Cup Winning Clues in 1999
◀ 1998 | 2000 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1998 | 2000 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 1389 | Jan | ALL-OVERISH | M. J. Bailey | Feeling the after-effects of Christmas hols, a liver out of sorts? | anag. |
| AZ | 1394 | Feb | BERGAMOT | Dr J. Burscough | Orange order embargo, ending Loyalist displays? | anag. + t; ref. marching bans |
| AZ | 1398 | Mar | PERMETHRIN | G. I. L. Grafton | One means to create ‘no-fly’ zone, exercising naval force in the radius involved | PE + RM + anag. incl. r; ref. naval exercises in Adriatic and Gulf |
| AZ | 1402 | Apr | PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram) | M. Coates | What has ovine content, covering those not hot | posteen; pen + t(h)ose, & lit. |
| AZ | 1406 | May | CHASSEPOT | R. J. Hannam | Version of Athos’s piece that is rifled? | anag. less i.e., & lit.; ref. The Three Musketeers |
| AZ | 1411 | Jun | LOOK-SEE | R. J. Palmer | A butcher’s odd bits of steak go so well in a pie | anag. of alternate letters |
| AZ | 1415 | Jul | MANATI (Printer’s Devilry) | R. J. Whale | Ro/me’s face is strangely not italic | ref. typeface |
| AZ | 1419 | Aug | SPLODGE | R. K. Lumsdon | Tie could come to get spoiled with this | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 1424 | Sep | HEIST | F. R. Palmer | Briefly, it’s forbidden to the believer, one constrained by ancient commandment | (’t)heist, i in hest, & lit., ref. 8th commandment |
| AZ | 1428 | Oct | CRICETID | D. Price Jones | Mention this rodent and you’ll hear scream on chair | ‘cry seated’, & lit.? |
| AZ | 1433 | Nov | NEANDERTHAL | A. J. Wardrop | One might describe arch-conservative thus and hearten loony left | anag. + l |
| AZ | 1437 | Dec | MISTLETOE | N. C. Dexter | Attachment to branches – uncommonly to ilex stem – yielding a kiss | anag. less x, & lit. |
| AZ | 1439 | Xmas | JOHN CANOE | M. Barley | Celebrations Antiguan-style, whose origins lie in gospel story a long time back | C A in John + eon (rev.), & lit. |