Cup Winning Clues in 1972
◀ 1971 | 1973 ▶ | Other years
◀ 1971 | 1973 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 1 | Mar | ORGIAST | S. L. Paton | Before the heart ensnares one, one likes to go on a binge | or3 + a in gist |
| AZ | 5 | Apr | SCEUOPHYLAX | P. R. Clemow | Adult executive involved with holy cups | anag. incl. A, ex., & lit. |
| AZ | 10 | May | LINGERIE | G. M. Hornby | Miss Greer, rejecting man, wears none up on top | nil rev + Germaine less man, & lit.; ref Women’s Lib activist |
| AZ | 14 | Jun | Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram) | N. C. Dexter | Rain-storm plashed; all animals, put hither, keep drier | |
| AZ | 18 | Jul | EPIGONE | G. A. Tomlinson | Greek character lost after Eteokles’ onset? | E + pi gone, & lit; ref. Seven Against Thebes |
| AZ | 23 | Aug | SCLERODERMIC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Little sign of red after almost merciless thrashing with rod – if one’s this | anag. of merciles(s) rod + c, & lit.; c = cent |
| AZ | 27 | Sep | VINEGAR | J. P. H. Hirst | Given unconventionally for Jack’s head | anag. for t in tar, & lit; ref. Jack & Jill |
| AZ | 31 | Oct | KITCHENDOM | D. F. Manley | It incorporates equipment around woman of the house | kit c hen dom, & lit. |
| AZ | 36 | Nov | CRUSADER | M. L. Perkins | Campaigner in old company holding steadfast to right | sad in crue + r, & lit.; to = beside |
| AZ | 40 | Dec | FANTOCCINI | T. Anderson | What can excite the most original of children if I cannot? | anag. incl. c, & lit. |
| AZ | 43 | Xmas | A neologism (Neologisms) | J. D. Brightley | CRABCRUMPET | B |