Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs E. J. Shields | 27 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 54 | 31 | Aug 1976 | Feb 2003 | 26y 6m | Mrs E. Shields E. J. Shields |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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1997-1998 | ||||
1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | VHC | What may flourish in hag pool’s bed? | anag. & lit. |
1994-1995 | ||||
1169 | BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Beginning to broaden, once buxom, gaily unheeding what exercises insure – like Winnie-the-Pooh? | b lithe; anag. |
1991-1992 | ||||
1039 | TOLERABLE | VHC | Hell to bear? Less hot, it could be | anag. less h |
1030 | PASTILLE | VHC | Gum to limit pain? | ill in paste & lit. |
1024 | PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Gift perfume – emotional thought – brought down chimney on time | CHY(PRE SENT)IMENT; anag. + t |
1989-1990 | ||||
920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | VHC | Child’s endless chance, the old trust, to circumvent sign of illiteracy | ch. ris(k) + cross in trow, & lit. |
1988-1989 | ||||
878 | MOUSEPIECE | VHC | Add a bit to a shiner? | mouse piece, & lit. |
1987-1988 | ||||
835 | PROSAICAL | VHC | A crisp loaf once cut turns dry | anag. incl. loa(f) |
831 | COOLABAH (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Circuiting loch, a boat docked – by an ark? | ironbark; anag. less t |
816 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter) | VHC | A lot of money indeed goes on endless food for this feast | pot la cho(w) |
1986-1987 | ||||
783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | Bananas, pacos mine? | anag. & lit. |
750 | SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue) | VHC | Open University graduate (a Fellow) enrols student for a diversified course | L in OU MA guy |
740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | Ciel d’Arles could reveal it in formation | anag. & lit. |
1984-1985 | ||||
649 | AUSTRALORP | Third | It may be dished up roast à la King | anag. incl. R, & lit. |
1983-1984 | ||||
600 | Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram) | VHC | Oh Jonathan, the thief of time, thou dost well! | |
1982-1983 | ||||
558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | Third | I’m what may rend Xmas dinner: crackers can emit me | end; anag. |
1981-1982 | ||||
513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | Into ecology, worried about origin of manure? My leaves supply roots with organic particles | anag. incl. m; see organic in C. |
1980-1981 | ||||
426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Confusing minds with a lig? | anag. & lit. |
1979-1980 | ||||
414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | Remedy some rub on – one to get trouble off chest | anag. |
406 | BOIL | VHC | I should appear with rising fish around | I in lob (rev.), & lit. |
388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | Third | With this admitted freely one might follow Mithridatic example A.D. | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. King M. V of Pontus d. by poisoning |
384 | OUTSPREADING | VHC | Sound pair get runs – producing such a field? | anag. |
379 | SCYTHEMAN | VHC | One to leave nasty machine abandoned in shed | anag. less a in, & lit. |
1978-1979 | ||||
366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | Prank perhaps to have fool on | monkey + shine, & lit.; shine, prank = make great show |
340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Somewhat literary fits all right in Oscar’s friend | OK in Bosie; ref. Lord Alfred Douglas |
1977-1978 | ||||
310 | STERNFAST | First | What attaches fleet to hard? | stern fast, & lit. |
298 | NOSER | VHC | Possibly personal, prying friend | anag. less pal, & lit.; pry = extract |
2002-2003
1602 FENESTRA
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1572 SHIELD-MAY
2001-2002
1546 TRANSPARENT
2000-2001
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1999-2000
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1998-1999
1406 CHASSEPOT
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1997-1998
1338 SMART ALEC
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1300 OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)
1995-1996
1242 KNOCKERS
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1181 SLADE
1180 COLD TURKEY
1993-1994
1126 CHEATERY
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1065 TANDOORI
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
969 BUNTER
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
917 HOOLIGANISM
900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)
1988-1989
874 BLUESTOCKING
866 NECTAREOUS
1987-1988
801 LINCHET
1985-1986
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
1984-1985
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
1983-1984
603 FIGULINE
585 FLABELLIFORM
1981-1982
517 IMMORTELLE
504 SIMMENTHALER
495 CACOETHES
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
478 BIBLIOPEGIST
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
464 SIMKIN
443 STEEPLECROWN
430 TEGULA
1979-1980
393 INTRACARDIAC
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
327 HEMLOCK
319 PODESTA
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
289 AMNESIAC
281 DINOCERAS
272 MALAGUETTA
267 MORRIS-DANCE
1976-1977
229 METRICATE
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
2000-2001 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1997-1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1991-1992 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1987-1988 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – |
1986-1987 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
1985-1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
1984-1985 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 1 | – |
1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
1982-1983 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 0 | 0 | – |
1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
1979-1980 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 1 | 7 |
1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
1977-1978 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 5 | – |
1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |