Cup Winning Clues in 1961

Cup Winning Clues in 1961
◀ 1960 | 1962 ▶ | Other years

		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
X	626	Jan	WOMAN-TIRED	C. O. Butcher	Yesterday was too mild to wear trousers, to-day seems too gusty for skirts: that’s Eve with clothes!	woman + tired (= clothed); gusty = irritable, skirts = women
X	630	Feb	STREAKY	J. Thompson	This kind of shot is hit into the air, with not quite the full pace in it	trea(d) in sky, & lit.; shot, adj.; sky, vb.; ref. cricket [see comments]
X	634	Mar	BEDSTEAD	C. J. Morse	To lie still is not enough here; both sides of the sheet must be tucked in	be + s(hee)t in dead, & lit.
X	638	Apr	BUREAUCRAT	P. H. Morgan	A zealous official’s a snag over the water at Boulogne—the last bit comes out of the case!	bur (= sharp protrusion) + eau (Fr.) + crat(e)
X	642	Apr	SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)	F. D. Gardiner	“What’s in Africa?” s/es Rab (bit cut up and white). “Sauce! We’ll stick to S.A., lad!”
X	647	Jun	MADCAP	E. Gomersall	Cake with nuts on top	mad + cap; C. gives cake = madcap
X	651	Jul	NIPCHEESE	C. O. Butcher	Lavish presentations are not my line—the likes of Felix and Mickey Mouse satisfy me!	nip³ cheese; i.e. what F. & M.M. like
X	656	Aug	FIDDLESTICKS	J. Fryde	Plays about with internal control-rod? It’s all malarkey to the Yanks	stick in fiddles [see comments]
X	660	Sep	RUBBER (Misprints)	R. N. Chignell	The aches may come back after another of these; you need a masseur	ashes; 2 mngs.
X	664	Oct	MANIPULATE	R. B. Adcock	Not abed after midnight is to retire anything but early: do what Sir Toby did to that conclusion!	up in a.m. (all rev.) + late; ref. Twelfth Night II.3.1
X	669	Nov	DRUM	S. B. Green	A ridge of high pressure	2 mngs.
X	673	Dec	ERISTICAL	C. Koop	Regarding con´troversy or controv´ersy, it is clear which is wrong	anag.
X	676	Xmas	TRELLIS (DLM)	D. Hawson	Like a giggle? Then hear Charlie Chestnutt tell risqué tales on Borderline network to-night!