ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Jackson | 27 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 90 | 29 | Dec 1974 | Jan 2007 | 32y 1m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | Stimulant abuse leads to toxic effects in brain | anag. incl. t e |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1724 | MONEYBAGS | VHC | So many beg for regulation I never want | anag. |
| 2003-2004 | ||||
| 1650 | SAPHENA | VHC | Tube happens to be transformed when power is ceded to American | anag. with A for P; ref. London Underground, Bob Kiley |
| 1637 | AMNESIC | VHC | Uninspired by rosemary? Season mince with a dash of allspice and a pinch of salt | anag. incl. a, s; ref. rosemary for remembrance |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1563 | SLYBOOTS | VHC | Covert gives advantage to old fox | sly boots |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | Crap PE lesson involves shinning up ropes? Quite the reverse | hidden |
| 1480 | SAMARITAN | VHC | I should be sympathetic, Missus, about husband’s knocking fifty! | marita(l) in San |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 862 | OFF-AND-ON | VHC | ‘Constant never’? Right – if applied to donna mobile! | off + anag. |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 805 | LITOTES | First | Resisting gush in dyke stands one small boy | I tot in les |
| 788 | CROW | VHC | James, alias Jim | 2 mngs.; james = jemmy; Jim C. |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 766 | GUBBINS | VHC | Wee bar fly keels over? It’s nothing to boast about | snib bug (rev.) |
| 740 | ESCADRILLE | VHC | What could recoup ‘de caelis’, landing left and right? | anag. incl. l, r, & lit.; de caelis (L.) = from the heavens |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 722 | SUPERNACULUM | Second | To the bottom, unmuscular, P.E.’s contortion | anag. |
| 683 | BANISH | VHC | Reaction of some mullahs in a Baghdad bar? | hidden rev. |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 576 | TOP-NOTCH | VHC | Super grass goes back to nick | pot (rev.) + notch |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 513 | ETYMOLOGICON | VHC | Abroad and gloomy, distracted, I no longer know where to establish roots | et + anag. + I con |
| 1977-1978 | ||||
| 298 | NOSER | VHC | Occupational hazard for the ratings in a cruiser – or a ‘cruiser’ in the ratings | 2 mngs. |
| 281 | DINOCERAS | VHC | Row over rewriting of a score – something primitive with three horns | din + anag. |
| 1976-1977 | ||||
| 247 | FLIVVER | VHC | Patriotic gestures in the pilot’s mess | V, V in flier; ref. V signs |
| 238 | CRAMBOJINGLE | VHC | Putting Pickwick, say, in trouble? Mr. J can oblige | anag.; ref. character Alfred Jingle |
| 229 | METRICATE | VHC | How to standardise EEC Mart? It’s chaotic | anag. |
| 221 | PADDY-WHACK | VHC | Milk pudding in prospect? Blow on it, and you’ll get a slap from Nanny | paddy + whack |
| 1975-1976 | ||||
| 200 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent) | VHC | A rebel like Lloyd George. Nothing more | Caradoc; a rad. 0 |
| 183 | PICKLE | VHC | Morsel best left on side of plate | pick l + e |
| 174 | EPEOLATRY | VHC | Prelate’s flirtation with the limits of orthodoxy could be a form of heresy | anag. incl. o, y |
| 156 | OMBROPHOBOUS | VHC | Such an umbrella pine might pine for an umbrella | cryptic def. |
| 1974-1975 | ||||
| 143 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle) | VHC | Caspar rex et Melchior Balthazarque lumine lucent Alphabetici claro iam aenigmatos. Vos, observatores Stellae, Stellae nunc Observatoris, die Salvatoris nostri Salutamus hodie | |
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1753 DIAGONAL
2004-2005
1719 ANHELATION
1715 RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)
1711 MINUS
1707 GALENA (Definition of Anagram)
2003-2004
1667 CLARINI
1646 BLACK
1641 GADGETEER
2002-2003
1606 TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps)
1598 PHRASEMONGER
1593 MANSUETE
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1567 QUEEN
1559 THEOLOGASTER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1537 CAFTAN
1533 MASTER-MARINER
1524 INGRATITUDE
2000-2001
1494 MARATHON
1998-1999
1398 PERMETHRIN
1385 PANTRIES
1997-1998
1325 UPROOTAL
1322 CARPET
1996-1997
1290 NITERIE
1286 CHALET
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1995-1996
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1225 CURRY
1216 CHAPERON
1994-1995
1194 DONET
1190 DENARIUS
1186 GRISELDA
1181 SLADE
1180 COLD TURKEY
1178 BOOTLEG
1165 YAPSTER
1156 TERPSICHOREAN
1152 PARACETAMOL
1993-1994
1139 BENJAMIN
1130 AGRESTAL
1108 GREEN
1992-1993
1091 SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1084 PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)
1078 KIRBEH
1076 PARLOUR GAMES
1074 DEMIREP
1991-1992
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1990-1991
974 AVANT-PROPOS
1988-1989
887 MONSTER
882 DOSSIER
878 MOUSEPIECE
1987-1988
827 MICKEY-TAKING
818 EMBUSQUÉ
814 SPOUSAGE
801 LINCHET
792 DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
764 CHILDERMAS
1985-1986
714 MOTE
709 GINGER
688 CUCURBITAL
1984-1985
675 CONSTERNATE
662 BARGE-COUPLE
653 INTERNUNCIO
644 EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)
635 ROSEMARY
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
615 HISTORIETTE
609 LUCKY-BAG
607 CARNEY
603 FIGULINE
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
585 FLABELLIFORM
1982-1983
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
564 PARAMENT
559 EMBASE
1981-1982
525 PABOUCHE
500 BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter)
1980-1981
464 SIMKIN
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
289 AMNESIAC
263 ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry)
1976-1977
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
1975-1976
203 BOGY
190 CASSANDRA
1974-1975
152 ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1991-1992 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1985-1986 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1976-1977 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| 1975-1976 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 1974-1975 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |