit unfit? No trouble, changeable! | |
| 961 | WAVESON | VHC | As things are coming up round a half-sunk ship, this is what you see | a ves(sel) in now (rev.), & lit. |
| 956 | SPEAR-SIDE | VHC | On the surface rape’s wrong – that’s the male line | anag.+ side |
| 952 | STAR (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Mark, for instance, occupying force’s horrid indications of Saddam’s truly awful regime | horse’s forehead; first letters |
| 947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | Second | Make super-solid left hand smash – not with this you won’t! | anag. incl. lh |
| 943 | BARAGOUIN | VHC | You’ll find Beduin, for example, aspiring to extend their half intelligible language | Arab (rev.) + go + (Bed) uin |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 939 | A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left) | VHC | Reformed soccer cheat an Oxford blue? That must be unique | anag.; a perse |
| 934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | You need to sit with head down putting us on | (p)lace + p in us, & lit. |
| 922 | REFORMADO | VHC | Progressive judge briefly imprisoned mother in gold swindle | ref + ma in or do; ref. Pickles controversy |
| 920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | Second | There’s something basic to be learnt about Romania in this extraordinarily angry disturbance | c. + R in anag. + cross row |
| 900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Hey, suggestion of aureoles shimmering ain’t penned by Tusitala – that’s humbug | ha, a + anag. in RLS, ref. AZ clue to ROSE-LAURELS |
| 891 | CAT | VHC | Bits of commentary amount to enough obfuscation to make a chap sick | first letters, hidden & 2 meanings |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 887 | MONSTER | VHC | It requires some distortion to make Mrs T one | anag. |
| 882 | DOSSIER | VHC | One carries the papers in case one’s hanging about | I in dosser |
| 878 | MOUSEPIECE | VHC | It’s primitive to paw woman showing tasty piece of leg | mouse piece |
| 874 | BLUESTOCKING | VHC | Name given by sportive university types to coterie’s first ‘queen bee’ long ago | blues to c king (qv), & lit. |
| 869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | What bras provide for bosoms? —— and pads, in the old days. | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 866 | NECTAREOUS | VHC | Un-acetose, right? That’s another way to put it | anag. incl. r, & lit. |
| 857 | REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left) | First | Refuse to salute and he’ll reprimand you with half-ironic yet misplaced delicacy | red2 cap, ref MP; (iro)nic + anag. |
| 844 | THEOLOGASTER (Misprints) | Second | As to those large cracks, a divide may appear (but not a deep one) | divine; anag. |
| 840 | SONDE | VHC | Device that might have saved Icarus weighs on Dedalus’s heart | hidden |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 831 | COOLABAH (Spoonerisms) | VHC | AB in inverted ring cipher follows C, triggers D | C + AB in halo O (rev. ); diggers’ tree |
| 827 | MICKEY-TAKING | VHC | Mike-grabbing Irishman’s attractive – and annoying | ref. T. Wogan |
| 823 | SARBACANE | VHC | Chastising rod, applied to rioting Arabs, can deliver a fatal blow | anag. + cane |
| 818 | EMBUSQUÉ | VHC | Loafer lying in wait to board coach ahead of more than half the queue | embus que(ue) |
| 814 | SPOUSAGE | VHC | Old custom – and without having children beforehand | sp + o + usage |
| 801 | LINCHET | VHC | Dividing balk that absorbs little space | inch in let, & lit. |
| 796 | UPHOLSTERY | VHC | Covering trade winds southerly and soft | anag. incl. p |
| 792 | DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What mend is covering o/ver failing light? | |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | I’m a peon, Sc. distressed peasant | anag. |
| 764 | CHILDERMAS | VHC | ‘This day is loveless Herod’s claim confounded | anag. less 0 & lit. |
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | This one’s badly cooked – the nice aroma disguises it | anag.; hooked |
| 753 | SHEEPDOG | VHC | Timid type’s male, protective type usually female | sheep dog |
| 744 | SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left) | Second | Fried dish, Spooner’s gem in the examination, transposing initials of ‘dried fish’, see – i.e. case of the blight drinkers dread | i.e. pearl/scan ; anag. incl. d, f; ref. also drinkers’ mumbling |
| 740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | Squadron using correct procedure for power in flight | drill for p in escape |
| 735 | MALIGN | VHC | McEnroe’s first to get in a row – and run down as a result | M + align |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 727 | WELL-TO-DO | VHC | Spring to finish warm? So people say | well, to do; warm colloq. |
| 714 | MOTE | VHC | Battered tome may come down from Shakespeare’s time | anag.; mote2; ref. current vogue for finding Shakespeareana |
| 701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | Reduced balance on American business: protection on the way up | bal. US trade |
| 696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | Haydn’s last Tema in C minor, endlessly varied, leading to fugue | anag. less r |
| 692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | Third | Cheap lighter in sailors’ bar is about half a buck | buck; fid + bu(ck) in is |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | It’s circular and tube shaped, but tails off – like e.g. a cucumber | anag. less last letters |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | Fitful rest one can’t disturb | anag. |
| 666 | Any word; subsidiary indicators to omit an animal (Beasts) | First | Having no sense of guilt some require lessons | re(morse)less; hidden |
| 662 | BARGE-COUPLE | VHC | Push on to bring two parties together. Thatcher’s work begins and ends there | barge, couple; ref. miners’ strike |
| 644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | Address worth more than one star – yet see, star is misplaced! | anag. & lit.; ref. error in competition |
| 635 | ROSEMARY | VHC | I’m noted for remembering – so rare my lapses | anag. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | Line judge makes a habit of inconsistent opinions | double (heraldry) + think |
| 607 | CARNEY | VHC | Rustic humour, as displayed in American Art | Art C., US entertainer |
| 600 | Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram) | VHC | How that famous ‘thin line’ jolted the hot foe! | ref. W. H. Russell’s ‘thin red line’, see ODQ. |
| 594 | DOINGS | VHC | No role playing in travesty of Gondoliers – American extras murder G & S | anag. less anag.; do in GS |
| 590 | MINEVER | VHC | Is this ermine vermin? It would be without its coat | hidden & lit. |
| 585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | Feminine indeed!, cry I: feminine or masculine, all fans look like this | f la! bell I f or m; ref. unisex pop-fans |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 572 | SNAKE-OIL | Second | Duck in lake’s camouflaged: quack might draw your attention to it | anag. incl. 0 |
| 559 | EMBASE | VHC | Ambassadors wanting to yield under pressure, and what Mrs T would do to them | embas(sag)e; ref. PM’s contempt for F.O. re Falklands, etc. |
| 556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | Enough of Misprints we all mutter | gutter; hidden |
| 552 | NOURICE-FEE | VHC | After negative vote, original freeze ends with fairy money for health service | no + ur-ice + fée |
| 534 | DODGEM | VHC | Early poll to get Maggie back? That promises a bumpy ride | dod + Meg (rev.) |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 525 | PABOUCHE | VHC | You’ll get the slipper if dad’s stopped while working | pa, bouché |
| 521 | ATTITUDINISE | First | Strike poses a tricky test involving row between one small trade union and another one | I TU din I in a + anag. of test |
| 517 | IMMORTELLE | VHC | I’m Helichrysum, cut to last, or suchlike (French) | I’m m or telle & lit. |
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | I’m not infatuated with ecology, I’m just devoted to roots | anag. |
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | Observe and you’ll find exactly one trough in it (not this many!) | even tye in sight |
| 486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | Shuffle at halfway stage: Walker promoted – that means over-promoted | jum(ble) + ped up; ref. Peter W. |
| 482 | BODY-SNATCHER | First | Stiff collaring: that’s my trade – shows what can be done by starch | misleading def. + anag. |
| 473 | HERRING-BONE | VHC | Non-U neighbour besotted with semi-modern style of fancy stonework | anag. incl. (mod)ern less U |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 469 | APLUSTRE | VHC | Decorative finish added to a ship’s stern | a, p, lustre, & lit. |
| 464 | SIMKIN | VHC | Strong drink corrupted Puritan family | sim, kin; sim = Simeonite |
| 460 | SWOOP | VHC | Warning to go slow in steep and sudden descent | wo in sop |
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | First | Mitredness is wrong? That’s what it says | anag. & lit.; dissenterism rejects bishops |
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Bad fee/t, old hams, hocks hardened – sporting hacks! | ref. journalistic outcry at trouble at recent Oldham-Sheffield match |
| 434 | JARDINIÈRE | VHC | Two rows I cultivate as of old, one with vegetables in and one for flowers | jar, din, I, ere |
| 430 | TEGULA | VHC | Fiddle wrapped in tissue: Nero must have had one loose! | gu in tela |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | What dim signal could be | anag. & lit. |
| 423 | ACCOUTRE | VHC | TUC & Co. are jolted by current suit | anag.; ref. court injunction against 14 May strike |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 419 | RAMILLIES | First | Marlborough’s second crusher in conclusive quartet of victories | a + mill in (victo)ries & lit |
| 414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | Bunnies’ leader with enormous bust reveals what some would hide! | anag. incl. B; ref. Playboy clubs |
| 410 | CUL-DE-SAC | VHC | Short cut gets learner boxed up – could be this | cu(t) + L + cased (rev.) & lit. |
| 401 | GO-AHEAD | VHC | Active, explosive, bursting to move forward | a + HE. in goad & lit. |
| 388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | VHC | Sandy hair flying conceals P.M. in charge of counter-measures against snakes | Alex + anag. incl. P + M i/c |
| 384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Expanding pound’s a tiger let loose | anag. |
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Chap from Devon mixed with dissolute company in Thorpe case | comp. anag. with co. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | Gee, this makes a good rag for wax polish | monkey = anger = wax + shine |
| 362 | SEA-SOLDIER | Third | I’m jolly worn out, society slacker admits | old in s, easier |
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | Upper-class leave when street goes in for nouveau-riche | leave; U + st in part |
| 354 | SHEER-HULK | VHC | She’s said goodbye to her last sailor – he abandoned her in a huff | he + anag. all in sulk |
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | Rum issue curtailed – not much left | odd come short |
