ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. J. M. Scotland | 69 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 116 | 78 | Aug 1974 | Aug 2003 | 29y 0m | W. Scotland W. J. Scotland |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | Like Dutch elm disease? Spread purged in soil | anag. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1174 | DINGLE-DANGLE | VHC | Take note of old boxing name, guided by corner, swinging right and left | n in dig + led + angle; ref. G. Foreman |
| 1165 | YAPSTER | VHC | This, at getting loose, could become a stray pet | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1161 | ADIAPHORON | VHC | Not a thing held high, one’s thrown in a poor hand dealt | I in anag. |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1147 | MAYDAY | VHC | Monday? Could be, if a year moves on | a y for on in Monday; Mayday 1995 will be a Monday |
| 1139 | BENJAMIN | VHC | Worn-out overcoat? Not quite promising round start of January? | J in benamin(g) |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1078 | KIRBEH | VHC | Take little barrel into sakieh without it? | r b in (SA)kieh, & lit. |
| 1056 | ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number) | VHC | Spirit? Tar, one without love, gets drunk at home | love; anag. less 0 + in |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1021 | BEARD | VHC | Leader of the band, Queen, died – infected by onset of AIDS (a growth in some men…) | A in b ER d; ref. Freddie Mercury |
| 1004 | OIL PAINTINGS | VHC | G. Panini’s toil displayed? | anag. & lit.; ref. 18c Italian painter; display = spread out, unfold |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Supply a tome astronomical – this to Moore’s it | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Old M.’s |
| 978 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | VHC | Smash ‘Jury’ tipped – could be 10 cc? | anag. incl. ten less J; ref. Juke Box J. |
| 972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | Each hat bit – fun; Noel anag. – trouble! | |
| 961 | WAVESON | VHC | What’s current picked up around a ship cut in two? | a ves(sel) in now (rev.), & lit. |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | VHC | In Chinese, stir cooking with, say, saltier recipe — it’s got to contain ghi | anag. + cross r, all in Chow; i.e. g h i; saltier = saltire |
| 895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | Appreciative of Stones’ records? I.e. ‘Not Fade Away’? Not I! | anag. less I |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 878 | MOUSEPIECE | VHC | Sumo wrestling, Eastern man’s beefy flesh (near round) | anag. + E + piece; round, cut of beef |
| 868 | ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels) | VHC | Solid stuff! From the grip of monster, old hero, adored man, liberated Greek maiden | sterol, Andromeda; hidden; anag. |
| 844 | THEOLOGASTER (Misprints) | VHC | See, throat is rough without the best part of a pint – swallow DD! | shallow; log3 in anag.; DD = Double Diamond beer |
| 840 | SONDE | VHC | This, with air to ground radio, notes storms | comp. anag. & lit.; cf. radiosonde |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 831 | COOLABAH (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Woo tart? A bachelor gets hot after pass, embracing love | tuart; 0 in col + a BA h |
| 827 | MICKEY-TAKING | VHC | What might irritate back of leg? Nicky-tam, i.e. with knot not left loose | anag. incl. g & k(not) |
| 816 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter) | VHC | A gift’s a lot, tight Caledonian said, inspired by ‘extremes of poortith’ | anag. + co’, all in p, h |
| 814 | SPOUSAGE | VHC | Without offspring? Generation needs love and endless ‘practice’ in bed? | 0 us(e) in sp age; marriage bed |
| 809 | DOLCE VITA | VHC | ‘A-wine, a-women and a-song’, perhaps, exhaust Latin with active bent | do L + anag. |
| 805 | LITOTES | VHC | At boxing this could get Muhammad against tough assignment – no small purse, say? | (A)li to tes(t) |
| 796 | UPHOLSTERY | VHC | What needs your help, when tatty? Covers to seats, trim stuffing | s, t in anag., & lit. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 750 | SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue) | VHC | Taking over a minute to consume bull’s eye, who could possibly fancy a dolly mixture? | (b)ul(l) in a mo (rev.) + guy |
