Cup Winning Clues in 2002

Cup Winning Clues in 2002
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
AZ	1546	Jan	TRANSPARENT	M. Barley	After ‘Devilry’, entrants must tackle standard ‘Plain’	par in anag.; ref. AZ comp. puzzles
AZ	1550	Feb	MEMORITER	R. Phillips	So trio member might play without book	anag. less b, & lit.
AZ	1554	Mar	PEARL	C. J. Morse	With this gem, is setting done? No, coral would add further lustre	2 mngs.; coral anniversary = 35 years, lustre = 5 years; ref. AZ series
AZ	1559	Apr	THEOLOGASTER	Mrs J. Mackie	One appearing in God slot, there lacking depth and confused?	a in anag. less d, & lit.
AZ	1563	May	SLYBOOTS	M. J. Bath	A tinker with the computer starts one learning some dodges	Sly boots; ref. ‘Taming of the Shrew’
AZ	1567	Jun	QUEEN	N. G. Shippobotham	Clue leads to Elizabeth, now enjoying quinquagesimal uplift	anag. of first letters, & lit.
AZ	1572	Jul	SHIELD-MAY	D. F. Manley	A possible representation of M. Hilda, yes?	anag. & lit.; ref. Margaret H. Thatcher
AZ	1576	Aug	FACADE	R. Phillips	It’s a ‘rocking-horse’ movement Lambert delivered	falcade less L, & lit.; ref. W. Walton’s musical ‘entertainment’ with words by Edith Sitwell, originally performed by Constant L.
AZ	1580	Sep	MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)	J. P. Guiver	After wasting years divided, Germany tears to pieces old boundary	tears; anag. less y, ears
AZ	1585	Oct	SHIATSU	R. J. Whale	Tailor has suit technique of making one fit by hand	anag.
AZ	1589	Nov	JOKESMITH	J. R. Tozer	Front of kazi covered with rude items by nameless toilet humorist, long gone	k + anag. in joh(n)
AZ	1593	Dec	MANSUETE	J. R. Beresford	What’s use meant ‘broken’?	anag. & lit.
AZ	1593	Dec	MANSUETE	M. Coates	What’s use meant ‘broken’?	anag. & lit.
AZ	1596	Xmas	GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)	N. Connaughton	Is bagged by the chap first to arrive?	seating; is in gent + a, & lit.