Cup Winning clues by J. A. Fincken
All clues by J. A. Fincken
All clues by J. A. Fincken
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. A. Fincken | 75 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 106 | 90 | Feb 1953 | Aug 1973 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | GROCETERIA | Try it for, e.g. cream crackers – forget F&M! | anag. less F, M, & lit.; Fortnum and Mason |
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 1135 | HILAIRE BELLOC | A product of Balliol, I, here reaching a centenary | anag. + C, & lit.; born 1870; “B. made me …” |
| 412 | SERVIETTE | Does Hubby not get one at the lunch table? Then you’ve set it ever so carelessly! | anag. & lit. |
| 395 | SCALE-ARMOUR | The making of mail bags etc. without a break cures a moral delinquent | anag.; mail2; bags = trousers |
| 231 | PREAMBLE | Page after page after page before the blessed start! | p + ream + ble(ssed), & lit. |
| 217 | DEPOSIT | One means of making a dope refrain from standing | anag. + sit, & lit.; i.e. candidate’s election d. |