Cup Winning clues by B. Greer
All clues by B. Greer
All clues by B. Greer
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Greer | 53 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 42 | 67 | Dec 1974 | Mar 1991 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 982 | ALMANAC | List of year’s events must include Azed’s first thousand and a clan regathering | anag. incl. A, M; ref. forthcoming AZ 1000 celebration |
| 887 | MONSTER | Some in Commons term Mrs. T. one, abusively | hidden, anag., & lit. |
| 300 | SLINK-BUTCHER | He offers terrible chunks without hesitation in a shambles | anag. less er, & lit. |
| 208 | RALPH | What makes ‘poetic river’ appear as ‘poetic rover’? | i.e. R. Alph as Ralph, & lit.; ref. Coleridge, ‘Kubla Khan’ and Southey, ‘R. the Rover’ |
| 165 | Lance, pompano, bonito, porbeagle, thornback, menhaden, albacore, huso (Anagram) | People can catch ‘em, hook ‘em, one and all, using a net, bob, barb, or harpoon | |
| 146 | CHARADES | They may be made up by dear Azed each Xmas (deduction of first and second parts required) | anag. of (de)ar (Az)ed (ea)ch (Xm)as, & lit. |