| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Christopher Sturdy | 43 | Self-satisfaction = Life's so fantastic! |
2 | Adrian Hickford | 34 | Listening to a cello = Gentle oscillation. |
3 | Rosie Perera | 28 | A thousand monkeys randomly striking a typewriter = Tiny drunk apes hit on keys to write anagrams. My Lord! |
4 | David Bourke | 21 | Laughing all the way to the bank = Wallet getting bulky, no? Ha ha ha! |
5 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 14 | A remedy for intestinal discomforts = To fart is medicine for many oldsters. |
6 | View | 13 | Waiting for Armageddon = Giant war, grief and doom! |
7 | Tom Myers | 12 | This cleanses colon out: ~ consistent alcohol use. |
8 | Ellie Dent | 11 | The happiest slimmer = Time helps trim shape. :) |
9 | Tony Crafter | 8 | A curry and carrots pie is, I feel ~ a recipe for culinary disaster. |
10 | Brian Taylor | 7 | Science vs Art = Sincere vs Act. |
11 | George Missailidis | 3 | A dozen questions = A quiz does tonnes! |
12 | Meyran Kraus | 2 | OK, I do, I only vote for Trump... = Look, I'm not very proud of it. |
13 | Dharam Khalsa | 1 | Men agree, "It is what it is". Why? = I'm wishing it were that easy! |
Total points: | 197 | from 33 votes (DFE factor: 0.394) |
1 | Christopher Sturdy | 58 | The Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. = Brad Pitt secured an Oscar with one gem of a portrayal. |
2 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 36 | Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens = Villains' tricks screwed the boy |
3 | Ellie Dent | 24 | 'Water Lilies, the Nymphéas' by Claude Monet = Mellow, limpid beauty enchants eyes, heart. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 21 | Painter Oscar-Claude Monet = Colors emancipated nature. |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 17 | Everly Brothers song "All I Have To Do Is Dream" = Stress overload? Behold the imaginary lover! |
6 | Tony Crafter | 14 | The Shangri-Las - 'Leader of the Pack' = This death knell of a greaser chap. |
7 | Tom Myers | 11 | Manet's 'A Bar at The Folies-Bergère' = Art boasting a female; there's beer. |
8 | View | 8 | South Korean comedy thriller "Parasite" = Earlier hunt Palme d'Or - key to hit Oscars |
Total points: | 189 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.250) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 41 | Harvey Weinstein is found guilty of assault and rape = A fiend used his status to prey on any naive girl. Awful. |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 22 | Bernie Sanders wins Nevada = Banners waved in readiness. |
3 | Ellie Dent | 21 | Global virus outbreak = Vigorous, brutal, bleak. |
4 | Christopher Sturdy | 19 | Unleashing Britain's Potential = Ranting, I lie as I put NHS on table. |
5 | Tyler Severance | 17 | Super Bowl commercial ads = Some absurd crap will come. |
5 | Adie Pena | 17 | President Trump to be questionably acquitted ~ in destructible "quid pro quo" attempt by Senate. |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 15 | The threat of a global pandemic = Alleged to beat path from China. |
8 | Rosie Perera | 13 | Captain has required us in ~ a quarantined cruise ship. |
9 | Meyran Kraus | 11 | American movie producer Harvey Weinstein = "I don't 'rape', I'm rich! I can use every woman ever!" |
10 | View | 8 | The deadly coronavirus = Hard days. No cure to live. |
11 | John Murray | 5 | Caroline Flack = A force can kill. |
11 | David Bourke | 5 | Phillip Schofield comes out as gay = A slightly-camp poof? He's delicious! |
13 | Tom Myers | 1 | Read banner in news; advises ~ Bernie Sanders wins Nevada. |
14 | FatPhil | 0 | Michael Rubens Bloomberg's ~ clamoring "he's some blubber". |
Total points: | 195 | from 33 votes (DFE factor: 0.424) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 41 | Harry and wife Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex = Ex-HRHs say: "Sod the UK. We're chasing due fame and funds." |
2 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 36 | Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor = Should long mature heir apparent get British Crown? (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
3 | Jesse Frankovich | 25 | Mayor Pete Buttigieg = I eye gig to beat Trump. |
4 | Adie Pena | 24 | Donald Trump, the United States of America President = Did petulant tirades set him up for a neat second term? |
5 | Meyran Kraus | 20 | Dem. Bernie Sanders = Render Biden a mess. |
6 | George Missailidis | 18 | Melania Trump is the First Lady of the United States = I am the missus of a ratty, self-entitled turd. The pain! |
7 | Christopher Sturdy | 12 | The 'anti-Greta', Naomi Seibt = Testing, I abominate Earth. |
8 | Ellie Dent | 5 | Duchess Meghan (Markle) ~ sulked: "Changes harm me!" |
9 | View | 4 | Bachelor contestant Victoria Fuller = I search for love built on central tact. |
Total points: | 185 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.281) |
1 | Dharam Khalsa | 28 | Palindrome Day 2020 = Rapidly made on 02/02. |
2 | Micah Newman | 26 | Global Positioning System = Spying is goal's bottom line. |