| 744 | SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left) | VHC | ‘Sizzling runner’? Take hint, with panel beaten finish: aged stuff is hiding rust | ski r + anag.; of feed is in cease |
| 735 | MALIGN | VHC | Lam in slurs without a hit of goodness | g in anag., & lit. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | A depraved desire runs among evil English supporters going by rail | a lust r in bad E |
| 683 | BANISH | VHC | Bevs’ original: one beating his drum out | B + an + anag.; ref. Beverley Sisters’ song ‘Little Drummer Boy’ |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 660 | Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (Anagram) | VHC | No wee vermin scurries out at Santa on grate | |
| 640 | MACHETE | First | The jungly mass one cleaves? | anag. in m ace, & lit. |
| 635 | ROSEMARY | VHC | One out for love in spring its balmy leaves may stir madly? | rise with 0 for I + anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘Cripes, cha p/ot’s t’oolong!’ sniffs Bunter. ‘Bag’s some help’ | |
| 615 | HISTORIETTE | VHC | I tire tots fabulously, in the time before dropping off? | anag. in (t)he, & lit. |
| 610 | DOUBLETHINK | VHC | What’s curtailed uncertainty with force, embracing the curious ultimate of Newspeak? | doub(t) + anag. in lin + k, & lit.; lin2, force2 = waterfall |
| 607 | CARNEY | VHC | In the country, coax one for love in corn! (The traditional retreats) | corn with a for 0 + ye (rev.) |
| 603 | FIGULINE | First | Fragile unit this art throws? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 594 | DOINGS | Second | Ratings fancy dishy bits abroad – what for? You know what! | 4 mngs. |
| 581 | SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number) | VHC | Love in spring’d take no turning for old blade | take; 0 in spa’d r + no (rev.) |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 572 | SNAKE-OIL | First | I.e. no Salk shot? | anag. & lit. |
| 568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | After satin galore t/akes in Paris ‘look’ – worn out? | lorette = courtesan |
| 558 | MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Must mimer enact farce | mime; anag.; must4 = frenzied |
| 556 | SWEAL (Misprints) | VHC | Briefly, is weak misprint, perhaps, not quite to taste? | waste; ’s w eal(e) |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 525 | PABOUCHE | First | Half chewed after pup’s onset – one with heelless fit? | p a bou(t) + che(wed), & lit. |
| 521 | ATTITUDINISE | VHC | Camp? It’d suit a tent freak. (Time to get out for one?) | I for t in anag. |
| 508 | POSTURE-MAKER | VHC | Without English chop or rump steak, my attitude is: get knotted! | E in anag. |
| 504 | SIMMENTHALER | VHC | Neat meths? I’m nearly delirious suppressing yen! | anag. less y |
| 491 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | VHC | E.g. this musty release the castaway’s included? | vent ye in anag., & lit.; ref. Desert Island Discs |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 460 | SWOOP | VHC | Stop parking in busy spot with time running out or traffic warden will! | wo in anag. less t |
| 456 | BALADINE | VHC | E.g. —— might render ‘le badinage’ | comp. anag. & lit.; charlatan |
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Heartlessly, the devil in print, filling a page to attempt over Sabbath, duplicates irritation – nothing’s removed from our endless suffering without 1 Ac. solved! | Ra(l)ph in a p, go (rev.), S; (0)ur + anag. in tria(l) |
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | Second | Evans the booze sells me the g/in fully priced | metheglin |
| 430 | TEGULA | VHC | Sickly gateau – long for one overlapping small plate? | anag. with l for a |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | First | Naughty gals with mini skirts had little not showing clearly! | ’d in anag. |
| 423 | ACCOUTRE | VHC | Supply contents of pouch, pack etc to Sappers? | anag. of inside letters + RE, & lit. |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Make rash – with pee around tot’s rear? | t in anag., & lit. |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 306 | DICKENS | First | I cook, without soul, in pit (term in exclamations) | I c(oo)k in den + s, & lit. |
