Cup Winning clues by R. J. Heald
All clues by R. J. Heald
All clues by R. J. Heald
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. J. Heald | 205 | 21 | 25 | 159 | 58 | 251 | Sep 2000 | Dec 2021 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2582 | ACHITOPHEL | Devoid of principles, coach with help that’s dodgy? | anag. less first letters, & lit. |
| 2486 | BRUHAHA | Baron Hardup merrily gives away daughter, Prince becoming husband by end of Cinderella pantomime | anag. incl. B less d, with h for P + a |
| 2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | Sunday’s Mass beginning to grate forces Catholic to leave fold | Sandy’s muss; g for C in cuddle; fold = embrace |
| 2456 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL (Overlaps) | Hunt losing backing might help us till normality restored, avoiding unseemly Tory griping | trac(k); till3; anag. less anag.; ref. Jeremy H., Conservative leadership race |
| 2376 | SOW(PIASTRE)ENS (Christmas Pudding) | Among barnyard animals lies holy son whose love has become a symbol of Christmas | pia2 son with tree for 0, all in sows |
| 2351 | RHAGADES | Newspaper is in decline, lacking force, sealing end for sluggish old hacks | h in rag (F)ades; see hack |
| 2270 | FENESTRA | Pierce Brosnan feted for playing striking Bond | anag. less Bond; ref. J. Bond actor; pierce = perforation |
| 2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | Quarrel with Republican candidate shortened odds of Trump beating frontrunner for presidency spreading sanctimonious rubbish | (Jeb)Bus(h) + alternate letters; p in pi tat; ref. US politics |
| 2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | Who might make devastating crack about RA retrospective, styling vintage art ‘sad’? | RA (rev.) in anag., anag., & lit. |
| 2191 | PLUG | Quid tucked inside jowl? | L in pug2, & lit.; see jowl2 |
| 2187 | WEST | How one usually leaves Bath to go round centre of Bristol? | adv.; s in wet, & lit. |
| 2078 | RÉCOLLET | Resolution to contemplate our Lord makes this man drop out | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2014 | HACKETTE | Take the lead in Cinderella, playing girl who works in rags | ang. incl. C |
| 1992 | FOULARD | Silk scarf entangled leads to Isadora’s end on road | foul + a + Rd; ref. I. Duncan’s bizarre death |
| 1932 | NINE-TO-FIVE | Occupying such positions you’ll see memos from tiresome managers! | i.e. hidden rev. at positions 9 to 5, & lit. |
| 1923 | ELLIPTIC | Describing a two-dimensional shape explicitly involved axes x and y | anag. less x, y |
| 1884 | FREELOADER | Slippery customer seen in environs of diner or café mooching, without a cent? | eel in anag. incl. d, r less c, & lit. |
| 1814 | HIPSTER | Chap, beatnik sort, mixing with odd characters having dropped out? | anag. of alternate letters, & lit. |
| 1606 | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | What’s good if you like browsing among tat? Jumble sale for one | in + tat with anag. for a |
| 1528 | STROP (Spoonerisms) | Top performer starved of acting work would make Caine bleed | keen blade; st(a)r op; ref. Michael C. |
| 1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | Devastating Woods – with fantastic round, Tiger slips clear of the leaders | anag. less first letters; ref. US golfer |