| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 37 | Breast implant surgery ~ puts my set in larger bra. |
2 | Adie Pena | 33 | Kissing under the mistletoe = Men sure do like this setting. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 24 | A personal identification number = I slip card in an ATM unit before one! |
4 | Ellie Dent | 21 | My *TOP* purchase! = Happy customer. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
5 | Andrew | 16 | A topless sunbather ~ has opulent breasts. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 13 | Seasonal depression = Lo! I sense a sad person. |
6 | Neil Ramsay | 13 | Bonnie Scotland ‡ London's Cabinet. |
8 | Richard Grantham | 12 | The Christmas party = That charmer's tipsy. |
9 | View | 10 | Very nice ! = Even I cry! |
10 | David Bourke | 8 | A novice on the Spanish guitar = Such pain! Segovia in no threat! |
10 | Rodney Koodray Jr | 8 | Microwave dinner = Men warn: "I divorce!" |
10 | Larry Brash | 8 | Seasonal depression = Sadness... peril... a noose! |
13 | Dee4j | 7 | Grape surplus = Purple sugars? |
13 | Paul Pan | 7 | A poo emoticon = Onomatopoeic. |
13 | sundogg99 | 7 | I get coal in my stocking = Lignite may go c/o St. Nick. |
Total points: | 224 | from 38 votes (DFE factor: 0.395) |
1 | Adie Pena | 52 | "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..." = Images of winter amid this charm. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 36 | The Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist = Child larcenist loves thieves' network! |
3 | View | 33 | "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" = The children each try a lot of cacao! |
4 | Paul Pan | 26 | The Golden Compass = On the godless camp! |
4 | Ellie Dent | 26 | "A Christmas Carol": the novella by Charles Dickens = Bah! An old miser, cynical over that cashless clerk. |
6 | Andrew | 25 | Sporty, Ginger, Scary, Baby and Posh Spice = Scrapper, Orgy, Ebony-Ass, Pigsy and Bitch. |
7 | David Bourke | 17 | The Oscar Peterson Trio = Hottest piano sorcerer. |
8 | John Fidler | 16 | Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger, Posh = Cross, Raggy, Shabby, Ropy, Inept. |
Total points: | 231 | from 39 votes (DFE factor: 0.205) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 52 | Born on a Christmas Day = Mary's son had not a crib. |
2 | Andrew | 50 | Ms Bhutto's ~ tomb shuts. |
3 | Adie Pena | 25 | Bhutto assassinated = Sadness is about that. |
4 | Neil Ramsay | 21 | The US campaign trail = Militant chaps argue. |
4 | Paul Pan | 21 | "White" Christmas = The racists' whim. |
6 | Dee4j | 19 | In the malls in Omaha, Nebraska = Hear a shot? BAM! A man kills nine. |
7 | View | 17 | Escaped tiger kills man in S.F. Zoo = So, king-sized animal left corpse. |
8 | Ellie Dent | 13 | Stonehenge: Winter Solstice = See snow settling then, or ice? |
9 | David Bourke | 8 | Conrad Black gets up to eight years in jail = Justice...and he's going to pay it all back? Err... |
10 | Rodney Koodray Jr | 3 | Mishca Barton busted = This be an "OC" dumb star! |
Total points: | 229 | from 39 votes (DFE factor: 0.256) |
1 | Adie Pena | 56 | The surrealist painter Salvador Dali = This Spaniard altered visual art lore. |
2 | Galen Fott | 27 | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson = L.C. was odd; he got girls nude. |
3 | View | 20 | President Omar Al-Bashir = P.S. Arab is a modern Hitler. |
3 | Rodney Koodray Jr | 20 | Sean and Robin Wright Penn = Now end in partner bashing? |
5 | David Bourke | 18 | Oscar Emmanuel Peterson = A replacement's enormous! |
5 | Rick Rothstein | 18 | General Michael Hayden = He nearly mangled CIA, eh? |
5 | Andrew | 18 | Teacher Gillian Gibbons = Banish into a bigger cell. |
8 | Tony Crafter | 16 | 'Lyrical terrorist' Samina Malik = A silly matter or a criminal risk? |
9 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 14 | Fabio Capello = I ace poofball. |
Total points: | 207 | from 37 votes (DFE factor: 0.243) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 59 | Princess Cruises = Scenic surprises! |
2 | Ellie Dent | 53 | United Nations Climate Change Conference = It meets, and can Gore influence it? No chance. |
3 | Andrew | 44 | The Canary Islands ~ certainly has sand! |
4 | Rosie Perera | 27 | The inter-Korean railways = In a war, they restore a link. |
5 | View | 15 | A Harley Davidson motorcycle's ~ a dandy or classy motor vehicle. |
6 | David Bourke | 14 | The Gibson Robot Les Paul self-tuning guitar = Notes going a little sharp? Useful, but boring. |
