Cup Winning clues by J. C. Leyland
All clues by J. C. Leyland
All clues by J. C. Leyland
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. C. Leyland | 204 | 12 | 33 | 159 | 173 | 249 | Mar 1987 | Mar 2022 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2595 | FIFTY YEARS | Showing no end of invention, smart X’s successor held in reverence with ‘special’ for golden occasion | (n)ifty + Y in fear + s; X = Ximenes |
| 2495 | BUNG | Bursting out of stir after screw’s given bribe? | bursting less anag. |
| 2382 | STRIPE def. HARLOT (Wrong Number) | Arrangement of ‘Pirates’ is striking centrepiece for brass band | brass; anag. less a |
| 2378 | PROPOSAL | Rough loo paper’s leaving one’s rear tender | anag. less e |
| 2343 | RESTORE (Printer’s Devilry) | Temptress offered her all, u/p in businessmen’s hotel room | |
| 2296 | IMPROPERLY | How intimate embraces lead to rakish Don Giovanni maybe getting end away? | r oper(a) in imply, & lit. |
| 2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | See plod rebuking a delinquent for what fouls up kerb-loading? | double anag. & lit. |
| 2100 | A STITCH IN TIME | Fitter/machinist adjusted frequently failing part of saw, recommending early repair | anag. less fr |
| 1927 | TONSURE (Spoonerisms) | Yield from our nets hit by erratic harbour’s trade? | hieratic barber’s; anag. |
| 1753 | DIAGONAL | Possibly I do anag. & lit. rendering it lamely: ‘A line doing a slant’ | anag. less it, anag. incl. l, & lit. |
| 1104 | BURYING-PLACES | Havens for those who’ve departed jumping bail, e.g. N. Cyprus | anag.; ref. Azil Nadir scandal |
| 774 | VICTORINE | Trevi – coin thrown – a comfort if cold shouldered? | anag. |