Cup Winning clues by D. F. Manley
All clues by D. F. Manley
All clues by D. F. Manley
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. F. Manley | 447 | 37 | 39 | 371 | 186 | 523 | Oct 1972 | Oct 2021 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2573 | HANDS-ON | Second to Chambers one must get Don’s fantastic Manual! | h + an + anag.; ref. Chambers Crossword Manual |
| 2556 | TOERAG | Tinker’s no. 1, tailor’s no. 2 – ergo, in organised sequence, I’m no. 7 | anag. incl. t, a; ref. beggar man in nursery rhyme |
| 2504 | UPBEAT | What hand is raised for – needing pee, about to burst, wanting the loo ultimately? | anag. less e, o |
| 2477 | SPRAT-WEATHER | What pets are for ultimately – uncertain period extending a bit beyond Christmas Day! | anag. incl. r; ref. ‘A pet is not just for Christmas’ |
| 2425 | EPILIMNION | Simon P is on Galilee’s, faltering – with SOS, gale’s gone | anag. less SOS, gale’s, & lit.; ref. Matthew 14, 29-32 |
| 2334 | ALLELUIAH | Response from us all in the aisles, reborn with wretched sins set aside? | anag. less anag. & lit. |
| 2265 | ESPRIT FORT | Prof. RD’s an atheist – and has this designation possibly? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Richard Dawkins |
| 2200 | BRINDISI | Give possible rendition of this with Greene King – i.e. sing, drinking beer? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2091 | SNIFTER | Jumbly mariners averting ruin — a pinky paper’s absorbed wet | FT in anag. less mar; ref. Edward Lear, ‘The Jumblies’ III, 3, 4 |
| 1967 | SUBORDINATELY | As in ‘B-role’ duty possibly | anag. & lit. |
| 1918 | PALAMPORE | Spread – array of two pages or a meal? | anag. incl. p, p |
| 1818 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | This wheeze? I hope AZ soIver wised up! | comp. anag. & lit.; up = in an excited state |
| 1801 | RUSE DE GUERRE | Using crude Greek horse deceptively? Shocking ——! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Trojan horse |
| 1746 | ENTOMIC | No insect, mite could be in —— set, mistakenly | comp. anag. & lit.; mite is an arachnid |
| 1707 | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | What was assessment of lawn? Good, given a nitrogen-enriched tract of grass | alnage; g + a + N in lea; lawn2 = fabric |
| 1572 | SHIELD-MAY | A possible representation of M. Hilda, yes? | anag. & lit.; ref. Margaret H. Thatcher |
| 1485 | BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left) | What we have in financial paper is an institution for business enthusiast, so I love FT inordinately | ours in be (= bill of exchange); anag. incl. 0 |
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | First thing Cowper has paean about? | C + anag. & lit.; ref. ‘I sing the sofa’ at start of ‘The Task’ by William C. |
| 1281 | ABLUTOMANE | One unbedded in ambulation when perturbed by last vestige of gore? | anag. less I + e; ref. Lady Macbeth |
| 1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | So Greek —— could indefinitely offer more songs, Keats? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ |
| 1100 | CONCORDANCE | New-fashioned cleric has one on a CD to output ‘Elisha’ possibly? | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 1076 | PARLOUR GAMES | What could give Xmas group real excitement with kiss as forfeit? | anag. less X, & lit. |
| 1039 | TOLERABLE | Being otherwise, Albert’s swallowed ’ole | ’ole in anag., ref. M. Edgar: The Lion and Albert |
| 1030 | PASTILLE | Action by sucker may give this reduced radius | pas tille(r), & lit. |
| 1026 | LET-OFF | Aid denied to oft-failed bats? | anag. less aid, & lit. |
| 1000 | ONE THOUSAND | The Sun. No. specially launched with a do | anag. & lit.; ref. AZ 1000 lunch |
| 943 | BARAGOUIN | Obtain Gowers and usage may be reformed as this goes west | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Sir Ernest G., ‘The Complete Plain Words’ |
| 882 | DOSSIER | Second OED is out – the latest thing in computer gathering of reference material | anag. incl. s + r |
| 762 | OBELISE | OED’s ‘boist’ ’owler? Abandoned words to —— | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. word obelised in OED |
| 735 | MALIGN | What a gremlin could be with regard to flying | anag. less re, & lit. |
| 722 | SUPERNACULUM | Until disposal is 100% effective unending nuclear rumpus will brew | anag. less r; ref. Sellafield, etc. |
| 714 | MOTE | Perceive what is within you rather than one in brother | mate with o for a, & lit.; ref. Luke 6:41 |
| 547 | GLEEMAN | Bard puts a touch of magic into E. Lang. and E. Lit. | m in anag.; lit = drunk |
| 366 | MONKEY-SHINE | Hokes in NY me? Perhaps – when respelt! | anag. & lit.; i.e. hoax |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | One who has got out of fighting splashes the Brut about – supposed means of enchanting women for real thrills | anag. incl. c.; anag. incl. w.; ref. Henry Cooper after-shave ad. |
| 100 | CENTENARIAN | An ancient the Queen may get excited | anag. incl. ER, & lit.; ref. Royal telegram |
| 31 | KITCHENDOM | It incorporates equipment around woman of the house | kit c hen dom, & lit. |