Cup Winning Clues in 1957

Cup Winning Clues in 1957
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
X	417	Jan	SINECURE	Mrs N. Jarman	What could be nicer, with a good screw, and less use?	i.e. anag. incl. use, & lit.; screw = wages
X	421	Feb	DOVETAIL	H. Rotter	A tough joint is a devil to cut up!	anag.
X	425	Mar	TRAVERSE	R. N. Chignell	How gunners get a line on either end of the target	t RA verse, & lit.
X	430	Apr	GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)	Mrs G. Colley	I’m too bi/otic—ants, lice—a bit “off,” I’m afraid
X	434	May	CARTON	C. J. Morse	Contra-revolutionary hero who made the tumbril proceed	anag., cart on, & lit.; ref. Sydney C., ‘A Tale of Two Cities’
X	438	Jun	MACARONI	C. Allen Baker	It must be swell, being a little waterproof duck in a rain-storm!	mac + O in anag.
X	443	Jul	HALF-SEAS-OVER	C. R. Dean	“Ah for a vessel” that’s not right; what comes before “full of the warm South”?	anag.; ref. Keats, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, “Oh for a beaker”
X	447	Aug	TOUSLE	A. Robins	Let us stand by the Sovereign, beset by extreme Member—and let’s see the end of the matter!	us + L (£1) in toe: end = object; matter = one who mats; ref. article by John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham, attacking the Queen, Aug 1957
X	451	Sep	MEGAPODE	S. B. Green	I put out the clutch on a hill, and a small boy in the way beats a retreat!	page² (rev.) in mode
X	456	Oct	PLAFOND	S. Goldie	You see many admiring me in the Sistine Chapel almost fall head over heels in the piscina!	fal(l) (rev.) in pond
X	460	Nov	ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)	H. S. Tribe	Open winder? Then no mats is shaken	wonder; anag.
X	464	Dec	STRAWED	Mrs N. Fisher	With Dawn’s complexion aid, beauty culture’s up to you—spread over once	dew art’s (all rev.)
X	467	Xmas	A humorous definition (Humorous definition)	V. Jennings	DYE—Stain, as used to preserve the colour of the hair, and the illusions cherished beneath it