Clues written by K. & J. Wolff
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K. & J. Wolff1600163016Mar 2014May 20228y 2mJ. & K. Wolff
 
 Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
2021-2022
2599DESIDERATAVHCRequisites in hippie poster: rambling sad tirade, drug inducedE in anag.; ref. Ehrmann poem
2591GHATVHCTranslated, bathing-stair could be Britain’s ——comp. anag. & lit.
2569BILBOVHCSticker and twisted ribbon removed from jacket lapel’s hipanag. of (r)ibbo(n) l
2020-2021
2556TOERAGVHCOriginally ‘gentleman of the road’ and latterly ‘contemptible rogue’anag. of first letters and last letter, & lit.
2547FILATORYVHCFind such a machine caught throstler’s head in poorly lit factorycomp. anag. incl. c, t, & lit.
2543CABRETTAVHCRetrimmed, twenties Bearcat could be sweet in this fine leathercomp. anag.; ref. early US sports car
2517LITERATIMVHCIlluminated scrap of manuscript (it was in Latin, I apprehended), as it was transcribed?erat I in lit m
2019-2020
2500ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half)VHCWhat might secure dissipation of anger he’s pent? A stiffeneranag.
2480STOCKING FILLERSVHC‘Lickle fings’ to play with first thing on rising (before sun)anag. + r, S, & lit.
2464BRAINPOWERVHCKey to man’s success in boudoir: shower and a dab of perfumerain p in bower
2018-2019
2456TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps)VHCMail’s furore about number of gripes ‘leading motivator’ in beleaguered bureaucrat leaving officen in anag.; anag. less bureau; ref. Ambassador to US Sir Kim Darroch’s resignation
2430CLERIHEWVHCSaid Reverend Spooner,/‘My ball of vicuña/Is one of the very few/Ways to say ——i.e. ‘hairy clew’, & lit.
2421SPASMODICALVHCPortion of Asari clams, poisoned (one gone off), spewed like a geyser!anag. incl. A, less one
2417ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left)VHCChurch donations at a large jumble sale almost entirely following support of projectanag.; prop o’ sal(e)
2017-2018
2386PENNY-A-LINERVHCCheap pen ruined inlay in antique writing caseanag. in penner
2360VIDENDAVHCFind way round dead end to get to beauty spotsd end in via

 
HCs awarded to K. & J. Wolff
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2021-2022
  2603 TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number)
  2595 FIFTY YEARS
  2586 BALDERDASH
  2582 ACHITOPHEL
  2578 VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent)
  2573 HANDS-ON
 
2020-2021
  2564 CLEARING
  2560 BOMBAST
  2551 SPAVIN (Spoonerisms)
  2525 PLACITUM
 
2019-2020
  2512 OSCITATE
  2508 CHARACTER (Misprints)
  2504 UPBEAT
  2495 BUNG
  2486 BRUHAHA
  2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
 
2018-2019
  2460 TWEET
  2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
  2425 EPILIMNION
  2412 UBIQUARIAN
 
2017-2018
  2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
  2382 STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number)
  2378 PROPOSAL
  2376 SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding)
  2364 COMPOST HEAP
 
2016-2017
  2351 RHAGADES
  2318 TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy)
 
2015-2016
  2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
  2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
 
2013-2014
  2178 PARISON
 


Annual Honours record of K. & J. Wolff
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VHCsHCsPosition
2020-20210 4 4 28
2019-20200 3 6
2018-20190 4 4 25
2017-20180 2 5
2016-20170 0 2
2015-20160 0 2
 
2013-20140 0 1