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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. J. Duffin | 29 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 68 | 31 | Jun 1951 | Feb 2009 | 57y 8m | W. Duffin W. J. Duffin (Hull): |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1750 | PLOUGHMAN | VHC | Fail in degree and, shortly, find yourself just a weary plodder | plough MA ’n’ |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1694 | MISINTERPRET | VHC | A new format for Times printer to get completely wrong! | anag. |
| 1689 | SYNOD | VHC | Where scholarly people get upset about either of the conclusions on gay clergy? | y in dons (rev.), & lit. |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1648 | MAGIC LANTERN | VHC | Source of light and images brings wise men to a family group of three | Magi clan tern |
| 1646 | BLACK | VHC | Provides descriptions of sea and death? Could be Conrad | 3 mngs.; ref. Conrad B., Joseph Conrad |
| 1624 | BELAY | VHC | Enough! (Instruction to give up living?) | be lay; living = benefice |
| 2002-2003 | ||||
| 1615 | RUGATE | VHC | Sale could have attracted this crowd that’s gathered | RU gate; Sale rugby club |
| 1606 | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | VHC | NASA let it crash without a cover on southern US plains | anag. less a |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1480 | SAMARITAN | VHC | Always one for giving emotional support, old Harry embraces Marianne’s husband | mari in Satan |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | VHC | A Burmese race found in rough open areas | Pareoeans; anag. |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | Did she show promise around a high-class street? | U St. in comer, & lit. |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 425 | TRAVERSE | VHC | In TV language, an artist answers to “What’s your line” by “A straight one among zigzags” | RA in TV Erse; ref. TV panel game ‘What’s My Line’ |
| 421 | DOVETAIL | VHC | Given a tonic by the doctor before indisposition, you should find yourself nicely fit | do vet ail; A1 = do (mus.) |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 289 | CISTERN | VHC | I gurgle when flushed with success, but I’m grim after the slightest bit of a trouncing | (troun)ci(ng) + stern |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 273 | COUSIN | VHC | This German is closely akin to the Angle—which includes us | us in coin (= cornerstone, archaic); german (n., obs.) = near relative |
| 263 | We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram) | VHC | How stalks the Dong with The Nose unlit? | |
| 261 | DECANTER | VHC | The liquor bottle renounced? Not quite—doctor’s order does not allow it to be! | i.e. recanted with Dr exchanged |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 253 | DERATION | VHC | Let us eat as much as want for tea or dinner—not half! Smashing! | anag. incl. din(ner) |
| 249 | BALM | VHC | “Web” almost certainly includes what’s in clue to “conspiracy”—it’s also found in “plot” | hidden here and in clue 13 dn |
| 237 | BASTINADE | VHC | One way of producing sore feet in a copper is to be found in well-pounded beats! | in a d., all in anag. |
| 235 | ASPHETERISM | VHC | There is spam hash, but if you swallow it you can’t retain a thing | anag. |
| 233 | SAWDUST | Third | South leads. Ace put down by West has a grave meaning—fills Dummy with heaviness | S + A + W + dust |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 231 | PREAMBLE | VHC | Whereas it begins in an Act of Parliament, a change in the constitution is really achieved by a rebel M.P.! | anag. |
| 221 | BUNTHORNE | VHC | He recommended professing passion for a French bean, evidently the bonne, Ruth “on breakers always steering” | anag.; ‘If you’re anxious for to shine’; R., nurse in ‘Pirates of Penzance’ |
| 219 | SOCIALIST | VHC | I, with a hankering after a lot of soccer, could be called an Association fan | soc(cer) I a list; association football, trade unions |
| 213 | LEMONADE | Second | It’s wet, it pours. It may make a squash, but find room for a little ’un in the shelter | monad in lee1 |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 197 | SCALES | VHC | Balance is an essential part of snakes and ladders | 3 mngs. |
| 194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | VHC | Keep it under your hat—a suitable catchword for an Information Bureau? | knowledge box1 |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 189 | SALTIRE | VHC | Little Sarah needs a rubber hoop to look anything like ordinary: two bends in her. | Sal + tire; heraldic mngs. of ordinary (n.) and bend; her. = heraldry |
2008-2009
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1901 SANITISE
2007-2008
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1866 BINGE
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1858 HUMONGOUS
2005-2006
1737 ANIMUS
2004-2005
1728 EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number)
1724 MONEYBAGS
1702 WORDSMITHERY
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1667 CLARINI
1650 SAPHENA
1641 GADGETEER
1633 EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left)
2002-2003
1611 LEISLER
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1596 GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)
1580 MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1550 MEMORITER
1528 STROP (Spoonerisms)
2000-2001
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1467 CANAPÉ
1999-2000
1428 CRICETID
1998-1999
1394 BERGAMOT
1997-1998
1336 STOCKING
1995-1996
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
1234 AVANT-PROPOS
1203 CLERICALISM
1994-1995
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE
1169 BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left)
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1131 CAROUSER (Misprints)
1968-1969
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1964-1965
812 ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left)
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
638 BUREAUCRAT
624 PSYCHIATER (DLM)
1958-1959
504 LEAD-LINE
1956-1957
404 POLENTA
386 CLEITHRAL
1955-1956
343 EPIGONI
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
306 CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left)
302 MARTIN
297 CONTRAPUNTAL
295 SENSE-ORGANS
287 MANCHESTER
285 PARALYSES
1954 (1)
283 SOBER
279 CRYPTOGRAM
269 ASCENT
267 TRADE
265 THERMAE
259 AGANIPPE
1953 (2)
251 UNMETHODICAL
247 VAMPIRE
239 GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry)
1953 (1)
227 CATEGORIES
223 MELODRAME
1952 (1)
185 STOUT
182 MISTLETOE
181 HANGABLE
1951 (2)
179 CADRE
178 HIDEOUS
173 HATCHING
171 SERINGAS
168 PIPS (Misprints)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1965-1966 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1964-1965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1960-1961 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1958-1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1956-1957 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1955-1956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1954 (2) | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 1954 (1) | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1953 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 1953 (1) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 1952 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 1952 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1951 (2) | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |