Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. L. Stone | 128 | 5 | 18 | 105 | 171 | 151 | Jul 1987 | May 2022 | 34y 10m | P. Stone |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021-2022 | ||||
2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Distressed at this, the poor girl – could be that large posterior wobbling | posterior; comp. anag. |
2582 | ACHITOPHEL | VHC | Being careful to avoid traps somehow hole a pitch | anag.; ref. golf |
2569 | BILBO | VHC | Broad’s first over bagging leg-before whipping one past blade | lb in B o incl. I |
2020-2021 | ||||
2564 | CLEARING | VHC | See hidden trace of rings in splitting open bit of wood | r in clea(v)ing |
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Halting to beg at roadside – maybe tabid —— does | comp. anag. |
2551 | SPAVIN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Saucy whore, sexy vamp, taking money in sin | horsy sore; anag. less m in sin |
2547 | FILATORY | VHC | Spinner of yarn spouting old lot of airy rubbish | anag. less o |
2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | Drill or awl the best tool for boring jobs | anag.; see tool in C. |
2525 | PLACITUM | VHC | Carefree climate about university vaccine finally released after positive outcome of trial | p + anag. incl. u less e |
2019-2020 | ||||
2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | Slippery racetrack, losing rear end – on board Hamilton’s first to find grip | grit; anag. less k incl. H |
2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | What confirms puzzling phenom’s greatness? No ordinary month’s special, an engaging device | anag. less o, m’s, s |
2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Fanciful scene – bard’s Bottom foremost of ‘mechanicals’ wearing floppy ears on head | d + m in anag. + cape; ref. ‘AMND’ |
2482 | VOX POP | VHC | Public opinion’s against Corbyn’s second attempt pursuing No. 10 | v, o + x + pop |
2480 | STOCKING FILLERS | VHC | Sundries from Santa secretly left in girl’s sock | anag. |
2464 | BRAINPOWER | Second | E.g. lass with this could be developing prowess in algebra | comp. anag. & lit. |
2018-2019 | ||||
2438 | MONTE DI PIETÀ | Second | Broke, last of liras spent, deposit an item here | anag. less s, & lit. |
2425 | EPILIMNION | VHC | E.g. Victoria’s warm liquid lips on mine transported one for a second | anag. with I for s |
2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | VHC | Plan buttress repair also rendering to church, a large area crumbling with time | prop + anag.; anag. incl. a, t |
2017-2018 | ||||
2390 | POISSON D’AVRIL | VHC | Prank victim primarily is Paris noodle not seeing his derriere | anag. incl. v less e, & lit.; prank = set in order |
2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | Pair opposite showing spades not clubs in complex Acol bidding | pr + op. + anag. with S for C |
2373 | CACOGASTRIC | Third | See the undoing of tragic Tosca – tense going with stomach churning | c + anag. less t; ref. Verdi opera |
2360 | VIDENDA | Third | Wonders of the world? Did the ‘Seven’ tripping around, these being outstanding, ace! | anag. less these + a |
2016-2017 | ||||
2356 | PUBLIC SERVANT | VHC | In private clubs when bursting one goes for one in office | anag. less I; office = lavatory |
2347 | ASLEEP | VHC | One takes a second to undress when retiring late | a + s + peel (rev.) |
2338 | TRUMP | VHC | The old game competing for tricks, aged whore’s set about it | trick = prostitute’s client; cf. strumpet |
2330 | BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left) | VHC | Out of brass? Give barrel scrape ’n once more make light of being poor | b raze ’n; mo pish |
2324 | CELEBRATIONS | VHC | Blasts from rebel action shaking Syria’s capital | anag. + S |
2322 | VENTRICOSE | VHC | No time to throw out corset sadly accepting one’s fat-bellied | vent less t + anag. incl I |
2318 | TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy) | VHC | Thingamy? One recalled in empty name tossed around | one (rev.) in anag. incl. n |
2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Bit of patchy ground at Newlands leads to English collapse and tense finish | p erf + E, c, t |
2015-2016 | ||||
2305 | AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Stokes exhausted from good spell but carrying on in match | re in age(s); spell; ref. Ben S., cricketer |
2300 | MISHMASH | VHC | Players’ mix-up? It comes from mishit with Marsh run out | mish(it) + Ma(r)sh |
2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | A troop playing crimes wantonly could be acting so —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
2272 | SNOWMOBILE | VHC | Transport eskimo will be on to be like this, perhaps | comp. anag. & lit. |
