1 | Larry Brash | 36 | Laughter is the best medicine = The genial side is much better. |
2 | View | 23 | The middle ear ~ did let me hear. |
3 | Adie Pena | 20 | The pen is mightier than the sword = Shed the armor thing. Epithets win! |
3 | Scott Gardner | 20 | The domestic abuser = Cursed to be his mate. |
5 | Adrian Hickford | 19 | Our elected politicians = Nice to place rule, idiots! |
6 | Tom Myers | 16 | Contaminated food = Tainted can of doom. |
7 | Rick Rothstein | 15 | A driver ~ arrived. |
8 | Tony Crafter | 13 | Parkinsons (the disease) = Shakiness, desperation. |
8 | Ed Pegg Jr | 13 | The angel of the Lord came down = The end of the world came along. |
8 | Christopher Sturdy | 13 | He said: "The dear mother-in-law" = He meant: "Arid old shrew, I hate!" |
11 | Paul Lusch | 11 | Neuroscientists ~ see our instincts. |
12 | Meyran Kraus | 10 | The generational gap = Teenager loathing Pa. |
13 | Rosie Perera | 8 | Broadcast journalism = It's a rumor/scandal job. |
14 | Ellie Dent | 4 | Closet racist? = Loser's tactic. |
15 | Dharam Khalsa | 1 | Finders keepers, losers weepers = Pilferer seeks, depresses owner. |
16 | arid ace | 0 | Stolen identity ~ led to intensity. |
16 | walter | 0 | 'Too much information' = Ah, coin motto in Forum. |
| | Total points: | 222 | from 39 votes (DFE factor: 0.436) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 45 | Rembrandt's 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp'. = A lot of minor students enthralled by a man's corpse! |
2 | Adie Pena | 31 | E. C. Segar's Popeye the Sailor Man = Seagoer employs spinach-eater. |
3 | Larry Brash | 27 | Popeye the Sailor Man = My hero (also, neat pipe). |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 27 | Self-portraits by Claude Monet = Subtly reflect a painter's mood. |
5 | Scott Gardner | 21 | "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" = The belle was so truly sad Romeo was an enemy. |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 16 | Cartoonist R. Crumb illustrates "The Book of Genesis" = Breasts, arms, butt cheeks - is religion out of control? |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 14 | "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin = An insular being, I fail Geography on camera. |
8 | Tom Myers | 12 | "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin = I'm a biography of an insane nuclear-age girl. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 11 | Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece = I've recorded aspect in Mona Lisa. |
9 | David Bourke | 11 | The pop singer Mariah Carey = American has hyper ego-trip. |
11 | Ellie Dent | 6 | Monet: 'The Water Lily Pond' (Le Bassin aux Nympheas) = All sense now that painter mixed a blue symphony. |
12 | View | 3 | Peter Sellers as Inspecteur Clouseau ~ releases true, lunatic, useless copper. |
| | Total points: | 224 | from 38 votes (DFE factor: 0.316) |
1 | Adie Pena | 53 | Veterans Day, Eleventh of November = Note men have often bravely served. |
2 | Larry Brash | 39 | An Army psychiatrist = Maniac sprays thirty. |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 28 | Annual celebration of Thanksgiving Day = Featuring a balloon advancing in the sky! |
4 | Rosie Perera | 25 | The thirteen victims of the Fort Hood massacre = Mere fact is: rotten doc shot them over his faith. |
4 | David Bourke | 25 | The Lisbon Treaty has been ratified at last = Beliefs then shared by totalitarian state. |
6 | arid ace | 19 | Oil wars forever = Evil, sorrow, fear. |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 16 | Black Friday sale = Killed by a fracas! |
8 | View | 11 | Gordon Brown backing Tony Blair for EU president = Known Brit's good for Europe and can bring liberty. |
9 | Tony Crafter | 7 | Dr Brooke Magnanti was prostitute Belle de Jour = Tired blog-journal writer speaks out to be named. |
10 | Richard Napier | 0 | Kai Rooney's Birth = Or a Shrek Boy in it? |
| | Total points: | 223 | from 39 votes (DFE factor: 0.256) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 42 | The American film star Leonardo DiCaprio = Hailed as cool performer in Titanic drama. |
2 | Ellie Dent | 38 | Shakespeare, the English Bard = Readable phrases: he's the king! (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
3 | Tom Myers | 30 | The former Disciple Judas Iscariot = To perform suicide as Christ jailed. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 27 | Stephen William Hawking, a physicist = The limp wise chap is always thinking. |
5 | Scott Gardner | 25 | Palestinian Yasser Arafat = Israel fan? Nay, a separatist. |
6 | David Bourke | 24 | Catherine Margaret Ashton = Shattering another camera! |
7 | Adie Pena | 21 | The Irish actor Pierce Brendan Brosnan = Heartthrob's career in Bond can inspire. |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 17 | Astrophysicist Stephen William Hawking = His rap is slow with talking type machines. |
9 | View | 6 | Herman Van Rompuy = Very pro-human man. |
| | Total points: | 230 | from 39 votes (DFE factor: 0.231) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 50 | Visiting Caesar's Palace ~ is a practice in Las Vegas. |
