Cup Winning Clues in 1958

Cup Winning Clues in 1958
◀ 1957 | 1959 ▶ | Other years

		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
X	469	Jan	DAISY	R. N. Chignell	Girl who did not have a stylish service weeded out early at Wimbledon	2 mngs.; ref. “Daisy, Daisy”
X	473	Feb	LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry)	E. L. Hayward	If Adam se/ek, eternal Eve merely waits to be revealed
X	477	Mar	SEDATENESS	P. W. W. Leach	Riotous strip-tease ends with abandoned dance—observed in the usual butler’s manner!	anag. less trip [see comments]
X	482	Apr	LEASING-MAKER	C. R. Dean	One who converts by letting false images rankle	leasing + maker, anag. & lit.
X	486	May	BARACAN	H. Walsham	Strong material one might put behind where the elbows bend	bar a can, & lit.; i.e. bar in a pub
X	490	Jun	CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)	Mrs N. Jarman	After a hundred real jerks, no portion of me is thick	portion; C + anag.; soup
X	495	Jul	PARTISAN	T. W. Melluish	Among ardent Rightists and Leftists a crab is included	is in partan
X	500	Aug	MOTHERS-IN-LAW	R. H. Ashworth	Conjugal relations suffer when it’s moral to be remarried	anag.; suffer = allow, marry = unite
X	504	Sep	LEAD-LINE	C. J. Morse	Here’s this ice-bound water system—and the plumber has to let me down!	lead line; lead = channel among ice, line = system
X	508	Oct	CUMBERGROUND	B. G. Palmer	Do you know the holder of the “Bun Record” Mug? The (White) Elephant!	anag.
X	512	Nov	NAYLOR (Libel)	E. R. Prentice	She can spin a yarn about love after fifty—she’s no beginner either!	L 0 in anag., nay L or
X	517	Dec	CAROTID	Rev Canon C. M. Broun	If this bursts you might get a doctor (though it’d mean getting one for nothing). Get the hearse to come round, I should	anag. with I for 0, car + to (rev.) + I’d, & lit.
X	519	Xmas	RIDICULE (DLM)	F. Aylmer	Why did Irish mockery make Il Duce irate? Because the Eire the Führer