2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | Having a flutter backing top tip at Ayr, placed second, overhauled in run-in | tap tip (rev.); put sub (rev.) |
2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | Third | Event when cheese is tasted, mildest one lacking depth | toasted; mil(d)est one; cheese2 |
2014-2015 | ||||
2235 | CHOCK-A-BLOCK | First | Heaving pack to secure one against the head | chock a block; ref. Rugby Union |
2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | Customised Citroen —— may be blocking up entire road | comp. anag. & lit. |
2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Daft clot’s been butt of joke so that’ll teach him | anag. incl. j |
2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | VHC | Bubbly chap with red clothing marks day going south to wondrous premises delivering a million gifts | CHAMPERS/PRESSIES; CHAMSPRESIES; m, s in chap re(d); S + anag. less m |
2218 | FOREIGNER | Third | Being from Nigeria a migrant could be this in Gambia | comp. anag. & lit. |
2205 | CUMBERSOME | VHC | We sober men much coordinated can be this when drunk | comp. anag. & lit. |
2013-2014 | ||||
2196 | SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps) | Second | Clangers in church building? Collapse means constructing a better one using horizontal beams | anag.; anag. incl. a |
2187 | WEST | VHC | One going for grand slam, maybe, won converting set point | w + anag.; ref. bridge, tennis |
2183 | SANGRAIL | Third | Quest for elusive cup? Comp. anag. & lit’s run away with it | ref. AZ comps.; anag. incl. r, less ’t |
2174 | CHARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Thae making hoo/-ha, everyone’s blootered! | |
2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | VHC | A number of men carving old turkey with new cutting edge to knife | cold; c + anag. incl. n less k |
2165 | OUT OF ORDER | VHC | OR with some fortitude suffering horrific times going over the top | anag. less anag. |
2148 | ZOLLVEREIN | VHC | League with zero levying formed excluding Germany’s outsiders | anag. incl. l less G, y, & lit. |
2012-2013 | ||||
2144 | INFERNO (Spoonerisms) | Second | Greatly famed flier – dashing one in RAF could be this ace | flamed fire; anag. incl. A |
2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | Dead shy speed dater circulating without hope | anag. less d |
2118 | BLOKEISH | VHC | How like bachelor riffling Sun for glimpse of whoppers | anag. incl. b, with S for w, & lit.; ref. page three girls |
2116 | YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry) | VHC | ‘Pro Come Dancing’ – elite duo round off last of ‘Strictly’ before Christmas | y + anag. less o |
2113 | PICAROON | VHC | E.g. Rover or Corsair or Pontiac declining with the passage of time | anag. less t; decline = deviate |
2109 | THICKETY | First | Forest of Dean’s this on east side of the Wye | thick2 + E, t, y, & lit. |
2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | VHC | Couple newly at it, in Chemist obtaining precautionary device | anag. |
2011-2012 | ||||
2083 | BEWITCH | Second | Spell after tea without runs, pitch losing a bit of pace | b(r)ew + (p)itch |
2078 | RÉCOLLET | VHC | One from ‘le cloitre’ reformed? | anag. less I, & lit. |
2065 | DERMESTIDAE | VHC | Ted smiled after dropping left foot and crushing beetles | anag. less l, ft; ref. beetle-crushers |
2062 | APPLE-KNOCKER | VHC | Homer, for example, not forthcoming – New York lacking the big hitter | (the big) Apple + knocker; ref. H. Simpson; not forthcoming = uncivil |
2045 | CATENATE | VHC | Having round after round a teen getting sozzled goes on to vomit | cat + anag. |
2010-2011 | ||||
2031 | EMBROIDERY | VHC | Sewer’s rich output fouling up bay more making all swimming dire | anag. incl. anag. replacing a’ |
2027 | THRENETICAL | VHC | New College lament their passing Master with mournful song | anag. incl. c, less M |
2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | VHC | Five below zero over a period we found to be daunting, much ice on the ground tending to thicken | 0 v era we; anag. less e; thicken = unite in friendship |
2014 | HACKETTE | VHC | Filly on paper is the pick, punter ignoring outsiders | hack + (b)ette(r) |
2010 | A COMING OF AGE | VHC | Cue to start indulging in foaming ale – chap’s first litre vanishing vigorously | go! in anag. incl. c less l; & lit. |
1992 | FOULARD | VHC | A wonderful spinning could result in stylish new —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
2009-2010 | ||||
1988 | PERIQUE | VHC | Inspirational stuff lit up Proms’ opening performance of unfinished ‘Requiem’ | P + anag. less m |
1979 | FAR-OUT | VHC | Wizard! Harry at fourteen taking pains to be champion! | anag. less teen; ref. H. Potter, crowned Triwizard Champion |
