Cup Winning Clues in 2005
◀ 2004 | 2006 ▶ | Other years
◀ 2004 | 2006 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 1702 | Jan | WORDSMITHERY | Mrs J. E. Townsend | The artistry of wits, rhymed or otherwise | anag. |
| AZ | 1707 | Feb | GALENA (Definition of Anagram) | D. F. Manley | What was assessment of lawn? Good, given a nitrogen-enriched tract of grass | alnage; g + a + N in lea; lawn2 = fabric |
| AZ | 1711 | Mar | MINUS | N. C. Dexter | This degree makes nudism shivery | comp. anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| AZ | 1715 | Apr | RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left) | R. R. Greenfield | A spring cuckoo’s strident note anticipates end of April: relief, relief! | anag.; re l ease |
| AZ | 1719 | May | ANHELATION | C. J. Morse | Happiness starts with an H – a rough breathing to the likes of Hippocrates | an H elation: ref. Greek ‘h’ |
| AZ | 1724 | Jun | MONEYBAGS | T. J. Moorey | I enjoy lots of mint sauce on my rump of lamb cooked with sage | anag. incl. b; mint sauce = money |
| AZ | 1728 | Jul | EIDOLA def. NULLAH (Wrong Number) | T. Anderson | Mining a lode one might unearth such paragons | lode; anag. incl. l |
| AZ | 1733 | Aug | PALESTRA | C. M. Edmunds | Hardy embracing with Nelson a possibility? Disabled tar’s plea permits it | anag.; ref. ‘Kiss me, Hardy’, wrestling hold |
| AZ | 1737 | Sep | ANIMUS | R. Dean | Maliciousness, possibly? This is close | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 1741 | Oct | LORD NELSON | V. Dixon | Elevated way above teeming Londoners, one who commands a tenacious hold. | L2 + anag., lord + nelson, & lit. |
| AZ | 1746 | Nov | ENTOMIC | D. F. Manley | No insect, mite could be in —— set, mistakenly | comp. anag. & lit.; mite is an arachnid |
| AZ | 1750 | Dec | PLOUGHMAN | R. P. C. Forman | One going up-along, him, shattered. | anag. less I, & lit.; ref. Gray’s Elegy |
| AZ | 1752 | Xmas | MIDWINTER | R. J. Hooper | Time around which man taking sack maybe appears after dark’s returned | dim (rev.) + t in winer, & lit.; sack3 |