| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Neil Ramsay | 52 | Cold lager = Clear gold. |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 26 | Satisfaction = Cat in its sofa. |
3 | Rick Rothstein | 21 | Ill-gotten gains = Silent gloating. |
4 | Hans-Peter Reich | 15 | Prisoner abuse = Bruise a person. |
5 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 13 | Coffee and croissants = A food scent is France's. |
6 | Adie Pena | 12 | A hate crime = The aim? Race. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 12 | The franchise opportunity = I open thirty cafés up north. |
8 | Dean Mayer | 11 | Sagittarian = A sign, a trait. |
9 | Meyran Kraus | 9 | The grave inscriptions = Carving RIP's into these. |
9 | Tony Crafter | 9 | Never let the truth get in the way of a good story = Ergo: to get very hot news, you lie, then draft that! |
9 | Scott Gardner | 9 | The professor of mathematics = This theorem's proof came fast! |
12 | Ellie Dent | 8 | The last chance saloon = That's an alcohol scene. |
13 | View | 7 | An epidemic = i. e. pandemic. |
14 | Ernesto Guiraldes | 6 | Under a Texas Moon = Sex...and manure, too! |
15 | Yvonne Singleton | 0 | On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross = Alas, a foolhardy wrongdoing, sacred louts. |
15 | Zoran Radisavlevic | 0 | There is no disputing about tastes = To attention - phrase is "De gustibus..." |
Total points: | 210 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.444) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 36 | Susan Boyle, "Britain's Got Talent" show = Best singer on it but, alas, lost anyhow. |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 32 | Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" = His tale which amused wee kindergartners. |
3 | Dean Mayer | 31 | The singer Susan Boyle = She's one ugly-arse bint. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
4 | Ellie Dent | 24 | Claude Monet: 'Impression Sunrise (Soleil Levant)' = One man's old masterpiece unveils lustre in oils. |
5 | View | 23 | The actor Clint Eastwood = I do that cool western act. |
6 | Tony Crafter | 19 | The old fairy tale, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. = A sure enchanter; ideal for Disneyland. Walt loved it! |
7 | Adie Pena | 15 | Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter = He's a rather short, slim cannibal. |
8 | Scott Gardner | 11 | The Star Trek motion pictures = Mr. Spock into theater? It's true! |
9 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 9 | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds = Wickedly, it's a hit hymn sound. |
10 | Rick Rothstein | 3 | Grey's Anatomy = A mangey story. |
Total points: | 203 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.286) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 38 | Katie Price and Peter Andre have now split up. = It's OK - we prepared the pre-nuptial in advance! |
2 | Adie Pena | 26 | The global economic crisis = Resist becoming alcoholic! |
3 | Scott Gardner | 19 | Memorial Day celebration in the US = All you remember is death in action. |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 19 | The Obama presidency = Both peace and misery? |
5 | David Bourke | 16 | The Daily Telegraph's stated mission = It's to halt the M.P.s' lies and greed, I say. |
6 | Rick Rothstein | 15 | The Taliban threat = Their blatant hate. |
7 | Ellie Dent | 14 | In the news = Swine, then. |
8 | Rosie Perera | 11 | The airport security whole-body imaging = Two patriotic guys beheld my groin, I hear. |
9 | Neil Ramsay | 10 | Moat cleaning costs ~ got consent as claim! |
10 | Dharam Khalsa | 9 | White House Correspondents' Dinner = The president scored one win on Rush. |
10 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 9 | Space Shuttle Atlantis ‡ Pass tile test at launch. |
12 | Adrian Hickford | 8 | Member of Parliament's expense claims = Example means Minister faces problem. |
13 | Ed Pegg Jr | 7 | Legality of abortion = Nearly too big to fail. |
14 | Dean Mayer | 6 | Barcelona's triumph in Rome = Man U - champions, or terrible? |
15 | View | 3 | Pope calls for reconciliation in Middle East = End a poor Palestine-Israel domicil-conflict. |
