ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. R. Greenfield | 85 | 2 | 8 | 75 | 117 | 95 | Apr 1972 | Oct 2008 | 36y 6m | R. Greenfield |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1784 | TEARAWAY | VHC | Cannabis, alas, entraps inexperienced madcap | raw in tea ay |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1753 | DIAGONAL | Second | With end of bigotry, what is shocking in a gay old bishop’s inclination? | anag. with y; ref. chess |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1719 | ANHELATION | VHC | This will give agony when contracted in a race, maybe | hel(l) in a nation, & lit. |
| 1715 | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | First | A spring cuckoo’s strident note anticipates end of April: relief, relief! | anag.; re l ease |
| 1698 | CROSSTIE | VHC | Supporter run over by train? We have to cancel match | cross tie |
| 1685 | MINO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | In an epidemic MOs should keep cal/culating where the risk is greatest | |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1676 | CRINGE-MAKING | VHC | Knight detected in unseemly grimace before HM: that could be —— | n in anag. + king, & lit. |
| 1667 | CLARINI | VHC | High wind in Ivory Coast, punctuated by a drop of light and patchy rain | l + anag. in CI |
| 1659 | SCAREDY-CAT | First | I show indecently ready compliance in order to retreat. | anag. + C in scat!, & lit. |
| 1650 | SAPHENA | VHC | It has to drain, and starts to have effect near ankle | sap + first letters, & lit. |
| 1637 | AMNESIC | Second | Swizzling in most cases can produce such sots | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1628 | ENCOMION | VHC | Payment of tribute can bear grievously on income | anag. |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | Summary fine requires change from nearest hole in the wall | f + anag.; ref. PM’s proposed on-the-spot fines |
| 1598 | PHRASEMONGER | VHC | Preach good short sermon? With a bit of coaching I could do that | anag. incl. g less c, & lit. |
| 1576 | FACADE | VHC | Front line annihilated in swift action of horse | fa(l)cade |
| 1572 | SHIELD-MAY | VHC | Mild? She? That’s unusual, certainly | anag. + ay, & lit. |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1567 | QUEEN | VHC | Dame? I could be that in French | que en; ref. French playing cards and chess |
| 1524 | INGRATITUDE | Third | Failure to give due credit? Could not this be rotten auditing? Yes | comp. anag. |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1515 | SNIDE | VHC | Such an aunt could well be unsainted | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1506 | BARE(-)BONES | VHC | Old rakes seen in strip joints, maybe | bare bones |
| 1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | Climb-down by agency in Middle East state is repudiated | pp in (Is)rael |
| 1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | Heavy smack with one small platform at masthead | SLOGITOP; slog I top |
| 1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | With Bart’s so busy, there’s scarcely a co/urse available. | |
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | Third | Special tip for female in coffee-bar lounge? | nap for f in café |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1463 | REVERSIONAL | VHC | Dodgy loan after game of cards? it might be coming back | reversi + anag. |
| 1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Ex-magistrate flounders in this maxi law test | tallest; comp. anag. |
| 1454 | GET-UP | VHC | Gear? Use first and second to drive uphill | g, e + put (rev.) |
| 1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | VHC | You may attain it only after sweat | summit/dor; sudor + it, & lit.. |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1394 | BERGAMOT | VHC | Bit of marge can yield this oil if reconstituted | comp. anag. |
| 1380 | RAPPORT (Misprints) | VHC | Criminal charge leads to Pinochet’s opponents rejoicing – ‘tickled pink’ | rap + first letters; link |
| 1367 | SANBENITOS | VHC | Must stains be on dress to show guilt? | anag.; must4 |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | VHC | Slough, peat-bed or swale; there you may find this – true! | comp. anag. & lit.; .swale 2 meanings |
| 1355 | DIACATHOLICON | VHC | Do not part with this; it could be an old cathartic potion | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1351 | NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | In an anglers’ bar I heard ‘… one whi/ch got away’ | |
| 1346 | PHARISEE | VHC | St Paul was one endless source of light, one for the Romans to recognize | phar(e) I see; ref Acts 23, 6 |
| 1342 | ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left) | VHC | ported plants, hybrid lines, a species of brassica hiding in sacking | anag.; in in rape |
| 1334 | CATACHRESTIC | VHC | Deranging ‘epitaphs’? This in more forms could be characteristic of one Mrs M | comp. anag. & lit.; ref Mrs Malaprop |
| 1312 | REST-CURE | VHC | By releasing tension it can make you securer | anag. less t, & lit. |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Solemn-faced, I darn, plying the old bodkin | po + anag. |
| 1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | I’ll carry pedestrian, aged about 100, round road | 10; X in of + O rd |
| 1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | Maybe, the veil of the temple being rent, Annas shivered | anag.; ref Matthew 27, 51 and John 18, 13 |
| 1281 | ABLUTOMANE | VHC | What Lady Macbeth became? One depressed with 10,000 invading | a + toman in blue |
| 1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Budget time’s traditional drama: we have to pay out about a billion | No + b in veer |
| 1273 | SIPOREX | VHC | Artists employ me for modelling; I have little to drink and appetite is lacking | sip orex(is) |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1242 | KNOCKERS | VHC | Smackers? Smart deal with them could secure Ken Clarke’s stardom | comp anag. |
| 1238 | ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Aged cops aid that felon – must be th/ick! | |
| 1232 | The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram) | VHC | Who aims not to salute the wondrous child? | |
| 1229 | GRUPPETTO | VHC | Roulade, perhaps, extravagantly got up with chunks of pineapple enhancing the richness | anag. incl. first letters |
| 1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | Satellite shielding vacuous protégée? | p-e in Charon, & lit. |
| 1207 | EPOCH-MARKING | VHC | HMG back in power, reorganized, chucking out leaders of barmy wing. That could be | anag. less b, w, & lit. |
| 1203 | CLERICALISM | VHC | Priests throwing weight about? A monstrous lie, claim RCs | anag. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1194 | DONET | VHC | ‘Ut’ (as in Latin) used with difficulty? This could provide the answer | do net & lit |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1139 | BENJAMIN | VHC | A coat, this coat, meant Jacob in tears | comp. anag.; ref Genesis 37, 33-35 |
| 1126 | CHEATERY | VHC | Leger’s domain? They race in fantastic style here | anag.; leger = swindler |
| 1122 | BASILIAN | Third | Religious old soul’s collar is worn back to front | ba + nail is (rev.) |
| 1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | VHC | Pitcher’s toss, looking stupid, gets man out, caught | anag. in anag. |
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | VHC | Turning them up can be grisly one sees | anag. & lit. |
| 1100 | CONCORDANCE | Third | Company’s line (fruit bottling) exposes dearth of jars | co. + cord in nance |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1078 | KIRBEH | VHC | Fiasco for biker on first stage of hadj? | anag. + h & lit.; fiasco 2 meanings |
| 1069 | (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces) | VHC | Beak catches small boy adding moustaches to pin-ups, perhaps | tich in nose |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | VHC | Not exactly a plod; you must twirl a leg about | anag. in anag. & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | On election night PM sho/ok off Labour; opposition stumbled | |
| 1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | VHC | After training, airman (ground) could be constituent of cordon, a cover for troopers emerging from cracks in rock | PE + anag.; chaps in ska |
| 1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | Third | Customer who chunters about the serving of ales etc could make tapster cross | aces; anag. |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 978 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | VHC | Runs clouted by me? Possibly, with boundaries seen in my dreams | anag. less m, s & lit. |
| 956 | SPEAR-SIDE | Second | Dispraise agnates? So you snarl against us! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 939 | A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left) | VHC | Paramount object is revealed by newspapers: eliminating rogue soccer fans | hidden; anag. |
| 908 | INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Invited up Everest I said no, wish/ing to help in Nepal | |
| 895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | Government economists have often messed around, heedless of discord; no defeat changes this | DEA in anag.; anag. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 887 | MONSTER | VHC | Oh, this is what no mothers ought to bear | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 866 | NECTAREOUS | VHC | Luscious courtesan, bursting with energy | anag. incl. e |
| 857 | REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left) | VHC | Half jaunty about diamond finesse, kind of gremlin makes us carelessly drop ace, losing round | ice in (jau)nty; anag. less a |
| 844 | THEOLOGASTER (Misprints) | VHC | Not a deep divide? Without a bit of sounding I might be loth to agree | divine; anag. + s |
| 840 | SONDE | VHC | Snowed unseasonably, washing out start of Wimbledon – I might have foreseen it | anag. less W |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 816 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter) | VHC | Cannabis resin, taken with moderation, induces orgy of generosity | pot lac ho |
| 805 | LITOTES | VHC | Slovenly one with this could not be so elite | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 783 | CAMPESINO | VHC | Fashion companies – here’s one whose business is growing | anag. |
| 764 | CHILDERMAS | VHC | From Herod’s fatal crimes comes this feast or spread | comp. anag. & lit |
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | A persistent inspirer of hope in America on the run | anag.; dope |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | VHC | Slip of paper secured by spike, one advance payment sent back | spike; fid, I + sub (rev.) |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | In West Indies I slash one caught hard inside the boundary | a, c, h in mete |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 564 | PARAMENT | VHC | Old-fashioned hanging’s a retrograde punishment, so we approve the end of that | rap(rev.) ament |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 135 | GABIONADE | VHC | Sconce, perhaps, passed round in a bodega | anag.; sconce = earthwork |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 100 | CENTENARIAN | VHC | Inane canter upset e.g. the one-hoss shay | anag.; ref. O. W. Holmes, ‘The Deacon’s Masterpiece’ |
| 97 | TREBUCHET | VHC | Baron, in violation of the truce, might bring this out | B in anag. & lit. |
2008-2009
1897 WASH-OUT
2006-2007
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1806 INEBRIANT
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1762 DUDDERY
1758 BIMBETTE
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1724 MONEYBAGS
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1641 GADGETEER
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1615 RUGATE
1611 LEISLER
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
2001-2002
1546 TRANSPARENT
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1541 CHUPRASSY
1537 CAFTAN
1519 CARRY-ON
2000-2001
1511 DEEP-SEATED
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1485 BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1999-2000
1450 PRETENDANT
1439 JOHN CANOE
1437 MISTLETOE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1428 CRICETID
1424 HEIST
1419 SPLODGE
1998-1999
1406 CHASSEPOT
1402 PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)
1398 PERMETHRIN
1385 PANTRIES
1372 MASTERSTROKE
1363 MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number)
1997-1998
1338 SMART ALEC
1336 STOCKING
1325 UPROOTAL
1316 FINGERLICKIN’
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1290 NITERIE
1286 CHALET
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1225 CURRY
1220 CASSANDRA
1212 HILDING
1994-1995
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1180 COLD TURKEY
1161 ADIAPHORON
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1134 TOVARICH
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1108 GREEN
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1074 DEMIREP
1061 MAGIC
1056 ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)
1052 AGANIPPE
1991-1992
1034 BURLAP
1013 ALVEARY
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1990-1991
987 IRON CURTAIN
982 ALMANAC
974 AVANT-PROPOS
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
961 WAVESON
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
947 SHOULDER-SLIP
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
930 SABULOSE
917 HOOLIGANISM
913 ARCHIBALD
1988-1989
878 MOUSEPIECE
874 BLUESTOCKING
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
849 VISITE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
827 MICKEY-TAKING
823 SARBACANE
818 EMBUSQUÉ
814 SPOUSAGE
809 DOLCE VITA
796 UPHOLSTERY
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
774 VICTORINE
770 HERMITS
750 SALMAGUNDY (750 themed clue)
1985-1986
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
1983-1984
618 CRETISM
610 DOUBLETHINK
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
572 SNAKE-OIL
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
1981-1982
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
482 BODY-SNATCHER
1974-1975
127 FRITHSOKEN
123 SCATTERGOOD
114 PANIC
1973-1974
95 THUNDERCLAP
62 SOLITAIRES
1972-1973
5 SCEUOPHYLAX
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 0 | 8 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 2003-2004 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| 2001-2002 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| 1990-1991 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 8 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 2 | 8 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |