| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Adie Pena | 45 | An elephant's memory = Phenomenal mastery. |
2 | Rick Rothstein | 33 | Pleasing shape = She's appealing. |
3 | Rosie Perera | 32 | Homeless shelter = Shoes smell there. |
4 | Tony Crafter | 27 | Old adage: 'The pen is mightier than the sword'. = I hold, the wordsmith has a penetrating edge! |
5 | James H Young | 26 | Il mafia = Familia (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
6 | View | 21 | Contradiction = It ain't concord. |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 19 | Freedom is latent in ~ self-determination. |
8 | Ed Pegg Jr | 15 | Another Nice Mess = The recession, man. |
9 | Ellie Dent | 8 | I sing that most sacred ~ song at Christmastide. |
9 | Christopher Sturdy | 8 | A very shiny nose = Veiny hay-sensor |
11 | Meyran Kraus | 7 | Intense therapy = Pretty insane, eh? |
11 | Dharam Khalsa | 7 | Sneaking suspicions = Nuance is gossip's kin |
13 | Neil Ramsay | 6 | Cybersecurity = Secrecy. Bury it! |
14 | Chris Chatfield | 5 | Failure to comply? = Formulate policy. |
15 | David Bourke | 4 | White Christmas = Matthews is rich! |
15 | Paul Klenk | 4 | Oneupsmanship = Emphasis on pun |
Total points: | 267 | from 46 votes (DFE factor: 0.348) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 50 | Leonardo Da Vinci's 'The Adoration of the Magi' = A Visitation. Three men on a road. A child of God. |
2 | Scott Gardner | 45 | Claude Monet's "Houses of Parliament" = Thames and famous steeple, in colour. |
3 | Neil Ramsay | 37 | "All I want for Christmas is you" = Woman has flirtatious lyrics. |
4 | Ellie Dent | 30 | 'A Christmas Carol', the timeless tale by Dickens = So cheer as Tiny Tim Cratchit asked 'Bless 'em all!' |
5 | Zoran Radisavlevic | 27 | Actress Laura Prepon = A popular screen star! |
6 | View | 20 | Criss Angel, 'The Mindfreak' = Endangers himself? A trick! |
7 | Adie Pena | 19 | Charles Wesley piece "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" = Yes, we nice shepherds shall all cheer a great King! |
7 | Meyran Kraus | 19 | "Five on a Treasure Island" = A sailor's fine adventure! |
9 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 7 | Katie Scarlett O'Hara = A theatrical tear's OK |
10 | Dharam Khalsa | 5 | "All I want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" = Aw, the tot icon's riff still warms my heart (not!) |
11 | David Bourke | 3 | The professional dancer Vincent Simone = Is Rachel Stevens' companion not refined? |
Total points: | 262 | from 45 votes (DFE factor: 0.244) |
1 | Ed Pegg Jr | 35 | Financial rut = Final curtain. |
2 | Scott Gardner | 33 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas = Heh, it's time for Mr. Claus's yearly travel! |
3 | Paul Pan | 25 | Athens rioters = Arsonist there! |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 25 | The idiom "a new broom sweeps clean" = I welcome Obama - he's President now! |
5 | Adie Pena | 24 | Obama is the TIME "Person of the Year" = Yes, a 'brother' is the epitome of a man! |
5 | Rick Rothstein | 24 | The worsening USA economy = O, so now it's an... uh... emergency? |
7 | Jesse Frankovich | 19 | Auto industry rescue bill = Currently issued bailout. |
8 | Neil Ramsay | 17 | Stansted Airport = "It's a darn protest!" |
9 | Ellie Dent | 16 | Three Wise Men of the East ~ who meet... see the fine star. |
10 | Dharam Khalsa | 14 | Bush makes farewell visit to Iraq = Quest is vital for miserable hawk. |
11 | David Bourke | 13 | Doing all the Christmas shopping at the last minute = Pathetic presents...it's a man thing. Mall solid, though! |
12 | Rosie Perera | 10 | Ice Storms Hit New England = Winter's coming? A sled, then! |
13 | Tony Crafter | 9 | It's the most wonderful time of the year! = Set to the Yuletide month of warm fires! |
14 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 4 | The Troubled Asset Relief Program = I gamble to help restore fraudster |
15 | View | 1 | O.J. Simpson's trail of trials = Jail is toils for sportsman |
