Cup Winning clues by D. H. Tompsett
All clues by D. H. Tompsett
All clues by D. H. Tompsett
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. H. Tompsett | 93 | 4 | 8 | 81 | 220 | 105 | Jun 1969 | Mar 1994 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1139 | BENJAMIN | What’s ‘Wedgy’ in his family circles: a pet name? | jam i’ in Benn; ref. Tony (Wedgwood) B. |
| 939 | A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left) | ‘Nonpareil’ apple-crusher ejects every other core and Coxes’ peel mashed in the twister | alternate letters; anag. incl. C(oxe)s |
| 818 | EMBUSQUÉ | Skipper? Board dismissing for example Caine’s! | embus + Que(eg); ref. ‘The Caine Mutiny’ |
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 1167 | REBATO (Printer’s Devilry) | The Lord had a tho/ught: Ask for Moses | Horeb; Deut. 4:10 |
| 1066 | RAVE / PAIR (DLM) | Slavering over his flame—the least inspirational of spectacles | flame, vb.; pair of spectacles, cricket |