Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr S. J. Shaw | 107 | 10 | 12 | 85 | 59 | 129 | Nov 1999 | May 2022 | 22y 6m | S. & J. Shaw S. J. Shaw |
Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021-2022 | ||||
2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | First | After dismissing jolly, Starmer’s ordered to reveal what could lie behind dreadful Labour experience | behind; anag. less RM; ref. ‘beergate’ |
2595 | FIFTY YEARS | VHC | Unorthodox openers in youthful Yorkshire eleven’s first innings race to another strikingly fast half-century | anag. of first letters |
2591 | GHAT | VHC | What leads Ganges bathers towards water essentially | G + middle letters, & lit. |
2586 | BALDERDASH | VHC | Form of address lacking sense primarily, covered by ‘blah’ possibly | anag. less s in anag., & lit. |
2584 | GIFT-WRAPPED (Cut & Paste) | VHC | If initially thus disguised, garment’s covered with fancy paper | IFTWRAPPEDG; if + first letters incl. w + anag., & lit. |
2582 | ACHITOPHEL | VHC | Betrayer of David, leader of party’s in awkward hole after Conservative bash | a C hit + p in anag.; ref. Cameron & Johnson, Downing St party, and 2 Sam. |
2578 | VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent) | Second | ‘Au revoir’, Europe initially expressed, then ordered a succession of changes | anag. less E |
2020-2021 | ||||
2564 | CLEARING | VHC | What might give forest this? Chopping fir tree logs can! | comp. anag. & lit. |
2556 | TOERAG | VHC | Scrap of textile on hobo’s extremity originally expressing really abominable geezer | t + o + first letters, & lit. |
2551 | SPAVIN (Spoonerisms) | VHC | What got Lillee fame? Primarily slinging projectile at victims batting! | filly lame; first letters + in; ref. Dennis L. |
2547 | FILATORY | VHC | There could be no idle rotary shaft when spinning threads on this | comp. anag. & lit. |
2543 | CABRETTA | First | Skins of Argentine ruminant, processed with currying after being tanned initially | anag. of outer and first letters, & lit. |
2539 | TORSE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Despite fighting regularly, our cat is cu/riously injured rarely | |
2534 | BOTTLE-WASHER | VHC | He engaged in endless below-stairs working, with little time for independence | he in anag. less s, with t for i, & lit. |
2525 | PLACITUM | VHC | When less than half of America’s excited with Trump, and left replaces right, the result’s a legal decision | anag. incl. ica, with l for r |
2521 | CHAMBERS | VHC | Consultation herein principally leads to answer’s meaning being etymologically ‘hollowed out rooms’ | first letters + r, s, & lit. |
2517 | LITERATIM | First | Working on ancient codex thus could give one identical Romanic text | comp. anag. & lit. |
2019-2020 | ||||
2512 | OSCITATE | VHC | It’s intrinsic to act so, possibly with ennui’s onset | it in anag. + e, & lit. |
2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | In novel format, Archer embraces pretence to acquire literary parsonage | personage; act in anag.; ref. Jeffrey A., The Old Vicarage, Grantchester |
2504 | UPBEAT | VHC | Openings of public bars eagerly anticipated to occur after 2nd of July – that’s optimistic! | u + first letters; ref. easing of COVID lockdown |
2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | Anger resolved with the pen’s what gets one more potent closure | anag.; ref. ‘the pen is mightier ...’ |
2495 | BUNG | VHC | Viral disease confines an indefinite number for present, with conditions attached | n in bug; ref. COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ |
2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | With this Dali could exhibit metamorphosis to replace Dadaism | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Surrealism and ‘M. of Narcissus’ |
2482 | VOX POP | VHC | Expression of polling embodied by particular views of ordinary passers-by primarily when broadcast | x in anag. of first letters, & lit. |
2480 | STOCKING FILLERS | First | I reckon small gifts expressing the essence of Xmas can constitute these | anag. less ma, & lit. |
2473 | INTERPLAY | VHC | Foul leads to remote inspection and penalty action between teams | anag. incl. r i; ref. VAR decision |
2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Scot’s good eating starters of delicious lemon pickle under tarts of Highland trout | tickle underparts; first letters in gude |
2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | Without it, Britain starts to perform outside world education rankings | Br(it)ain + first letters, & lit. |
