Cup Winning clues by Dr I. S. Fletcher
All clues by Dr I. S. Fletcher
All clues by Dr I. S. Fletcher
Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr I. S. Fletcher | 213 | 16 | 21 | 176 | 195 | 250 | Feb 1983 | Dec 2020 |
No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
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2530 | STUDENTY | This life requires working yet it’s led with fun | comp. anag. & lit. |
2399 | CHARMEUSE | Wanting soft weave purchase me, perhaps | anag. less p, & lit. |
2325 | MASON | Murray’s first since old number one Perry associated with court | M + as + o + n; ref. Fred P., Perry Mason |
2135 | LOB | You might see this used in mixed doubles | comp. anag. & lit. |
2118 | BLOKEISH | Like mixing with the boys, rugged yet outgoing | anag. less anag., & lit. |
1971 | WATERMANSHIP | Craft apt when aim’s Head of the River | anag. incl. R, & lit. |
1858 | HUMONGOUS | Whacking no good for Greyfriars’ most seen character in comic? | humorous with ng for r; ref. Billy Bunter in ‘The Magnet’ |
1849 | AUXESIS | A change from six EU’s shown? | a + anag., & lit.; ref. enlargement of EU/EEC from original number |
1792 | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | Alarm raised when those packing food spotted grey mould in meat set for café | appal + as (f)oo(d) (rev.); anag. |
1641 | GADGETEER | I, with love for a bit of gismology, could be eccentric to a degree | anag. with g for O, & lit. |
1602 | FENESTRA | Hole in one’s after playing shot of round | anag. less O |
1247 | PREDICANT | See me spouting from Corner? | predica(me)nt & lit.; ref. Speakers’ Corner |
1186 | GRISELDA | Job as woman? Work lies in form of drag | anag. in anag. |
868 | ROLAND (2 clues + def. of contents) (Parcels) | Letters? Arranging all I’d end as champion for a Scrabble game | landladies, faro; anag.; anag. |
675 | CONSTERNATE | Cannot steer when sick render low | anag. |
564 | PARAMENT | Forerunner of paper, one for the church, perhaps | a for ch in parchment, & lit. |