Cup Winning Clues in 2003
◀ 2002 | 2004 ▶ | Other years
◀ 2002 | 2004 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 1598 | Jan | PHRASEMONGER | R. C. Teuton | Ha! Emperor’s new clothes no good – he’s all talk and no trousers! | ng in anag. |
| AZ | 1602 | Feb | FENESTRA | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Hole in one’s after playing shot of round | anag. less O |
| AZ | 1606 | Mar | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | R. J. Heald | What’s good if you like browsing among tat? Jumble sale for one | in + tat with anag. for a |
| AZ | 1611 | Apr | LEISLER | C. R. Gumbrell | It’ll need sonar to get about, fluttering and not going astray | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| AZ | 1615 | May | RUGATE | J. R. Tozer | Dramaturge wanting a stiff drink, struggling with lines | anag. less dram |
| AZ | 1619 | Jun | GISMO (Printer’s Devilry) | T. J. Moorey | Devastating Kournikova bu/st regrettably getting floppy! | name of serious computer virus; Anna K. |
| AZ | 1624 | Jul | BELAY | C. R. Gumbrell | Hearts of sailors applauded in the old book Westward Ho! | l, a in ye b (rev.); ref. Charles Kingsley novel |
| AZ | 1628 | Aug | ENCOMION | J. P. Guiver | Reckless CO’s mention in dispatches isn’t ground for high commendation | anag. less anag. |
| AZ | 1633 | Sep | EMPATRON / WINTERLY (Right and Left) | M. Barley | In vintage form, champion English tramp gleefully upon dismal Welsh and cross tryline | E + anag. + on; W + anag. |
| AZ | 1637 | Oct | AMNESIC | V. Dixon | One may have had minders since subject to recurrent blanks | alternate letters, & lit. |
| AZ | 1641 | Nov | GADGETEER | Dr I. S. Fletcher | I, with love for a bit of gismology, could be eccentric to a degree | anag. with g for O, & lit. |
| AZ | 1646 | Dec | BLACK | J. R. Tozer | Void is at Bible’s beginning | B + lack, & lit. |
| AZ | 1648 | Xmas | MAGIC LANTERN | N. C. Dexter | Item gran arranged family slides in? | clan in anag., & lit. |