2018-2019 | ||||
2460 | TWEET | VHC | The way eaglets express themselves initially! | first letters & lit. |
2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | VHC | With griping pains, sick animal’s not a practical replacement for draft horse returning cart | anag. less a; cart (rev.) |
2447 | CONGENER | VHC | René’s cognac, without some form of this, possesses merely hints of strength, colour and aroma | comp. anag. incl. s, c, a, & lit.; ref. R. Briand |
2443 | ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Relatively speaking, Zeus considered h/ost suitable for alliance | ref. Hera, wife and sister |
2430 | CLERIHEW | VHC | Whimsical verse (not massive, irregular in format) composed about personage ultimately | comp. anag. incl. e, & lit. |
2428 | SHEPHERDS | VHC | Leaders in pastures hearing exultations and rewarded in outbuilding with first glimpse of Saviour | first letters in shed + S, & lit. |
2425 | EPILIMNION | VHC | I’m located just below one on surface of lake engaged in swimming in open | i + l + I’m in anag., & lit. |
2421 | SPASMODICAL | VHC | Such throes, intermittently present, could develop from isolated cramps | comp. anag. incl. t, r, e, & lit. |
2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | First | Sunday’s offerings get two answers arranged with a ‘Right & Left’ design, a line below favouring Chambers | anag. incl. a, a, r, l: pro + pos + a l |
2412 | UBIQUARIAN | VHC | Heavy metal AC/DC number eclipses Queen song worldwide | Qu aria in U(ranium) bi n |
2017-2018 | ||||
2395 | PURITANISM | VHC | Framework of ideals adopted by prim aunt possibly? | i, s in anag. & lit. |
2386 | PENNY-A-LINER | VHC | Hack not quite earning plenty with no end of text | anag. less g, t, & lit. |
2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | VHC | Modifying Ford with this, as sign of velocity, might suggest fast pro drives! | pro; comp. anag. incl. v, & lit; ref. go-faster stripes (qv) |
2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | Plan to proceed with sin in novel format is ‘Indecent ——’ | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Jack Engelhard’s 1989 novel |
2376 | SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding) | Second | Wandering star is seen welcoming three leaders from Orient with presents | first letters in anag. |
2373 | CACOGASTRIC | Second | Such persons may be disposed to gripe, so can act cross | comp. anag. & lit. |
2364 | COMPOST HEAP | Third | Scraps of organic matter piled outside, feeding cultivated patches | first letters in anag., & lit. |
2360 | VIDENDA | VHC | Suggestions of visiting iconic destinations before death, a bucket list perhaps? | first letters + end, a |
2016-2017 | ||||
2347 | ASLEEP | VHC | How a silent corpse, not having tics nor stirring, could mistakenly appear | comp. anag. & lit. |
2338 | TRUMP | Third | Should ultimate power go to his head, he could start provoking the Russians and upsetting Mexico | initials with p moved up, & lit. |
2334 | ALLELUIAH | Second | Resounding ‘Thank God!’ is one possible outcome should Left and EU hail change following Article 50 | a L + anag. incl. l; ref. Brexit |
2330 | BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left) | VHC | Support by Azed’s core number is unashamed whilst without entries this comp could be construed as dull | bra + ze + n; anag. less first letters |
2325 | MASON | VHC | Originally medieval artisan sculpting symmetrically cut stones | first letters + on, & lit. |
2324 | CELEBRATIONS | VHC | What Jesu essentially gives rise to when associated with improvised crib at Noel | anag. incl. es, & lit. |
2318 | TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY) (Penny for the Guy) | VHC | A salt may be resolved to stop many a neat line getting tangled with a —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
2015-2016 | ||||
2296 | IMPROPERLY | Second | Doctor acting thus to get priority GMC panel | comp. anag. & lit. |
2287 | VALET | VHC | A male servant may be disposed to earn money as this | comp. anag. incl. m, & lit. |
2274 | SIMPATICO | VHC | From roots in Grecian lingo this may translate to ‘of a common spirit’ | comp. anag. incl. n, o, & lit. |
2272 | SNOWMOBILE | VHC | Manoeuvring with skis, this may give Eskimo bliss on first sign of winter! | comp. anag. incl. w, & lit. |
2270 | FENESTRA | VHC | Constructing rooms with a —— could allow Romans to see far | comp. anag. & lit. |
2265 | ESPRIT FORT | VHC | Term for rationalist (French in origin) or embodied by rebellious priest | t, F, or in anag., & lit. |
