Cup Winning Clues in 1969
◀ 1968 | 1970 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1968 | 1970 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 1041 | Jan | TEA-LEAD | R. Postill | Conservative film about what we brew; Heath admits beer unsuitable for children | ale A in Ted; ref. Edward H.; A, film classification |
| X | 1045 | Feb | SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left) | W. F. Goodman | Lisp in confusion the beginning of that screed of Burns: recite “Wee thleekit, cow’rin’, tim’routh beathtie” | anag. + t(hat); lisping pron. of ‘mouse’; screed (Scot.) = tear |
| X | 1049 | Mar | SLANGWHANGER | F. B. Stubbs | He gives a rambling performance with heartless fury | slang2 + w(it)h + anger, & lit. |
| X | 1054 | Apr | PINACOTHECA | R. Postill | This might be an apt choice for those interested in abstractions | anag. & lit. |
| X | 1058 | May | Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram) | D. H. Smith | Regard Henry our Casanova problem—Wolsey | |
| X | 1062 | Jun | CALLING-CRAB | A. Lawrie | I need rousin’ before end of big claw comes into play | callin’ (bi)g crab3 & lit. |
| X | 1066 | Jun | RAVE / PAIR (DLM) | D. H. Tompsett | Slavering over his flame—the least inspirational of spectacles | flame, vb.; pair of spectacles, cricket |
| X | 1071 | Aug | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | Mrs E. M. Pardo | Children taking piano lessons soon learn the sign “f/f” | |
| X | 1076 | Sep | NEFAST (Misprints) | E. M. Hornby | Stocking is not old and unlikely to run | shocking; ne fast |
| X | 1080 | Oct | ANDROMEDA | W. G. Arnott | A man rode with devil’s head to rock for me | anag. incl. d, & lit., Perseus, Pegasus, Medusa |
| X | 1084 | Nov | ANGEL-FOOD | C. J. Morse | Ten-bob coin row is all very old-fashioned: in America they’d swallow it | angel food2 (= feud); ref. introduction of 50p coin in Oct 1969 |
| X | 1089 | Dec | ENCLOISTER | A. Bristow | Rigged elections take place under duress | anag. + r (= take), place vb |
| X | 1089 | Dec | ENCLOISTER | R. E. Kimmons | Rigged elections take place under duress | anag. + r (= take), place vb |
| X | 1091 | Xmas | WENCESLAS | C. G. Millin | A covering on the earth, dry and unspoilt, lay round about—I saw it | sal4 sec new (all rev.), & lit. |