Cup Winning clues by G. H. Willett
All clues by G. H. Willett
All clues by G. H. Willett
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. H. Willett | 138 | 8 | 15 | 115 | 226 | 161 | Feb 1952 | May 2020 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | The uncanny faculty, the number and range staggering – what makes you better and better? What’s the catch? | ESP + anag. incl. n |
| 2279 | CLEMENTINE | Eminent Liberal calling for reform in Church? That doesn’t describe many Popes | anag. incl. L in CE |
| 1524 | INGRATITUDE | Guttering laid badly, leads missing – sin of omission of roofer? | anag. less first letters; roofer = thank-you letter |
| 1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | Symbol of orotundity, Times cross over lightweight material | rotundity; O x ford |
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 1002 | PILLAGE | Be a stripper—put a becoming behind in the big money | lag in pile |
| 832 | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | How can you make “in the manner of Penelope” mean unwifely? | unwisely; i.e. Penny-wise |
| 241 | MANDOLINE | It rouses a song and dance, this race swindle with a telephone-cable | man do line; Bath racecourse swindle of 16 July 1953 involved cutting of cable |
| 187 | GROWLER | Improve the pound by the end of September? It might come as a jar to the American public | grow L (Septemb)er; ref. Britain’s improving economy in 1952 |