Cup Winning Clues in 1962
◀ 1961 | 1963 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1961 | 1963 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 678 | Jan | TESSELLATED | Miss D. W. Taylor | One needs to fix up one’s offspring when about so high, growing up—so the little things are diapered! | set (rev.) + tall (rev.) in seed; so high = very high; see diaper in C. |
| X | 682 | Feb | PARAMOUR / CHIN (Right and Left) | Mrs E. McFee | Plain primitive word suitable for Lady Chatterley’s Lover … / … in which indecorum is a prominent feature | paramo ur & lit.; hidden |
| X | 686 | Mar | FEMALE | Mrs N. Jarman | Like Eve—(“Me with only one ragged leaf to wiggle about in!”) | anag. incl. me |
| X | 690 | Apr | ASCERTAIN | Miss D. W. Taylor | Find the right answer? Sure—the first of April’s over! | A ’s certain; date of puzzle |
| X | 694 | Apr | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | S. B. Green | Bull? On the regimental notice-board the c/hit appears! | bull = spit-and-polish; Irish bull2 |
| X | 700 | Jun | SOLOMON | T. N. Nesbitt | Wise family man takes lone Whitsun hol. | solo Mon. |
| X | 703 | Jul | SCAPEMENT | W. H. Pegram | I’m very close to the verge: a false step can put me in! | me in anag.; verge of clock |
| X | 708 | Aug | HEARTS | T. E. Sanders | The Rear Admiral’s on the quarter-deck and gives encouragement | anag. incl. RA’s, 2 defs.; on = getting drunk; deck of cards; heart, vb. |
| X | 712 | Sep | RHEUMATICKY | Mrs J. Thomas | Shifting mucky earth I get painfully stiff | anag. |
| X | 717 | Oct | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | Miss D. W. Taylor | To lead the male astray—that describes my calling | astral; star man, & lit. |
| X | 721 | Nov | KERB-MERCHANT | S. B. Green | St. Leger? Sometimes—but the backing of horses is rare for me nowadays | cryptic def.; i.e. Street swindler; leger1 |
| X | 725 | Dec | SILENUS | R. E. Scraton | Old Baldy’s always dozing; if we disturb him, he gives us lines! | anag. & lit.; S. prophesied when roused from drunken sleep; lines = one’s lot in life |
| X | 728 | Xmas | ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent) | R. Postill | M.C.C., probably well advised to ba-t, dissipated alarm about Dexter’s openers | De(xter) in anag.; MCC = Member of County Council; bant = diet, aldermanly = pompous & portly; ref. Ted D., England batsman |