ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr S. J. Shaw | 27 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 28 | 33 | Nov 1999 | Apr 2013 | 13y 5m | S. & J. Shaw S. J. Shaw |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2131 | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | VHC | Originally Muslim aristocratic leader in Kashmir bars shabbily presented Dervishes if whirling without special order of sherif | initial letters & lit.; anag. less anag.; ref. Muslim mendicant order |
| 2126 | DESPERATE | First | Smash US TV series heaped woe for such housewives | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2113 | PICAROON | VHC | Someone pursuing organized piracy in the main (excluding Smee!) | anag.less y + (s)o(me)on(e), & lit. |
| 2109 | THICKETY | VHC | Such a shaw’s deep brush could be ground packed with bushy ash trees | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | VHC | Repair that is ultimately economic before fashionable item unravels | anag. incl. c + in + anag., & lit. |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2091 | SNIFTER | Second | This kind of shot constitutes one stiff drink | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2087 | ROCKET | VHC | This makes huge din when applying acceleration for start of orbit | racket with o for a, & lit. |
| 2074 | BENNET | Third | Novel by Austen (made into films) reveals —— family maids to us | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2070 | MISTREATMENT | VHC | This abuse of mongrel could reveal fearsome beast in mutt | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2065 | DERMESTIDAE | VHC | These coleopterans have varied diet on carpet, meal or seeds | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2062 | APPLE-KNOCKER | VHC | This crude hand could be cropper and knuckle-head abroad | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2049 | PARTY-POOPER | VHC | Type of person poor at mixing, not animated so often! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | The Summer holiday’s com/mended at school | |
| 2027 | THRENETICAL | First | Composing such poems could show I lament the corpse | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2019 | OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left) | VHC | Have Egypt’s leaders, not in charge of peace process westward in view, a revolt to subdue? | h, E + not i/c; hidden rev. |
| 2000 | TWO THOUSAND | Third | Yes, setter with this number (Z) could make Azed-ers shout ‘Twenty tons!’ | comp. anag. incl. n, & lit.; Z = 2,000 |
| 1997 | FADO | VHC | Song and dance with origin in folk primarily | f + ado, & lit. |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1962 | ANADEM | VHC | ——’s role (a spiral ring) could be as Nero’s imperial garland | comp. anag., & lit. |
| 1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Sickly animal once signifying wasting disease of livestock | LOSING ANAEMIC |
| 1949 | PALFRENIER | VHC | Person holding frisky foal, leaving ring, by loose rein? | anag. less o + anag. all in per., & lit. |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1923 | ELLIPTIC | VHC | Certain pills we can mould to be … (answer) | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1914 | VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent) | VHC | Initially virgin in ancient Rome and elsewhere subsequently | v + et al., & lit. |
| 1910 | BARPERSON | VHC | This politically correct s/he could serve up beer or schnapps | comp. anag. incl. PC, & lit. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1771 | PARTERRE | Third | Repertory theatres have ground storey – the —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | For man I cure of cut I clean (or a n/ick is needed) | |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Underlying rate rises worry journalist | speed (rev.) + eat ed. |
| 1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | Narrow boat docked quite carelessly | BARGITQUE; barg(e) + anag. |
2012-2013
2118 BLOKEISH
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2096 TRICK
2011-2012
2083 BEWITCH
2078 RÉCOLLET
2064 COLD TURKEY
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2036 AL CONTO
2023 CHAMBRANLE
2014 HACKETTE
2012 BLOATING
2010 A COMING OF AGE
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1988 PERIQUE
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1975 SEPTENTRIONAL
1940 SCANT def. SNEAP (Wrong Number)
2008-2009
1936 LITMUS TEST
1918 PALAMPORE
2006-2007
1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1762 DUDDERY
1752 MIDWINTER
1737 ANIMUS
2000-2001
1502 RAPPEL
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1999-2000
1433 NEANDERTHAL
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010-2011 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |