| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Dharam Khalsa | 53 | A nurse's care = Reassurance. |
2 | Larry Brash | 29 | Gender reassignment = Redesign strange men. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 24 | A sniffer dog = Finder of gas. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 19 | A major in Field Botany = I may not find a real job... |
5 | Jesse Frankovich | 18 | Diamonds are forever = Saved for one; married. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 14 | Mine's not a hangover. I'm ~ having a senior moment. |
7 | Adie Pena | 11 | Cost benefit analyses = Yes to stable finances. |
8 | Ellie Dent | 10 | The car is a toy for boys = To act boyish for years! |
9 | Rick Rothstein | 7 | A person's sex drive = So darn expressive! |
10 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 6 | A golden opportunity = I portend long payout. |
11 | David Bourke | 4 | With learning difficulties = Dither in linguistic waffle. |
12 | Nikola Zivanovic | 3 | Religious Freedoms = Sure, for me God is lie. |
12 | Ed Pegg Jr | 3 | Political theatricians ~ hit patriotic alliances. |
14 | View | 2 | The paterfamilias = It is male, pa, father. |
Total points: | 203 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.400) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 41 | The final episode of the serial drama "Lost" = The desolate island is a metaphor for life. |
2 | Adie Pena | 37 | Meg Ryan's famous role in 'When Harry Met Sally' = Her orgasm? She was momentarily really funny! |
3 | Ellie Dent | 21 | Claude Monet: 'The Seine at Giverny' = I may even need to create sunlight! |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 18 | The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum = Farm abuzz, "Think a door flew by!" |
5 | Rosie Perera | 17 | Sarah Palin's new book, America By Heart = Who -- Alaska's prime no-brainer? Ya betcha! |
6 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 15 | 'Decision Points' by George W. Bush = I bow to Cheney's bogus presiding. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 13 | Britain's Got Talent is back = I blink at a big star contest. |
7 | Rick Rothstein | 13 | The final episode of the drama series "Lost" = So optimal if fearless hero dies at the end. |
9 | Dr Charles G Waugh | 8 | "I'd get her a costar." ~ "Stage actor hired." |
10 | View | 7 | Sting, 'Englishman in New York' = Known singer's 'My alien thing'. |
11 | Hamlet | 3 | Yusuf Islam formerly known as Cat Stevens = Events of man's musical folksy ways return! |
Total points: | 193 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.324) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 46 | The giant oil spill disaster = Stop drilling! It ails the sea. |
2 | Ellie Dent | 35 | The Iceland Volcano erupts = Notice prevalent ash cloud. |
3 | Rosie Perera | 19 | British Petroleum = Brutish peril to me. |
3 | David Bourke | 19 | The Prime Ministerial Debates = "Meet Britain's Leadership" time. |
5 | Jesse Frankovich | 15 | Deepwater Horizon spill = Prized petrol is on whale. |
6 | Adie Pena | 12 | Conservatives and Liberal Democrats = Stress all over David Cameron cabinet? |
7 | Scott Gardner | 11 | Coalition government = Nation give me control. |
8 | Tony Crafter | 10 | Britain's Two-Thousand-and-Ten General Election = No one celebrating? No; it's a result I hadn't wanted. |
9 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 7 | Pastoral by Henri Matisse = Paris art by him one steals. |
10 | Ed Pegg Jr | 5 | Behind-the-scenes operator ~ broadens the iPhone 'secret'. |
11 | Ten-Wide Jong Li | 4 | New Orleans Louisiana = O, a well on a sea in ruins! |
11 | Nikola Zivanovic | 4 | Airspace over London = Volcano repairs done? |
11 | Adrian Hickford | 4 | The new Tory/Lib-Dem coalition = Obediently toil with Cameron. |
14 | Dharam Khalsa | 3 | Pesky bear seen hanging around Santa Fe = See sneaky hand in open garbage? Run fast! |
14 | View | 3 | The Prime Ministerial Debates = Theme: Elite Brits spar in media. |
16 | Christopher Sturdy | 2 | Controversial genetics = Craig Venter closes on it. |
Total points: | 199 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.457) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 62 | France's emperor Napoleon I = A person of real prominence. |
2 | Ed Pegg Jr | 32 | Actor Gary Coleman = Contra-acromegaly. |
3 | Ellie Dent | 29 | The French painter, Monsieur Edgar Degas = Preferred those haunting dancer images. |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 13 | Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses" = Material has had controversies; thus, unsafe. |
4 | David Bourke | 13 | The Tory MP Gideon George Oliver Osborne = Some other greedy goon born to privilege. |
6 | Tony Crafter | 9 | Rt. Hon. Nicholas William Peter Clegg = Chews all night on political merger. |
7 | Ivan Andonov | 8 | Francisco Macias Nguema = African scum goes maniac! |
8 | View | 6 | John Albert Gardner III = Ignorant jailbird here. |
9 | Adie Pena | 5 | The restaurateur Emeril Lagasse = He rules! Meal is a sure great treat! |
9 | Rosie Perera | 5 | The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison = Men advance as I have lit room in Northeast. |
11 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 1 | Miriam Gonzalez Durantez = No true dazzler? I'm amazing! |
Total points: | 183 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.344) |
1 | Larry Brash | 27 | Society for the Protection of Unborn Children = Pro-life bunch is too concerned for her tiny tot. |
2 | Rosie Perera | 26 | Environmental Protection Agency? = In reality, government cannot cope. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 25 | Global company British Petroleum = Scary pollution might be a problem! |
3 | Adie Pena | 25 | The fountain statue in Piccadilly Circus = It's uncertain if the icon's actually "Cupid." |
5 | Ellie Dent | 21 | The Florence Nightingale Museum in London = Housing eminent oil lantern, of much legend. |
6 | Scott Gardner | 15 | Treaty of Versailles = After years, evil lost. |
7 | View | 14 | The Sherwood Forest = Few trees host R. Hood. |
8 | Zoran Radisavlevic | 11 | US Memorial Day = Oui, army medals! |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 11 | International Bird Rescue Research Center = Rare terns in need share electric incubator. |
10 | Tony Crafter | 9 | Waitrose Supermarkets = Up-market stores, I swear! |
10 | Rick Rothstein | 9 | The Space Shuttle Atlantis = See that last step launch it. |
12 | David Bourke | 4 | The Waitrose chain of supermarkets = Irksome...we ain't cheap, that's for sure! |
Total points: | 197 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.353) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 51 | The teary young woman - who was relating the de... = "What gear were you in, then?" said the state ... |
2 | Rosie Perera | 25 | Spending on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has s... = Quite a lot for sparring against a lawless per... |
3 | Adie Pena | 20 | [One] "Hot Summer in the Bahamas" [Two] "Nascent... = "The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: ... |
4 | Ellie Dent | 18 | This horse walked into a city bar, up a wall, a... = As a fellow drinker, watching, cried, "Incredi... |
5 | Rick Rothstein | 17 | "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", an old-time classi... = Dizzy film's cast mutters "Follow the yellow b... |
6 | Christopher Sturdy | 15 | The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats engaged... = There's a David Cameron/Nick Clegg love-in as ... |
7 | David Bourke | 14 | The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form a ... = David Cameron invites modernist Nick Clegg in ... |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 11 | It might take months to cement the patches to e... = "All know that the drop merges into the ocean,... |
9 | View | 6 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Will... = Domicile - Downing Street, Ten Hallmark - ... |
10 | Meyran Kraus | 2 | "Modern Criticism and Theory" by authors David ... = "An irrelevant, cliched guide by two damn tras... |
Total points: | 179 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.312) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 51 | ... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 26 | Nick Clegg, he had a large role-medal, Of Tory blue and Lib-Dem yellow; In his quotes, he had engraved: 'DEPUTY TO C... |
3 | David Bourke | 20 | A Dark Day for Civic Freedom Hallelujah! Gordon Brown PM, he quit! Crushed, generally, thirteen years of sleaze! A... |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 18 | Heads proceeding together in vogue masquerade, A mood of reenergized democracy conveyed; Ooh, remember a phonograph l... |
5 | Rosie Perera | 13 | Oh oh! A hung Parliament! Gordon fell; he resigned his prized place. Her Majesty the Queen concurred: "Okay, Goodbye!". ... |
6 | Adie Pena | 10 | Hellhole's here today For a mere quid or pound. Just a high price to pay: I've been Gordon Brown-ed, I'll meet David Cam... |
7 | Christopher Sturdy | 6 | Cheerleader? Camoron (Conserve it if...) he did not take the prize... more of the same. Clagg ('Ad' Lib Dems) unpop... |
8 | Ellie Dent | 5 | Honorable Dave Handsome Nick Cozy Tory And Lib Dem rave Rich men enter Equality of age Welcome order Of prodigal age ... |
9 | View | 4 | UK ended elections, But there is no clear direction - Her Majesty Queen Fooled, hazy by NO WIN. Program of each ... |
Total points: | 153 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.333) |
1 | Larry Brash | 35 | This man was walking along a beach, when he fou... = The genie continued: "Oh and you think of all... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 34 | Here's something to ponder. I recently appoin... = A sixty-year-old man suffered a heart attack ... |
3 | Adie Pena | 23 | TOP TEN MOST DANGEROUS DOG BREEDS 10. Dalmati... = TOP TEN MOST UNUSUAL CELEBRITY PET NAMES 10... |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 15 | "I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. ... = Oh my! That 'fool idea' was unpopular to most... |
5 | Rosie Perera | 10 | Rush Limbaugh on the BP oil spill: “The ocean w... = But wait! That is untrue nonsense. This leak ... |
6 | View | 6 | "I have a dream that one day this nation will ri... = Wish and gesture for equalities of coloured le... |
Total points: | 123 | from 23 votes (DFE factor: 0.261) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 36 | RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS By The Carpenters |
2 | Tony Crafter | 34 | Charles Clarkson and his pal Sam decided to go skiing, so they loaded up Charles's van and headed north. |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 26 | Do you think English is an easy language? If your answer is yes.... |
4 | Ellie Dent | 17 | WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS |
5 | Adie Pena | 9 | ON MAY MORNING by John Milton |
Total points: | 122 | from 22 votes (DFE factor: 0.227) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 23 | The honeymoon virgin = Oi! No hymen overnight! |
2 | Adie Pena | 22 | Want enticing pleasure? = Large penis in a wet cunt! |
3 | David Bourke | 16 | A warped imagination = Man awaiting a period! |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 12 | A street whore = Sore twat here! |
5 | Rick Rothstein | 11 | "Hope springs eternal in the human breast" ~ means, uh, grab her tits n' eat on her nipples. |
6 | View | 4 | A vestal virgin = Rev. slit vagina! |
Total points: | 88 | from 16 votes (DFE factor: 0.375) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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