Cup Winning Clues in 1964
◀ 1963 | 1965 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1963 | 1965 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 782 | Jan | SWELL | J. Flood | Belly? Take Swedish drill, less food and half the drinks! | Swe(dish dri)ll |
| X | 786 | Feb | METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry) | Mrs N. Perry | Always weary: our hel/p ill: without one, may end life | |
| X | 790 | Mar | PETER-SEE-ME (Sire and Dam) | E. J. Burge | Panorama | Peter Pan |
| X | 796 | Apr | STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints) | A. J. Hughes | You need a telly to get “The Saint” and “Wagon Train” | felly; St. + rake5 |
| X | 800 | May | Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram) | R. A. Mostyn | Men greet fresh law epoch at Rome | |
| X | 804 | Jun | DETRUNCATE | A. R. Chandler | Prune: a dried fruit containing something unspecified to speed up movement within | run in etc., all in date; laxative effect |
| X | 808 | Jul | WAGONER | C. J. Morse | My style of driving’s old-fashioned—one wiggle, then wallop! | wag + oner |
| X | 812 | Aug | ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left) | Mrs M. P. Craine | Curt treatment of brat up in court is a necessary remedial measure | anag.; hidden |
| X | 817 | Sep | WYLIE-COATS | Mrs N. Jarman | Slips over Scottish briefs? The Law Society’s shattered! | anag. |
| X | 821 | Oct | SOMERSET | Mrs B. Lewis | Hardy girl’s up to an intake of half a gallon, when dry: a tumbler will do me | omer in Tess (rev.); ref. Tess of the d’Urbervilles |
| X | 825 | Nov | COACHES | L. F. Leason | They’ll take on plodders needing a lift—those with nothing upstairs | double mng.; sports coaches and single-deckers |
| X | 829 | Nov | FAREWELL | H. S. Tribe | In autumn we’re piling up the last of the leaves | anag. in fall; pile up = crash; leave, n. |
| X | 832 | Xmas | PENNY-WISE (Misprints) | G. H. Willett | How can you make “in the manner of Penelope” mean unwifely? | unwisely; i.e. Penny-wise |