Cup Winning Clues in 1960
◀ 1959 | 1961 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1959 | 1961 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 573 | Jan | SCAPEGALLOWS | C. O. Butcher | Among lags here is one lag who ought to be strung up head first | cape + lag (rev.) in slows, & lit. |
| X | 578 | Feb | GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number) | J. H. Eyre | The activity of a fly-by-night round that location could be learnt as the result of a pick-up | fly-by-night; there in gad, two defs. |
| X | 582 | Mar | MARRY | E. L. Mellersh | You may have to stop being a Rolling Stone and have a Moss Gathering to do this | cryptic def.; ref. Moss Bros. outfitters [see comments in Slip no. 586] |
| X | 586 | Mar | HEBDOMADARY | D. P. M. Michael | Shockingly bad Doh! Ray! Me!—not quite compassing an octave | anag. |
| X | 590 | May | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | C. Allen Baker | Cleopatra was dazed and lo/ony, shaving. Come to! Hi! Send on a blade! | |
| X | 595 | Jun | INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left) | Miss D. W. Taylor | I’ve a favourite spot that doesn’t close! Crazy to go over it? Give me a ring first—I’m Gaby, modelling Parisian black, neat but not gaudy! | 0 + mad + haun(t); anag. incl. noir (Fr.); see gaby in C. |
| X | 600 | Jul | The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram) | Col P. S. Baines | Blunder led to XI H bearding heights | 11th Hussars |
| X | 604 | Aug | APOSTROPHISE | S. Goldie | Extravagantly aspire to posh address—you’ll probably need a thou or two to do this! | anag.; thou1,2 |
| X | 608 | Sep | CUSTOMER | V. Jennings | It’s implied that I can do no wrong, but copper gets me pinched in shop when something’s missing! | Cu me in stor(e) & lit.; “the c. is always right” |
| X | 612 | Oct | CARGO (Misprints) | Ms P. Brown | Ford ahead? Then try wading! | lading; car go!; Ford car |
| X | 617 | Nov | COLOPHONY | M. Woolf | The finishing touch to Yehudi’s bow | colophon Y, & lit.; ref. Y. Menuhin; bow3 = forepart |
| X | 621 | Dec | CHASE | B. K. Kelly | Fashionable pastime—to try to catch up with set in the groove | 4 mngs.; set in = enchase; f.p. = hunting |
| X | 624 | Xmas | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | J. S. Young | Try Space Highways Ltd.—expert in moon visitations | lunacy |