Cup Winning clues by C. Allen Baker

Cup Winning clues by C. Allen Baker
All clues by C. Allen Baker

	Clues in archive	First Prizes	Other Prizes	VHCs	HCs	Hons points	First win	Latest win
C. Allen Baker	258	20	30	208	210	308	Oct 1945	Oct 1981

No.	Clue word	Clue	Explanation
495	CACOETHES	Ache to wallow in the embrace of pros? One shouldn’t start it	anag. in (a)ces, & lit.
456	BALADINE	One like Barnum and Bailey, endlessly pranking	anag. less y; prank = dance; ref. P. T. Barnum, hoaxer
143	Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)	With gifts weighed down, frost-flecked, adorned, And star above, ye wise men three-O, ‘Tis little wonder, sirs, that ye Might well be termed a Christmas tree-O
Ximenes competitions
1143	MORGIANA	Pantomime dame: a man disguised, with a built-in bust	orgia in anag.; see orgy and bust²
1127	TRAYBIT	“A tip, this?”, the waiter snapped	tray bit
769	PENNY	Source of a clink, no? Only if one is dropped	pen³, n(a)y, & lit.
590	STATANT (Printer’s Devilry)	Cleopatra was dazed and lo/ony, shaving. Come to! Hi! Send on a blade!
438	MACARONI	It must be swell, being a little waterproof duck in a rain-storm!	mac + O in anag.
261	DECANTER	The cause of somewhat unintelligible talk in a stag-party?	cant¹ in deer, & lit.
233	SAWDUST	Spotted duff—that‘s the stuff for stuffing!	saw dust; duff¹ = coal dust
229	MASCOT	Up in the morning with the sun and early bed is said to bring good fortune	a.m. (rev.) + S + cot
191	DENIGRATE	Smut—a blight of grain with deterioration beginning on the outside	anag. in dete(rioration); smut, vb.
164	NEWTON	One who is “fresh” and not well brought up is notable for making advances with his optics!	new + not (rev.); ref. Conduitt’s description of a “fresh-faced” Isaac N. and his early years, fatherless with absentee mother
156	LAVEROCK	One-pound Hailstone Found in Field—Morning Herald	L, ave, rock; field lark; ref. newspaper published until 1869
150	CAPILLAMENTS	They’ll be unco pliant camels that can pass through the eye of a needle!	anag.
118	MARAVEDI	Winds varied in the morning: hail during the day to the north of the Pyrenees: little change to the south	anag. of varied, a.m.; ave in mardi (Fr.Tuesday)
98	HUMERI	We start to murmur … our anger rises … then we’re up in arms!	hum + ire (rev.)
74	DEODAR	Dreadnought, going into a storm, raises cones	anag. of dread, 0: cone = weather signal, in contemporary ed. of C.
69	MISANTHROPE	Like Scrooge, he rouses the phantoms’ ire	anag.
10	ACROSS	The game is over when the French wing-halves drop out	(l)across(e)