Cup Winning clues by F. L. Usher
All clues by F. L. Usher
All clues by F. L. Usher
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. L. Usher | 25 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 29 | Sep 1946 | Aug 1953 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 247 | VAMPIRE | Stoker’s nightmare: having to improvise a fire—and nothing to start it with! | vamp (f)ire; ref. Bram S., Dracula |
| 33 | TAMBERS | Sound qualities of English character can be discerned even in Mr. Bates (O Twist) | anag.; ref. character in ‘Oliver Twist’ |