Cup Winning Clues in 1981
◀ 1980 | 1982 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1980 | 1982 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 456 | Jan | BALADINE | C. Allen Baker | One like Barnum and Bailey, endlessly pranking | anag. less y; prank = dance; ref. P. T. Barnum, hoaxer |
| AZ | 460 | Feb | SWOOP | A. K. Gregory | Zero in suddenly | 0 in swop, & lit.; swop adv., see supplement in Chambers 1977 |
| AZ | 464 | Mar | SIMKIN | J. P. H. Hirst | This might be drunk, on engagement of a Royal Highness, in Kashmir | comp. anag. incl. a RH, & lit.; ref. engagement of Prince Charles |
| AZ | 469 | Apr | APLUSTRE | R. H. F. Isham | L. Pasteur decorated after work on carriers in the main | anag. |
| AZ | 473 | May | HERRING-BONE | C. G. Millin | Like a walk up a ski-slope – hard to take without backsliding | erring in H bone; bone = steal |
| AZ | 478 | Jun | BIBLIOPEGIST | R. J. Palmer | I put protective cover on work in press – that’s the general idea | bib + op in lie + gist, & lit. |
| AZ | 482 | Jul | BODY-SNATCHER | C. J. Morse | Stiff collaring: that’s my trade – shows what can be done by starch | anag. |
| AZ | 486 | Aug | JUMPED-UP | J. Horwood | Inflated with Jack-in-office’s head for power | pumped up with J for P, & lit. |
| AZ | 491 | Sep | SEVENTY-EIGHT | M. D. Laws | Single, on the shelf now, having been stood up days before tying the knot | eves (rev.) + anag. |
| AZ | 495 | Oct | CACOETHES | C. Allen Baker | Ache to wallow in the embrace of pros? One shouldn’t start it | anag. in (a)ces, & lit. |
| AZ | 500 | Nov | BEFOOL (two extra Ds) (Extra Letter) | D. Ashcroft | Admass imperative: get fund at others’ expense | amass, fun; imperative form of ‘am ass’ |
| AZ | 504 | Dec | SIMMENTHALER | Dr E. Young | Style me Hitler’s man: I could die for the bully of Europe | anag.; i.e. bully-beef |
| AZ | 506 | Xmas | ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) | E. R. Riddle | When short of fu/n all need more alcohol | etna’ll |