Cup Winning Clues in 2022
◀ 2021 | Other years
◀ 2021 | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 2586 | Jan | BALDERDASH | E. Dawid | In clueing, R. Heald’s bad? Nonsense! | anag.; ref. leading AZ competitor |
| AZ | 2591 | Feb | GHAT | M. Barley | What borders a river in India (good for spot of bathing)? | i.e. Bh(aR)at, with g for b, & lit.; see Bharat in C. |
| AZ | 2595 | Mar | FIFTY YEARS | J. C. Leyland | Showing no end of invention, smart X’s successor held in reverence with ‘special’ for golden occasion | (n)ifty + Y in fear + s; X = Ximenes |
| AZ | 2599 | Apr | DESIDERATA | A. Gerrard | ‘A hated read sprinkled with platitudes’ - could be this poem with Latin put at head | comp. anag. incl. L, & lit.; ref. Max Ehrmann poem |
| AZ | 2603 | May | TERAS def. PRATT (Wrong Number) | Dr S. J. Shaw | After dismissing jolly, Starmer’s ordered to reveal what could lie behind dreadful Labour experience | behind; anag. less RM; ref. ‘beergate’ |