Cup Winning Clues in 1978
◀ 1977 | 1979 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1977 | 1979 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 301 | Jan | TROLLOPISH | Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | This is slapdash about hair and or making up | poll or (rev.) in anag., & lit. |
| AZ | 306 | Feb | DICKENS | W. J. M. Scotland | I cook, without soul, in pit (term in exclamations) | I c(oo)k in den + s, & lit. |
| AZ | 310 | Mar | STERNFAST | Mrs E. J. Shields | What attaches fleet to hard? | stern fast, & lit. |
| AZ | 314 | Apr | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | R. A. Mostyn | Maud Barker married Eric, Conservative turned Liberal | board marker; m + l for c in Eric |
| AZ | 319 | May | PODESTA | P. D. Gaffey | Is Latin ‘in fair round belly’ one? | est in pod a, & lit.; ref. AYLI, ‘Seven Ages’, the justice |
| AZ | 323 | Jun | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | C. Loving | What’s gouk on flying awa’ frae the Borders? | anag. of (g)ouk o(n), & lit. |
| AZ | 327 | Jul | HEMLOCK | E. M. Holroyd | No sensation above knee now – what has tumbler in it? | hem lock, & lit. |
| AZ | 332 | Aug | NUT-CASE | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | Fruit with skin could be called bananas | nut case |
| AZ | 336 | Sep | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | D. F. Manley | One who has got out of fighting splashes the Brut about – supposed means of enchanting women for real thrills | anag. incl. c.; anag. incl. w.; ref. Henry Cooper after-shave ad. |
| AZ | 340 | Oct | BOOKSIE | G. Johnstone | Sanctions busting stink that is buried in Cabinet-editions | ok’s in BO i.e. |
| AZ | 349 | Dec | ODDCOMESHORT | D. Williamson | To shed more cost I’d settle for ties made with this | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 352 | Xmas | FAIRY LIGHTS | R. P. C. Forman | O may these in apt array / Give my fir its halo gay! | comp. anag. & lit. |