Cup Winning Clues in 1951

Cup Winning Clues in 1951
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
X	157	Jan	ORANGE	A. E. Clayton	In case it is packed at Covent Garden, try the stalls at “Carousel”	cryptic def.; ref. fruit market, opera house and nearby Drury Lane Theatre, where ‘orange-girl’ Nell Gwyn worked, and ‘Carousel’ played in 1950
X	158	Jan	RATING	T. Bilsborough	Scolding at being included in call-up	at in ring & lit.
X	159	Feb	SPANIEL	D. P. M. Michael	Lies curled up taking nap—let him sleep	anag. of lies, nap; “let sleeping dogs lie”
X	160	Feb	RASCAL (Printer’s Devilry)	G. G. Lawrance	If the Government ration sex, T/ories will be a problem for the housewives!	ref. food rationing
X	161	Mar	TILLER	D. A. Nicholls	Keep your head, cox, or I’ll show you who’s master	i.e. (c)ox, & lit.; t. of boat and t. = master of ox
X	162	Mar	TITANESS	D. P. M. Michael	Seat isn’t made to hold her!	anag. & lit.
X	163	Apr	LORICATE	Mrs N. Jarman	The White Knight was making Alice giddy with burbled rot!	anag.; ref. “Through the Looking-Glass”
X	164	Apr	NEWTON	C. Allen Baker	One who is “fresh” and not well brought up is notable for making advances with his optics!	new + not (rev.); ref. Conduitt’s description of a “fresh-faced” Isaac N. and his early years, fatherless with absentee mother
X	165	Apr	CABBAGE	W. K. M. Slimmings	One of two joint accompanists picked for a performance of Madame Butterfly!	cryptic def.; meat & two veg.; cabbage-butterfly
X	166	May	RACHIDES	C. J. Morse	You can’t strip the skin from them without showing a sign of a sore back	i.e. r. less hide = scar (rev.), & lit.
X	167	May	PARMESAN	Mrs N. Jarman	Rasp me freely, right up to an end	anag. + an, & lit.
X	168	Jun	PIPS (Misprints)	Mrs J. H. C. Lawlor	Married by the Captain, on deck, we are, content of heart and hopeful of issue in due season	carried; 3 mngs.; deck = pack of cards
X	169	Jun	HOUSE	E. J. Rackham	An unsatisfactory one, say Tories, till you put us in!	us in hoe; ref. House of Commons, Labour Govt. in 1951 [see comments]
X	170	Jul	GUINEA	H. Rainger	The rhino from West Equatorial Africa	2 mngs.
X	171	Jul	SERINGAS	E. L. Hillman	Trees naturally provide a little bird with something to step on	serin, gas; “step on the gas”
X	172	Aug	GARNISHER	L. E. Thomas	Though there’s only a piece of fish in store for him, he’ll dress for dinner	(f)ish in garner
X	173	Aug	HATCHING	M. Newman	Lining needed for cells of white-coated prisoners that are almost crackers!	2 mngs; hatch³; eggs; ref. padded cells
X	174	Sep	ANACREONTICS	J. H. Dingwall	Car so ancient, it needs reconditioning. Try Cowley works	anag.; ref. Abraham C., English poet, and Cowley car plant
X	175	Sep	HAIR-LINE	Mrs J. H. C. Lawlor	Women make up to me, though I may be stringy and thin and a bit worn	2 mngs.
X	176	Sep	SPIGOT	C. E. Gates	A splutter when it’s about to start? Must be one of the plugs!	go in spit
X	177	Oct	DESOLATE	J. F. N. Wedge	Flat, empty, to lease, by arrangement, after beginning of December	D + anag.
X	178	Oct	HIDEOUS	E. W. Richart	All too plain! Composition of House changed, but divided about as before	id. in anag.; ref. 1951 Gen. Election
X	179	Nov	CADRE	D. P. M. Michael	Establishment of peace could be crazy crusade without us	anag. less us & lit.
X	180	Nov	HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)	Mrs J. H. C. Lawlor	Company—steady, men—’shun! S/tand at ease!
X	181	Dec	HANGABLE	D. J. Furley	Constable’s work may secure this verdict in England: in America they prefer warmer execution	double mng.; ref. painter, electric chair
X	182	Xmas	MISTLETOE	R. J. Hall	I’m held in suspense at The Family Reunion. You’ll find me full of T. S. Eliot’s eccentric characters	anag. in me; ref. his play, “The F. R.”, 1939
X	183	Xmas	SAUSAGES	G. H. McConnell	Have they the guts to retain their secrets? Some have been known to split under a grilling	cryptic def.; ref. intestinal casings