Cup Winning Clues in 2008

Cup Winning Clues in 2008
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
AZ	1858	Jan	HUMONGOUS	Dr I. S. Fletcher	Whacking no good for Greyfriars’ most seen character in comic?	humorous with ng for r; ref. Billy Bunter in ‘The Magnet’
AZ	1862	Feb	UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)	J. R. H. Jones	One rustic US soldier has a quid in cheek and chaws	chalk and cheese; a L in un Ike; ref. Eisenhower
AZ	1866	Mar	BINGE	V. Dixon	What meanders in Germany’s capital Berlin, cutting its centre? Spree!	anag. of G Be(rl)in; ref. River S.
AZ	1871	Apr	FAIRY GOLD	C. A. Clarke	Cause of inflation unknown, government in collapse, money becoming worthless	air y G in fold
AZ	1875	May	GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)	T. C. Borland	Knowing rules about drainage channel, lift out and get free drop	up + ea in r r; anag.; ref. golf
AZ	1879	Jun	LITTER BASKET	M. Barley	See best & lit. take first place in results slip … and worst end here?	anag. incl. r; slip vb.
AZ	1884	Jul	FREELOADER	R. J. Heald	Slippery customer seen in environs of diner or café mooching, without a cent?	eel in anag. incl. d, r less c, & lit.
AZ	1888	Aug	RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)	G. T. McLean	Solving Azed is a seve/n-days’ task
AZ	1893	Sep	EARTHY	C. Loving	The ‘Carry On’ cast could deliver such corn	comp. anag. & lit.
AZ	1897	Oct	WASH-OUT	C. Boyd	Dashing southpaw ‘Prince’ exits a failure	anag. less P; ref. flamboyant boxer ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed, dethroned by Barrera in 2001
AZ	1901	Nov	SANITISE	R. Hesketh	It is covered by ‘compos mentis’ and ‘clean round the bend’ perhaps	it is in sane
AZ	1906	Dec	MORSE	Dr J. Burscough	Do crimes puzzle this DCI?	comp. anag. & lit.
AZ	1908	Xmas	WE THREE KINGS	R. S. Morse	Christmas strain’s showing with the bombing offensive against heart of Palestine	w + anag. + reeking + s