1967 | SUBORDINATELY | VHC | Today Brunel is ‘reborn’ by us with ‘olde’ train steaming down the line | anag., anag.; steaming = very drunk |
1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | —— working with gee-gee may produce e.g. e’er finer pelage | comp. anag. & lit. |
1945 | PRISON | VHC | Cells getting ‘religious instruction’ well inside Pakistan’s borders | RI so in P, n |
1940 | SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number) | VHC | Tight skirt squeezing out midriff though holding buttocks in check | check; skirt with can for kir |
2008-2009 | ||||
1936 | LITMUS TEST | VHC | Half of young new wine is French – it could prove acid | lit(tle) must2 est |
1923 | ELLIPTIC | VHC | Fond political spiel turns out to be this load of spin | comp. anag. & lit. |
1918 | PALAMPORE | VHC | Light opera freely embraces florid counterpoint | lamp in anag. |
1908 | WE THREE KINGS | VHC | What articulates royals’ introduction with the seeking done | anag. incl. r w, & lit. |
1893 | EARTHY | VHC | Clear the boundary sending long hop out of the ground | anag. less bound; clear = unscramble |
1888 | RASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | In winter I buy de-ice/r, if I can’t I freeze | |
2007-2008 | ||||
1871 | FAIRY GOLD | VHC | Bligh’s heart pounding throughout mutinous day for Bounty, one imagines | anag. of (B)lig(h) distributed through anag. |
1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | First | Teddy boy loved hep toon when rocking ’n’ rolling | anag.; ref. Christopher Robin |
2006-2007 | ||||
1823 | KISS | VHC | Buss and smack make contact in search of catch | 3 defs.; fishing vessels |
1804 | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | Second | Galvanised steel’s chosen to make great wheel for fair | feel for wear; anag. |
1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | VHC | Bistro’s casseroled meat is pure horse – apparently spiced potato goes with it | anag. + net; app. aloo SA |
2005-2006 | ||||
1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | I like blood or a n/asty bit of flesh | |
1741 | LORD NELSON | VHC | Prone on deck, all’s up for him transported with a peck | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Kiss me, Hardy’ |
2004-2005 | ||||
1711 | MINUS | Second | Essential clothing in nipping temperature below zero | in in mus(t) |
2003-2004 | ||||
1667 | CLARINI | VHC | Trumpets sound not for Claudio Ranieri, sacked without hesitation | Cl(audio) + anag. less er; ref. Chelsea manager |
1663 | ARMAMENTARIA | Second | GP’s gear changing meant strain on arm | arm + anag. + aria; GP = general practitioner, Grand Prix |
1654 | CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps) | VHC | Increasing research into care costs initially spells out ‘Alter NHS’ | res. in c, c; anag. |
1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | VHC | Displaying this at a shop is giving curious clients phantasmagoria | comp. anag. & lit. |
1637 | AMNESIC | VHC | Cessna I’m flying needs seconds to take off, unlike a jumbo | anag. less s; ‘elephants never forget’ |
2002-2003 | ||||
1611 | LEISLER | VHC | Poor lie troubled Els getting right flier at The Belfry | anag. + anag. + r; ref. Ernie E., golf course |
1589 | JOKESMITH | VHC | Smoke joint getting high on it then start to have a funny turn | anag. incl. J + it + h |
1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | Flogging German motors, discounting makes fast profit | motors; anag. less moors |
1572 | SHIELD-MAY | VHC | Cover girl? Breast reduction improved her pulling power | shield may2; ref. supposed practice of Amazons |
2001-2002 | ||||
1541 | CHUPRASSY | VHC | One running for office has PR guys chosen primarily for good spinning | anag. with c for g |
2000-2001 | ||||
1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Very fast in the outfield, dry and withered, yielding runs for Dexter, say? | deep + sear with Ted for r; ref. cricketer |
1480 | SAMARITAN | VHC | Bit of a saint? A man at end of tether desperately rings one | s + anag. incl. r, & lit. |
1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | First | We hear Catholic call ‘Stop reven/ge, order marching through!’ | |
1999-2000 | ||||
1450 | PRETENDANT | VHC | Partner amazingly holds ten diamonds, right away I claim hand | ten D in anag. less r |
1424 | HEIST | Third | Slippery thieves may make Spain very shortly if mixed up with this | comp. anag. incl. E, v, & lit. |
1998-1999 | ||||
1411 | LOOK-SEE | VHC | Viewing beauty spot in the Glens | looks + ee |
1394 | BERGAMOT | VHC | Take MGA to be re-sprayed orange – treating its outer coat proves essential | anag. incl. r |
1372 | MASTERSTROKE | Second | Season’s coup (Murdoch’s)? | master’s troke, & lit.; ref. takeover of Manchester United; coup2 |
1997-1998 | ||||
