Cup Winning Clues in 1956

Cup Winning Clues in 1956
◀ 1955 | 1957 ▶ | Other years

		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
X	369	Jan	BERET	Mrs J. O. Fuller	Remember ether masks what is usually felt!	hidden
X	373	Feb	PRESTONPANS	R. N. Chignell	Fashion page article in several papers encouraged wearers of kilts	ton² p. an in press
X	377	Mar	MALISON	J. F. N. Wedge	No wishing-well supplies man’s oil—it’s a matter of blasting and hoping for a strike	anag., 2 defs.
X	382	Apr	ABSTAIN	F. E. Newlove	Put a saint in a bath of Champagne and see if he does!	St in a bain (Fr.), & lit.
X	386	May	CLEITHRAL	W. M. Easther	Certainly well-covered up above—call it her “bust,” perhaps	anag.
X	390	Jul	HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)	C. O. Butcher	Any M.P. has, we’re told, hopes for immortality after tribulations here—a c/ross in vocation?	Eros’s
X	395	Aug	SCALE-ARMOUR	J. A. Fincken	The making of mail bags etc. without a break cures a moral delinquent	anag.; mail²; bags = trousers
X	400	Sep	Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)	R. Postill	A result of stirring up s-e-x in one (13)	concupiscence; anag. & lit.; x = CCCC
X	404	Oct	POLENTA	S. B. Green	Bed-sitter in Italy to let (furnished) with a suitable breakfast provided	Po lent a; i.e. river bed; lend = let, furnish
X	408	Nov	BILLET	R. N. Chignell	I got into a performance of the Bolshoi without a ticket	I in b(a)llet
X	412	Dec	SERVIETTE	J. A. Fincken	Does Hubby not get one at the lunch table? Then you’ve set it ever so carelessly!	anag. & lit.
X	415	Xmas	When the snow lay round about (Anagram)	Mrs N. Fisher	“What laud you?” “The new-born Son”
X	415	Xmas	When the snow lay round about (Anagram)	E. L. Mellersh	“What laud you?” “The new-born Son”
X	415	Xmas	When the snow lay round about (Anagram)	J. J. Moore	“What laud you?” “The new-born Son”
X	415	Xmas	When the snow lay round about (Anagram)	W. H. W. Ridley	“What laud you?” “The new-born Son”