2 | Ellie Dent | 39 | Night of Halloween = Heathen following? |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 32 | Former cities of East Berlin and West Berlin = I notice most barriers fall between friends. |
4 | View | 23 | Jews' team rules ~ West Jerusalem. |
5 | Scott Gardner | 22 | Arlington National Cemetery = To inter in a gallant ceremony. |
6 | Adie Pena | 16 | The Arlington National Cemetery = Inter heroic gentleman at any lot. |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 15 | American Battle Monuments Commission ~ sanctions minutemen combat memorials. |
8 | Rosie Perera | 12 | Spaceship Earth = Perhaps it aches. |
9 | Tom Myers | 5 | The Oracle of Bacon website = Web ties of each noble actor. |
| | Total points: | 214 | from 38 votes (DFE factor: 0.237) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 48 | (Old friends, sat side by side): "My wife said... ~ "So my wife said, 'Dear God! But you also did ... |
2 | Scott Gardner | 42 | "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a... = First line of Austen opus--Woman augured that ... |
3 | Ellie Dent | 38 | A smartly dressed man walks into a bar holding ... = The bartender says, "Yes sir, sure we do, sir.... |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 28 | "The falling leaves, drift by my window; The a... = That slim wavering leaf's a lovely gift; But,... |
5 | K Smiles Mascarenhas | 14 | 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a ... = " Austen makes new-found wife a good administr... |
6 | Rosie Perera | 8 | VP Candidate Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue: A... = Boring tales of an Alaskan mega-airhead icon. ... |
6 | Adie Pena | 8 | Michael Jackson's rhinestone-encrusted glove is... = One named article -- a nice souvenir -- SOLD! ... |
8 | David A Green | 7 | Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 'Psychopathia ... = Shrink: I ably chart brains of a group of sex... |
8 | View | 7 | "Iran launches war games to protect nuclear sites = Ow, Tehran screens strategic uranium places a lot!" |
| | Total points: | 200 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.257) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 52 | 
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2 | Larry Brash | 30 | Our dazzling hit entertainment which keeps you all happy. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 24 | Hint: Charming yet zany people plan their Sudoku with zeal! |
4 | Rosie Perera | 15 | The champion letter whizzes think up a rude play on "laying." |
4 | View | 15 | They pick man to unearth who is the leader in puzzling play. |
6 | Tom Myers | 11 | Hunt up a hip, keen, hypothetical, or dazzling timely answer. |
6 | Adrian Hickford | 11 | Happily, the authentic, top-hole, dazzling winner: Mey Kraus! |
8 | Ellie Dent | 10 | People tantalizing us: think a crazy humor helped... they win! |
9 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 8 | Deathly German whizzes outthink planet in epic play hour. |
10 | Wayne Baisley | 6 | happened upon hero with a snazzy little naughty limerick. |
10 | Dharam Khalsa | 6 | The German puzzler typically won - in ink! Oh, he has aptitude! |
12 | Adie Pena | 5 | As the happy men, in a tizzy, work uphill on the neat clue grid. |
12 | Christopher Sturdy | 5 | Oh, in truth, pizza 'n' ale power typical, unhealthy geek minds! |
| | Total points: | 198 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.382) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 58 | THE IRISH PROSTITUTE An Irish daughter had n... = CHARLES AND CAMILLA'S WEDDING NIGHT. Camill... |
2 | Adie Pena | 40 | EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE, I LEARNED... = THE TEN CATEGORIES FOR A FULL HOUSE IN ANAGRA... |
3 | Larry Brash | 36 | A young girl walked into a big pet shop and say... = "I suppose you'd like to discuss the sale and... |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 20 | The young boy was waiting for his mother to com... = The gregarious man praised the bright boy and... |
5 | Ellie Dent | 12 | IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE! It's a jungle out t... = Woe betide anyone like the poor eccentric, ... |
6 | View | 4 | "A true artist will let his wife starve, his ch... = I understand that real, stiff actor, designer... |
7 | Rosie Perera | 3 | "Americans would elect a ham sandwich for presi... = O! So concerned, worried Republicans might ju... |
| | Total points: | 173 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.233) |
1 | rajkumar | 25 | 'Best food for babies' = O boobs! If breast fed. |
2 | Larry Brash | 23 | Anal intercourse = Into an arse? Cruel. |
3 | Adie Pena | 17 | Menstruation ~ is meant to run. |
4 | Zoran Radisavlevic | 16 | Extra large penis = I plan greater sex! |
4 | Rick Rothstein | 16 | The shit fell out... ~ flush the toilet. |
6 | Meyran Kraus | 13 | Sex compulsion = Cum explosions. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 11 | Brooke Magnanti = I'm great on a knob! |
8 | David Bourke | 9 | After flushing a toilet = Urea, floating shit left. |
9 | Tom Myers | 8 | Geysi Villa Nova = Vagina is lovely. |
10 | View | 0 | Pornography = Horny rag...POP! |
| | Total points: | 138 | from 24 votes (DFE factor: 0.417) |