Total points: | 269 | from 46 votes (DFE factor: 0.326) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 41 | George Bush = "Bugger! Shoe!" |
2 | Ellie Dent | 33 | The legendary Eartha Kitt = Hear the great 'kitten' lady! |
2 | Adie Pena | 33 | The Post-Impressionist artist Van Gogh = Improvises, he's got to paint night stars. |
4 | Jesse Frankovich | 30 | Governor Sarah Palin = Insane gal a VP horror. |
5 | Andrew Brehaut | 22 | Obama's ~ a sambo! |
6 | David Bourke | 18 | Rachel Lauren Stevens = Lethal curves ensnare! |
7 | Richard Grantham | 13 | Andre Rieu = Ruined ear. |
8 | View | 11 | Dustin Pedroia = Superaddition |
9 | Tony Crafter | 8 | Rachel Stevens, Lisa Snowdon, Tom Chambers = Hence, stars in ballroom-dance TV-show mess. |
9 | Paul Pan | 8 | Bristol Palin = Pill? Abort? Sin! |
9 | Rosie Perera | 8 | Aha! Nations still cheer ~ the real Saint Nicholas. |
9 | Rick Rothstein | 8 | Singer Eartha Kitt = A keen artist, right? |
13 | Dharam Khalsa | 6 | Alfred Hitchcock ~ had fickle crotch. |
14 | Hans-Peter Reich | 5 | Governor Milorad Blagojevich = Go, call him a job giver (or: vendor!). |
15 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 2 | Casey Anthony = A nasty coy hen. |
Total points: | 246 | from 43 votes (DFE factor: 0.349) |
1 | Adrian Hickford | 62 | The Flat Earth Society = Cite that false theory. |
2 | Scott Gardner | 33 | Merchandise expenditures constitute ~ the United States Consumer Price Index |
3 | Adie Pena | 28 | Chinese restaurant syndrome = The nasty scare in menu orders. |
4 | Ed Pegg Jr | 23 | Location, location, location! = Cincinatti, Cooloola, Lonato. |
5 | Rick Rothstein | 22 | The Assumption of Mary ~ taps my enormous faith. |
6 | David Bourke | 17 | Windows - Life without walls = www.idle-halfwit-solutions |
6 | Ellie Dent | 17 | The Anglicans = An English act. |
8 | Tony Crafter | 14 | The International Menopause Society ~ eases emotional uncertainty. Phone it! |
9 | Paul Pan | 13 | Melamine ~ in me meal. |
10 | Rosie Perera | 12 | Radio Flyer wagon = Way for a long ride. |
11 | Dharam Khalsa | 9 | International Save the Children Alliance = Installed health clinic, even in a torn area |
12 | View | 8 | Sony Ericsson = Sensory - sonic |
13 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 2 | The Freedom From Religion Foundation = To do murder on feeling of faith in Rome? |
Total points: | 260 | from 45 votes (DFE factor: 0.289) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 68 | 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of ... = 'A Tale of Two Cities' - This commences with ... |
2 | David Bourke | 44 | The outgoing President of the United States of ... = Guess *I'd* like to throw a shoe at the stupid... |
3 | Adie Pena | 42 | The Al-Baghdadia television correspondent Munta... = I did grab and hurl a size ten at a moron, hen... |
4 | Larry Brash | 28 | 100 meters, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400... = Decathlon.This premium level summer sport jugg... |
5 | Rosie Perera | 16 | Barack Obama will be sworn in using the same Bi... = God will bless this Hawaiian-born unbribable b... |
5 | Andrew Brehaut | 16 | The wealthiest visitors brought some presents o... = Three kings to view Lord's son (and guy's fost... |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 14 | Sixteen Hundred Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. = President's in-town digs and annex, a heavy lunch venue |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 12 | AAAAAAAAABBCCDDDDEEEEEEEEEEEEFFGGGHHIIIIIIIIIJK... = I avow Aztec god Quetzalcoatl ("feathered snak... |
9 | Ellie Dent | 6 | Alfred Sisley: Snow at Louveciennes, Eighteen-S... = Even icy, white, lane ... |
10 | nature girl | 4 | I, riding this game-laden North Atlantic humpback whale,~ graphite-hued Baltic 'oak', calmer than night, swim inland. |
Total points: | 250 | from 44 votes (DFE factor: 0.227) |
1 | Dharam Khalsa | 28 | The uncut trees out in the yard with dreamlike gossamer of snow aloft. |
