Cup Winning Clues in 2006
◀ 2005 | 2007 ▶ | Other years
◀ 2005 | 2007 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 1753 | Jan | DIAGONAL | J. C. Leyland | Possibly I do anag. & lit. rendering it lamely: ‘A line doing a slant’ | anag. less it, anag. incl. l, & lit. |
| AZ | 1758 | Feb | BIMBETTE | M. Barley | Vacuous blonde bit, me, feature of tabloid spread? | anag. incl. b(lond)e, t, & lit. |
| AZ | 1762 | Mar | DUDDERY | T. C. Borland | Sisters and their mother sniffily dictated what Cinders wore about the house | i.e. congested pronunciation of ‘nunnery’ |
| AZ | 1766 | Apr | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | N. C. Dexter | Panel of jud/o OK decision and settle ‘dan’ award | |
| AZ | 1771 | May | PARTERRE | J. R. Tozer | Driving off in F1 race inept Ferrari stalls in the pit | anag. less in FI, race vt; ref. Formula One |
| AZ | 1775 | Jun | ROUGH-AND-READY | Dr E. Young | A hard tussle with Dr E. Young plainly winning? | anag. |
| AZ | 1779 | Jul | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | E. Cross | This is fresh oat scone WI exhibits (just a slice thereof) | out; hidden |
| AZ | 1784 | Aug | TEARAWAY | B. Cheesman | No Paper Doll, our Bard’s Belovèd Anne / Hath spurn’d th’impetuous Youth | (Doll) Tear(sheet) + (Anne Hath)away; ref. Henry IV, Part 2 |
| AZ | 1788 | Sep | ETHEREAL OILS | D. Parfitt | These I loosely associate with L’Oréal | anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 1792 | Oct | APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left) | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Alarm raised when those packing food spotted grey mould in meat set for café | appal + as (f)oo(d) (rev.); anag. |
| AZ | 1797 | Nov | HEART | D. Parfitt | The location of love within you? | i.e. position of 0 in you, & lit. |
| AZ | 1801 | Dec | RUSE DE GUERRE | D. F. Manley | Using crude Greek horse deceptively? Shocking ——! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Trojan horse |
| AZ | 1804 | Xmas | CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms) | R. S. Morse | Getting rare white Noel, chess set’s being played with | wear right; anag. |