ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Johnstone | 73 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 163 | 80 | Jun 1972 | May 2013 | 40y 11m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2013 | ||||
| 2135 | LOB | VHC | Short length ball bowled Pollock | l O b |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2091 | SNIFTER | VHC | Stiffener? Not iron — liquid! | anag. less Fe & lit. |
| 2074 | BENNET | VHC | Bun, baked with its top having turned orange-brown | b + tenné (rev.) |
| 2045 | CATENATE | VHC | Like Albert? Eaten in a rage by the lion? | cat + anag.; ref. Marriott Edgar |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2010 | A COMING OF AGE | VHC | Facing 0-0, game is to be replayed – that’ll sort the men from the boys | anag. incl. o, o |
| 2009-2010 | ||||
| 1962 | ANADEM | VHC | What could dress a mullet and a filleted maigre, battered? | anag. incl. m, e; see, incidentally, the amusing def. of ‘mullet’ in C. |
| 1960 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels) | VHC | Sickly animal infection launched flu menacing all | FLUNG ANAEMIC |
| 1958 | HANGDOG | VHC | Van Gogh and Freud could portray such an expression | anag.; van = winnow; ref. Lucien and Clement F. |
| 1953 | TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints) | VHC | Revolutionary Marat soaking in a tub’s content … one sees the scene for forthcoming shock | sets; u in anag. |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1908 | WE THREE KINGS | VHC | Behold a ray in the night coupled with weeks travelling – for us? | re in anag., & lit. |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1879 | LITTER BASKET | VHC | Let opening in receptacle take bits for recycling – this does | anag. incl. r |
| 1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | Bear, by name, won the open playing hard | anag. + h; ref. J. Nicklaus, nicknamed the ‘Golden Bear’ |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1831 | MARGINALIA | VHC | Bits on the side denoting a ‘girl mania’ complex | anag. |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | VHC | Regard your hand … discard King then finesse. It’s easily improvised | anag. less R |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | Source of intelligence? Sorry, the ‘WMD sexed-up’ rather exemplifies it | anag. incl. i, & lit. |
| 1689 | SYNOD | VHC | The party is not past it: rising up the faithful will rally to it | do nys (all rev.) |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1667 | CLARINI | VHC | Lully’s first ‘Air in C’ arranged for trumpets | anag. incl. L |
| 1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | VHC | Projector of rays? The Wise Men see luminance heading before trio | Magi + c + l + an. + tern |
| 1641 | GADGETEER | VHC | One given to devices tagged ‘weird’ and ‘almost weird’? | anag. + eer(y) |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1611 | LEISLER | VHC | Alice’s tea tray? What could be sillier English for one in flight? | anag. with E for I) |
| 1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | Mine’s mild, old chap, not bitter, d’you hear? | man + ‘sweet’ |
| 1572 | SHIELD-MAY | VHC | Valhalla opened up for me as I held my ‘slain’ | anag.; Valkvries transported dead heroes from battlefield to V. |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1554 | PEARL | VHC | Primus inter pares? A noble jewel in setting | p + earl |
| 1533 | MASTER-MARINER | VHC | Authority on bridge in arrears met Omar’s second entry with finesse | anag. incl m; ref. O. Sharif, bridge writer |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | A course aimed at very much led to the Caribs. | |
| 1480 | SAMARITAN | Third | Anguished man at end of tether is ringing one | a in anag. incl. r, & lit. |
| 1999-2000 | ||||
| 1433 | NEANDERTHAL | VHC | Reactionary England at her most outrageous rejecting end to foxhunting | anag. less g |
| 1419 | SPLODGE | VHC | Is Blyton PC with good English? Or is this a big blot on her copy-book? | ‘s Plod g E; ref Toytown |
| 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1398 | PERMETHRIN | VHC | Bugs take me then … RIP | anag. incl. r & lit.; bug = irritate |
| 1997-1998 | ||||
| 1360 | BOG-ASPHODEL | First | Behold, gapo’s flowering – with this? | anag. & lit. |
| 1338 | SMART ALEC | VHC | Know-all Marple acts like quicksilver once the penny’s dropped | anag. less p |
| 1336 | STOCKING | VHC | One tempting a glance to fine leg got snick to slip | anag. |
| 1325 | UPROOTAL | VHC | ‘Fiddler on the Roofs’ theme featuring Topol and a Russia briefly in turmoil | anag. incl. Ru |
| 1996-1997 | ||||
| 1286 | CHALET | VHC | ‘Halt EC dithering’ might be a Redwood premise – but not a Major one | anag. |
| 1994-1995 | ||||
| 1186 | GRISELDA | VHC | Patience personified G & S ideal – right? Wrong | anag. incl. r |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | Mate for Kasparov is playing Queen to a6, check! | R to aVI anag. + ch |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1034 | BURLAP | VHC | With Campese’s try supported by Australian power rough stuff loomed for packs | burl + A p |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 987 | IRON CURTAIN | VHC | Border, renowned for impenetrable defence, smashes a hundred in run riot | anag. incl. C |
| 947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | VHC | RH’s spill … end of polo due to fracture – and this? | anag. incl. o |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 930 | SABULOSE | VHC | As boules ground? | anag. & lit. |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 874 | BLUESTOCKING | VHC | One from King’s College with legs in nothing but a worsted? | anag. of KG legs in 0 but a, less a, & lit. |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 823 | SARBACANE | Second | Hollowed-out shooter housing arrow’s head with poison round about | a in s—r + ca. in bane, & lit. |
| 801 | LINCHET | Second | Put screw on the left front side of cue-ball and trap in balk | in in anag. of the l, c; ref. snooker |
| 788 | CROW | VHC | Jimmy or Jim? | 2 meanings; James=jemmy ; Jim C. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | Trifle with cream on I hate: the other I’m mad about | anag.; ether |
| 750 | SALMAGUNDY (750 themed clue) | VHC | Without hesitation my laughter hailed Azed’s savoury offering | anag. less er |
| 744 | SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left) | VHC | Cooking hint: Sprinkle a sizzling feed of fricassee (French poached) with ginger! It could produce malaise in Café Guadeloupe | anag. ; anag. less Fr |
| 740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | Où se trouvent les Mirages en bloc ? Ciel d’Arles orageux | anag. |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 722 | SUPERNACULUM | VHC | Bumper rumpus! Clean up short pitching | anag. incl. u(p) |
| 705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | What’s treating a psycho with ut-re-mi? | anag. & lit. |
| 701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | What’ll do for a lust-breathed Romeo? Jumping the —— and more love? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | Like Cinderella’s coach at midnight but with crucial changes? | anag. |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 670 | TURNIP-FLEA | Third | Skipping runt I leap to ingest tip of cabbage-leaf | f in anag. & lit.; runt = cabbage stem |
| 657 | SILLY-BILLY | VHC | One bats badly after opening for Surrey … bowled by Illingworth? | S, illy, b, illy |
| 631 | INTERLOCK | VHC | Engage Rentokil: ‘See to rot’ | anag. incl. C |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 622 | SIMP (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Lacking bra I n/uzzled and fooled | |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | I slake no ill | anag. & lit. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Giving it boss with charm got festive kiss | anag. + X |
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | First | Eruptive outbreak – “’air cut! ’air cut!” repeats a Petty Officer evaluating lines of ratings | anag. cut = drunk; a PO graphs |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 388 | ALEXIPHARMIC | VHC | Beverage to cap Harpic mix drunk? | ale + anag., & lit. |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 340 | BOOKSIE | First | Sanctions busting stink that is buried in Cabinet-editions | ok’s in bo ie |
| 319 | PODESTA | VHC | Big cheese (Parmesan?) adepts love grating | anag. incl. O |
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Barbaric Emir with tip of lash tames galley | game’s tally; anag. + l |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 310 | STERNFAST | VHC | Line RN sets aft | anag. & lit. |
| 272 | MALAGUETTA | VHC | What’ll give one a rumbling gut at a meal? | anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 250 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | VHC | Thus notch CCL and cheer that setter. OK? | |
| 212 | SURCINGLES | VHC | Ones circling the middles of show-jumpers are cinches | u, r, c in singles & lit. |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | One who located many a divine fabulous bird. Popular? | (John) Crockford; rok Ford; ref. car |
| 195 | SHILLY-SHALLY | VHC | Amiss caught well down pitch completely circumvented by throw – result of this? | ill in shy + all in shy & lit.; ref. Dennis A. |
| 1973-1974 | ||||
| 57 | MINARET (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | One tortured with tor/ches | |
| 1972-1973 | ||||
| 40 | FANTOCCINI | VHC | Loud Conservative in action – made to walk – wired party favourite | f + anag. incl. C; ref. Heath’s walk |
| 27 | VINEGAR | VHC | Souse veg. in a recipe | anag. + a r & lit.; souse = make drunk |
| 23 | SCLERODERMIC | VHC | Test coverage might be: ‘M.C.C. order lies in ruins’ | anag.; test = testa |
2012-2013
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2126 DESPERATE
2116 YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)
2109 THICKETY
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2011-2012
2065 DERMESTIDAE
2058 ROBUST
2010-2011
2040 EASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2036 AL CONTO
2027 THRENETICAL
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)
2000 TWO THOUSAND
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)
1979 FAR-OUT
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1945 PRISON
2008-2009
1906 MORSE
1888 RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)
2007-2008
1884 FREELOADER
1875 GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
2006-2007
1814 HIPSTER
1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
1806 INEBRIANT
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
1788 ETHEREAL OILS
2005-2006
1779 NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)
1771 PARTERRE
1758 BIMBETTE
1752 MIDWINTER
1737 ANIMUS
1733 PALESTRA
2004-2005
1719 ANHELATION
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1711 MINUS
1700 FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1698 CROSSTIE
1685 MINO (Printer’s Devilry)
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1637 AMNESIC
1628 ENCOMION
1624 BELAY
2002-2003
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1589 JOKESMITH
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1563 SLYBOOTS
1550 MEMORITER
1544 PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)
1541 CHUPRASSY
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
2000-2001
1515 SNIDE
1494 MARATHON
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1476 LIGNIPERDOUS
1999-2000
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1439 JOHN CANOE
1437 MISTLETOE
1428 CRICETID
1424 HEIST
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1998-1999
1394 BERGAMOT
1389 ALL-OVERISH
1387 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram)
1372 MASTERSTROKE
1997-1998
1351 NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry)
1342 ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)
1329 PITHOS
1996-1997
1307 AGILE (Spoonerisms)
1303 PONIARD
1290 NITERIE
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1995-1996
1242 KNOCKERS
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1216 CHAPERON
1993-1994
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1139 BENJAMIN
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1078 KIRBEH
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1074 DEMIREP
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1065 TANDOORI
1061 MAGIC
1052 AGANIPPE
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1026 LET-OFF
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1021 BEARD
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1013 ALVEARY
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
972 Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
1989-1990
934 LACE-UPS
904 VOETGANGER
900 (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
869 HOLD-UPS
866 NECTAREOUS
862 OFF-AND-ON
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
849 VISITE
844 THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)
1987-1988
827 MICKEY-TAKING
805 LITOTES
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
779 MISSING LINK
766 GUBBINS
762 OBELISE
753 SHEEPDOG
1985-1986
714 MOTE
696 ANTIMNEMONIC
683 BANISH
1984-1985
649 AUSTRALORP
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
1983-1984
603 FIGULINE
590 MINEVER
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
559 EMBASE
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
1981-1982
513 ETYMOLOGICON
504 SIMMENTHALER
482 BODY-SNATCHER
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
443 STEEPLECROWN
434 JARDINIÈRE
1979-1980
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerisms)
379 SCYTHEMAN
1978-1979
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
1977-1978
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
298 NOSER
294 HUMECT
289 AMNESIAC
276 AMTRACK
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE
247 FLIVVER
243 OLYMPIC
225 VALETA
221 PADDY-WHACK
216 SCANTITY
208 RALPH
1975-1976
197 CAMERA (Printer’s Devilry)
187 POWDERING-TUB
183 PICKLE
178 A(U)G(U)ST (Letters Latent)
174 EPEOLATRY
1974-1975
148 BALLYHOO
146 CHARADES
143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
105 Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler (Anagram)
1973-1974
97 TREBUCHET
75 GROCETERIA
66 NONSENSE
53 ALEXANDERS
1972-1973
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)
43 A neologism (Neologisms)
14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 2 | 6 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1989-1990 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 2 (0, 2, 0) | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1978-1979 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 2 | 7 | – |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |