Cup Winning Clues in 1998
◀ 1997 | 1999 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1997 | 1999 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 1338 | Jan | SMART ALEC | V. Dixon | A C-stream learner, posturing? | anag. incl. L, & lit. |
| AZ | 1342 | Feb | ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left) | J. R. Tozer | Spoiling drap, in Edinburgh house a piece of ice put in glass reveals Sassenachs to Scots? | hidden; a + i in lens; house vb |
| AZ | 1346 | Mar | PHARISEE | Mrs J. Mackie | He praised not God, being blind | anag. less D, & lit.; blind = drunk; ref. Matthew 15,14 |
| AZ | 1351 | Apr | NEATEN (Printer’s Devilry) | H. Freeman | A P/D’s to result from closed passages | apnea |
| AZ | 1355 | May | DIACATHOLICON | J. R. Beresford | Versatile colonic aid that time forgot | anag. less t, & lit. |
| AZ | 1360 | Jun | BOG-ASPHODEL | G. Johnstone | Behold, gapo’s flowering – with this? | anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 1363 | Jul | MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number) | R. J. Hooper | Bird having to strip is in the buff | strip; mav(is) + in |
| AZ | 1367 | Aug | SANBENITOS | J. Mortleman | Clobber to ban sins (once seen around Spain) | E in anag., & lit. |
| AZ | 1372 | Sep | MASTERSTROKE | J. R. C. Michie | A major coup | Masters troke, & lit.; ref. golf; coup2 |
| AZ | 1376 | Oct | LOGO | D. Williamson | What’s jamming to gollywog? Quite the reverse | hidden rev., & lit.; ref. logo of Robertson’s jam |
| AZ | 1380 | Nov | RAPPORT (Misprints) | C. J. Brougham | The buffet carriage | tie; rap port |
| AZ | 1385 | Dec | PANTRIES | R. J. Hooper | What maids must step into daily when apprehending dinner’s close? | r in panties, & lit. |
| AZ | 1387 | Xmas | Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram) | C. R. Gumbrell | It has charm, this Swansea man’s cold idyll |