Cup Winning Clues in 1949
◀ 1948 | 1950 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1948 | 1950 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 93 | Jan | BUMBLE-PUPPY | F. E. Newlove | 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’ |
| X | 94 | Jan | SARDELLE | G. G. Lawrance | French Chamber divided—over a confounded red herring by the look of it! | anag. in salle (Fr.) |
| X | 95 | Jan | SPOONER | R. Postill | The Doctor might have described Reggie as a bit fat to play for England | cryptic def.; a fit bat; ref. Reggie Spooner, Lancashire and England batsman, and Rev Dr W. A. S. |
| X | 96 | Feb | INTERLOCK | Mrs B. A. Mallett | If you want to get engaged, there are three occasions you have to shut up about | ter- in inlock |
| X | 97 | Feb | NESTOR | S. B. Green | Heroic Greek crossword composed by Ximenes and Torquemada jointly | i.e. hidden in Ximenes Torquemada |
| X | 98 | Mar | HUMERI | C. Allen Baker | We start to murmur … our anger rises … then we’re up in arms! | hum + ire (rev.) |
| X | 99 | Mar | SCARABEE | E. B. Stevens | How Caesar came to be twisted round Cleopatra’s little finger? | anag. of Caesar be; scarab charm; Antony and C. |
| X | 100 | Apr | Word containing ADDING | E. J. Bell | Summer amongst the heather plays havoc with Nylons | laddering; adder in ling |
| X | 100 | Apr | Word containing ADDING | C. E. Gates | A summer in the heather spells ruin to nylons | laddering; adder in ling |
| X | 100 | Apr | Word containing ADDING | F. C. MacIntosh | Nylons are likely to suffer this summer in the heather! | laddering; adder in ling |
| X | 100 | Apr | Word containing ADDING | Capt C. Tyers | A summer amongst the heather is bad or the hose | laddering; adder in ling |
| X | 101 | Apr | BARRACKS | J. C. W. Springbett | Digs provided or provides digs at Chelsea | 2 mngs. |
| X | 102 | May | ARCHIMEDES | H. C. Pilley | Weight reduction guaranteed on my principle. I give mashed rice | anag.; A.’s principle |
| X | 103 | May | MOSES | C. A. Thorogood | The mosquitoes leave nothing out, he prophesied | mosquitoes less quit 0; plagues of Egypt |
| X | 104 | May | STARE (Printer’s Devilry) | Miss D. W. Taylor | Eureka! I’ve come across a flat Atla/ntic, rowing! | |
| X | 105 | Jun | SMITHEREENS | E. R. Prentice | State of a steamship blown apart by an exploded mine: yet the waist’s there in one piece! | there in anag. of mine in SS, & lit. |
| X | 106 | Jun | HELIOTROPE | T. E. Sanders | I laid into the slave with a rope end for making a bloomer | I in helot + rope |
| X | 107 | Jul | STRAMASH | E. A. G. Junks | What a shindy when one section of the band is a bar ahead of the other! | tram3 in sash; i.e. separates sections s and ash |
| X | 108 | Jul | HACKNEY | P. Irving | Gee! Wouldn’t one have to cut without Marshal(l) Aid! | i.e. hack(Ney); ref. Marshal N. and US post-war aid [see comments] |
| X | 109 | Aug | PERI | J. Talman | Sindbad had one in every pier | anag.; ref. “girl in every port” |
| X | 110 | Aug | LEVIGATE | Col P. S. Baines | Smooth passage after a vile storm | anag. of vile + gate |
| X | 111 | Sep | PLEASANT | R. O’Donoghue | ‘Winning’ mount passes the post | 2 mngs.; ref. Mount P. sorting office, London |
| X | 112 | Sep | SHEET (DLM) | R. Postill | Undergraduates Heckle Attlee—Senior Proctor Acts—Ten Sent Down | ref. Acts 10:11 |
| X | 113 | Oct | CRICKETER | W. R. Watson-Smyth | Wanted. A Morris 1948 Sports Tourer, left-hand drive, or similar | cryptic def.; ref. Arthur M., l.h. batsman in Australia’s unbeaten 1948 tour |
| X | 114 | Oct | TAPPIT-HEN | L. C. Wright | Chopin’s greater compatriot—originator of many Scottish reels | chopin1 = Scottish measure containing about a quart; drunken reeling |
| X | 115 | Oct | MISNOMER | D. P. M. Michael | Result of getting wrong first answer to Catechism is me! | anag. of N or M is me, and lit.; ref. C of E Catechism, “Q: What is your name? A: N. or M.” |
| X | 116 | Nov | WATERLOO | P. H. Rowley | Last stand of old buffers resisting Southern infiltration | double mng.; ref. Old Guard of French army, and station for trains south |
| X | 117 | Nov | LION | A. H. Taylor | For my part, one swallow is certainly not sufficient sign that summer is here | 2 mngs; Zodiac sign Leo Jul–Aug |
| X | 118 | Xmas | MARAVEDI | C. Allen Baker | Winds varied in the morning: hail during the day to the north of the Pyrenees: little change to the south | anag. of varied, a.m.; ave in mardi (Fr.Tuesday) |
| X | 119 | Xmas | UMBLE-PIE | W. K. M. Slimmings | If the bird’s off, you’ll be having the doctor in most of Christmas! You certainly won’t like eating it | MB in (y)ule + pie3 |