| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Scott Gardner | 42 | A silver medal = Rival leads me. |
2 | Adie Pena | 29 | The divorce lawyers ~ declare why it's over. |
3 | Rosie Perera | 23 | The equestrian competition = Quite a competent horse in it. |
4 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 22 | An old-fashioned marriage = A man had ideas for one girl. |
5 | Zoran Radisavlevic | 17 | The fast food restaurant = Fat-ass, do not eat further! |
6 | nedesto | 16 | I told a grasshopper, "We do have drinks named a... = "Odd" said the grasshopper, "You've a drink nam... |
7 | Meyran Kraus | 13 | A days-of-the-week calendar: 1. MON 2. TUE 3... = 1. Work-a-thon 2. Defeated 3. Midway 4. Ent... |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 13 | Stereotypical = Role I typecast. |
9 | Ellie Dent | 10 | Idealists denounced ~ delusions and deceit. |
10 | View | 9 | The youngster = Short teen guy. |
11 | Tony Crafter | 7 | A male virgin = Am girl-naive. |
12 | Richard Grantham | 5 | An autotuned singer = One nauseating turd. |
13 | Christopher Sturdy | 2 | 'You swallowed the dictionary at birth, man!' = What he actually meant - 'wordy idiot is born.' |
14 | Blacklightmusicstudiosbirmingham | 1 | Alphabetical order = A calibrator helped. |
14 | Shane | 1 | They say money doesn't buy happiness = Nonsense! It pays to buy hemp heydays! |
Total points: | 210 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.429) |
1 | Christopher Sturdy | 22 | 'Smile, you're on Candid Camera' = Comedy ruse and malice on air. |
2 | David Bourke | 18 | The "Fifty Shades" trilogy = "God yes, Father! It's filthy!" (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
2 | View | 18 | The 'Man of Steel' = He's often metal. |
4 | Ellie Dent | 16 | Henri Matisse's 'Le Grand Nu, Large Nude' = Learn it means an undressed, huge girl. |
4 | Scott Gardner | 16 | The television producer Simon Cowell = Ridicule one complete loser in TV show. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 16 | Christopher Nolan's feature 'The Dark Knight Rises' = Fans like the script... and then a huge horror strikes. |
4 | David A Green | 16 | The Chippendales Ultimate Girls Night Out Tour = Up to eight males strip until unclothed, I gather. |
8 | Rosie Perera | 12 | "Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow" = Piet Mondrian? Swell! Cool! I'd buy one. |
9 | Tony Crafter | 11 | Sir Tim Rice and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber = A lined word scribbler and melody writer. |
9 | Larry Brash | 11 | The Merchant of Venice, a play by William Shake... = It nearly became: "Me, Shylock I have a paper... |
9 | Ivan Andonov | 11 | Arctic Monkeys: ~ McCartney is O.K.! |
12 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 10 | Manet's Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus = Art model still on a famous masterpiece. |
13 | Andrew Brehaut | 9 | A lead hobbit = Bilbo at head. |
13 | nedesto | 9 | Christian Bale star of The Dark Knight Rises movie = Brave retired Gotham hero kicks ass in last hit. FIN. |
15 | Adie Pena | 3 | The Amazing Spider-Man [Three-D] = The man did zip a sheer garment. |
15 | Ed Pegg Jr | 3 | Coming out stories = Tom Cruise: It's no go. |
17 | Dharam Khalsa | 2 | American Singer Roy Kelton Orbison = Look, I insert a reborn "Mercy!" in a song. |
Total points: | 203 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.500) |
1 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 46 | The Olympic Games in London = Home city plans on gold mine. |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 33 | Fatalities in our theaters = That is no feature. It is real. |
3 | Scott Gardner | 27 | The Olympic athletes = They'll chase top time. |
4 | Adie Pena | 24 | Anderson Cooper in "Three Hundred Sixty Degrees" = No other CNN reporter exudes hidden gay desires. |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 12 | Romney's "retroactive retirement" from Bain Capital = Fine, accept time travel, or arbitrary senior moment. |
6 | Christopher Sturdy | 11 | In a so-called "Broken Britain" ~ billionaire banks don't care! |
7 | Tony Crafter | 10 | The Duke of York is planning to abseil down the Shard = Gosh! Unwise, I think. Odds on fat Andy'll break the rope! |
8 | Rosie Perera | 9 | James Holmes, "Dark Knight Rises" shooter in Aurora, CO = Horrors as armed sicko laughs, intones, "I am the Joker." |
8 | View | 9 | Damascus, the capital of Syria = Chaps outface Assad military. |
10 | nedesto | 7 | Independence Day in the USA is on the Fourth of July = 'House United' held hope in just defiance of tyranny. |
11 | Paul Pan | 5 | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad = Arabs trap leary hidden assassin. |
12 | Ed Pegg Jr | 3 | Death Risk Rankings ‡ Dark Knight Rises: N/A. |
12 | Shane | 3 | Revolutionary war's slogan, "Don't tread on me!" = Warrants: Remove London's regulation today! |