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Certainly to be included in the designation of Lord Alfred Douglas | OK in Bosie & lit. |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | VHC | Old flint, symbol of long distant strife, shaped to cut and butcher early saint | el (= l = long) far row; anag. incl. t |
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | ‘Geese that pose in triple rows’ – from naughty limerick (end censored) | piece… goes; limer(ick) anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | The peril under Herod spoilt Christmas’s friendly character for children | anag.; ref. slaughter of the innocents |
| 247 | FLIVVER | VHC | ‘Floruit 4 & 5 Qu. Eliz.’ might describe Morris Minor | Fl. IV V ER |
| 243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | Monopoly (sic) might make this rating soon | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. proliferation of ‘Olympic’ events |
| 234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | Scorpio occulted by sun – I’d get excited about that | anag. + S in hot & lit. |
| 229 | METRICATE | Second | Switch to Olympic distances satisfied – i.e. track shortened and remade | met + anag. less k |
| 225 | VALETA | VHC | World leaders in two-hundredth anniversary dance | vale + t, a |
| 216 | SCANTITY | VHC | Cover with beaming girl’s the ultimate in sexy bareness | scan tit + y |
| 212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Sounds as if schoolmaster is selecting straps (for thrashing) | ‘Sir singles’ |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 203 | BOGY | VHC | Fare rises, having all round multiplied into something terrifying | go (rev.) in by |
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Enticer’s victim? She was one | Lucrece; luree |
| 195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | Stupid swaying – drunk and sober | drunken pronunciation of ‘silly sally’ |
| 190 | CASSANDRA | Second | In Paris’s case, the foremost of sisters – also pursued by the Sun-god | s in cas (Fr.) + and Ra, & lit.; ref. Paris of Troy |
| 187 | POWDERING-TUB | VHC | Special bath that helped sufferer with broken rib get up and down | anag. |
| 183 | PICKLE | VHC | Brat in distress having to eat a little cabbage. | 4 meanings; cabbage2 |
| 174 | EPEOLATRY | VHC | In which – to adapt early poet – ‘words’ are ‘truly hallowed’ | anag.; ref. Shakespeare, ‘Henry VIII’, ii, 3, 68 |
| 169 | THUGGEE | VHC | You see Ulster’s foremost urge reflected in the sectarian killing | U egg (rev.) in the |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 152 | ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left) | VHC | Romeo and a mismatched sweetheart – some of Montague’s clan dreaded a scandal | anag.; hidden |
| 146 | CHARADES | VHC | With puzzles like these Azed heartlessly interrupts the housework | A(ze)d in chares, & lit. |
| 139 | PIEPOWDER | VHC | In place of the market’s rough justice we have confusion over what’s hidden in a compact | pie2, powder; ref. Social Compact; Court of P. |
| 135 | GABIONADE | Third | One container piled up on top of another – a segment of defence | I bag (rev.) on a de, & lit. |
| 127 | FRITHSOKEN | VHC | What’s this for, roughly? A place for criminals to resort to | anag. + ken & lit. |
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | Third | Tax a Tory’s capital – then, gad! he’ll spend it | scat T ergo od!; ref. wealth tax |
| 110 | GALLOWS-RIPE | VHC | Returned convict loose in Gorbals, about to do some slashing – must be this | lag (rev.)+ rip in lowse |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 97 | TREBUCHET | VHC | Traces of early bombardment in ruins of Utrecht? Made by this, perhaps | e, b in anag. |
| 92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | Intellectual oppression – something the Women’s-Libber doesn’t mind losing | i.e. bra in wash |
| 88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | A place for flowers? – where they smelt, anyway | i.e. bloomer-y |
| 84 | MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left) | VHC | Some girl I wronged in a giddy spell – most unfortunate – has done me wrong after wrong | anag.; ill + anag. |
| 75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | It could make catering more complicated if it had no bits of merchandise named | anag. less m, n |
| 66 | NONSENSE | VHC | It’s absurd the President putting out his second and third interpretation | N(ix)on, sense; ref. Watergate |
| 53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | Dig that arrangement for sax learned in Berlin band! | anag.; ref. Irving B.: A. Ragtime Band |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 45 | NEMORAL | VHC | Shooting men have spoken of a wood or an elm covert | men (rev.) + oral and anag. |
| 43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | VHC | ANTONYMIATE | C |
| 36 | CRUSADER | VHC | For someone like Mrs Whitehouse, sex-appeal’s getting more blatant all round | SA in cruder |
| 27 | VINEGAR | VHC | Season starts with a bit of violence, then anger explodes | vi + anag. |
| 18 | EPIGONE | VHC | Successor, when heroic strain peters out, is weak | epi(c), gone & lit.; successor i.e. that which follows |
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Animals in peril pair up at threshold marked ‘shelter’ | |
| 5 | SCEUOPHYLAX | Third | A cox helps you at sea – missing nothing, he keeps an eye on vessels | anag. minus O |
HCs awarded to C. J. Morse
Clues | Annual Honours | Other competitors | See also: C. J. & R. S. Morse
Clues | Annual Honours | Other competitors | See also: C. J. & R. S. Morse
2012-2013
2122 NICETY
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2011-2012
2087 ROCKET
2078 RÉCOLLET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2064 COLD TURKEY
