Cup Winning clues by C. E. Gates
All clues by C. E. Gates
All clues by C. E. Gates
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. E. Gates | 58 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 82 | 66 | Apr 1949 | Aug 1953 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 243 | LODESTAR | Leader of the Magi, subtly portrayed by del Sarto | anag.; ref. Andrea d. S., Renaissance painter |
| 176 | SPIGOT | A splutter when it’s about to start? Must be one of the plugs! | go in spit |
| 100 | Word containing ADDING | A summer in the heather spells ruin to nylons | laddering; adder in ling |