Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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T. Rudd | 42 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 44 | 50 | May 2011 | Apr 2022 | 10y 11m |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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2021-2022 | ||||
2582 | ACHITOPHEL | VHC | Mark leaves the old map smudged round ‘X’ – my direction’s dubious | chi in anag. less DM |
2020-2021 | ||||
2564 | CLEARING | First | Wherein we discover regal leader of court in As You Like It? | anag. incl. c., & lit.; ref. exiled Duke & court in Forest of Arden in AYLI |
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Do a Roget’s riffle – you’ll see this alongside ‘sod’ | comp. anag. & lit. |
2543 | CABRETTA | Third | Hide, e.g. in glove compartment, boiled treat | cab + anag. |
2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | Perhaps Violet Elizabeth wails herself sick, but ‘Outlaw’ fils terrible? He’ll do anything | Bott + anag. less anag.; ref. William (Brown) stories |
2019-2020 | ||||
2512 | OSCITATE | VHC | Floppy tom cat, not a little motheaten, is first of Emily’s characters to exhibit sleepiness | anag. less m + E; ref. Bagpuss |
2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | Play set in church, a king and Canterbury at its heart: a good prayer’s in it | player; act in ch a r + er; ref. ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ |
2495 | BUNG | VHC | Gubbins you could force into bottle’s top, is it? | comp. anag. & lit. |
2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | Pea deployed under many sheets pushing into maid’s back – ultimately unrealistic fairytale scene? | reams in d c + anag. |
2486 | BRUHAHA | VHC | Snarling ‘ach!’ in Hamburg area – enough to create a Germanic ——? | comp. anag. & lit. |
2018-2019 | ||||
2460 | TWEET | VHC | Lofted first shot’s placement and weight: sound approach for another birdie? | tee wt (rev.) |
2443 | ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Miss Morse? V/ain character in ITV’s detective series might fit the bill | ref. TV series ‘Vera’ |
2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | What Ed —— B/Effervescently/ Could create is instanced here:/With a little biog., idle cheer | comp. anag. incl. w, b, & lit. |
2412 | UBIQUARIAN | First | An antique pot I rub will yield this potent being ordered near and far | comp. anag. |
2017-2018 | ||||
2403 | SWALE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | One no good passing away saw angel sporting shoddy halo | shady hollow; anag. less a, ng |
2399 | CHARMEUSE | VHC | Matter of smooth, ‘soft’ bolt from EU’s stuck in torpor, getting behind daily | char + EU’s in ME; bolt = roll of cloth; ref. Brexit preparations |
2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | ‘Take one Prism, aunt and handbag …’ – instruction in The Importance of Being Earnest? | anag. incl. I; handbag vb.; ref. Aunt Augusta, Miss Prism, etc in TIOBE |
2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | Third | Kidney bean and prosciutto stew losing out when remade with bacon? | stew; anag. less anag. |
2364 | COMPOST HEAP | VHC | Ma’s pet pooch runs amok here, sprays and leaves waste in a pile | anag.; spray = branch |
2016-2017 | ||||
2351 | RHAGADES | VHC | With couple in west sundered repeatedly, Angharad Rees spilt a series of tears | anag. less An, Re; ref. original star of Cornwall-set ‘Poldark’ |
2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Dac/has hold leaders’ letters etc. to Putin, mail to fire up history fans | Dacre, put in, Mail |
2334 | ALLELUIAH | VHC | Rendering God what’s due, ‘All hail!’ in Revised Version? | anag. less D, & lit. |
2325 | MASON | VHC | Old man’s pulled no Xmas crackers, making cross exit – who’ll work carving set? | anag. incl. o; anag. less x; set = block of stone |
2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Beyond a good show? Dud note —— – often Peter C makes it up | comp. anag.; ref. ‘Beyond the Fringe’, Dudley Moore & P. Cook |
2309 | GLOBETROTTER | Third | Reform bet got capital character from London to run right round earth – as this? | E in anag. incl. L, R, r, & lit.; ref. Phileas Fogg & R. Club in ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ |
2015-2016 | ||||
2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | Suggest getting e.g. a cowboy in, to construct ——? | roper in imply, & lit. |
2291 | AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Leicester h/unchback in ground here, old, foxes aficionados | ref. Richard III, football |
2287 | VALET | VHC | Buckling sword, he might provide lord with a vest | comp. anag. incl. w, & lit. |
2279 | CLEMENTINE | VHC | Striking wife, and popular – Winnie lent me a bit of Churchillian bluster | anag. incl. C less w in, & lit.; ref. C. Churchill |
2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | In Chartres, we often observe church and tower enlivened with this? | comp. anag. incl. ch., & lit. |
2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | Rebellious Brutus, unleashing Rome’s first power clash, cut down friend, piercing political dynast with a succession of low blows | anag. less R + p; pa(l) in Pitt |
2014-2015 | ||||
2230 | GATES OF DEATH | VHC | Get to Hades following a rattle here? | anag. incl. f, & lit. |
2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | Wherein Cavalier might be trapped – man, short of time, pulling in parallel? | par. in doublet king, less t, & lit.; trap4 |
2013-2014 | ||||
2187 | WEST | Third | With sun’s last rays it could be freely strewn, say | comp. anag. incl. n, & lit. |
2178 | PARISON | First | Botched, this must turn up in Murano’s tips | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Murano glass |
2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | We go with this line – it could be translated ‘so long’ – and are away | comp. anag. incl. l, & lit. |
2148 | ZOLLVEREIN | VHC | ‘Ze iron vill’ hammered one out, superseded by introduction of euro | anag. less I, incl. e, & lit. |
2012-2013 | ||||
2135 | LOB | Second | Hit the bowler with abandon? With this there’s a possibility | comp. anag. & lit. |
2122 | NICETY | VHC | Ice Tony S? Arrange this delicate matter with old Soprano | anag. less o, s; ref. TV crime series |
2109 | THICKETY | VHC | ‘Sprouting a shady boon …’ – Such as, creatively, might make you itchy, Keats? | comp. anag.; ref. ‘Endymion’ I, 14 |
2011-2012 | ||||
2091 | SNIFTER | VHC | Short ball that can be frightening, if going in (or out) | snorter with if for or |
2087 | ROCKET | VHC | Second Trek? Send this space explorer in new generation | comp. anag.; ref. ‘Star Trek – The Next Generation’ |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2595 FIFTY YEARS
2591 GHAT
2586 BALDERDASH
2020-2021
2547 FILATORY
2517 LITERATIM
2019-2020
2504 UPBEAT
2500 ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)
2482 VOX POP
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2018-2019
2456 TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)
2447 CONGENER
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2434 STONKERED
2428 SHEPHERDS
2417 ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)
2017-2018
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2378 PROPOSAL
2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2347 ASLEEP
2338 TRUMP
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2015-2016
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
2300 MISHMASH
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2014-2015
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2239 ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)
2220 A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker)
2209 (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent)
2205 CUMBERSOME
2013-2014
2196 SEMANTRA / TRABEATE (Overlaps)
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2168 CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter)
2157 MELODRAMATIC
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2118 BLOKEISH
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2011-2012
2074 BENNET
2010-2011
2031 EMBROIDERY
Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 2 | 2 | 16 |
2019-2020 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
2018-2019 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 6 | 20 |
2017-2018 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 4 | 19 |
2016-2017 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 5 | 4 | 12 |
2015-2016 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
2014-2015 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
2013-2014 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 2 | 4 | 16 |
2012-2013 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 5 | 26 |
2011-2012 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
2010-2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |