Cup Winning Clues in 1947

Cup Winning Clues in 1947
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
X	41	Jan	ALTOGETHER	T. C. Fitzpatrick	Larghetto e rubato (tutti)	anag.; musical terms
X	42	Jan	HALLANSHAKER	S. B. Green	The solicitor’s firm	cryptic def.; ‘sturdy beggar’ in C.
X	43	Feb	DRESSING	Rev E. B. Peel	Sauce for the goose-step?	2 mngs.; d. = proper alignment of troops, drill (OED); pun on ‘sauce for the goose’
X	44	Feb	PARIS	F. R. L. Green	Where to find errant couples?	anag. of pairs, & lit.
X	45	Mar	RATTENED	D. I. Randell	Scabotaged?	cryptic def.; rat = scab = strike-breaker
X	46	Mar	LYSANDER	C. R. Malcolm	Loved her dissolute French friend and caused some talk	her + anag. of ami (Fr) = Hermia, lover of L. in MND; ref. ‘Some talk of… L.’, song ‘The British Grenadiers’
X	47	Mar	GLOCKENSPIEL	T. W. Melluish	Sounds like Bellman’s or Ringwood’s instrument—especially after clog-dance	anag. of clog + ‘kens Peel’; ref. song ‘John Peel’, “Ranter and Ringwood and Bellman and True”
X	48	Apr	ADONIS (Knock-knock)	W. E. Green (Beverley)	—— or boo: Ah just throws tomatoes	I don’t hiss
X	49	Apr	ESPERANTO	W. K. M. Slimmings	The tongue that Shakespeare spake? Only when you analyse him literally, and not otherwise!	anag. of speare not; i.e. shake speare
X	50	May	APOSTLE	P. H. Taylor	No wooden spoon for the champion!	2 mngs.
X	51	May	LLANELLY	Mrs B. A. Mallett	All back Orange Girl for the Welsh Town Selling Plate	all (rev.) + Nelly; ref. Nell Gwyn, tin plate manufacture
X	52	Jun	RATION	A. E. Smith	Tranio, disguised, offers a thin and slender pittance	anag.; ref. The Taming of the Shrew IV.4.61
X	53	Jun	SHIN	R. Postill	Tramp, well fitted for conversion into light cutter	Shin(well); ref. Emanuel S., Min. of Fuel and Power, and power cuts of winter 1946-7; tramp vb. and n. (cargo boat)
X	54	Jun	SPONGE	Mrs D. M. D’Eath	How to do the washing with half the soap gone and no pegs	anags. of s(oa)p gone, no pegs
X	55	Jul	NAUSEANT	T. E. Sanders	The reappearance of the sun before the first of April will bring back the swallows	anag. of sun ante A
X	56	Aug	SHEEP-RUN	W. K. M. Slimmings	It might suggest a Bach chorale, or a baa corral! (Puns here are out of place!)	2 defs., anag.; ref. “Sheep may safely graze”
X	57	Aug	THEORBOS	T. E. Sanders	Got the ball on the bony part of the nose, but pluckily played on	the orb (n)os(e); os = bone
X	58	Aug	ECLIPSE	L. E. Thomas	In abnormal English September 151 in the shade!	CLI in anag. of E Sep
X	59	Sep	TAME	J. D. P. O’Leary	Check: mate in two moves	i.e. mate is two letter moves from tame
X	59	Sep	TAME	Dr K. P. Whitehead	Check, and mate in two moves	i.e. mate is two letter moves from tame
X	60	Sep	HEEL	H. C. Hills	Supply dollars in the eleventh hour? Just the spur we need!	2 defs., hidden
X	61	Oct	CREASY	L. E. Eyres	Historian describing the rout of the Armada gives the credit to a midshipman	cr. Easy; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C., and fictional character Midshipman Easy
X	62	Oct	HERCULES	A. H. Taylor	No load-shedding needed on this grid, by Jove!	cryptic def.; ref. the burden of Atlas, power cuts, national power grid and crossword grid
X	63	Nov	STILETTO	F. E. Newlove	It’s to let, you find? But don’t set your heart on it—the rent would take your breath away!	anag.; dagger
X	64	Nov	GLASTONBURY	R. Postill	Not “The Stolen Bacillus,” but another sort of “lost bug” yarn by Wells	anag.; ref. short story by H. G. Wells; Wells, Somerset
X	65	Dec	PIVOT	F. C. MacIntosh	Set-back to eminent personage, usually right in the front rank	to VIP (rev.); ref. military drill
X	66	Xmas	CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPET	Maj A. H. Giles	After Christmas dinner I have a nap. If completely laid out I may be under the table!	2 cryptic defs.; nap²