ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
Also listed as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. F. Grimshaw | 76 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 123 | 86 | Nov 1977 | May 2009 | 31y 6m | J. Grimshaw Dr J. F. Grimshaw |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1910 | BARPERSON | VHC | Take period as encountered during Prohibition – that could do for me! | r per. so all in ban, & lit. |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1884 | FREELOADER | VHC | One demolishing larder … with zero fee too! | anag. incl. 0, & lit. |
| 1879 | LITTER BASKET | VHC | Bin set fire to? Better ask ruffian | lit + anag.; ruffian adj. |
| 1866 | BINGE | VHC | Be lying about in gutter – out of it, say – the outcome of this? | in g(utter) in be, & lit. |
| 1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | Who’s upset when honeypot devoid of honey’s close? | anag. less last letter, & lit. |
| 1836 | POSTHASTE | VHC | Rushed cluing that’s apparent in setting of late puzzle | anag. in pose2 |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1831 | MARGINALIA | VHC | Damage mothers’ ruin brought to a person lying endless minutes in the gutter? | mar gin a lia(r) |
| 1827 | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number) | VHC | Are Maori sticks in stripped ramin for native chiefs? | stripped; a + kos in (r)ami(n) |
| 1810 | HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM) | First | Hasten to donate heart after death for affected person to use, or perhaps as organ for training (were there to be interest) | |
| 1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | Popular ethyl that’s imbibed bottled in bar? | in + anag. in Et, & lit.; ethyl = ethyl alcohol |
| 2001-2002 | ||||
| 1567 | QUEEN | VHC | Effeminate role Bogart played, suffering loss of good name | Quee(g) + n; ref. ‘The Caine Mutiny’ |
| 2000-2001 | ||||
| 1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | Traveler came to Cuba: ‘Historic day’, he mused. | |
| 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1232 | The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram) | VHC | White-out around Scottish lowland homes. | |
| 1993-1994 | ||||
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | VHC | New version for replacing busy Chambers showing signs of decay? | anag. |
| 1992-1993 | ||||
| 1095 | STINK | First | What sulphur can make with no. 1 element in kipp | s tin k, & lit.; ref. hydrogen sulphide H2S |
| 1084 | PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM) | VHC | As victim of Cupid, I hope Claire be free, This large lissom lass who is serving me tea | |
| 1061 | MAGIC | VHC | Epithet for addition in square KJDQW/RLFXE/YS***/**VOP/BUTHN? | i.e. magic square with A=1, B=2, etc. |
| 1991-1992 | ||||
| 1039 | TOLERABLE | VHC | Free beer to all ere ballot’s done? Not out of the question! | anag., anag. |
| 1021 | BEARD | Third | What plunging walrus could meet oysters without a hint of remorse? | a r in bed; ref. ‘The W. and the Carpenter’ and moustache |
| 1017 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left) | VHC | His taking crack and black music – which soldier puts on at top power – gets a marine disciplined (something like quarantine?) | ’s chap ska; P + anag.; see quarrender |
| 1013 | ALVEARY | VHC | What spelling bee might have lighted upon? | double mng.; spell3 = rest |
| 1008 | SPORTSCASTER (Misprints) | VHC | START process breaking down? One might talk about recreation of rockets! | rackets; anag.; ref. nuclear arms talks |
| 1990-1991 | ||||
| 987 | IRON CURTAIN | VHC | Action in R.U.R. represented metal men engaged in dramatic flare-up | anag.; ref. Čapek play about robots |
| 982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Date container?… Fruit tin? … Both terms are in circulation | amla (rev.) + can (rev.) |
| 974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | ‘A volume needs one present in earliest part’… that’s well got over! | a v an + pr. in top + so (rev.), & lit. |
| 972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | Nobbut infernal hat catalogue, eh? | |
| 969 | BUNTER | VHC | Slimmer? Remove are putting it as a little unlikely! | u for a in banter, & lit.; Bunter ‘The Owl of the Remove’; see banting |
| 947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | VHC | Holds universal joint with pliers and monkey wrench | anag. of holds U pliers |
| 1989-1990 | ||||
| 934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | Stupe confused with Chelsea boots … ‘—— these?’ | comp. anag.; boot = kick about |
| 922 | REFORMADO | VHC | Moor fared ill about from ‘O dear Cassio’? | double anag.; ref. Othello 4, 1, 136 |
| 913 | ARCHIBALD | VHC | Strip characters of widespread renown in Charlie Brown and dashing enemy of Red Baron? | anag. less anag. |
| 904 | VOETGANGER | First | Boorish promenader’s against reggae not being represented | v + anag., ref. annual criticism of programmes for BBC Henry Wood Proms |
| 900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | Second | Bottom’s taken aback when covered in monstrous hairs: ‘This is knavery …’ | natal (rev.) in anag.; ref. MND, esp. III.1.105 |
| 891 | CAT | Third | My eyes light on the central line – about time! | ca. t; cat’s eyes; ref. puzzle |
| 1988-1989 | ||||
| 869 | HOLD-UPS | VHC | Hitches what could be handy lifts in Fiestas? | pud2 (rev.) in hols |
| 1987-1988 | ||||
| 831 | COOLABAH (Spoonerisms) | Third | Free from tar compounds, satisfying, second only to Hamlet and leading whiffs of Benson and Hedges | tree from far; cool + a + B a H; ref. cigar brand |
| 796 | UPHOLSTERY | First | Roy plus the gang adrift? This could be curtains! | anag.; ref. current state of SDP; gang vb. |
| 792 | DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Traveller’s certainly not met ho/ver-flies before, he’s confessed | |
| 1986-1987 | ||||
| 774 | VICTORINE | VHC | What’ll do for laying up, skinned, in jam? | (s)torin(g) in vice, & lit. |
| 757 | ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints) | VHC | First Among Equals, a certain novel by one that’s a Conservative (one whom hooker could describe!) | hooked; E the roman I a C.; ref. Jeffrey Archer, novel and scandal |
| 750 | SALMAGUNDY (THLMAGUY/OULMAGUY) (750 themed clue) | VHC | You want a meal where diverse elements meet. Time’s hard and long before 1000 – that’ll take an age coming around! | t H l M + yuga (rev.) |
| 744 | SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left) | VHC | Scottish range noise silent? Hark! Pin breaking quiet after company’s loud and regular delivery is a sign of blasting to come | anag.; co f feed is ease |
| 1985-1986 | ||||
| 731 | STRING | VHC | Pop-eyed, one suspended here? | st(a)ring & lit.; hangman’s rope |
| 701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | Amateur League swamped by coach traffic, coping with supporters | A l in bus trade |
| 696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | Do this for commendation in cluing, perhaps. (Too like ‘rosemary’? Oh, no!) | comp. anag.; ref. AZ comp. No. 635, rosemary ‘for remembrance’ |
| 1984-1985 | ||||
| 679 | ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | During break he’s potted his b/alls, going round the pockets | |
| 675 | CONSTERNATE | VHC | ‘Appal’? Here you’ll see apple seller’s penning name new to English! | n in coster + n at E |
| 666 | Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts) | Second | What I’d beat if you’d permit it? (There must be power in persuasion!) | compe(titi)on; P in come-on |
| 653 | INTERNUNCIO | VHC | Rome’s —— might arrange to be seen in minor court! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 644 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | VHC | Without question, nice corner ensconced in peace! | (qu)easy + tree in st, & lit. |
| 640 | MACHETE | VHC | Have longing for one in South American bush? | ache for a in maté, & lit. |
| 635 | ROSEMARY | VHC | Encumber this flourishing. That could put paid to your remembrances! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 631 | INTERLOCK | VHC | Buckle or link etc.? | anag. & lit. |
| 1983-1984 | ||||
| 618 | CRETISM | VHC | Stuff! (That’s posture to be taken up where one is ferreted out) | cram with site (rev.) for a, & lit. |
| 609 | LUCKY-BAG | VHC | You might see fool getting caught out and simpleton taken aback when its contents are revealed! | (c)luck + gaby (rev.), & lit. |
| 585 | FLABELLIFORM | VHC | Excess fat? Then take up difficult spot of exercise beneficial to reduction of mass, like some him vaulting perhaps | flab + ill e (rev.) + form; fan vaulting |
| 1982-1983 | ||||
| 576 | TOP-NOTCH | First | Clue type for pot, not H.C.! | anag. & lit.; clue vb.; ref. AZ cup |
| 572 | SNAKE-OIL | VHC | I.e. no Salk could prepare this? | anag. & lit. |
| 568 | TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A r/eal lark – or was it? Just William thought so | ref. ‘To a Skylark’ |
| 564 | PARAMENT | VHC | American state or city intended? Not Azed’s first slip, it deserved hanging! | Pará me(A)nt; slip = small piece; ref. AZ’s faulty clue to OMAHA |
| 534 | DODGEM | VHC | Wild West city approaching noon? Don’t hang about here or you’ll be hit | Dodge m; ref. ‘High Noon’ |
| 1981-1982 | ||||
| 525 | PABOUCHE | VHC | Foot’s casual wear leads to public exclamation about deficiently clad labour chief | (l)abou(r) ch. in p, e; ref. Michael F.’s apparel at Remembrance service |
| 521 | ATTITUDINISE | VHC | Do as ‘posture-maker? It ain’t suited for cryptic treatment | anag.; ref. AZ comp. 508 |
| 486 | JUMPED-UP | VHC | What desrcibes inflated leader of Jacquerie usurping power? | pumped up with J for P, & lit. |
| 482 | BODY-SNATCHER | VHC | Disturb dry bones at church? If he’s clumsy he might | anag. incl. Ch, & lit. |
| 478 | BIBLIOPEGIST | VHC | One found among books, I work on protection in leather and textiles primarily | I in bb + I op egis in l t, & lit. |
| 1980-1981 | ||||
| 464 | SIMKIN | VHC | This – an easterly bubbly – may be recognised as mistakenly arisen | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 454 | CHRISTMAS BOX | VHC | Child stirs uneasily when mother creeps in to head of bed with neat collection of presents | ch. + ma in anag. + b + ox |
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | Active grasshopper jumps without hesitation and second copies exactly the same convulsive motion finding itself amidst poisonous root – a rash type | a + anag. less er, s; tic in urari a |
| 1979-1980 | ||||
| 414 | UNBOSOMER | VHC | I confide freely in one local neighbour that comes round a great deal | ’un + some in bor |
| 410 | CUL-DE-SAC | VHC | Element at No. 29 leads astray. Caught in this impasse? | Cu + anag. + c; ref. AZ’s potassium error; copper, At. No. 29 |
| 393 | INTRACARDIAC | VHC | Car ain’t running right. Acid circulating in the bloody pump? | anag. + r + anag. |
| 375 | SPREATHE | VHC | Local chap spelling for bee in whisper | breathe with sp. for b |
| 1978-1979 | ||||
| 366 | MONKEY-SHINE | VHC | First of month? Forgetting day, fool starts to shuffle his initials – never expecting mischievous trick! | m +(d)onkey + initial letters; ref. puzzle |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | VHC | Draft dodger stayed away from assigned place (hospital up at the front line) after the Spanish once advanced old missile | cut + berth with H to start; el far + row |
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Maying plan starts in March extending right into Lent | playing man; first letters |
2008-2009
1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
1923 ELLIPTIC
1918 PALAMPORE
1906 MORSE
1901 SANITISE
1893 EARTHY
2007-2008
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1862 UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1845 UPBRAID
2006-2007
1823 KISS
1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
1814 HIPSTER
1804 CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)
2002-2003
1589 JOKESMITH
1585 SHIATSU
1576 FACADE
2001-2002
1550 MEMORITER
1546 TRANSPARENT
1997-1998
1334 CATACHRESTIC
1312 REST-CURE
1996-1997
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1995-1996
1247 PREDICANT
1238 ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)
1993-1994
1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
1122 BASILIAN
1117 STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters)
1113 EMPLASTRUM
1108 GREEN
1100 CONCORDANCE
1992-1993
1087 OLD SOLDIER
1078 KIRBEH
1069 (P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)
1065 TANDOORI
1052 AGANIPPE
1048 GALLOPADE
1991-1992
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)
1034 BURLAP
1030 PASTILLE
1004 OIL PAINTINGS
1000 ONE THOUSAND
995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1990-1991
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
943 BARAGOUIN
1989-1990
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)
930 SABULOSE
926 NERD
920 CHRIST-CROSS-ROW
917 HOOLIGANISM
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
895 TONE DEAF
1988-1989
878 MOUSEPIECE
874 BLUESTOCKING
868 ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels)
866 NECTAREOUS
857 REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)
1987-1988
835 PROSAICAL
823 SARBACANE
818 EMBUSQUÉ
816 POTLACH (with extra O in word) (Extra letter)
814 SPOUSAGE
809 DOLCE VITA
805 LITOTES
801 LINCHET
788 CROW
1986-1987
783 CAMPESINO
779 MISSING LINK
770 HERMITS
766 GUBBINS
764 CHILDERMAS
762 OBELISE
753 SHEEPDOG
735 MALIGN
1985-1986
727 WELL-TO-DO
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
714 MOTE
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
705 MUSICOTHERAPY
692 FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)
1984-1985
670 TURNIP-FLEA
662 BARGE-COUPLE
657 SILLY-BILLY
649 AUSTRALORP
1983-1984
627 AMBIENT
622 SIMP (Printer’s Devilry)
610 DOUBLETHINK
603 FIGULINE
600 Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)
590 MINEVER
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number)
1982-1983
559 EMBASE
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)
556 SWEAL (Misprints)
538 INGRAIN
530 PROMETAL
1981-1982
517 IMMORTELLE
513 ETYMOLOGICON
508 POSTURE-MAKER
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)
504 SIMMENTHALER
495 CACOETHES
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
473 HERRING-BONE
1980-1981
469 APLUSTRE
456 BALADINE
430 TEGULA
423 ACCOUTRE
1979-1980
406 BOIL
401 GO-AHEAD
388 ALEXIPHARMIC
384 OUTSPREADING
1978-1979
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
349 ODDCOMESHORT
340 BOOKSIE
327 HEMLOCK
1977-1978
301 TROLLOPISH
300 SLINK-BUTCHER
294 HUMECT
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2006-2007 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2001-2002 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2000-2001 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 1995-1996 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1993-1994 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 1992-1993 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 1991-1992 | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 1990-1991 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 1989-1990 | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 1988-1989 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1987-1988 | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 1986-1987 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 1985-1986 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 1984-1985 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 1983-1984 | 0 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 1982-1983 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 1981-1982 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 1980-1981 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 1979-1980 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 1978-1979 | 0 | 3 | 5 | – |
| 1977-1978 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |