ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. H. Hirst | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 27 | May 1972 | Oct 1991 | 19y 5m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | Third | What a liar at NHS might turn to | anag. & lit |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 627 | AMBIENT | VHC | Foreign Office admitting Zola’s OK; it’s investing | bien (Fr. = well) in Amt (Ger. = office); ref. Z. Budd |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Don’t was/h in Oban, Kit | |
| 543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | Qualification for wearying post | anag. & lit. |
| 530 | PROMETAL | VHC | Good casting material, used to make pots from appearing topless – in part of Viola for example | (f)rom in petal |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 521 | ATTITUDINISE | VHC | What poseurs do in garret, without scrap of cover on nudities possibly | atti(c) + anag. |
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | Book of words; odd loco men go by it, ignoring lead from Buckton | anag. less B |
| 504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | Products of this can make a man rich – M. Nestlé for example | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | Second | Ballesteros minus five near start of the round yet cracked. Some modern players can’t take it! | Seve(riano) + anag. in nigh + t |
| 482 | BODY-SNATCHER | Third | Death is treated with scorn by a resurrectionist | anag. |
| 478 | BIBLIOPEGIST | VHC | After I’ve finished the books, they’re bound to fix prices; it’s daft with first drink then oil going up | bib + oil (rev.) + peg + anag. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 464 | SIMKIN | First | This might be drunk, on engagement of a Royal Highness, in Kashmir | anag. + a RH, & lit. |
| 460 | SWOOP | VHC | A sudden onslaught in Noel’s TV show: O for a bit of peace and quiet! | O for a p sh in (Multicoloured) Swap Shop |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Seducing in a sports car is one sort of Romance | is Ladin in MG |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 404 | CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms) | First | To aim inside head of club and look sideways might help us sink our putts | in power cuts; hold in c and leer |
| 388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | VHC | One’s after the answer to something with power to injure one, in Guinness perhaps | x-l-p-harm-I in Alec |
| 371 | GRADIN | VHC | What degrading shows could fill this! | hidden & lit. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 45 | NEMORAL | VHC | It’s historically not a certainty what dryads were | ne moral |
| 43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | VHC | CLUPRUBIOUS | D: L. clupea, herring; rubeus, red |
| 27 | VINEGAR | First | Given unconventionally for Jack’s head | anag. replacing t of tar, & lit, ref. Jack & Jill |
| 14 | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | VHC | Tell Papa real putrid here – animal stink’s horrid – Shem | |
1991-1992
1013 ALVEARY
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
969 BUNTER
943 BARAGOUIN
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
1984-1985
662 BARGE-COUPLE
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
640 MACHETE
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
609 LUCKY-BAG
607 CARNEY
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
552 NOURICE-FEE
534 DODGEM
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
517 IMMORTELLE
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
456 BALADINE
434 JARDINIÈRE
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
406 BOIL
401 GO-AHEAD
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
354 SHEER-HULK
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
1973-1974
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
1972-1973
31 KITCHENDOM
23 SCLERODERMIC
10 LINGERIE
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 1980-1981 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| 1979-1980 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 13 |