Cup Winning Clues in 1959

Cup Winning Clues in 1959
◀ 1958 | 1960 ▶ | Other years

		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
X	521	Jan	SOUP	F. D. H. Atkinson	Originally came from good stock, but has deteriorated since coming into a packet	cryptic def.
X	525	Feb	MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)	R. N. Haygarth	I’ve found that red Graves. Impact is terrific. Would you rather have (hi/c) Guinness?	Michael Redgrave, Alec Guinness
X	529	Mar	BUTTY-COLLIER	F. D. H. Atkinson	In t’pit an acquaintance forced by t’cruel toil	anag. & lit.
X	534	Apr	RAIL-SPLITTER	Maj A. S. Birt	Mock headache? One can make a real bar against unwanted company!	rail splitter
X	538	May	BANISHING	B. J. Iliffe	He that prigs what isn’t hisn in bag rightly gets this!	anag. & lit.; prig³
X	543	Jun	NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left)	F. B. Stubbs	Found rooting about the bank—could spell ruin at Old Street—magistrate’s livery	anag.; 2 mngs.; ref. Ermine St., old Roman Road, and O.S. Magistrate’s Court
X	547	Jul	STORMY	Mrs E. Shackleton	Kind of stage setting for beginning of Macbeth	M in story, & lit.; story² = kind of stage
X	551	Aug	PITCHER	R. Postill	Hell! Monmartre’s expensive. Well … I mustn’t go there too often or I’ll be broke!	pit + cher (Fr.); ref. proverb, “The p. that goes too often to the well is broken at last”
X	555	Aug	JURYWOMAN	B. G. Quin	This bird works with her beak, having a rake round wormy ground	anag. in (Don) Juan
X	560	Oct	CONGENITALLY	R. Postill	Ab ovo … leave the egg and all your original character is latent thus	congé nit all y(our), & lit.
X	564	Nov	SHE-BEAR	Mrs J. Robertson	One who licks her babes heartlessly into shape	anag. incl. ba(b)es, & lit.
X	569	Dec	PROPOSAL	S. B. Green	A little persuasive argument, quietly, also brokenly presented—that’s the way to make it!	pro¹ p + anag., & lit.
X	571	Xmas	PESTER	R. R. Greenfield	Badger should be here: look closely about both ends of sett	s(et)t in peer; osmose, morses, crosse, rosace