Cup Winning Clues in 2013
◀ 2012 | 2014 ▶ | Other years
◀ 2012 | 2014 ▶ | Other years
| Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 2118 | Jan | BLOKEISH | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Like mixing with the boys, rugged yet outgoing | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| AZ | 2122 | Feb | NICETY | R. J. Whale | Touch of refinement missing from a mere HC? | nice t(r)y, & lit.; ref. AZ comps |
| AZ | 2126 | Mar | DESPERATE | Dr S. J. Shaw | Smash US TV series heaped woe for such housewives | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 2131 | Apr | DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left) | N. Warne | Boxer has cut mark – head drops, doesn’t survive round 5 | Ali in mk; V in dies |
| AZ | 2135 | May | LOB | Dr I. S. Fletcher | You might see this used in mixed doubles | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 2139 | Jun | DE RIGUEUR | Dr S. J. Shaw | Fashion guru’s term, Gallic in origin and required without question | anag. incl. u, g less q, & lit. |
| AZ | 2144 | Jul | INFERNO (Spoonerisms) | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Filed wire ruined iron: new iron to be plugged in | wild fire; n Fe in anag. |
| AZ | 2148 | Aug | ZOLLVEREIN | M. Owen | Interzonal levies could be set in a —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 2152 | Sep | STUFFED SHIRT | N. Connaughton | Troublesome turf shifted after spades budge sod | s + anag.; see budge2 |
| AZ | 2157 | Oct | MELODRAMATIC | C. J. Morse | Overstrained, semi-declamatory? Yes, that it could be | comp. anag. & lit. |
| AZ | 2161 | Nov | FARRAGO | Dr S. J. Shaw | Term for clutter encapsulated by jumbled contents of garage and loft | r in anag. less outer letters, & lit. |
| AZ | 2165 | Dec | OUT OF ORDER | R. C. Teuton | Batting four Root protects tail-enders in England collapse with series lost | d, e in anag.; ref. Joe Root, England cricketer |
| AZ | 2168 | Xmas | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | C. J. Morse | Five sore backsides to physic grieve Matron – not you, Dr Busby | score; last letters; ref. the Rev Dr Richard B., famous flogging headmaster of Westminster 1638-1693 |