2261 | GANGSTERLAND | VHC | Where Judy from Oz, for example, might harbour criminal gents | anag. in Garland, & lit.; see Judy |
2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | Disturbance in chest excited heart of victim to keep it pathologically palpitating | bust up; hidden centrally |
2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Object numerically evaluated originally by Roman pen on start of trek | peon; miles + t + first letters; & lit. |
2014-2015 | ||||
2239 | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Wrongly eject strays to root out missing canine | strongly … rays; eradi(c)ate |
2230 | GATES OF DEATH | First | These part to reveal alternative fates, God above and devilish heat below | anag. + anag., & lit. |
2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | Possible result of kerb being busy with loading up | anag. & lit. |
2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Jesus’s noble act on cross can give us an —— —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | VHC | Tip of nose in Rudolph’s headgear lights eastern worker in bay window | ORIENTAL/LANTERNS; ORIEANTLERNS; n in antlers; ant in oriel |
2205 | CUMBERSOME | Second | Shifting such loads and dropping nothing might give me broad muscles | comp. anag. less 0, & lit. |
2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | Italian song inciting drinking, principally circulated by regulars in bars and inns | alternate letters + I, s, i, d (rev.), & lit. |
2013-2014 | ||||
2191 | PLUG | VHC | Piece of publicity and term for something packing lumen | lu in p, g, & lit. |
2187 | WEST | VHC | Cyclically, sun heads for this whenever evening’s beginning | s, t, w, e cycling, & lit. |
2183 | SANGRAIL | VHC | Holy Arthurian dish, initially leaving knight Sir Galahad bewildered | anag. less h, a, d, incl. n, & lit. |
2170 | SAYONARA | VHC | Exchange as heard in Nagoya, heading away | anag. less heading, & lit. |
2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | VHC | Top batsman’s sore perhaps when taking nothing from Courtney bowling | score; anag. less 0; ref. C. Walsh, former WI fast bowler |
2165 | OUT OF ORDER | VHC | When cashpoint’s like this it could be I can’t shop | indicating anag. & lit. |
2161 | FARRAGO | First | Term for clutter encapsulated by jumbled contents of garage and loft | r in anag. less outer letters, & lit. |
2157 | MELODRAMATIC | VHC | Actress once wrestling with dilemma might create such scenes | comp. anag. & lit. |
2152 | STUFFED SHIRT | VHC | He’s stiff and turgid, bumbling without signs of genuine importance | anag. less g, i, & lit. |
2148 | ZOLLVEREIN | VHC | Organizing this way forerunner of Germany could create a levy lowering zone | comp. anag. incl. G, z, & lit. |
2012-2013 | ||||
2139 | DE RIGUEUR | First | Fashion guru’s term, Gallic in origin and required without question | anag. incl. u, g less q, & lit. |
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. |
2021-2022
2599 DESIDERATA
2573 HANDS-ON
2569 BILBO
2020-2021
2560 BOMBAST
2532 POTLA(TSUGA)TCH (Presents Round the Tree)
2019-2020
2486 BRUHAHA
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2018-2019
2451 CAPUT
2438 MONTE DI PIETÀ
2434 STONKERED
2017-2018
2408 LUNCHEONETTE
2403 SWALE (Spoonerisms)
2399 CHARMEUSE
2390 POISSON D’AVRIL
2369 FACETIAE
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2351 RHAGADES
2343 RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry)
2313 PERFECT
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2300 MISHMASH
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2283 BARGAIN
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2213 SOLECISM
2013-2014
2178 PARISON
2174 CHARET (Printer’s Devilry)
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2135 LOB
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-2021 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 8 | 2 | 2 |
2019-2020 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 10 | 2 | 2 |
2018-2019 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 9 | 3 | 5 |
2017-2018 | 3 (0, 2, 1) | 5 | 5 | 4 |
2016-2017 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 5 | 5 | 7 |
2015-2016 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 7 | 3 | 6 |
2014-2015 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 5 | 4 | 8 |
2013-2014 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 9 | 2 | 4 |
2012-2013 | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 4 | 5 | 8 |
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 | – |