Cup Winning Clues in 1980

Cup Winning Clues in 1980
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
AZ	406	Jan	BOIL	E. J. Burge	McLaren’s a bit short about the round ball. Lancing object (rather sore)?	O in Bil(l); ref. Bill M., RU commentator and L. soccer school
AZ	410	Feb	CUL-DE-SAC	N. C. Dexter	What use a 550 c.c. model here?	anag. incl. DL, & lit.
AZ	414	Mar	UNBOSOMER	T. E. Sanders	Bust-reducing agent? Rub some on bust – gets a lot off the chest	anag., 2 defs.
AZ	419	Apr	RAMILLIES	C. J. Morse	Marlborough’s second crusher in conclusive quartet of victories	a mill in (victo)ries, & lit.
AZ	423	May	ACCOUTRE	T. J. Moorey	Carter coup tails off in disarray – prepare for war?	anag. of Carte(r) cou(p); ref. Iran hostages fiasco
AZ	426	Jun	MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)	W. J. M. Scotland	Naughty gals with mini skirts had little not showing clearly!	’d in anag.
AZ	430	Jul	TEGULA	C. G. Millin	What the fiddler might have played on, in the film	gu in tela, & lit.; ref. Fiddler on the Roof
AZ	434	Aug	JARDINIÈRE	G. M. Hornby	Le début de jeunesse – rien à dire: translated – quite a dish	j + anag.
AZ	439	Sep	LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)	E. H. Furnival	A nice axe is needed for sca/lps
AZ	443	Oct	STEEPLECROWN	N. C. Dexter	Enter low space carelessly – and you’ll knock one off!	anag. less a, & lit.
AZ	447	Nov	URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left)	G. Johnstone	Eruptive outbreak – “ ’air cut! ’air cut!” repeats a Petty Officer evaluating lines of ratings	anag.; a PO graphs; cut = drunk
AZ	452	Dec	DISSENTERISM	C. J. Morse	Mitredness is wrong? That’s what it says	anag. & lit.; i.e. rejection of bishops
AZ	454	Xmas	CHRISTMAS BOX	M. D. Laws	I may be full of seasonal largesse – being ‘Brahms’ it’s barmy getting in to steer	anag. in cox; ‘Brahms and Liszt’, rhyming slang