| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Christopher Sturdy | 45 | What is forgetfulness? = Losing where stuff's at. |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 27 | A rustling of the wind = It's a wonderful thing. |
2 | Dharam | 27 | Evangelical Christian = I have certain callings. |
4 | Scott Gardner | 22 | The American presidential debate = Hear men trade ideas in epic battle. |
5 | David Bourke | 20 | Mastitis = Tit amiss. |
6 | Ellie Dent | 10 | New lover = Now revel! |
7 | Rosie Perera | 9 | Internet archives = Ancient hit server. |
8 | Rick Rothstein | 8 | Evangelical Christians = A clean-living chastiser. |
9 | Adie Pena | 6 | Mountains = No tsunami! |
10 | Andrew Brehaut | 5 | Christ's tenure = Sincere truths. |
10 | View | 5 | Deniers of the Holocaust ~ cussed: "Oh, Hitler not a foe!" |
12 | Tony Crafter | 4 | Designation = Inside, on tag! |
Total points: | 188 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.375) |
1 | Adie Pena | 50 | Venus and sister Serena = An assured tennis serve! |
2 | Scott Gardner | 27 | Claude Monet, "Houses of Parliament" = Easel holds a picture of a monument. |
3 | Ellie Dent | 25 | Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the 'Mona Lisa' = Model is an icon, and plain favorite, so hang it! |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 21 | The studio film 'Iron Man' = I don this metal uniform. |
5 | Tony Crafter | 17 | The Beatles 'Magical Mystery Tour' = Boy! Let's try a great musical theme! |
6 | Andrew Brehaut | 16 | Steinbeck's Lennie Small and George Milton = Note best seller's goal: linking mice and men. |
7 | Rosie Perera | 10 | Tina Fey impersonates Sarah Palin = I may appear as her on SNL if in taste. |
7 | Dharam | 10 | The world famous Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven" = Lord, what a laugh at madness of people, "Nevermore"! |
9 | View | 6 | They Might Be Giants = Get the many big hits. |
Total points: | 182 | from 31 votes (DFE factor: 0.290) |
1 | Scott Gardner | 40 | "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig" = GOP guy picks Palin, but it is a political stunt. |
2 | Rosie Perera | 32 | A pitbull in lipstick = But I still pick Palin. |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 29 | The actor Paul Newman is dead = I saw a talented chap mourned. |
4 | Dharam | 17 | Is Sarah Palin qualified to take on functions ~ if Al Qaeda continues to flourish in Pakistan? |
5 | Neil Ramsay | 11 | Malware is found on ISS laptops = NASA posts worm in file uploads. |
6 | Tony Crafter | 8 | JK Rowling donates £1m to the Labour Party funds. = £1m aid! Let a joyful Gordon Brown sputter, "Thanks!" |
6 | Andrew Brehaut | 8 | The series of hurricanes Hannah, Ike and Gustav ~ can hit, ravage, shake and ruin the fine US shores. |
8 | Ed Pegg Jr | 7 | Bail-out rescue plan = A bull in outer space. |
9 | Paul Pan | 6 | Many lolitas to avenge ~ Evangelist Tony Alamo! |
9 | Richard Napier | 6 | Newcastle United is for sale = Dennis Wise creates fallout. |
11 | View | 5 | Bush: 'Entire economy' at risk = Intent: "Oh, mercy! USA is broke!" |
11 | Ellie Dent | 5 | Nasty politicking in the United States = The 'lipstick' taunting is intense today. |
13 | Adie Pena | 4 | Washington Mutual Inc. = What?! Closing in autumn?! |
14 | David Bourke | 2 | Neil Ramsay is recovering from his stag-do = "My crisis flares: Vomit, groaning, sore head!" |
Total points: | 180 | from 31 votes (DFE factor: 0.452) |
1 | Scott Gardner | 42 | Michael Fred Phelps of the USA = He'll match pure speed of a fish! |
2 | Adie Pena | 34 | Vice President Sarah Palin = Invest in a crap leadership. |
3 | Richard Brodie | 24 | Sarah Louise Heath Palin = Alas, her lip has a hue on it. |
4 | Rosie Perera | 14 | Sarah Palin's glasses = Lass's pair has angles. |
4 | Rick Rothstein | 14 | The Republican's Vice Presidential candidate = Sarah Palin is decent, divine, predictable, cute... |
4 | Paul Pan | 14 | Evangelist Tony Alamo ~ loves genital anatomy. |
7 | Meyran Kraus | 13 | Marion Cotillard's Edith Piaf = I'd nail that period-film Oscar. |
8 | Dharam | 7 | The American novelist David Foster Wallace = Overrated vacant tales; claimed his own life. |
9 | View | 5 | Russian President Dmitry Medvedev = I drive state. Never mind muddy press. |
10 | Tony Crafter | 4 | Amanda Seyfried ‡ I am a faded syren. |
11 | Chris | 2 | Esther Louise Rantzen CBE = Oral Census: zebrine teeth. |
12 | Christopher Sturdy | 1 | Yves 'Fusionman' Rossy = Famous nervy sissy, no? |
13 | David Bourke | 0 | Gun-Marie Fredriksson = "Murder a fine song" risk. |
Total points: | 174 | from 31 votes (DFE factor: 0.419) |
1 | Scott Gardner | 41 | Palace of Westminster, London = Scene of old town's Parliament. |
2 | Dharam | 28 | The Louvre Museum in Paris, France = Peruse much in marvelous fine art. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 28 | The American Society of Retinal Specialists = Cataract in section of his eye? Simple - laser it! |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 23 | The terracotta soldiers of Shi Huang Di = Historical site of the hard stone guard. |
5 | Rosie Perera | 14 | The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty = Not any fuel ore in their reactor plant. |
6 | Andrew Brehaut | 11 | Anglicans nestled ~ in England's castle. |
6 | Adie Pena | 11 | The American Association of Retired Persons ~ name the attire for senior occasions: Diapers! |
6 | View | 11 | Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island = Reword: Splendid vacations in Canada. |
9 | Dee4j | 9 | Washington Mutual = Tumult shown again. |
10 | Ellie Dent | 8 | The White House, United States = USA hideout then... with settees. |
11 | David Bourke | 4 | The National Federation of Private Pet Crematoria = A pale, terminated cat into the fire for evaporation. |
Total points: | 188 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.344) |
1 | David Bourke | 27 | The Republicans' American presidential candidates = McCain and Palin unite - a predictable sheer disaster! |
2 | Ellie Dent | 26 | Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles, A Pu... = The unhappy farm lass suffers so, with love, b... |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 25 | Senator McCain was asked about Sarah Palin, who... = The old Republican candidate replied: "What ab... |
4 | Dharam | 18 | Richard Wright, the Pink Floyd's founding member... ~ "The Great Gig in the Sky" band, rainbow prism... |
4 | Adrian Hickford | 18 | The London Underground (alternatively known as ... = Undertook travel on the train by huge tunnels,... |
6 | Tony Crafter | 15 | What is 12 inches long, silver and the worst thi... = Rich singer Gary Glitter bought five hundred va... |
7 | Andrew Brehaut | 9 | George Bush backs the Senator John McCain's run... = Bugger's no chance around better persons if th... |
8 | Rosie Perera | 8 | "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still ... = Gambit to gain US publicity: a black pro attac... |
9 | View | 7 | Lehman Wins U.S. Court Approval for Sale to Barclays = A rich buyer's smart proposal can solve an awful lot? |
10 | Adie Pena | 4 | "My friend John and George Bush are joined at th... = Joe Biden enthused: "I'd prefer a major change... |
Total points: | 157 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.370) |
1 | Rosie Perera | 20 | My protest delivered, I'm off to Quebec. It's normally much safer there. |
2 | Larry Brash | 19 | President Bush reflected: "My time has come to formally quit forever". (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
3 | Neil Ramsay | 13 | I'd really much prefer to yet be free from this most evil, mad conquest. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 12 | The live dispatch forms R.E. Lee's famed quote: "I tremble for my country". |
5 | Michael Omstead | 11 | Bluecoats quieted off my Nashville forces. My error permitted them! |
5 | Tony Crafter | 11 | "Battle from Hell. Army stretched. Enemy's romped over us. I quit office!" |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 10 | Overcome by liquor, I let my Mrs help the men to suffer drastic defeat. |
8 | Andrew Brehaut | 9 | Hey, sir. To protect myself from dull confederate members, I have quit. |
9 | Adrian Hickford | 8 | From the Clumsy Chief: Battle over. Most men dead. RIP. Feel quite sorry. |
9 | Ellie Dent | 8 | Beheld my overstretched troops face fire: many more fell. I must quit. |
9 | Adie Pena | 8 | Both forces fully savored my quite formal, timed retirement speech. |
12 | Chris | 6 | Direct request: The maps chafe my bum. Send every toilet roll or I'm off. |
12 | Dharam | 6 | As overqualified men try to decipher so much from letters left by me. |
14 | Christopher Sturdy | 3 | Prerequisite to blot the cursed Nashville from my affected memory. |
Total points: | 144 | from 24 votes (DFE factor: 0.583) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 49 | A wife was in the kitchen, preparing to boil so... = A trucker, who has been on the road for three... |
2 | Dharam | 41 | The man and wife had been married sixty delight... ~ When asked about the contents of the undecora... |
3 | Adie Pena | 20 | TOP 10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT JOE BIDEN ... = TOP 10 REASONS OBAMA ANNOUNCED HIS VP OVER TEX... |
4 | Larry Brash | 11 | GUTS is coming home late drunk after an extreme... = BALLS would be, after a great guys' night out... |
4 | Rosie Perera | 11 | Sarah Palin claims she knows enough about Russia... = Unbearable! To have seen the Siberian tundra i... |
Total points: | 132 | from 24 votes (DFE factor: 0.208) |
1 | Adie Pena | 41 | Anagram Crossword Puzzle |
2 | Dharam | 19 | Obama or McCain as President |
3 | Tony Crafter | 12 | MANDY By Barry Manilow |
4 | Tony Crafter | 11 | A young blonde Portsmouth girl... |
4 | Dharam | 11 | ANIMAL SUPERSTITIONS |
6 | Adie Pena | 6 | SEPTEMBER SONG by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill |
6 | Rosie Perera | 6 | A spamagram |
8 | Dharam | 3 | MANDY By Barry Manilow |
9 | Dharam | 1 | A VP Debate Drinking Game |
Total points: | 110 | from 20 votes (DFE factor: 0.450) |
1 | David Bourke | 32 | An erect phallus = A prelate's lunch. |
2 | Dharam | 20 | All you men want is one thing = Lonely unhesitating woman. |
3 | Rick Rothstein | 17 | God Damn Son of a Bitch! = A night of bad condoms? |
4 | Adie Pena | 15 | The striptease = He sees tit part! |
5 | Paul Pan | 13 | The Republicans = Lube a sphincter! |
6 | Meyran Kraus | 8 | Cheating on spouses horrifies the guys: ~ "She's going to cut your penis if she hears!" |
7 | Tony Crafter | 7 | Thick, 'n' ain't drooping = A north-pointing dick! |
8 | View | 6 | Palin meets world leaders at UN = 'Wet' around all male presidents. |
Total points: | 118 | from 21 votes (DFE factor: 0.381) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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