Total points: | 210 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.417) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 27 | The US author William Sydney Porter ~ used to write triumphally as O Henry. |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 24 | Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir = I sure see some inspiring portraiture! |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 23 | Superstar Beyonce = Pure-ebony actress. |
4 | Scott Gardner | 19 | The gymnast Nadia Comaneci = An eye-catching maid's on mat. |
4 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 19 | Guillaume Francois Antoine Marquis de L'Hôpital = Rule I: Math is equations, formulae and plain logic. |
6 | Vai Sicanema Akhenaten | 18 | Nero, Hitler, Mussolini, Bush = Honourless, brute nihilism. |
6 | David Bourke | 18 | The first woman Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy = Literary flop, and somewhat unfortunate face! |
8 | Ellie Dent | 13 | Monsieur Claude Oscar Monet = Art man used some nice colour. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 12 | The Defense Secretary Robert Gates = Battered, teary, he confesses regret. |
10 | View | 10 | Katy Perry = Perky, arty. |
11 | Chris Chatfield | 7 | Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington ~ sighted yonder lunar transit. |
11 | Adie Pena | 7 | Sir Elton Hercules John (a.k.a. Reginald Kennet... = Ah, just awe in England. He is the knighted r... |
11 | Larry Brash | 7 | John Reginald Halliday Christie = Is hanged in a jail. Cry, "Oh, thrilled!" |
14 | Richard Napier | 2 | Guus Hiddink = Uh, kidding us? |
15 | Dan Fortier | 0 | Sonia Sotomayor = I say so, to a moron. |
Total points: | 206 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.429) |
1 | Scott Gardner | 42 | A Pentium central processing unit = Set in place, it's running a computer. |
2 | Adie Pena | 40 | Webster's Dictionary = Basic word entry site. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 20 | The Virgin Atlantic Flying Without Fear Courses = In one visit, we can at last cure your flight fright! |
3 | View | 20 | The Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs = Providing you brief phrase content. |
3 | Paul Laskoski | 20 | Colonel Sander's Kentucky Grilled Chicken = Still only cock knuckle drenched in grease. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 18 | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act = Money can't revive certain car tradesmen. |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 16 | The Serengeti National Park = Neat elephant region at risk. |
8 | Rick Rothstein | 15 | The US Postmaster General = Letters/stamps are enough. |
9 | Ellie Dent | 13 | National Escargot Day = Can try, eat, a good snail. |
10 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 4 | The Victoria Falls National Park = I'll plan hot safari trek vacation. |
11 | Vai Sicanema Akhenaten | 2 | Sodom and Gomorrah = Good! Harm sad moron. |
Total points: | 210 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.306) |
1 | Rosie Perera | 46 | Miss California's breast implants funded by pageant = And it seems super big tits and small brain can pay off. |
2 | Larry Brash | 39 | The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland = The former big-hearted land turned into a drinking nation. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 30 | Sandro Botticelli's famous painting 'The Birth ... = A prim, so-cute virgin stands in the buff (in ... |
4 | David Bourke | 15 | Manchester United lose the Champions League fin... = In reflection, no panache. The laughable team'... |
5 | Adie Pena | 13 | The American Society for the Prevention of Cruel... = Isn't creative Runner a hit? Hefty Acme item f... |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 11 | Quote by President Barack Obama: "I'm pleased w... = He is upbeat, not a pessimist, despite mad deb... |
6 | View | 11 | NYC police: Terror suspects wanted to commit jihad = End to crime - satanic, psychotic plot to murder Jews. |
8 | Rick Rothstein | 8 | A Britain's Got Talent contestant, ten-year old ... = Note: Little girl, on a roll and, as yet, not ... |
9 | Dean Mayer | 6 | Bill Cash refuses to quit over expenses claims ... = He expresses unequivocal, crass belief in righ... |
10 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 4 | Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes b... = A few bad pampered pet animals can explain why... |
