Cup Winning clues by Dr S. J. Shaw
All clues by Dr S. J. Shaw
All clues by Dr S. J. Shaw
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr S. J. Shaw | 107 | 10 | 12 | 85 | 59 | 129 | Apr 2011 | May 2022 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2603 | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | After dismissing jolly, Starmer’s ordered to reveal what could lie behind dreadful Labour experience | behind; anag. less RM; ref. ‘beergate’ |
| 2543 | CABRETTA | Skins of Argentine ruminant, processed with currying after being tanned initially | anag. of outer and first letters, & lit. |
| 2517 | LITERATIM | Working on ancient codex thus could give one identical Romanic text | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2480 | STOCKING FILLERS | I reckon small gifts expressing the essence of Xmas can constitute these | anag. less ma, & lit. |
| 2417 | ALTARAGE / PROPOSAL (Right and Left) | Sunday’s offerings get two answers arranged with a ‘Right & Left’ design, a line below favouring Chambers | anag. incl. a, a, r, l: pro + pos + a l |
| 2230 | GATES OF DEATH | These part to reveal alternative fates, God above and devilish heat below | anag. + anag., & lit. |
| 2161 | FARRAGO | Term for clutter encapsulated by jumbled contents of garage and loft | r in anag. less outer letters, & lit. |
| 2139 | DE RIGUEUR | Fashion guru’s term, Gallic in origin and required without question | anag. incl. u, g less q, & lit. |
| 2126 | DESPERATE | Smash US TV series heaped woe for such housewives | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2027 | THRENETICAL | Composing such poems could show I lament the corpse | comp. anag. & lit. |