| 301 | TROLLOPISH | VHC | Of worn-down pro? This’ll fit | anag. incl. o’, & lit.; fit2 vi |
| 298 | NOSER | VHC | Resounding snub? Not half! | reson(ating) (rev.), & lit. |
| 263 | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | As a low plot, T/imon – early ruined character in Bard play | Iachimo; ref. Cymbeline |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 234 | HOROSCOPIST | Third | Sort, initially, that can report on several interesting points of one’s house structure | anag. of first letters, & lit. |
| 216 | SCANTITY | VHC | Rare defect – namely one’s conclusions from: ‘Bat: I cut rashly …’! | sc. an + last letters |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 203 | BOGY | VHC | Hob, Mephisto, bug, bobby. All terms for —— | last letters & lit. |
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Funny one with name: Half Hour King? | (Tony) Hancock; anag. of a n ho(ur) K, & lit.; ref. H.’s Half Hour |
| 190 | CASSANDRA | VHC | ——: (calls to all about) ‘Reject Greek character! Extremes of danger!’ | san d, r in ca’s a’, & lit. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 130 | EADISH (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | As she’s no br/a, reach up attire! Past being good? | chupatti |
2003-2004
1628 ENCOMION
2002-2003
1611 LEISLER
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1593 MANSUETE
2001-2002
1541 CHUPRASSY
1533 MASTER-MARINER
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
1506 BARE(-)BONES
1502 RAPPEL
1494 MARATHON
1999-2000
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1998-1999
1394 BERGAMOT
1996-1997
1286 CHALET
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1242 KNOCKERS
1220 CASSANDRA
1216 CHAPERON
1212 HILDING
1994-1995
1200 Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent)
1194 DONET
1180 COLD TURKEY
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1130 AGRESTAL
1992-1993
1095 STINK
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1065 TANDOORI
1061 MAGIC
1052 AGANIPPE
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1039 TOLERABLE
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1000 ONE THOUSAND
1990-1991
987 IRON CURTAIN
969 BUNTER
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
926 NERD
922 REFORMADO
891 CAT
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
869 HOLD-UPS
862 OFF-AND-ON
853 DEBACLE
849 VISITE
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
823 SARBACANE
818 EMBUSQUÉ
801 LINCHET
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
770 HERMITS
762 OBELISE
753 SHEEPDOG
740 ESCADRILLE
1985-1986
731 STRING
722 SUPERNACULUM
714 MOTE
709 GINGER
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
1984-1985
679 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
670 TURNIP-FLEA
657 SILLY-BILLY
631 INTERLOCK
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
618 CRETISM
590 MINEVER
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
576 TOP-NOTCH
564 PARAMENT
552 NOURICE-FEE
547 GLEEMAN
543 STAYING POWER
1981-1982
517 IMMORTELLE
486 JUMPED-UP
482 BODY-SNATCHER
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
443 STEEPLECROWN
1979-1980
414 UNBOSOMER
410 CUL-DE-SAC
406 BOIL
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
384 OUTSPREADING
371 GRADIN
1978-1979
362 SEA-SOLDIER
354 SHEER-HULK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
340 BOOKSIE
336 ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)
327 HEMLOCK
1977-1978
310 STERNFAST
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
294 HUMECT
281 DINOCERAS
267 MORRIS-DANCE
259 TRANSIRE
1976-1977
250 Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
247 FLIVVER
243 OLYMPIC
212 SURCINGLES
208 RALPH
1975-1976
187 POWDERING-TUB
183 PICKLE
169 THUGGEE
1974-1975
139 PIEPOWDER
127 FRITHSOKEN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 1987-1988 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 1983-1984 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 1982-1983 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 1981-1982 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 1980-1981 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 1976-1977 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |