ordStats| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. J. R. Ogilvie | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 70 | 17 | Dec 2003 | Jan 2022 | 18y 1m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | ||||
| 2578 | VARIORU(M) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Succession of changes leads to vicar admiring ringers’ ingenuity on remaining unified! | first letters |
| 2017-2018 | ||||
| 2378 | PROPOSAL | VHC | Stay shaking also tender from bended knee? | prop + anag. |
| 2016-2017 | ||||
| 2313 | PERFECT | VHC | Perhaps expecting rather ferocious exchanges, Clinton and Trump start out so tense, focusing on the past! | first letters |
| 2015-2016 | ||||
| 2291 | AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Running quickly through race day forms better s/kin gloss on horses | |
| 2013-2014 | ||||
| 2191 | PLUG | VHC | Casually shoot at a swift or large swallow ascending? | gulp (rev.) |
| 2187 | WEST | VHC | The only direction one can take from Lowestoft | hidden & lit. |
| 2011-2012 | ||||
| 2091 | SNIFTER | VHC | Arms returned after firing a loud shot? | fins (rev.) + (af)ter |
| 2010-2011 | ||||
| 2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Hardy orders the fleet to formal in/n following victory | |
| 2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | Open our dictionary up to ‘B’, and learn about ‘border’ – as an ornamental trimming | Chamb(ers) + anag. |
| 2008-2009 | ||||
| 1908 | WE THREE KINGS | VHC | Of themselves, the Magi may have spoken thus, ‘We’re knights errant traversing the Orient’ | E in anag. |
| 1893 | EARTHY | VHC | ‘Crude’ starts to escalate as Russia trims her yield | first letters; ref. oil price |
| 2007-2008 | ||||
| 1884 | FREELOADER | VHC | Swatted flea or deer fly once | anag.; fly = attendant parasite |
| 1858 | HUMONGOUS | VHC | Mega buzz about America consuming energy | go in hum on US |
| 2006-2007 | ||||
| 1806 | INEBRIANT | VHC | Batting first for England, Close clipped it hard | in E Brian ’t; ref. former Yorks & England cricketer |
| 2005-2006 | ||||
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | VHC | Electronic COMINT purged of bugs? | E + anag. |
| 2004-2005 | ||||
| 1702 | WORDSMITHERY | VHC | Why Mr Editor’s excited? | anag. & lit. |
| 1685 | MINO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Following a car o/ff ends run in pool | carom |
2021-2022
2586 BALDERDASH
2582 ACHITOPHEL
2573 HANDS-ON
2020-2021
2534 BOTTLE-WASHER
2521 CHAMBERS
2019-2020
2482 VOX POP
2018-2019
2443 ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry)
2425 EPILIMNION
2412 UBIQUARIAN
2017-2018
2395 PURITANISM
2373 CACOGASTRIC
2369 FACETIAE
2364 COMPOST HEAP
2360 VIDENDA
2016-2017
2356 PUBLIC SERVANT
2347 ASLEEP
2334 ALLELUIAH
2330 BRAZEN / MOPISH (Right and Left)
2324 CELEBRATIONS
2309 GLOBETROTTER
2015-2016
2296 IMPROPERLY
2274 SIMPATICO
2261 GANGSTERLAND
2257 BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)
2250 MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)
2014-2015
2248 WAISTLINE
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2218 FOREIGNER
2209 (O)CT(O)BER (Letters Latent)
2200 BRINDISI
2013-2014
2165 OUT OF ORDER
2148 ZOLLVEREIN
2012-2013
2144 INFERNO (Spoonerisms)
2139 DE RIGUEUR
2135 LOB
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)
2011-2012
2078 RÉCOLLET
2070 MISTREATMENT
2058 ROBUST
2045 CATENATE
2010-2011
2012 BLOATING
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
1997 FADO
1992 FOULARD
2009-2010
1971 WATERMANSHIP
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
2008-2009
1936 LITMUS TEST
1932 NINE-TO-FIVE
1923 ELLIPTIC
1914 VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)
1910 BARPERSON
2007-2008
1871 FAIRY GOLD
1856 LITAS (Printer’s Devilry)
1849 AUXESIS
1840 W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent)
2006-2007
1823 KISS
1797 HEART
2005-2006
1775 ROUGH-AND-READY
1771 PARTERRE
1752 MIDWINTER
1750 PLOUGHMAN
1741 LORD NELSON
1737 ANIMUS
2004-2005
1711 MINUS
1689 SYNOD
1680 PILLOW-CUP
2003-2004
1672 IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)
1659 SCAREDY-CAT
1654 CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)
1648 MAGIC LANTERN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2014-2015 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2013-2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2011-2012 | 0 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 2010-2011 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2009-2010 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2008-2009 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 2007-2008 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2006-2007 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2005-2006 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 2004-2005 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 2003-2004 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |