Cup Winning clues by F. E. Newlove
All clues by F. E. Newlove
All clues by F. E. Newlove
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. E. Newlove | 141 | 8 | 13 | 120 | 189 | 162 | Nov 1947 | May 1965 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 851 | Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam) | Black Eye by Dirty Dick out of Mascara | dick, eye = detective |
| 382 | ABSTAIN | Put a saint in a bath of Champagne and see if he does! | St in a bain (Fr.), & lit. |
| 293 | CAB | I’m often picked up in the street; for Spanish gentlemen it’s me before all the pride of Piccadilly! | i.e. cab + all Eros = caballeros |
| 281 | SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number) | Does away with brushes and rags—dusts and shines without polish! | rags; 5 defs.; dust = brawl (inf.), shine = shindy |
| 271 | TRIPLET | Another Bedser might have been the answer, but there wasn’t one—and the tour is bound to suffer | trip, let; ref. identical cricketing twins, Alec & Eric Bedser and 1954 test matches; E.B. was never selected for a test match |
| 223 | MELODRAME | Popular play with surprise ending—the lost earldom comes to ME! | anag. + me, & lit.; i.e. not melodraMA |
| 93 | BUMBLE-PUPPY | Rookies’ irregular use of pack, frowned on by Battle School | cryptic def.; pack of cards; recruits, tyros; ref. Charles Lamb essay ‘Mrs. Battle’s Opinions on Whist’ |
| 63 | STILETTO | It’s to let, you find? But don’t set your heart on it—the rent would take your breath away! | anag.; dagger |