Cup Winning clues by P. M. Coombs
All clues by P. M. Coombs
All clues by P. M. Coombs
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. M. Coombs | 55 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 87 | 64 | Dec 1946 | Aug 1963 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 760 | METAMORPHOSE | Change, by Medusa’s head, perhaps, to shape more rocky? | M + anag. |
| 207 | PAGEANT | Occasion for display of the buttons and bows of antiquity | page ant(iquity), & lit.; bows = front parts |
| 155 | LYTERIAN | Ending disease is an awful trial with Nye interfering | anag. of trial Nye; ref. Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, Min. of Health |
| 39 | GNATHIC | About two we open for refreshments: you can get gin and have a chat here | anag. of gin, chat; i.e. pair of jaws |