2049 PARTY-POOPER
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2031 EMBROIDERY
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2014 HACKETTE
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1918 PALAMPORE
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1910 BARPERSON
1908 WE THREE KINGS
1906 MORSE
1897 WASH-OUT
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1858 HUMONGOUS
1845 UPBRAID
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2006-2007
1831 MARGINALIA
1827 AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)
1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
1814 HIPSTER
1806 INEBRIANT
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1771 PARTERRE
1758 BIMBETTE
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1746 ENTOMIC
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1694 MISINTERPRET
1689 SYNOD
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1602 FENESTRA
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1541 CHUPRASSY
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
2000-2001
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1502 RAPPEL
1480 SAMARITAN
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1999-2000
1437 MISTLETOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1428 CRICETID
1998-1999
1406 CHASSEPOT
1398 PERMETHRIN
1394 BERGAMOT
1376 LOGO
1997-1998
1360 BOG-ASPHODEL
1346 PHARISEE
1325 UPROOTAL
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1995-1996
1247 PREDICANT
1242 KNOCKERS
1225 CURRY
1994-1995
1186 GRISELDA
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1993-1994
1126 CHEATERY
1117 STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters)
1108 GREEN
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1078 KIRBEH
1061 MAGIC
1052 AGANIPPE
1991-1992
1030 PASTILLE
1013 ALVEARY
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
969 BUNTER
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
1989-1990
930 SABULOSE
926 NERD
917 HOOLIGANISM
913 ARCHIBALD
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
904 VOETGANGER
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
862 OFF-AND-ON
849 VISITE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
809 DOLCE VITA
788 CROW
1986-1987
779 MISSING LINK
774 VICTORINE
766 GUBBINS
762 OBELISE
1985-1986
731 STRING
722 SUPERNACULUM
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
709 GINGER
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
670 TURNIP-FLEA
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
657 SILLY-BILLY
653 INTERNUNCIO
649 AUSTRALORP
640 MACHETE
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
618 CRETISM
615 HISTORIETTE
603 FIGULINE
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
543 STAYING POWER
538 INGRAIN
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
508 POSTURE-MAKER
504 SIMMENTHALER
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
1980-1981
456 BALADINE
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
1979-1980
406 BOIL
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
393 INTRACARDIAC
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
332 NUT-CASE
327 HEMLOCK
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent)
319 PODESTA
1976-1977
221 PADDY-WHACK
1975-1976
165 Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram)
156 OMBROPHOBOUS
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
130 EADISH (Printer’s Devilry)
1973-1974
100 CENTENARIAN
95 THUNDERCLAP
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
62 SOLITAIRES
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
23 SCLERODERMIC
1 ORGIAST
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010-2011 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009-2010 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 2007-2008 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006-2007 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 2005-2006 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004-2005 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003-2004 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 2001-2002 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 2000-2001 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| 1999-2000 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 1998-1999 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 1997-1998 | 3 (2, 1, 0) | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1996-1997 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995-1996 | 4 (2, 1, 1) | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 1994-1995 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 1993-1994 | 3 (1, 2, 0) | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 1992-1993 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 1990-1991 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 1989-1990 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 1988-1989 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 1986-1987 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 1985-1986 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 1982-1983 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 1981-1982 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 1980-1981 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 1979-1980 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 1978-1979 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 1976-1977 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 1975-1976 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 1974-1975 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 1972-1973 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 6 | 3 | 4 |