Cup Winning Clues in 1982

Cup Winning Clues in 1982
◀ 1981 | 1983 ▶ | Other years

		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
AZ	508	Jan	POSTURE-MAKER	Miss I. M. Raab	Tumbler, nuts, smoke, rapture!	anag.
AZ	513	Feb	ETYMOLOGICON	J. G. Stubbs	Notice gym loo stinking? Onions, possibly	anag.; ref. C. T. Onions, editor of Oxford Dict. of Eng. Etymology
AZ	517	Mar	IMMORTELLE	C. M. Edmunds	Blunt’s confession implicates right wing in chronic bloomer	rt el in I’m mole; ref. Anthony B.
AZ	521	Apr	ATTITUDINISE	C. J. Morse	Strike poses a tricky test involving row between one small trade union and another one	I TU din I in a + anag. of test
AZ	525	May	PABOUCHE	W. J. M. Scotland	Half chewed after pup’s onset – one with heelless fit?	p a bou(t) + che(wed), & lit.
AZ	530	Jun	PROMETAL	F. P. N. Lake	I’m from the cast – and probably in for a hot time, having made exit back to front!	prom + late (rev.); front = seaside promenade
AZ	534	Jul	DODGEM	H. J. Bradbury	Union perhaps should have poll before it calls for strike action from drivers	dod gem; union = pearl
AZ	538	Aug	INGRAIN	R. J. Whale	Like a tattoo artist that’s restricted by where it may be visible	RA in in gin; ‘gin and it’
AZ	543	Sep	STAYING POWER	A. J. Redstone	Product of a rowing type’s training	anag. & lit.
AZ	547	Oct	GLEEMAN	D. F. Manley	Bard puts a touch of magic into E. Lang. and E. Lit.	m in anag.; lit = drunk
AZ	552	Nov	NOURICE-FEE	N. C. Dexter	Tip for effective cure if one’s ill	anag. incl. e, & lit.
AZ	556	Dec	SWEAL (Misprints)	B. C. James	Sings ‘Pop goes the weasel’ without repeat	singe; anag. less one e
AZ	558	Xmas	MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) (Extra Letter)	E. R. Riddle	What one must do to give mater a Christmas treat	mate; i.e. mince meat