Cup Winning Clues in 1955
◀ 1954 | 1956 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1954 | 1956 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 325 | Feb | MARRYING | T. E. Sanders | What’s the mater doing? She’s done that once, we hope! | cryptic def.; mate vb. |
| X | 329 | Apr | HAMADRYAD | J. A. L. Sturrock | Creature of a wood in a Hardy novel | a mad in anag. & lit.; wood2 = mad; ref Thomas H. novel “The Woodlanders” |
| X | 334 | May | CHEROOT | T. E. Bell | It lends to a Tory personality we admire a certain aroma—not half! | C hero ot(to), & lit.; ref. Churchill |
| X | 338 | Jun | SHE-ASS | Mrs N. Fisher | Surely Mrs. Bennet’s an example of this brazenness needed for man-catching | he in sass; ref. ‘Pride & Prejudice’ |
| X | 343 | Jul | EPIGONI | Col P. S. Baines | Ptolemy, Seleucus and Co. have a feast on dividing the crowns of Egypt and India | pig on in E, I; successors to Alexander |
| X | 347 | Aug | TELEVISOR | P. W. W. Leach | Without me a brilliant atmospheric phenomenon lies outside the range of your various lives | anag. in (me)teor, & lit. |
| X | 351 | Sep | LUSTRE | Mrs N. Jarman | Suspender of pretty Victorian drops—that’s quite in order in a Toulouse-Lautrec! | (Tou)l(ou)us(e Lau)tre(c) |
| X | 356 | Oct | METOPOSCOPY | E. G. Phillips | For a facial study of character, in caricature, Poy comes top | anag.; ref. cartoonist Percy Fearon |
| X | 360 | Nov | WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left) | J. H. Grummitt | Jet flyer crashes bridge: G.W.R. link with east disorganized: single line remains—verb. sap. | anag. incl. G.; W.R. + anag. incl. E, 2 defs. |
| X | 364 | Xmas | HELLEBORE | T. E. Bell | A flower of surpassing beauty that returns amid the old white splendour of the Christmas scene | belle (rev.) in hore, & lit. |