1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | VHC | If it’s wet I’m at home and blooming miserable, a good book helps | anag. incl. b |
1355 | DIACATHOLICON | VHC | Sanitary cleanser, a remedy for everything nasty I’d catch in loo | anag. |
1336 | STOCKING | VHC | Bit of hose leaving thigh on show in act of stimulation | (h)ock in sting, & lit. |
1325 | UPROOTAL | VHC | Halted Aussie score with a liberal use of bouncers | up root a L; halted = at a standstill; score = have sex |
1996-1997 | ||||
1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Boy the Thames location is fantastic for post-Ximenean’s fifth do! | by; anag. of for X do; ref. AZ dinner |
1281 | ABLUTOMANE | VHC | I’m mental about shifting the last trace of dirt away | anag. less t, & lit. |
1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | Second | Period in which we remember brave ones listed as lost | anag. less as, & lit.; ref. Remembrance Day, 5 Nov |
1273 | SIPOREX | VHC | Soak mostly is cut from appetite for particular brand of hard stuff | sip(e) + orex(is) |
1260 | OUT-AND-OUT | Third | South’s hand, lacking both spades and hearts, in distribution is extreme | (S)out(h’s h)and + out; ref. bridge |
1995-1996 | ||||
1232 | The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram) | VHC | Di let us in on lots; how that charm wooed us! | |
1207 | EPOCH-MARKING | VHC | Embattled PM in charge OK – July 4th declaration had such effect | anag.; ref. vote for Tory leadership and American Declaration of Independence |
1994-1995 | ||||
1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | Little king found in cot rudely fashioned in a disused horse trough | K in anag.; i.e. depression from giving up heroin |
1993-1994 | ||||
1147 | MAYDAY | VHC | Woman finally released from many hours of labour when crowning takes place | ma(n)y + day; ref. childbirth, May Queen |
1143 | DEATH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | EC’s ma/in governor seen trying rand market | ref. Norway’s EU referendum |
1130 | AGRESTAL | VHC | Uncontrolled gales at end of ‘leg-over’ broadcast | anag. incl. r; ref. Brian Johnstone’s commentary gaffe |
1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | GIFT for nativity? Surgeon cleverly inserts a sperm at tube’s opening | Ch. + anag. + t; GIFT = Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer |
1126 | CHEATERY | Second | Trumping clubs and hearts, South leaves East very short of a lead | C H Ea(S)t (v)ery |
1113 | EMPLASTRUM | VHC | Remedy for damaged cells – put slammer in order! | anag.; ref. Wymott jail riot |
1992-1993 | ||||
1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | VHC | Merrily our players may take two unknowns and add a third bit of figure | anag. less y, y incl. g, & lit.; ref. game of Head, Body, Legs |
1991-1992 | ||||
1024 | PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Waite’s central character released from pounded misery, a guard being there throughout | SEM(PRE SENT)RY; anag. less I; ref. Terry W. |
995 | STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Will is well – the specialist sho/t tending the bash | ref. Prince William’s accident |
1990-1991 | ||||
991 | BRASH (or BRUSH) | VHC | Bush trim? Nation relieved his heart is right as rain | Bush with r as for US, 2 defs. |
961 | WAVESON | First | Particular motion’s directed towards floating constituents when the tub is thumped | wave’s on |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2586 BALDERDASH
2584 GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste)
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2543 CABRETTA
2539 TORSE (Printer’s Devilry)
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2530 STUDENTY
2019-2020
2512 OSCITATE
2504 UPBEAT
2495 BUNG
2486 BRUHAHA
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2473 INTERPLAY
2018-2019
2451 CAPUT
2447 CONGENER
2430 CLERIHEW
2421 SPASMODICAL
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2399 CHARMEUSE
2395 PURITANISM
2386 PENNY-A-LINER
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2369 FACETIAE
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2016-2017
2351 RHAGADES
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2325 MASON
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2279 CLEMENTINE
2270 FENESTRA
2265 ESPRIT FORT
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2014-2015
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2230 GATES OF DEATH
2209 (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent)
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2161 FARRAGO
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2012-2013
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2011-2012
2074 BENNET
2064 COLD TURKEY
2058 ROBUST
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2036 AL CONTO
