Cup Winning Clues in 2019
◀ 2018 | 2020 ▶ | Other years
◀ 2018 | 2020 ▶ | Other years
Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
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AZ | 2430 | Jan | CLERIHEW | M. Barley | Quirky couplets of rhyme celebrating well-known life | anag. of initial letter pairs, & lit. |
AZ | 2434 | Feb | STONKERED | Mrs A. M. Walden | Paralytic strokes mostly end badly | anag. less s |
AZ | 2438 | Mar | MONTE DI PIETÀ | R. J. Palmer | Liberal loans with this could be arranged by old-time Neapolitans | comp. anag. incl. L, & lit. |
AZ | 2443 | Apr | ERATHEM (Printer’s Devilry) | E. C. Lance | In Mozart’s op/inion, Figaro must outwit his master | |
AZ | 2447 | May | CONGENER | M. Hodgkin | Leave campaign’s right wing and European right like birds of a feather | congé + n, E, r |
AZ | 2451 | Jun | CAPUT | I. Simpson | Montero gets place for parking here? | cap with put for P, & lit.; ref. Mitsubishi M. |
AZ | 2456 | Jul | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | R. J. Heald | Hunt losing backing might help us till normality restored, avoiding unseemly Tory griping | trac(k); till3; anag. less anag.; ref. Jeremy H., Conservative leadership race |
AZ | 2460 | Aug | TWEET | M. Barley | Post we put on net (there’s no Chambers entry for noun) | post we net less pos n, & lit.; ref. entry in C. |
AZ | 2464 | Sep | BRAINPOWER | M. Barker | This country’s losing it – report of impact on the Queen is what gets us all thinking | Br(it)ain + pow + ER |
AZ | 2469 | Oct | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | R. J. Heald | Sunday’s Mass beginning to grate forces Catholic to leave fold | Sandy’s muss; g for C in cuddle; fold = embrace |
AZ | 2473 | Nov | INTERPLAY | J. R. Tozer | Exchanges per litany? | anag. & lit.; i.e. call-and-response |
AZ | 2477 | Dec | SPRAT-WEATHER | D. F. Manley | What pets are for ultimately – uncertain period extending a bit beyond Christmas Day! | anag. incl. r; ref. ‘A pet is not just for Christmas’ |
AZ | 2480 | Xmas | STOCKING FILLERS | Dr S. J. Shaw | I reckon small gifts expressing the essence of Xmas can constitute these | anag. less ma, & lit. |