Cup Winning clues by Miss D. W. Taylor
All clues by Miss D. W. Taylor
All clues by Miss D. W. Taylor
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss D. W. Taylor | 70 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 63 | 83 | May 1949 | Oct 1962 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | To lead the male astray—that describes my calling | astral; star man, & lit. |
| 690 | ASCERTAIN | Find the right answer? Sure—the first of April’s over! | A ’s certain; date of puzzle |
| 678 | TESSELLATED | One needs to fix up one’s offspring when about so high, growing up—so the little things are diapered! | set (rev.) + tall (rev.) in seed; so high = very high; see diaper in C. |
| 595 | INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left) | I’ve a favourite spot that doesn’t close! Crazy to go over it? Give me a ring first—I’m Gaby, modelling Parisian black, neat but not gaudy! | 0 + mad + haun(t); anag. incl. noir (Fr.); see gaby in C. |
| 104 | STARE (Printer’s Devilry) | Eureka! I’ve come across a flat Atla/ntic, rowing! | |