Cup Winning Clues in 1950
◀ 1949 | 1951 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1949 | 1951 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 121 | Jan | SNAPSHOT | I. M. Newall | Bite on the bullet—it’s all over in next to no time | snap + shot |
| X | 122 | Jan | LEATHER | C. H. Hudson | Fell fully dressed into a wet trench, right in front of her—that’s tough! | leat + her, 2 defs.; fell = skin |
| X | 123 | Feb | LEECHES | T. E. Sanders | One Minister of Health in an Attlee-Churchill coalition would not be enough! | sing. hidden in Attlee-Churchill; M. of H. = doctor; ref. impending Gen. Election, Feb 1950 |
| X | 124 | Feb | BARHAM or BRAMAH | R. O’Donoghue | He is railing against Hamlet without restraint and advocates Bacon as the author | bar + Ham(let), bar (lawyers) + ham; let = restraint |
| X | 126 | Mar | RASPBERRY | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | A Lloyd George product lately received by his successors | 2 mngs; Ll.G., popular variety of r.; ref. poor result for Liberals in 1950 Gen. Election |
| X | 128 | Mar | AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry) | C. J. Morse | A D/r. Inge vetoed the line, and repeated the error | Adam and Eve |
| X | 130 | Apr | MODERN | T. E. Sanders | Current’s just right for the fleet to get under way | mode RN |
| X | 135 | May | STRIPPED | T. E. Sanders | Lost the thread and dropped every stitch | 2 mngs. |
| X | 139 | Jun | HECATOMB | E. J. Rackham | Performance of this appealed to the gods, but emptied the stalls | cryptic def.; ref. cattle stalls/theatre-goers; sacrifice of 100 cattle (Brewer) |
| X | 143 | Jul | LAMPREY | H. Rainger | I like a stone to lick, but split up to lick a whole quarry! | lam prey |
| X | 145 | Jul | STEWART | Mrs N. Jarman | I need checking about skirts, Mr. Gladstone admitted to the Canon | St. Ewart (i.e. W. E. Gladstone canonized); tartan skirts; ref. G.’s interest in ‘fallen women’ |
| X | 146 | Aug | BELDAME | W. K. M. Slimmings | No wonder the old lady’s furious: she’s nothing to show but the B.E.M., and that’s tarnished | anag. of BE Medal [see comments] |
| X | 147 | Aug | GATHER | C. Koop | It’s vital to get harvests—waistcoats off! | anag. of get har(vests); [see comments] |
| X | 148 | Sep | FILIBUSTER | A. N. Clark | I rifle tubs at sea | anag. & lit. |
| X | 149 | Sep | DOMESTIC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Capped many years ago, but can still make them break | cryptic def.; maid’s cap, cricket |
| X | 150 | Oct | CAPILLAMENTS | C. Allen Baker | They’ll be unco pliant camels that can pass through the eye of a needle! | anag. |
| X | 151 | Oct | OPEN-SESAME | Mrs N. Fisher | To spread goes against the grain? Just have this, to go in and out at the right places! | open sesame; couture |
| X | 152 | Oct | SEA-LION | I. A. H. Munro | A lone little island upset this cross-Channel time-table | anag. incl. Is; ref. Operation S., planned German invasion of England, 1940 |
| X | 153 | Nov | SAMISENS | S. B. Green | A flat be obtained from us if you want it without being broke by the expenditure! | mise in sans; flat = note |
| X | 154 | Nov | RABBIT | T. E. Sanders | Saving up a little does multiply it quickly | bar (= except) (rev.) + bit; does = females |
| X | 155 | Dec | LYTERIAN | P. M. Coombs | Ending disease is an awful trial with Nye interfering | anag. of trial Nye; ref. Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, Min. of Health |
| X | 156 | Xmas | LAVEROCK | C. Allen Baker | One-pound Hailstone Found in Field—Morning Herald | L, ave, rock; field lark; ref. newspaper published until 1869 |