14 | Ellie Dent | 2 | The Denver, Colorado 'Batman' shootings = Cannot rate a movie throng's bloodshed. |
14 | Andrew Brehaut | 2 | The Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics = My plot: One of honored English incompetency! |
Total points: | 203 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.429) |
1 | Dharam Khalsa | 40 | Actress Natalie Wood = Dies on coastal water. |
2 | nedesto | 27 | Neuroticism ~ in Tom Cruise. |
3 | View | 24 | Dani Pedrosa = Sped in a road. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 20 | The US movie stars Thomas Cruise and Kate Holmes = Makes me sad that true love such as this is no more! |
5 | Christopher Sturdy | 17 | Wiggins ~ wins gig. |
6 | Shane | 15 | The infamous Bonny and Clyde = Handsomely financed bounty. |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 13 | Sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake ~ shoot by in a blink past a runner's lead. |
7 | Rosie Perera | 13 | Mitt Romney, the would-be "private equity president" = Inept, resolute, worth quite a bit, very empty minded. |
7 | David Bourke | 13 | Thomas Robert Daley = Broadly, "The Maestro!" |
10 | Ivan Andonov | 6 | Charlotte Gainsbourg = A huge girl's born to act. |
10 | Tony Crafter | 6 | The Colorado killer James Holmes = Cold, loathsome aimer. Hell's Joker. |
12 | Ellie Dent | 5 | Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, Russia's Mad Monk = I'm a visionary: I might spark rumors of seducing. |
12 | David A Green | 5 | Albertan forensic pathologist Dr. Anny Sauvageau = Favouring an autopsy in lab coat, garters and heels. |
14 | Scott Gardner | 3 | Medalist Ye Shiwen = Teen swims headily. |
Total points: | 207 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.400) |
1 | View | 30 | Bethlehem Nativity = Believe in that myth. |
2 | Adie Pena | 26 | Republicans and Democrats = Cults spend and rob America! |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 24 | Two Thousand Twelve Olympics in London = Only the top icons would win medals on TV. |
4 | Scott Gardner | 20 | The Revolutionary War = How I overrule a tyrant. |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 19 | The Higgs boson, often referred to as "God particle" = Prolonged egghead effort bothers creationists! |
6 | Tony Crafter | 17 | The Euro Lottery = Roulette theory. |
7 | Larry Brash | 16 | Transferring money using Western Union ~ or Nigerians running new fortune system. |
8 | Rosie Perera | 11 | Crepitus, the Roman god of flatulence = Call on me to produce finest huge fart. |
9 | Ivan Andonov | 10 | Adriatic coastline = Dialects in Croatia. |
9 | Dean Mayer | 10 | The athlete Oscar Pistorius = A clothes tip: I hate trousers. |
11 | nedesto | 8 | The Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London, England = Lining up to eat moldy chips... only in McDonalds, mate! |
12 | Shane | 7 | U.S.A. Olympic team trials ~ impress automatically. |
13 | Ed Pegg Jr | 0 | Net "Higgs boson" game = Something goes bang. |
Total points: | 198 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.382) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 40 | I answered a knock at the front door today and ... = Once in, he said, "I'm Danny Letts Jr.!" "W... |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 26 | Women say: "This boss, I fear he's genuinely a... = Men say: "That's OK, sweetheart." But they ... |
3 | Ellie Dent | 17 | "I use flake white, cadmium yellow, vermilion, ... = Monet: ... |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 16 | "Imagination is more important than knowledge."... = Most remain between looming aspiration and lit... |
5 | Adie Pena | 15 | TOP 10 HORNIEST COUNTRIES 1. Greece 2. Brazil... = TOP 10 IN DIRTY SEX 1. Crudites 2. Banana 3.... |
6 | Scott Gardner | 13 | Republican presidential candidate Willard Mitt R... = Muddle in Britain; I'm declared national "Uppe... |
6 | nedesto | 13 | The copper was asking the old Scotsman Ruairidh... = Our very bloodied Scotsman replied, "Och! So I... |
8 | Shane | 9 | The famous grimoire, The Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft. = Tale of truths overcome by horrific magic phenomenon. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 8 | An eleven-year-old boy flies from England to Rom... = And we all feel safe in airports? Somebody mig... |
9 | David A Green | 8 | The Kamikaze Memorial Society of the Philippines. = I penalize irksome pilot chaps if they make it home! |
11 | Maurice Goddard | 5 | Gor Blimey!! Really novel cheerful scene adorni... ~ are five great Olympic Rings in the colours, b... |
11 | Larry Brash | 5 | You can lead a horticulture but you can't make h... = Huh? But I may reckon a cute unruly harlot can... |
11 | Andrew Brehaut | 5 | The Scottish Tennis player Andy Murray lost at ... = Watery eyed lower British citizen got trample... |
14 | View | 2 | Bulgarian president: Mossad did not warn attack... = Madcap carnage was strong. Israel minds didn't... |
