Cup Winning Clues in 1966
◀ 1965 | 1967 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1965 | 1967 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 885 | Jan | GALIMATIAS | T. Anderson | This is foolish talk, involving the reverse of first class language | A1 Tamil (all rev.) in gas, & lit. |
| X | 890 | Feb | DEBENTURE | N. C. Dexter | Without one, rebate due with conclusion of re-exportation is lost | anag. incl. n less a, & lit. |
| X | 894 | Mar | WITENAGEMOT | M. Woolf | Wessex leaders used to hold it; beginning of Norman era saw its end | it in We + N age mot, & lit. |
| X | 898 | Apr | POCHARD | J. F. N. Wedge | I dive, in case there is a fish! | char in pod |
| X | 900 | Apr | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | N. C. Dexter | Wild apes are no relations of Peking Man | Pareoeans; anag. |
| X | 902 | May | WINCOPIPE | F. B. Stubbs | It used to be quoted in weather lore—start about the first of October to plough | O pip3 in wince |
| X | 907 | Jun | SORITES (Misprints) | J. D. H. Mackintosh | Something like corn’s all around it—e.g. the middle of the grain | riddle; it in sore’s |
| X | 911 | Jul | DRAGON | C. O. Butcher | With the scent I’ve got on many romantic blades have made passes at me | drag on |
| X | 916 | Aug | DIAPASON | K. Gibson | I span a do to do | anag. & lit.; do, vb. intrans. |
| X | 920 | Sep | ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry) | Miss E. J. Campbell | A p/ris une pomme-de-terre? | |
| X | 924 | Oct | MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left) | N. C. Dexter | See me take items off—take items one shouldn’t—high class in exotic “peel” act! | anag. of me, r., items & lit.; U3 in anag. |
| X | 929 | Nov | AMPHITHEATRE | J. W. Bates | A bad rep ham is interrupted by it with gusto! | it heat in anag., & lit. |
| X | 933 | Dec | COTTABUS | D. J. Thorpe | Success in this brought Aphrodite’s blessing to cubs at sport | anag. & lit. |
| X | 935 | Xmas | MALAPROP | R. Postill | Matrimony: a little aversion initially has a supporter in her | M,a,l,a + prop, & lit. |