3 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 19 | The Republic of Ireland = Pitcher of Dubliner ale? |
4 | Tony Crafter | 17 | Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire = In songs, retreat of R. Hood with his men. |
5 | Ellie Dent | 15 | Wiltshire's Stonehenge Monument = Men see sun, low...then rising to them. |
6 | View | 13 | Ford Ranchero = Oh, car for nerd! |
6 | Adie Pena | 13 | Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, SD = It sure is markedly a monument to also honor men. |
8 | Adrian Hickford | 12 | The Guild of Master Craftsmen ~ crafted something masterful. |
9 | Meyran Kraus | 10 | The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention = Send nurses to recent herd of 'vile Corona' patients. |
10 | Tom Myers | 9 | Coptic Christian = I pitch narcotics. |
11 | Rosie Perera | 7 | The Premature Ventricular Contractions = Event occurs in heart; particular torment. |
12 | Richard Grantham | 6 | The Anthropocene = Enter an epoch hot. |
13 | Christopher Sturdy | 5 | Anosmia Awareness Day = And aroma sense is 'away'. |
Total points: | 180 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.433) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 50 | ... = ... |
2 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 35 | The contenders for the Labour leadership: 1. R... = 1. Corbyn acolyte 2. Smart northerner 3. ... |
3 | Tony Crafter | 26 | The ex-members of female pop group Girls Aloud ... = 1. The sexy siren 2. The more powerful singer... |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 15 | "Life," as George Carlin once mused, "is a series of dogs." = Me, ignoring decades of serious cases of allergies. |
5 | David Bourke | 14 | The singer Declan Patrick MacManus, OBE (Elvis Costello) = Bespectacled English rock musician...a malevolent sort! |
6 | Christopher Sturdy | 10 | Boris Johnson confirms high-speed rail link wil... = Failing NHS or HS2 dog? A real joke how rich m... |
Total points: | 150 | from 25 votes (DFE factor: 0.240) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 25 | ... |
1 | Dharam Khalsa | 25 | My mother gave me a chance at life, Ha, a laughter season at seven; But, jaded resentful years added strife; Now sh... |
3 | Tony Crafter | 22 | ... |
4 | Ellie Dent | 16 | A MOTHER A smile and laugh, a face serene Oh, bygone dates, yet evergreen Have effect, as hard adults e'en Now, a... |
5 | Christopher Sturdy | 12 | I have had a face 'set to stun' The day you gave me DNA, gentle mum. Her teeth, jaw and a nose, Feared, far as it go... |
5 | Rosie Perera | 12 | Note the huge head, and see the buoyant reverse of me; An average-jawed dame, that favoured Canada lass: She's my r... |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 10 | Dear Juliet on the balcony Ever hath Romeo serenaded thee ... Flee that gang, and have us wed, and have us merge in a... |
8 | View | 8 | Aha, Jewish mother! Ta, there is no other! Clever, elegant, Decent, benevolent Safe and sage, Defuses age, Sa... |
9 | Tom Myers | 5 | Eye me so savage, such a fart; Eye a vengeful son -- me from the start; When scandal jaded her devoted heart; Tee... |
10 | Adrian Hickford | 4 | A fact: a mad (but flashy) Valentine gave a hundred red roses to a fancied sweetheart. The message: Let's have a June... |
11 | Marie Pezarro | 1 | A lashed orb, svelte lugs, ma donate f'me; Have angst/mad dreads (hee hee!); I've organ, founta 'wet' set free, Tend... |
Total points: | 140 | from 24 votes (DFE factor: 0.458) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 40 | Two elderly ladies, Martha and Winifred are sta... = A lad of 18 walks into a drugstore and announc... |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 35 | ... |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 34 | What if canines could send text messages to the... ~ FOMO - Freaking Out, Missing Owner SMB - Scra... |
4 | Christopher Sturdy | 10 | "Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs on a... = He needed a statement perhaps but cretin gets ... |
Total points: | 119 | from 20 votes (DFE factor: 0.200) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 36 | Love Sonnet XXVI |
2 | Ellie Dent | 24 | JOKES... mainly short ones. |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 23 | Mathematical Limericks |
4 | Tony Crafter | 17 | FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T' BE |
5 | Christopher Sturdy | 4 | O Reader! |
Total points: | 104 | from 18 votes (DFE factor: 0.278) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 43 | When the fart is 'Silent But Deadly' ~ there's subtle, yet fatal, hind-wind. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 25 | Penile odour = Poodle-urine. |
3 | Adrian Hickford | 22 | Who called it a penis and not a pantyhose? = I adopted 'the passion-cannon' all the way! |
4 | Christopher Sturdy | 21 | A man's privates include his penis and testicles = A maid, she's sensitive: arse, nipples, cunt and clit. |
5 | View | 14 | The uncensored vocabulary = Oh, any old curse! (beaver, cunt...) |
Total points: | 125 | from 22 votes (DFE factor: 0.227) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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