15 | Christopher Sturdy | 0 | U.K. Calls in The Troops to London Olympics Aft... = Hapless security firm oft don't go to plan. Sh... |
Total points: | 182 | from 31 votes (DFE factor: 0.484) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 34 | Oh, you have got to locate: * ... |
2 | Christopher Sturdy | 26 | I read the runes, I rolled the dice - Oh, dear woman, do not worry; Note my prognosis as good health advice - Let th... |
3 | Ellie Dent | 17 | Oh, my dear, do let that poor child rest to heal those humors. And then, one day soon, we two'll unite to be one. Your ... |
4 | Tony Crafter | 15 | (Decodes here as:) "Let me into your bedroom tonight at twelve; and then I'll do that hoodoo that I do so well! G. R... |
5 | Maurice Goddard | 10 | Trial deal is more: Odds you'll win our Lotto here? Pray choose hot numbers clear! Do good thirty, three, and two, H... |
6 | Rosie Perera | 9 | Oh, but do not carry the poor little toddler into Colorado movie theatres, where real gloomy nuts shoot guns nowadays! H... |
6 | Larry Brash | 9 | "Ra.. Ra.. Rasputin" Ooh! Hello! So, Boney M wrote this really odd, over-rated, idiotic song to the most hugely loathed... |
8 | Adie Pena | 7 | "Do stop giving our dearest child more arsenic! Heed today OR I'll relate to the whole world our trysts -- and then abou... |
8 | Paul Pan | 7 | "Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little..." "We interrupt the good old melody to hear Lenin drool 'I shot the ... |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 7 | The "new drug" your royal doctor ordered was merely aspirin, the anticoagulant to thin the blood...overdosed! Toss them... |
11 | nedesto | 5 | Beloved... oh, how do you spell Csarina? ... Tsarina? The tortured ardor we tried to hold to together can hold me no lon... |
12 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 2 | Do not tell the horror Nicholas about torrid Thursday. Dodgy to enter here. Let me show you passionate love in hotel. Ge... |
13 | View | 1 | Sending you 'wonder drug'. Will arrest haemophilia totally. Don't voodoo-doctor methods rather create bother? See you i... |
14 | Shane | 0 | Be wary lord, he's doomed I lot, the revelation dawned on me today. There are no solutions to this plight. The horror! D... |
Total points: | 149 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.519) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 40 | The board of a very large international company... = A female CNN journalist heard about a devout ... |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 29 | Martin was on his death bed. His family called ... = The Illinois man left his Chicago habitat in ... |
3 | nedesto | 25 | This sloth named David is creeping through the ... = An old vampire bat dripping with blood flies ... |
4 | Christopher Sturdy | 16 | 1. Philosopher's Stone 2. Chamber of Secrets ... = Harry Potter: 1. Spell on long life ... |
5 | Shane | 12 | Two of the scruffiest slobs ever, Zeke and Stev... = A desperate man ran into the police station b... |
6 | Adie Pena | 9 | TOP TEN WEDDING FLOWERS 1. Rose 2. Tulip 3. C... = TOP TEN EASY WEDDING GIFTS FOR ANY RANDY COUPL... |
7 | Rosie Perera | 7 | "You know, it's hard to know just how well it w... = (We retweet actual speech.) Mitt Romney ticks... |
8 | naturegirl | 5 | In 1944 Max Planck, the father of quantum physi... = Eight huntsmen carved a square piece of lumbe... |
Total points: | 143 | from 24 votes (DFE factor: 0.333) |
1 | nedesto | 40 | This crossword includes two revolutionary scient... = blue>blue... |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 33 | Shakespeare's star-themed sonnet anagrammed into a poetic model of the solar system, which is also illustrated. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 22 | A series of short jokes |
4 | Tony Crafter | 17 | EL PUSO |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 14 | You have 2 cows |
6 | Rosie Perera | 5 | Batman: The Dark Knight Rises |
7 | Adie Pena | 4 | Here's the message that's coming from Mitten |
Total points: | 135 | from 23 votes (DFE factor: 0.304) |
1 | Adie Pena | 22 | An arse licker ~ can like rears. |
2 | Andrew Brehaut | 19 | A fungal infection = Cunt offline again! |
3 | nedesto | 18 | Explosiveness = Penis loves sex! |
3 | Christopher Sturdy | 18 | Forbidden desires = Does friend's bride. |
5 | Meyran Kraus | 17 | Saving yourself for marriage = A virgin fear of orgasm, surely! |
6 | Rick Rothstein | 10 | She tried anal intercourse = Adult erection's in her arse. |
7 | Paul Pan | 7 | Hooters Girls = Shorts-ogler, I. |
8 | Tony Crafter | 5 | Lady Boys of Bangkok = Gay, sad, knob-yob folk. |
8 | Shane | 5 | Mounting a woman = Now, into a Magnum! |
10 | View | 4 | I found my perfect girl = Glorify firm, deep cunt! |
Total points: | 125 | from 22 votes (DFE factor: 0.455) |
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