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2012 BLOATING
1997 FADO
2009-2010
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1962 ANADEM
1958 HANGDOG
2008-2009
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1910 BARPERSON
1906 MORSE
1901 SANITISE
1897 WASH-OUT
2007-2008
1879 LITTER BASKET
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1866 BINGE
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1858 HUMONGOUS
1849 AUXESIS
1836 POSTHASTE
2006-2007
1827 AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)
1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1806 INEBRIANT
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
1784 TEARAWAY
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1771 PARTERRE
1762 DUDDERY
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1737 ANIMUS
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1728 EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number)
1724 MONEYBAGS
1719 ANHELATION
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1698 CROSSTIE
1689 SYNOD
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1676 CRINGE-MAKING
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1650 SAPHENA
1641 GADGETEER
1628 ENCOMION
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1619 GISMO (Printer’s Devilry)
1615 RUGATE
1602 FENESTRA
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1585 SHIATSU
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1554 PEARL
1537 CAFTAN
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
1519 CARRY-ON
2000-2001
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1494 MARATHON
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1999-2000
1463 REVERSIONAL
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1454 GET-UP
1439 JOHN CANOE
1437 MISTLETOE
1419 SPLODGE
1998-1999
1402 PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)
1398 PERMETHRIN
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1385 PANTRIES
1376 LOGO
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1346 PHARISEE
1342 ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)
1338 SMART ALEC
1329 PITHOS
1322 CARPET
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1294 TRANSENNA
1286 CHALET
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1242 KNOCKERS
1216 CHAPERON
1212 HILDING
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1178 BOOTLEG
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1161 ADIAPHORON
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1134 TOVARICH
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1065 TANDOORI
1061 MAGIC
1991-1992
1039 TOLERABLE
1034 BURLAP
1030 PASTILLE
1026 LET-OFF
1990-1991
978 DOUBLE-CENTURY
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
904 VOETGANGER
1987-1988
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
2019-2020 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 6 | 13 |
2018-2019 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 5 | 25 |
2017-2018 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 2 | 7 | 19 |
2016-2017 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
2015-2016 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 4 | 12 |
2014-2015 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 4 | 5 | 9 |
2013-2014 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 5 | 2 | 6 |
2012-2013 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 5 | 4 | 5 |
2011-2012 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 3 | 14 |
2010-2011 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
2009-2010 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
2008-2009 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
2007-2008 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 7 | – |
2006-2007 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 7 | 26 |
2005-2006 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
2004-2005 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 9 | – |
2003-2004 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 28 |
2002-2003 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
2000-2001 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 5 | 24 |
1999-2000 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 6 | – |
1998-1999 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 6 | 18 |
1997-1998 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
1996-1997 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
1995-1996 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – |
1993-1994 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 1 | 11 |
1992-1993 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1991-1992 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
1990-1991 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 4 | – |
1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |