ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Bolton | 19 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 21 | Dec 2009 | Apr 2022 | 12y 4m | Ms K. Bolton |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2599 | DESIDERATA | Third | Needing to shed a bit of flab, are diet fads bogus or must-haves? | anag. less f |
| 2020-2021 | ||||
| 2525 | PLACITUM | VHC | Law leaving multiplex cinema empty spoilt showing of ‘The Verdict’ | anag. incl. c, a, less lex; ref. 1982 Oscar-nominated film |
| 2019-2020 | ||||
| 2486 | BRUHAHA | VHC | ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. Universal reaction to comedy sustains lines, however old | BR + U ha-ha |
| 2018-2019 | ||||
| 2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | VHC | Caterpillar’s bite of extra cabbage minimal but I’m left describing vicious butterflies | hidden; min(I’m)al; make of tractor |
| 2438 | MONTE DI PIETÀ | VHC | Last of euros spent, deposit an item, sadly, here? | anag. less s, & lit. |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2403 | SWALE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Many feed locally from cultivated leasow – nothing’s left | fenny mead2; anag. less 0 |
| 2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | It’s material when male in casual work gains regular employment | m in chare + use |
| 2390 | POISSON D’AVRIL | VHC | Canard à la française cooked in very little lard (previously a Seine swimmer?) | poisson + anag. incl. i’ v |
| 2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | You’ll see resort of Sapporo with JAL’s ultimate ‘special offer’ | L in anag. |
| 2360 | VIDENDA | VHC | Reformatted in HD, Dave ditching ‘junk’, producing features that must be viewed | anag. less H (= heroin); ref. TV channel |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2334 | ALLELUIAH | VHC | Rally yell? Hearts thereamong put together, united in a burst of hosanna | all el + u i’ a h, & lit. |
| 2330 | BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left) | VHC | I cut rampant zebrina, bold blue mess appearing after short time, bits of shrubbery to come later | anag. less I; mo + pi + sh |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2305 | AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number) | VHC | Doctor eager to please elderly | anag.; doctor |
| 2014-2015 | ||||
| 2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | VHC | Pop’s caught clumsy travellers on sloping roof with front of sleigh stuck in snow, now dropping its contents? | CHAMPERS/PRESENTS; CHAMREPSENTS; c ham reps; re + s in pent + s(now) |
| 2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | Making toast, slice of bread (with crust) is laid at centre of grill | b rind is i |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2170 | SAYONARA | Second | How Tokyo Rose signed off talk about Rising Sun overcoming America? | say on + Ra (rev.) + A; ref. WWII Japanese propagandist |
| 2157 | MELODRAMATIC | VHC | Over-emotional Spice Girl admits renewed male adoration ‘not on’ | anag. incl. m less on in Mel C |
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2131 | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | VHC | You get low clubs and diamonds, I have small spades. Hearts of Omar alike, I own | d I’ve s; middle letters; ref. O. Sharif |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2074 | BENNET | VHC | Dead grass at Wimbledon? Live tennis is cancelled after knocking up | be + tenn(is) (rev.) |
2021-2022
2584 GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste)
2020-2021
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2530 STUDENTY
2521 CHAMBERS
2019-2020
2490 DREAMSCAPE
2469 GUDDLE (Spoonerisms)
2018-2019
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2425 EPILIMNION
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2017-2018
2395 PURITANISM
2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2351 RHAGADES
2347 ASLEEP
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2313 PERFECT
2015-2016
2300 MISHMASH
2296 IMPROPERLY
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2287 VALET
2014-2015
2226 DOUBLE-PARKING
2205 CUMBERSOME
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2183 SANGRAIL
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2011-2012
2083 BEWITCH
2009-2010
1958 HANGDOG
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |