Cup Winning Clues in 1970
◀ 1969 | 1971 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1969 | 1971 ▶ | Other years
Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
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X | 1093 | Jan | MARTINET | A. H. Jones | Believer in bull market, I make a clear profit | mart I net; bull = military discipline |
X | 1097 | Feb | PANTOPHAGIST | E. Chalkley | What pig has to become when gripped by hunger? | anag. in pant, & lit.; hunger vb. |
X | 1100 | Feb | BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent) | G. J. S. Ross | U eel-bar ruined me | anag. & lit.; ref. surfeit of lampreys |
X | 1106 | Apr | LEXICOGRAPHY | D. P. M. Michael | What, if amiss, makes X go preachily potty? | anag. & lit. |
X | 1110 | May | IMPERSONATE | N. C. Dexter | It’s tricky to do this, says Danny, without me bra or me panties—very tricky | anag. & lit.; D. la Rue |
X | 1115 | Jun | FLESH-POTTERY | Mrs B. Lewis | Product of the Tory’s pelf, snarls the prosy left | 2 anags. & lit.; snarl2 |
X | 1119 | Jul | RONDE (Printer’s Devilry) | J. B. Sweeting | Court serving—King attacks—see the f/ur fly | frondeur; Louis XIV and Margaret C., Billie-Jean K. |
X | 1123 | Aug | MAXIMIST | N. C. Dexter | I must take endless time with Xmas crackers | anag. less e, & lit. |
X | 1127 | Aug | TRAYBIT | C. Allen Baker | “A tip, this?”, the waiter snapped | tray bit |
X | 1131 | Sep | CAROUSER (Misprints) | N. C. Dexter | Causing stir in a mini perhaps, I ought to go home in a maxi | taxi; rouse in car |
X | 1135 | Oct | HILAIRE BELLOC | J. A. Fincken | A product of Balliol, I, here reaching a centenary | anag. + C, & lit.; born 1870; “B. made me …” |
X | 1140 | Nov | CALLOUS | Mrs N. Jarman | Alien to Ruth, like the corn | 2 mngs.; ruth = pity; Keats, “Nightingale” |
X | 1143 | Xmas | MORGIANA | C. Allen Baker | Pantomime dame: a man disguised, with a built-in bust | orgia in anag.; see orgy and bust2 |