Cup Winning Clues in 1971
◀ 1970 | 1972 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1970 | 1972 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 1145 | Jan | GENIPAP | R. A. Mostyn | Is one of the madder types, to drive back containing strong drink | nipa in peg (rev.) |
| X | 1154 | Mar | CLARIONET | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | I only want a blow and there’s blood around in about a round | O in in, all in claret |
| X | 1158 | Apr | ELEPHANT-SEAL | D. V. Harry | Sportively tells a peahen it belongs in a large pod | anag. |
| X | 1162 | May | BEAM-ENDS | N. C. Dexter | You may see ’em rise vertically and send A.B. reeling around | ’em (rev.) in anag., & lit. |
| X | 1167 | Jun | REBATO (Printer’s Devilry) | D. H. Tompsett | The Lord had a tho/ught: Ask for Moses | Horeb; Deut. 4:10 |
| X | 1195 | Xmas | VAULTING-HORSE | C. O. Butcher | End of Ximenes’s rule—having to readjust will be hard for an old stager to get over | anag. incl. s |