1 | Scott Gardner | 28 | I want transfer of the U.S. White House term to a skilled young Democrat. |
3 | Adie Pena | 27 | It's the treasured stuff we cut I seek: "Harmony on earth, goodwill to man." |
4 | Ellie Dent | 23 | Know what I'd choose, someone truly dear: astute, affluent 'Mister Right'. |
4 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 23 | At least four milkmaids on Day Two, without French hens or utter geese |
6 | Hans-Peter Reich | 18 | Sweet harmony, free time once, good future without risks. And thats all! |
7 | Tony Crafter | 16 | Oh ... the secret of eternal life? Youth? Raw-stud status? Ok - now I'm dreaming! |
8 | Rick Rothstein | 15 | You mutter, "A naked girl who shows off her elite arse, tits and cunt to me." |
9 | View | 13 | Currently, I wish these: food to eat, water to drink, a female hug, not sums. |
10 | David Bourke | 12 | I *do* wish to win Mey Kraus' Challenge! Stuff around the tree matters too? |
11 | Adrian Hickford | 11 | Christ! Sweet Mother of God! Santa's unlikely to feature, with me around! |
12 | Christopher Sturdy | 9 | Famous heiress holding a lottery ticket worth a fortune wasn't due me! |
12 | Larry Brash | 9 | I want lots of drugs to use, my man, like THC (or weed). After that, use heroin. |
14 | Andrew Brehaut | 2 | Our Eden seeked out a hug: "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!" |
Total points: | 234 | from 41 votes (DFE factor: 0.341) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 66 | A married man left work early one Friday, but i... = A man and his wife were midweek-shopping in T... |
2 | Adie Pena | 39 | Three men suddenly died on Christmas Eve and we... ~ The second inventive man reached into his po... |
3 | David Bourke | 30 | Donald Rumsfeld, United States Secretary of Defe... = The United States Vice-President, Richard B. C... |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 29 | An elderly man is out late in the backyard tryi... = Muttering to herself how men are nitwits and ... |
5 | Ellie Dent | 24 | Reasons why SANTA can't possibly be a man: -... = How about the typical modern MOTHER, juggling... |
6 | Rosie Perera | 5 | Chelsea Clinton asked a returning U.S. private a... = Oh, gee, wait...As I see it, there are maybe t... |
Total points: | 193 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.176) |
1 | Adie Pena | 60 | A Very Visual puzzle |
2 | Larry Brash | 27 | The International Council of Man Laws. |
3 | David Bourke | 18 | THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS |
4 | Tony Crafter | 16 | DO YA THINK I'M SEXY By Rod Stewart. |
5 | Adie Pena | 15 | Scrabble tile Christmas anagram |
6 | Neil Ramsay | 10 | Santa Claus is coming to town. |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 9 | Chicago |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 9 | Scramble tiles anagrammed into a New Year limerick |
9 | Dharam Khalsa | 7 | Here's a tale that's induced some laughter |
10 | Mike Torr | 6 | Tribute to Oliver Postgate, creator of Bagpuss. |
10 | Adie Pena | 6 | If you see a fat man who's jolly and cute... |
Total points: | 183 | from 31 votes (DFE factor: 0.355) |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 38 | The human reproductive system = Her cunt... it's due to have my sperm. |
2 | David Bourke | 22 | A shorter penis = Another pisser! |
2 | Tony Crafter | 22 | Licking arses ~ sickens a girl! |
4 | Paul Pan | 19 | President Obama = Dreamboat penis! |
5 | Neil Ramsay | 17 | the porn site = hotter penis |
6 | View | 16 | Hard on ~ or hand? |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 14 | So why are male prostitutes like Inspector Clouseau? = O, without a mistake, are conspicuously Peter Sellers! |
8 | Meyran Kraus | 10 | A hung movie star = Hurt some vagina. |
9 | Adie Pena | 8 | A damn person still has ~ a short and small penis. |
Total points: | 166 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.300) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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