Cup Winning Clues in 1967
◀ 1966 | 1968 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1966 | 1968 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 936 | Jan | MINI SKIRTS | M. C. Raphael | Abbreviations not in Chambers, but should not be looked up anyway! | cryptic def.; not in contemporary ed. of C. |
| X | 941 | Feb | HYPODERMIC | R. Postill | Despondency, Reichenbach’s effect, unsolved crime … could have led Holmes to this. | hyp od1 + anag., & lit., ref. R. Falls, H.’s supposed death; hyp = hypochondria |
| X | 945 | Mar | OBLITERATE | N. C. Dexter | (Biol.) Treat defective end of a tube | anag. + e, & lit. |
| X | 949 | Apr | BROWSING | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | The makings of Blandings’ top sow, quivering among the layers | B + anag. in ring, & lit. |
| X | 954 | May | CERATE (Printer’s Devilry) | A. L. Dennis | Dan/ton is topless; head removed (after trial by tribunal) | |
| X | 958 | Jun | DRY MEASURE | A. Lawrie | What’ll do for durra—me? Yes | anag. & lit. |
| X | 962 | Jul | PALING | Sir S. Kaye | Early stop in recurrent adverse balance of trade might well protect pound | lin in gap (rev.); pound2 |
| X | 967 | Aug | CREMOSIN | N. C. Dexter | Colour of the skie, perhaps, with Morne (sic) breaking | anag. & lit.; F. Q. 11, 3 “Early before the Morne with cremosin ray” |
| X | 971 | Sep | MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left) | Mrs B. Lewis | Turns up at school with tuck, chatters in “Macbeth”—cane judiciously applied au fond, I’m told | to + gam (all rev.) + pie; anag. + dote; fond, (vb.) = dote; Macbeth 3. iv. |
| X | 975 | Oct | HALE | A. A. Malcolm | Almost stop with the end of a cue, producing drag | hal(t) + (cu)e; ref. snooker, billiards |
| X | 980 | Nov | OMNIBUSES | F. E. Dixon | Miss Bueno smashes what others drive | anag.; ref. Maria Bueno, tennis strokes |
| X | 984 | Dec | Word containing a first name (Anonymous) | P. R. Clemow | One who displays undies having no intention of concealing anything | T-RUTH-FUL; Draper, comedienne; def. |
| X | 987 | Xmas | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | A. Lawrie | There’s not so much war? M/en appeasin’ more? Woolly yarns! | genappe |