Total points: | 183 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.312) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 40 | A poem by Obama ... |
2 | Ellie Dent | 27 | Money, money, money, Must be funny, in A rich mans world.* Great, As thickhead MPs Cheat or grab, jus... |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 24 | They took away my daydream Via a money-grabbing scheme, Fast as a handbag switcheroo; 'Airtight' bank guarantee, too!... |
4 | Christopher Sturdy | 17 | ... |
5 | View | 11 | Aha, that economy crisis worldwide! Aha, many banks misguide America, UK and Japan - A huge mess had began! And who... |
5 | Tony Crafter | 11 | Fat-cat bankers, politicians galore, Mad, gay tyrants, that Afghan war, How sad, too bad they made us broke. Agony, t... |
7 | Adie Pena | 8 | TO A TWIT (A message from a B. H. Obama) A mighty country so greatly abundant Had a malady so awkwardly malignant: C... |
8 | Paul Pan | 6 | An investor buys a damn costly asset that he may hawk back to any greater fool at a higher price. "What a sham idea! I... |
8 | Dean Mayer | 6 | Oh it's a kacked-up land today of mammon-grabbing today "We-want-it-all-right-now" back-stabbing you today Are we a me... |
10 | Rosie Perera | 4 | No work, pay was hammered. A castaway, a bag lady. Weak, shabby, a chasm at my table. Reduced to trash to eat. Thus,... |
10 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 4 | Whaddya say? Broke? To abstain from a salary Made man avoid what's too high-calorie No payday wealth Can say "better ... |
12 | David Bourke | 2 | Amidst the Shame (a homage to a tyrant) You're an idiot, I'm afraid, Gordon Brown, A fantasist, a shambles, a clown. ... |
Total points: | 160 | from 28 votes (DFE factor: 0.429) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 59 | A SHORT LOVE STORY. A man and woman who'd ne... = A BEDTIME TEASER. After twenty years of mar... |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 56 | The American Dream An American business consul... = "To emphasize my overview, instead of selling... |
3 | Adie Pena | 23 | During a recent visit to a mental asylum, I ask... = "Oh, isn't that remarkable theoretically?" I ... |
4 | Ellie Dent | 15 | A SPRING VIEW Though a country be sundered, h... = WINTER 'Oh God!' cries the soldier hoarsel... |
5 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 8 | Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of nig... = Not the Post Office motto, an ancient epithet... |
6 | Rosie Perera | 7 | "We are cautiously optimistic that this particu... = See, I told you so! It's just that everyone i... |
Total points: | 168 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.200) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 53 | AUSSIE RECRUIT'S LETTER HOME. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 30 | RIGHT SAID FRED. By Bernard Cribbins |
3 | Ellie Dent | 26 | WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS |
4 | Adie Pena | 24 | TO THE FIRST ROBIN |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 11 | On May Morning by John Milton |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 10 | A Scrabble Anagram 1 |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 7 | A Scrabble Anagram 2 |
Total points: | 161 | from 29 votes (DFE factor: 0.241) |
1 | Adie Pena | 42 | Practised fellatio = Delicate art of lips. |
2 | View | 18 | Bare-chested = Cedes the bra. |
3 | Neil Ramsay | 17 | Howling "No.... There!" = In the wrong hole. |
4 | Rick Rothstein | 16 | The female orgasm = A "Me! Me!" for the gals. |
5 | Tony Crafter | 12 | The Susan George nude scenes in 'Straw Dogs'. = Wasn't she gorgeous, seen acting undressed! |
5 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 12 | The female orgasm ~ has mom feel great. |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 11 | One sailor has hotel mixup = Homosexual relationship. |
8 | Paul Laskoski | 10 | Lovely fart tune = "O, very flatulent". |
9 | Hans-Peter Reich | 8 | Being out of luck = Too fucking blue. |
10 | David Bourke | 4 | White presence? ~ Wipe the screen! |
11 | Meyran Kraus | 0 | National Masturbation Month = Tout abnormal onanism in that. |
Total points: | 150 | from 26 votes (DFE factor: 0.423) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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