Cup Winning Clues in 1973

Cup Winning Clues in 1973
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
AZ	45	Jan	NEMORAL	L. F. Leason	Learn manoeuvres clumsily with second lining of the brakes	mo in anag.; brake²
AZ	50	Feb	CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)	H. A. C. Darwen	I’m to be top cluer for a change. I’m not coming in in the middle	anag.
AZ	53	Mar	ALEXANDERS	H. W. Massingham	A worthy original ingredient of salads?	Alexander + s, & lit.; Nine Worthies
AZ	57	Apr	MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)	Mrs N. Jarman	Bunter-whine starts with ja/w open: “Cease – condone – Wharton, please!”	tarts, jam, twopence
AZ	62	May	SOLITAIRES	T. E. Sanders	No Double Diamonds? In the sun one gets weary without one	sol I + a in tires; without = outside; ref. beer
AZ	66	Jun	NONSENSE	C. O. Butcher	A bit of silliness – being in love is just that	s ens in none
AZ	70	Jul	GESTAPO (Misprints)	H. W. Massingham	Sound – a step in broadcasting – helped establish Reith	Reich; anag. in go; ref. Lord R.
AZ	75	Aug	GROCETERIA	J. A. Fincken	Try it for, e.g. cream crackers – forget F&M!	anag. less F, M, & lit.; Fortnum and Mason
AZ	79	Sep	SLAPSTICK	Rev Canon C. M. Broun	Marx-style programme: Comrades in Revolution Unite!	pals rev. + stick; ref. Marx Brothers
AZ	84	Oct	MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)	K. W. Johnson	Jock’s dizziness, caused by topless female in centre of motorway, sets off unfortunate, mile long, mostly end-on crashes	(g)irl in M1 + goes; anag. of mile l end-o(n)
AZ	88	Nov	BLOOMERY	J. R. Kirby	May make ore semi-molten by suppressing it	anag. incl. mol(ten) in by, & lit.
AZ	92	Dec	BRAINWASH	L. May	Bust down reason?	i.e. bra in wash, & lit.
AZ	95	Xmas	THUNDERCLAP	S. Goldie	Levin gave warning of this crash – a report in The Times?	2 mngs.; levin = lightning; ref. ‘The Thunderer’, Bernard L.