Cup Winning Clues in 2007
◀ 2006 | 2008 ▶ | Other years
◀ 2006 | 2008 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 1806 | Jan | INEBRIANT | R. S. Morse | What’s drunk as ——? A Ribena isn’t! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 1810 | Feb | HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM) | J. F. Grimshaw | Hasten to donate heart after death for affected person to use, or perhaps as organ for training (were there to be interest) | |
| AZ | 1814 | Mar | HIPSTER | R. J. Heald | Chap, beatnik sort, mixing with odd characters having dropped out? | anag. of alternate letters, & lit. |
| AZ | 1818 | Apr | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent) | D. F. Manley | This wheeze? I hope AZ soIver wised up! | comp. anag. & lit.; up = in an excited state |
| AZ | 1823 | May | KISS | C. J. Morse | X in ‘billet-doux’ and the ilk is silent | i.e. sign for kiss in love-letter, hidden |
| AZ | 1827 | Jun | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number) | A. J. Wardrop | What might make these Zulu chiefs die sinners? Naked missionaries! | naked; comp. anag. |
| AZ | 1831 | Jul | MARGINALIA | Dr E. Young | Messages by text spell an end to posting airmail | anag. incl. g; spell = enchant |
| AZ | 1836 | Aug | POSTHASTE | C. J. Morse | Stop getting tanned, abhor catching sun and treat heatspots immediately | anag. + S in hate, anag. |
| AZ | 1840 | Sep | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | P. L. Stone | Teddy boy loved hep toon when rocking ’n’ rolling | anag.; ref. Christopher Robin |
| AZ | 1845 | Oct | UPBRAID | R. Gilbert | Bounce? At an end. Help! … Brown’s bottled | br. in up aid; ref. Gordon B.’s election U-turn; see bounce |
| AZ | 1849 | Nov | AUXESIS | Dr I. S. Fletcher | A change from six EU’s shown? | a + anag., & lit.; ref. enlargement of EU/EEC from original number |
| AZ | 1853 | Dec | ANTIQUITARIAN | T. J. Moorey | Fan of The Good Old Days on once, can put across Desert Song | quit aria in an3 tin; ref. TV variety show |
| AZ | 1856 | Xmas | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | H. Freeman | Greens on, ba/ked brown, with capon warming | ref. Bali conference on climate change |