ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs M. P. Webber | 34 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 84 | 36 | Mar 1973 | Apr 1998 | 25y 1m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1346 | PHARISEE | VHC | Party obsessive over rules heaps ire on members being disorderly | anag. |
| 1336 | STOCKING | VHC | It will need ‘fuelling’ around the start of Christmas | C in stoking, & lit. |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | A tip! This could be in a transept – an enclosure for a shrine | comp. anag. |
| 1260 | OUT-AND-OUT | VHC | Where French beat British lacking jn scruple completely | où tan dou(b)t |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1242 | KNOCKERS | VHC | Callers seeking entry after lead of king reckon on playing last of trumps | k + anag. + s |
| 1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | Gooseberry perhaps or peach stewed with a pinch of nutmeg | anag. incl. n; gooseberry = unwanted third person |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | Manchester’s strip (United variety) is one of the things that Santa is asked for | anag. |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1087 | OLD SOLDIER | VHC | Major perhaps when retired senior citizen sitting in reformed Lords | oldie in anag. |
| 1069 | (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces) | VHC | Transformation of choicest style a man might display atop his cerebrum | anag. |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | Second | Dancing Palais Glide to it is unusually abandoned | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1043 | PESTO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | See colleen’s top ga/rment in garden today | ardent O’Day |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 982 | ALMANAC | VHC | What may be used in making this ready? A calendar may | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | Average worker for sure a bit ahead of the rest | av. ant pro pros. |
| 969 | BUNTER | VHC | He could have been slimmer by first of all replacing second helping of tuck | cf. banter & lit. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 866 | NECTAREOUS | VHC | Honeyed tones a cure for agitation | anag. |
| 862 | OFF-AND-ON | VHC | City losing head about unrestrained gaffs arising intermittently | aff (rev.) in (L)ondon |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 805 | LITOTES | VHC | This shows a bit in ‘is economical with the truth’ | tot in lies |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 744 | SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left) | VHC | Plain thinkers cooked fatty meal, see, so I fed face with abandon – a cause of wilting | anag.; anag. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 712 | PANTOMIME HORSE | VHC | It’s a romp with those in me cavorting about together | anag. & lit. |
| 696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | This can change man into amnesiac (AA’s not needed) | anag. less A,A, s & lit. |
| 692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | VHC | Spike one applied to bowls under smokers’ noses | spike; fid, I + initial letters |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 666 | Any word; subsidiary indicators to omit an animal (Beasts) | VHC | Margaret’s cut by half and disorganised an essential part of English education | g(ram)mar; Marg(aret) anag. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 530 | PROMETAL | VHC | Kind of iron plate possibly worn by Romans | anag. in Rom |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 508 | POSTURE-MAKER | VHC | To speaker rum is disastrous – he’ll tie himself in knots | anag. |
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | In a sense smooth yet oddly groovy old music-maker | even, anag. in sight |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Rash critic with aura caught out for reviewing pop rag has distributed duplicate copies | anag. less c; anag. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Objection raised over passes that is affecting scholarship | ob (rev.), OKs, i.e. |
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Larker moved along mine, merrily ignoring railway | marker… line; merrily less ry |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 156 | OMBROPHOBOUS | VHC | Preferring bed dryish and soft, vagrant American lies under wild broom | anag. + hobo US |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 118 | OPERETTIST (Misprints) | VHC | Light airs are a force of one – it’s shown up in movement of treetops | forte; it (rev.) in anag.; ref. Beaufort Scale |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 100 | CENTENARIAN | VHC | Ancient extraordinary – parting could be near | anag. in anag. & lit. |
| 95 | THUNDERCLAP | Second | Electricity going off suddenly – get chandler and put in another order | anag. |
| 88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | What a rose is Queen Elizabeth, prime specimen of your super-hothouse! | bloom + ER + y |
| 66 | NONSENSE | VHC | Trifling with an indefinite number is a strange way of achieving oneness | anag. incl. n |
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1334 CATACHRESTIC
1329 PITHOS
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1286 CHALET
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1273 SIPOREX
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1995-1996
1247 PREDICANT
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1220 CASSANDRA
1994-1995
1181 SLADE
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1165 YAPSTER
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1147 MAYDAY
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1074 DEMIREP
1056 ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)
1991-1992
1026 LET-OFF
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
930 SABULOSE
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
1988-1989
882 DOSSIER
874 BLUESTOCKING
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
840 SONDE
1987-1988
831 COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)
818 EMBUSQUÉ
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
814 SPOUSAGE
809 DOLCE VITA
796 UPHOLSTERY
1986-1987
770 HERMITS
762 OBELISE
757 ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)
750 SALMAGUNDY (750 themed clue)
1985-1986
731 STRING
722 SUPERNACULUM
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
610 DOUBLETHINK
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
543 STAYING POWER
534 DODGEM
1981-1982
504 SIMMENTHALER
495 CACOETHES
486 JUMPED-UP
1980-1981
443 STEEPLECROWN
1979-1980
410 CUL-DE-SAC
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints)
379 SCYTHEMAN
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
354 SHEER-HULK
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
327 HEMLOCK
1977-1978
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
238 CRAMBOJINGLE
208 RALPH
1975-1976
190 CASSANDRA
187 POWDERING-TUB
174 EPEOLATRY
169 THUGGEE
161 ANCON
1974-1975
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
135 GABIONADE
110 GALLOWS-RIPE
1973-1974
97 TREBUCHET
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
53 ALEXANDERS
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 3 | 13 |