Cup Winning Clues in 2004

Cup Winning Clues in 2004
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
AZ	1650	Jan	SAPHENA	N. Connaughton	One’s on drip after clot in ——?	sap + hen + a, & lit.
AZ	1654	Feb	CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)	M. Barley	Growing concerns are expressed about conclusions of the Hutton report, and with Blair et al.’s intrigues	c(a)res + c; last letters + al.’s, ref. Lord Hutton’s inquiry into the death of Dr Kelly
AZ	1659	Mar	SCAREDY-CAT	R. R. Greenfield	I show indecently ready compliance in order to retreat	anag. + C in scat!, & lit.
AZ	1663	Apr	ARMAMENTARIA	J. P. Guiver	What’s all that’s needed to heal limb? Answer: a term in a cast	arm + A + anag.
AZ	1667	May	CLARINI	N. C. Dexter	Some brass monkey about with air nil C!	anag.; C = Celsius
AZ	1672	Jun	IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)	C. J. Brougham	Derby ought to let in tearaway equine	dauby art; to in imp ass
AZ	1676	Jul	CRINGE-MAKING	J. Grimes	Ginger McCain splashed out a thousand for colt of very little merit	anag. with K for c; ref. racehorse trainer
AZ	1680	Aug	PILLOW-CUP	N. C. Dexter	What’s maybe downed before one’s about to get aloft?	pillow c up, & lit; downed = filled with down
AZ	1685	Sep	MINO (Printer’s Devilry)	D. J. Short	Tony passes election ad/vert: ‘O Alan, what will Gordon think?’	ref. T. Blair, A. Milburn, G. Brown
AZ	1689	Oct	SYNOD	T. J. Moorey	Setting date for ending in government, our PM’s overturned ministerial convention	d for t in Tony’s (rev.); ref. T. Blair’s announcement
AZ	1694	Nov	MISINTERPRET	J. R. Tozer	In test primer discoloured gloss badly	anag.
AZ	1698	Dec	CROSSTIE	T. J. Moorey	Son admitted, see Tories falsely express tears over it	C + s in anag.; ref. David Blunkett
AZ	1700	Xmas	FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW	R. J. Hooper	‘In Foreign Office I’ve hit trouble,’ the PM bristles	I’ve in FO + clock shadow