Cup Winning Clues in 1963
◀ 1962 | 1964 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1962 | 1964 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 730 | Jan | ARCH-PIRATE | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | For a whimsical version of me in a libretto, read Barrie. Capt. Hook | anag. of (b)arriecapth(ook), & lit.; ref. Peter Pan (1954 Musical) |
| X | 734 | Feb | NASALITY | F. G. Illingworth | One result of the continued cold—nearly all stay in, well wrapped up | anag. incl. al(l); ref. harsh winter of 1962/3 |
| X | 738 | Mar | ANAESTHETIC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | I can see that, mistakenly, a number of people like snow! | anag.; that which numbs; cocaine |
| X | 743 | Apr | CHEMIST | Mrs N. Jarman | I provide something you can rattle up and down in a box | M1 in chest, & lit. |
| X | 746 | Apr | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | J. W. Bates | Th/e seatless plum pants have a tuck in | |
| X | 750 | May | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | R. Postill | It’s near to dinner time when X should get a big hand! Mark our great interest as X speaks! | 7.45 dinner, X numeral on clock; cross words (vb) |
| X | 760 | Aug | METAMORPHOSE | P. M. Coombs | Change, by Medusa’s head, perhaps, to shape more rocky? | M + anag. |
| X | 764 | Sep | SHIMMY-SHAKE | S. Goldie | A hop in the days of Prohibition would make m-me s-say h-hik! | anag.; hop1,2 |
| X | 769 | Oct | PENNY | C. Allen Baker | Source of a clink, no? Only if one is dropped | pen3, n(a)y, & lit. |
| X | 773 | Nov | FIT-OUT | R. E. Kimmons | If going uphill watch the gear you’re in | if (rev.) + tout1 |
| X | 777 | Dec | TAILOR-BIRD | N. C. Dexter | Fantastic warblers do it—sew leaves! Here’s one among them | I in anag. less sew, & lit. |
| X | 780 | Xmas | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | D. A. Nicholls | Exim: 20 marks out of 25 | |
| X | 780 | Xmas | NOBLEST (and Eximenamination) | R. A. Wells | Gold discs, Beatles’ fourth, from Top Rank | nobles t; record label |