ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. May | 38 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 81 | 43 | Sep 1972 | Feb 1989 | 16y 5m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 874 | BLUESTOCKING | VHC | Athlete’s foot case for lady doctor, probably | Blue stocking. |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 818 | EMBUSQUÉ | VHC | Blasted bum, see, without question | Qu. in anag. & lit. |
| 814 | SPOUSAGE | VHC | Old custom to follow on wanting children | sp + o + usage |
| 809 | DOLCE VITA | VHC | Possibly dope circles associated with a rich and influential woman | clod (rev.) + Evita & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 766 | GUBBINS | VHC | A bit of gimmicky, undefined rubbish, new in | g + n in (r)ubbis(h), & lit.; g. in 1983 C for first time |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 722 | SUPERNACULUM | VHC | Drink clue, ‘rum’, ‘An odd nectar’ | sup + anag. |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 649 | AUSTRALORP | VHC | Layer raised by digger disturbed little of rural past | anag. incl. o’ |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | Will tame hectares, getting rid of choking weeds | anag. less tares, & lit.; will2 |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 618 | CRETISM | VHC | Miscreant’s undoing, if brought out. | anag. less an(=if) |
| 603 | FIGULINE | VHC | Plastic reflects for example condition that nothing of better quality gets in | nil U in e.g. if (all rev.) |
| 585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | Aging beauty consuming fillet beef endlessly is spreading around the middle | label + lif(e) in form, beef = rigour |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | Haste has reduced soundness | waste; ’s weal |
| 543 | STAYING POWER | VHC | Grows in peaty ground, producing ample stamina for continuing strain | anag.; stamina = stamens |
| 534 | DODGEM | Third | A fair treat, with first fare a penny, years ago | do d gem (= something admirable) |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | Try me. (I go only to C.) | anag.; I = AZ; try = sift etc. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 456 | BALADINE | VHC | Pranking, I, and able to move freely round | anag. in anag., & lit. |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Married lives drag on, filled with discord, fostering misunderstanding | m is + din in lag |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 406 | BOIL | VHC | PM’s dwelling on the reverse in car company – it matters quite a lot | (No.) 10 (rev.) in B.L. |
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Chap with no children has not begun to live | s.p. + (b)reathe |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 354 | SHEER-HULK | VHC | What a ship is called with her prow gone and timbers in confusion | she, (h)er, hulk; see hulk in C |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 310 | STERNFAST | Second | It’s unyielding, sailors pushing out notice | RN for ad. in steadfast, & lit. |
| 298 | NOSER | First | Elevated debate precludes one | re(a)son, rev. & lit. |
| 289 | AMNESIAC | VHC | Muddling names – that’s the first clue | anag. + 1 ac. & lit. |
| 276 | AMTRACK | VHC | Army’s transport vehicle going about in middle of lake? | MT + car (rev.) in ak, & lit. |
| 267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | Adjunct to Oxford’s spring symbolises first of May, to accompaniment of cries and/or jangling | Morris + dance, M + anag.; Morris Oxford car |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Can the crush to the CCL do thank setter? | |
| 249 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | VHC | With nose of red, hurried to render help in a fog | r + anag. & lit. |
| 243 | OLYMPIC | Third | Having purest serum, unapproachable, never ending once | o(f) lymp(h), ic(y) & lit. |
| 229 | METRICATE | VHC | Impose some outlandish measure about one foregoing ounce, for example | I +cat in metre, forego 2 meanings, & lit. |
| 212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Clue’s: ‘Rings screws?’ | anag. & lit. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | Clairvoyant, attracted scepticism, suffered abominably – no doubt resisted Apollo’s overtures | first letters & lit. |
| 174 | EPEOLATRY | VHC | Azed’s prime test, applied to people badly wanting first in placings | anag. less p + A, try, & lit. |
| 156 | OMBROPHOBOUS | VHC | Lousy hobo – poor bum’s allergic to water? | anag. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 135 | GABIONADE | VHC | Bunker hill had a big one, with no end of earth, overthrown | anag. less h; American War of Independence |
| 123 | SCATTERGOOD | VHC | Sort to cadge extravagantly! | anag. & lit |
| 118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Frill, for example, on prettiest dresses | Friml; o’ + anag.; dress come into line |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 92 | BRAINWASH | First | Bust down reason? | bra in wash, & lit. |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 43 | A neologism (Neologisms) | VHC | GRINGRIDDLE | F |
1988-1989
862 OFF-AND-ON
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
853 DEBACLE
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
823 SARBACANE
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
801 LINCHET
788 CROW
1986-1987
774 VICTORINE
770 HERMITS
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
753 SHEEPDOG
744 SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)
740 ESCADRILLE
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
714 MOTE
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
688 CUCURBITAL
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
670 TURNIP-FLEA
666 Any word; subsidiary indicators to omit an animal (Beasts)
662 BARGE-COUPLE
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
653 INTERNUNCIO
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
615 HISTORIETTE
607 CARNEY
594 DOINGS
590 MINEVER
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
572 SNAKE-OIL
564 PARAMENT
559 EMBASE
552 NOURICE-FEE
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
521 ATTITUDINISE
508 POSTURE-MAKER
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
504 SIMMENTHALER
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
460 SWOOP
452 DISSENTERISM
447 URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)
430 TEGULA
1979-1980
401 GO-AHEAD
393 INTRACARDIAC
384 OUTSPREADING
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
340 BOOKSIE
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
332 NUT-CASE
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
306 DICKENS
301 TROLLOPISH
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
285 BOYFRIEND (Misprints)
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
221 PADDY-WHACK
216 SCANTITY
1975-1976
200 The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
195 SHILLY-SHALLY
187 POWDERING-TUB
183 PICKLE
169 THUGGEE
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
146 CHARADES
127 FRITHSOKEN
114 PANIC
1973-1974
88 BLOOMERY
66 NONSENSE
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
1972-1973
36 CRUSADER
31 KITCHENDOM
27 VINEGAR
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 1976-1977 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |