ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. D. Moore | 43 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 52 | Nov 1975 | Apr 1989 | 13y 5m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 882 | DOSSIER | VHC | The lists of secrets on one an agent has gathered, perhaps | s, s + I, all in doer, & lit.; list = border |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 764 | CHILDERMAS | First | Rattle to make Mahler disc: might songs lamenting dead children be heard on it? | anag.; ref. Simon R., Kindertotenlieder |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 679 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A tour bargain! A taste of everything from Thebes to Fal/mouth | |
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | The effect of people having a taste of porridge on such as fairy-tale bears? To —— | cons ternate; ref. ‘Goldilocks’, 3 Bears; porridge = prison life |
| 670 | TURNIP-FLEA | First | Might it make rape nit-ful? | anag. & lit. |
| 662 | BARGE-COUPLE | VHC | The bit of gable to discover two mating swallows in? | g in bare couple, & lit. |
| 644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | First | You’d find here a little alien after you’d worried about rates, yes? | anag. + ET, & lit. |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | To make matches could involve pine whittled down by one | (a)che in mate, & lit. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 627 | AMBIENT | First | What’ll be filling holes in a mint confection? Air | b, e separately in a mint; ref. Polo mints; confection vb. |
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | Kind that’s ‘Blue’ tho’ revolutionary shows it | anag.; that’s = that has |
| 609 | LUCKY-BAG | VHC | Bulgy sack rummaged when sailor’s cap goes missing | anag. less s, & lit. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 576 | TOP-NOTCH | Second | What gets you to Pilton from Chilton? A1 | i.e. ‘to P’, not ‘Ch’; both places near A1 road |
| 572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | What a quack hawks produced by scattering ducks in lake | anag. incl. 0’s |
| 534 | DODGEM | VHC | Where striking drivers must watch out – if poll in country gets Maggie returned | dod + Meg (rev.) |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 508 | POSTURE-MAKER | VHC | Foot scraping back his power: fresh spur to a meek party-centre? | anag. incl. r; ref. Michael F. |
| 500 | BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Be natural: DAZ manages to do this, competitors’ powders fail! | AZ, powers; be + fool; washing powder brand |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 456 | BALADINE | VHC | Fool from Albi – ‘âne d’Albi’ translated | anag.; French town; buffoon |
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Is present cabinet schism bar to revelling at No. 10? | anag. + X |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 410 | CUL-DE-SAC | Second | This word must be clued, with solution, envelope attached: one can have one entry only | anag. + sac; ref. AZ comp |
| 406 | BOIL | VHC | It spells infinite suffering on man’s bottom | bo + il(l), & lit. |
| 388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | VHC | With this, a brew of ilex has little power to hurt one, see | a + anag. + P harm I c |
| 371 | GRADIN | VHC | Row seating Greek audience originally | Gr. + a + din, & lit. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | VHC | Social climber who’s got out of rut, made break with past | break; anag. |
| 352 | FAIRY LIGHTS | VHC | What one needs to make fir gay this Noel, perhaps | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | Whereon ‘crackers’ might be used with justification | double mng. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 310 | STERNFAST | VHC | For a guy to keep ‘tub’ in check, strict diet is needed | stern fast |
| 306 | DICKENS | VHC | Scratchy pen? | 2 mngs.; Scratch = the Devil |
| 300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | VHC | Mincemeat from him could make us blink and retch | anag. & lit. |
| 298 | NOSER | Third | Parker? No Parking sign makes person like him upset | anag. less P; ref. Nosey P. |
| 289 | AMNESIAC | Second | As men get so, I fancy, only odd items are recognized | alternate letters & lit. |
| 281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | I’d cone complex on head | anag. + ras, & lit. |
| 272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | A glutamate compound used in seasoning | anag. |
| 267 | MORRIS-DANCE | VHC | First of May game carried on round a pole of sorts | M + S in anag., & lit.; game adj. |
| 259 | TRANSIRE | VHC | This blasted strainer allows loads of stuff to get through | anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | VHC | Celebration of lively rule – A1 job ER’s done | anag. |
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | Third | The rack? Doesn’t hurt! The CCL Contest? Ah. … | |
| 243 | OLYMPIC | VHC | A ruinous policy: Jim’s latest this year could be so described | m in anag.; ref. J. Callaghan and 1976 Olympics |
| 238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | E.g., ‘pack/black/ring/ting.’ | cram B O jingle, & lit. |
| 234 | HOROSCOPIST | VHC | He forecasts trouble for Scorpio in the press | anag. in host; press = crowd |
| 216 | SCANTITY | VHC | It’s being topless (concerning a term of clothing) | c in SA (e)ntity, & lit. |
| 208 | RALPH | VHC | He, (——), gets paper garbled: ‘Telegraph’, perhaps? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | An extreme of hesitancy in one who’s foolish and diffident about everything | h in silly + all in shy1, & lit. |
| 190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | First signs of co-operation as Smith, seeing African Nationalists, discusses Rhodesian aims? I see only a black future | first letters |
1987-1988
796 UPHOLSTERY
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
770 HERMITS
1984-1985
666 Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts)
660 Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram)
657 SILLY-BILLY
649 AUSTRALORP
1983-1984
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
1981-1982
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
504 SIMMENTHALER
486 JUMPED-UP
482 BODY-SNATCHER
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
1979-1980
379 SCYTHEMAN
375 SPREATHE
1978-1979
319 PODESTA
314 MERIL (Spoonerisms)
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
276 AMTRACK
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
247 FLIVVER
229 METRICATE
225 VALETA
221 PADDY-WHACK
212 SURCINGLES
1975-1976
203 BOGY
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 1983-1984 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| 1982-1983 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 1976-1977 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |