Cup Winning clues by R. J. Hooper
All clues by R. J. Hooper
All clues by R. J. Hooper
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. J. Hooper | 192 | 19 | 27 | 146 | 115 | 238 | Feb 1976 | Nov 2011 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2058 | ROBUST | Tough as old boots from crate in cobblers | bus in rot |
| 1958 | HANGDOG | It’s looking like a wet weekend with chill to follow | hang + dog |
| 1752 | MIDWINTER | Time around which man taking sack maybe appears after dark’s returned | dim (rev.) + t in winer, & lit.; sack3 |
| 1700 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | ‘In Foreign Office I’ve hit trouble,’ the PM bristles | I’ve in FO + clock shadow |
| 1544 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry) | Castro perhaps in troop making entrance after complete internal revolution | portal with inside letters reversed |
| 1385 | PANTRIES | What maids must step into daily when apprehending dinner’s close? | r in panties, & lit. |
| 1363 | MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number) | Bird having to strip is in the buff | strip; mav(is) + in |
| 1290 | NITERIE | Dive made from upturned punts | i.e. Eire tin (rev.) |
| 1113 | EMPLASTRUM | Mutton and rump with salt in caper and mustard dressing, perhaps | em + anag.; ref. mustard plaster |
| 1048 | GALLOPADE | In which horse takes step to its side instead of the usual way | pad + (hors)e for way in Galloway, & lit. |
| 956 | SPEAR-SIDE | Dies out after a person’s popped off without male issue | anag. less son + anag., & lit. |
| 947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | Ill-doers push crack? No crack here – just a joint given a pull | anag.; ref. drugs |
| 920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | Lord King detains staff with pained expression: “I’ll have BA back in front, well ahead of KLM” | cross in Christ R + ow; ref. British Airways chairman |
| 688 | CUCURBITAL | What makes ‘gourdy’ when defined by coot et al? | curb in cuit + al, & lit.; curb, disease of horses; coot2 |
| 662 | BARGE-COUPLE | Sawyer’s contribution to topping story shows the lighter Twain | barge couple; ref. Mark T. |
| 653 | INTERNUNCIO | One not effective in bending certain union | anag. less a, & lit.; ref. miners’ strike |
| 255 | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | Year J. Bull loves E.R. II afresh | anag. & lit. |
| 216 | SCANTITY | You’re sure to get it in a second lean year | it in s cant2 y, & lit. |
| 203 | BOGY | Dogberry’s role: —— errors led astray? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. constable in Much Ado… |