Cup Winning Clues in 1970

Cup Winning Clues in 1970
◀ 1969 | 1971 ▶ | Other years

		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
X	1093	Jan	MARTINET	A. H. Jones	Believer in bull market, I make a clear profit	mart I net; bull = military discipline
X	1097	Feb	PANTOPHAGIST	E. Chalkley	What pig has to become when gripped by hunger?	anag. in pant, & lit.; hunger vb.
X	1100	Feb	BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent)	G. J. S. Ross	U eel-bar ruined me	anag. & lit.; ref. surfeit of lampreys
X	1106	Apr	LEXICOGRAPHY	D. P. M. Michael	What, if amiss, makes X go preachily potty?	anag. & lit.
X	1110	May	IMPERSONATE	N. C. Dexter	It’s tricky to do this, says Danny, without me bra or me panties—very tricky	anag. & lit.; D. la Rue
X	1115	Jun	FLESH-POTTERY	Mrs B. Lewis	Product of the Tory’s pelf, snarls the prosy left	2 anags. & lit.; snarl²
X	1119	Jul	RONDE (Printer’s Devilry)	J. B. Sweeting	Court serving—King attacks—see the f/ur fly	frondeur; Louis XIV and Margaret C., Billie-Jean K.
X	1123	Aug	MAXIMIST	N. C. Dexter	I must take endless time with Xmas crackers	anag. less e, & lit.
X	1127	Aug	TRAYBIT	C. Allen Baker	“A tip, this?”, the waiter snapped	tray bit
X	1131	Sep	CAROUSER (Misprints)	N. C. Dexter	Causing stir in a mini perhaps, I ought to go home in a maxi	taxi; rouse in car
X	1135	Oct	HILAIRE BELLOC	J. A. Fincken	A product of Balliol, I, here reaching a centenary	anag. + C, & lit.; born 1870; “B. made me …”
X	1140	Nov	CALLOUS	Mrs N. Jarman	Alien to Ruth, like the corn	2 mngs.; ruth = pity; Keats, “Nightingale”
X	1143	Xmas	MORGIANA	C. Allen Baker	Pantomime dame: a man disguised, with a built-in bust	orgia in anag.; see orgy and bust²