Clues written by T. Rudd
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T. Rudd4235344450May 2011Apr 202210y 11m
 
 Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
2021-2022
2582ACHITOPHELVHCMark leaves the old map smudged round ‘X’ – my direction’s dubiouschi in anag. less DM
2020-2021
2564CLEARINGFirstWherein 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
2556TOERAGVHCDo a Roget’s riffle – you’ll see this alongside ‘sod’comp. anag. & lit.
2543CABRETTAThirdHide, e.g. in glove compartment, boiled treatcab + anag.
2534BOTTLE-WASHERVHCPerhaps Violet Elizabeth wails herself sick, but ‘Outlaw’ fils terrible? He’ll do anythingBott + anag. less anag.; ref. William (Brown) stories
2019-2020
2512OSCITATEVHCFloppy tom cat, not a little motheaten, is first of Emily’s characters to exhibit sleepinessanag. less m + E; ref. Bagpuss
2508CHARACTER (Misprints)VHCPlay set in church, a king and Canterbury at its heart: a good prayer’s in itplayer; act in ch a r + er; ref. ‘Murder in the Cathedral’
2495BUNGVHCGubbins you could force into bottle’s top, is it?comp. anag. & lit.
2490DREAMSCAPEVHCPea deployed under many sheets pushing into maid’s back – ultimately unrealistic fairytale scene?reams in d c + anag.
2486BRUHAHAVHCSnarling ‘ach!’ in Hamburg area – enough to create a Germanic ——?comp. anag. & lit.
2018-2019
2460TWEETVHCLofted first shot’s placement and weight: sound approach for another birdie?tee wt (rev.)
2443ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)VHCMiss Morse? V/ain character in ITV’s detective series might fit the billref. TV series ‘Vera’
2430CLERIHEWVHCWhat Ed —— B/Effervescently/ Could create is instanced here:/With a little biog., idle cheercomp. anag. incl. w, b, & lit.
2412UBIQUARIANFirstAn antique pot I rub will yield this potent being ordered near and farcomp. anag.
2017-2018
2403SWALE (Spoonerisms)VHCOne no good passing away saw angel sporting shoddy haloshady hollow; anag. less a, ng
2399CHARMEUSEVHCMatter of smooth, ‘soft’ bolt from EU’s stuck in torpor, getting behind dailychar + EU’s in ME; bolt = roll of cloth; ref. Brexit preparations
2395PURITANISMVHC‘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
2382STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)ThirdKidney bean and prosciutto stew losing out when remade with bacon?stew; anag. less anag.
2364COMPOST HEAPVHCMa’s pet pooch runs amok here, sprays and leaves waste in a pileanag.; spray = branch
2016-2017
2351RHAGADESVHCWith couple in west sundered repeatedly, Angharad Rees spilt a series of tearsanag. less An, Re; ref. original star of Cornwall-set ‘Poldark’
2343RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)VHCDac/has hold leaders’ letters etc. to Putin, mail to fire up history fansDacre, put in, Mail
2334ALLELUIAHVHCRendering God what’s due, ‘All hail!’ in Revised Version?anag. less D, & lit.
2325MASONVHCOld man’s pulled no Xmas crackers, making cross exit – who’ll work carving set?anag. incl. o; anag. less x; set = block of stone
2313PERFECTVHCBeyond a good show? Dud note —— – often Peter C makes it upcomp. anag.; ref. ‘Beyond the Fringe’, Dudley Moore & P. Cook
2309GLOBETROTTERThirdReform 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
2296IMPROPERLYVHCSuggest getting e.g. a cowboy in, to construct ——?roper in imply, & lit.
2291AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)VHCLeicester h/unchback in ground here, old, foxes aficionadosref. Richard III, football
2287VALETVHCBuckling sword, he might provide lord with a vestcomp. anag. incl. w, & lit.
2279CLEMENTINEVHCStriking wife, and popular – Winnie lent me a bit of Churchillian blusteranag. incl. C less w in, & lit.; ref. C. Churchill
2270FENESTRAVHCIn Chartres, we often observe church and tower enlivened with this?comp. anag. incl. ch., & lit.
2257BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)VHCRebellious Brutus, unleashing Rome’s first power clash, cut down friend, piercing political dynast with a succession of low blowsanag. less R + p; pa(l) in Pitt
2014-2015
2230GATES OF DEATHVHCGet to Hades following a rattle here?anag. incl. f, & lit.
2226DOUBLE-PARKINGVHCWherein Cavalier might be trapped – man, short of time, pulling in parallel?par. in doublet king, less t, & lit.; trap4
2013-2014
2187WESTThirdWith sun’s last rays it could be freely strewn, saycomp. anag. incl. n, & lit.
2178PARISONFirstBotched, this must turn up in Murano’s tipscomp. anag. & lit.; ref. Murano glass
2170SAYONARAVHCWe go with this line – it could be translated ‘so long’ – and are awaycomp. anag. incl. l, & lit.
2148ZOLLVEREINVHCZe iron vill’ hammered one out, superseded by introduction of euroanag. less I, incl. e, & lit.
2012-2013
2135LOBSecondHit the bowler with abandon? With this there’s a possibilitycomp. anag. & lit.
2122NICETYVHCIce Tony S? Arrange this delicate matter with old Sopranoanag. less o, s; ref. TV crime series
2109THICKETYVHC‘Sprouting a shady boon …’ – Such as, creatively, might make you itchy, Keats?comp. anag.; ref. ‘Endymion’ I, 14
2011-2012
2091SNIFTERVHCShort ball that can be frightening, if going in (or out)snorter with if for or
2087ROCKETVHCSecond Trek? Send this space explorer in new generationcomp. anag.; ref. ‘Star Trek – The Next Generation’

 
HCs awarded to T. Rudd
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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
 


Annual Honours record of T. Rudd
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YearPrizes
(1, 2, 3)
VHCsHCsPosition
2020-20212 (1, 0, 1) 2 2 16
2019-20200 5 4 19
2018-20191 (1, 0, 0) 3 6 20
2017-20181 (0, 0, 1) 4 4 19
2016-20171 (0, 0, 1) 5 4 12
2015-20160 5 4 23
2014-20150 2 5
2013-20142 (1, 0, 1) 2 4 16
2012-20131 (0, 1, 0) 2 5 26
2011-20120 2 1
2010-20110 0 1