7 | Adie Pena | 5 | VeriFone Transportation Systems ~ operates some TVs for transit in N.Y. |
8 | John Fidler | 1 | Travelscope Holidays = O hapless valedictory. |
Total points: | 218 | from 38 votes (DFE factor: 0.211) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 70 | The fool hath said in his heart, "There is no G... = Ah, The Good Lord is not harsh; He pities the ... |
2 | Rosie Perera | 51 | Vladimir Putin is named Time Magazine's "Person ... = Media lionized him: repugnant, fearsome, impas... |
3 | Adie Pena | 48 | But why are you still running everyday? A handfu... ~ except when your lady partner's found laughing ... |
4 | David Bourke | 24 | The African National Congress President, Jacob Zuma = Just a crazed rapist maniac. An obscene felon? Right on! |
Total points: | 193 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.111) |
1 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 41 | Aria on a pure rose O, peace! Once a woman so mild Who by gentlemen kept undefiled With no inn for a rent ... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 31 | Ah, now is the time for feeling good cheer! Eat a turkey, alone, had with one pint of beer, No Bush and no Brown To... |
3 | Neil Ramsay | 30 | On the twenty fifth day in December, We Europeans should all try to remember, That poor boy who was born, A genuine w... |
4 | Rosie Perera | 20 | There once was a babe born of Mary. For our sake that lad she did carry. Now hailing the young parent, I piped out, "... |
5 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 15 | Up, anew; a good babe now awake. The pinup of many a choir, Was born one cold hour in a byre. Three eastern men str... |
6 | Andrew | 13 | The donkey who led Mary into town late Was up for a bit of erratic debate. "I led one rogue mother far, (Cos she has ... |
6 | Adie Pena | 13 | Why We Are the Redeemed Celebrate one story preached in school 'Bout a pregnant woman on a mule. With no shabby inn ... |
8 | David Bourke | 10 | One Christmas, beneath a tinsel tree, My wife Cath left her presents for me: A bear ('Winnie the Pooh'), A nude calen... |
9 | Adrian Hickford | 9 | A tale about an innocent, Mary - A real heroine - but our people were wary. On foot, the three Bible Kings, Who fetc... |
10 | Ellie Dent | 7 | Come eat, share the feast on our table, I Ignore the poor child of a stable, why? Happy ending? Can't see one. Why th... |
11 | John Fidler | 4 | There was a young woman of Israel Who turned hot-candle pale. The Chief told 'G', the superior fairy: "Break epic bab... |
12 | View | 1 | Aha, there the home! Aha, here new hard bed. Sting? Keep and protect. In a crib pin? Rest now, fortune began - You b... |
Total points: | 194 | from 33 votes (DFE factor: 0.364) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 64 | The matron at a large hospital answered a phone... = Two Indian doctors were having a heated argum... |
2 | Rosie Perera | 51 | Confirm Facebook Account Deactivation: Please l... = Please let us know why you are taking a break... |
3 | Neil Ramsay | 44 | Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to... = When that turkey touches the table, Say a pr... |
4 | Adie Pena | 16 | Christmas (from Mother Goose) Christmas is co... = Golf "Get-Away." (Heaven!) Single malt. (Ea... |
Total points: | 175 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.125) |
1 | Andrew | 53 | 'Twas the night before Christmas... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 37 | DEATH IS NOTHING AT ALL by Henry Scott Holland, Canon of St Paul's Cathedral |
3 | Neil Ramsay | 29 | Hope is the thing... A poem by Emily Dickinson |
4 | David Bourke | 26 | Healthy eating |
5 | Adie Pena | 21 | About the excesses of Christmas, the anagram's hidden title is an acrostic. |
Total points: | 166 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.167) |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 44 | Having a sex-change operation = Oh, a penis-to-vagina exchanger. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 30 | Vaginal smells threaten ~ the travelling salesman! |
3 | Adie Pena | 26 | Shaved her pubic hair = Ah! Deprive a rich bush! |
4 | Paul Pan | 23 | The United States of America = I defecate, I'm the ass-tronaut! |
5 | David Bourke | 21 | Mince pie and custard = A cunt, and spermicide. |
6 | View | 4 | Vaginal odour = O run, avoid gal! |
Total points: | 148 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.222) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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