Cup Winning Clues in 1977
◀ 1976 | 1978 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1976 | 1978 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 250 | Jan | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | R. V. Dearden | To CCL then! – He’s the hardest nut to crack! | |
| AZ | 250 | Jan | Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram) | H. W. Massingham | To CCL then! – He’s the hardest nut to crack! | |
| AZ | 255 | Feb | ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE | R. J. Hooper | Year J. Bull loves E.R. II afresh | anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 259 | Mar | TRANSIRE | R. H. Adey | It’s roughly concerned with confining what the smuggler did | ran in anag., & lit. |
| AZ | 263 | Apr | ERIACH (Printer’s Devilry) | B. A. Pike | For fans of opera S/acha lacks appeal | opera seria |
| AZ | 267 | May | MORRIS-DANCE | C. J. & R. S. Morse | This month’s exercise might produce ‘1: C. and R. Morse …’ | anag. incl. I |
| AZ | 272 | Jun | MALAGUETTA | B. Franco | Some sprinkling with this could give a tame meal gusto | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 276 | Jul | AMTRACK | C. O. Butcher | Two items of transport in one with waterproof protection | tr in a + mack, & lit. |
| AZ | 281 | Aug | DINOCERAS | C. O. Butcher | A monster long ago dead I once stuck out on the head | d. + anag. + ras |
| AZ | 285 | Sep | BOYFRIEND (Misprints) | C. Loving | Guy to be moved – funny bonfire day without one! | loved; anag. less a |
| AZ | 289 | Oct | AMNESIAC | Mrs K. Bissett | Names I must jot endlessly | anag. + ac(e), & lit.; must4 adj. |
| AZ | 294 | Nov | HUMECT | P. Machin | Help to make air rheumatic? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 298 | Dec | NOSER | L. May | Elevated debate precludes one | re(a)son (rev.), & lit. |
| AZ | 300 | Xmas | SLINK-BUTCHER | B. Greer | He offers terrible chunks without hesitation in a shambles | anag. less er, & lit. |