Cup Winning Clues in 2015
◀ 2014 | 2016 ▶ | Other years
◀ 2014 | 2016 ▶ | Other years
Date | Clue word | Winner | Clue | Explanation | ||
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AZ | 2222 | Jan | OBJECT LESSON | J. R. Tozer | The coalition’s been a good one for all parties except for the one in opposition | objection with less for I |
AZ | 2226 | Feb | DOUBLE-PARKING | J. C. Leyland | See plod rebuking a delinquent for what fouls up kerb-loading? | double anag. & lit. |
AZ | 2230 | Mar | GATES OF DEATH | Dr S. J. Shaw | These part to reveal alternative fates, God above and devilish heat below | anag. + anag., & lit. |
AZ | 2235 | Apr | CHOCK-A-BLOCK | P. L. Stone | Heaving pack to secure one against the head | chock a block; ref. Rugby Union |
AZ | 2239 | May | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | R. C. Teuton | Spread like buns seems to excite Remove’s oversized character, ‘I’d eat and eat endlessly’ | sun’s beams; anag. incl. R less t; ref. Billy Bunter |
AZ | 2244 | Jun | AVANT-GARDISTE | R. J. Heald | Who might make devastating crack about RA retrospective, styling vintage art ‘sad’? | RA (rev.) in anag., anag., & lit. |
AZ | 2248 | Jul | WAISTLINE | M. Hodgkin | With consumption of endless fibre I decrease in size? | istl(e) I in wane, & lit. |
AZ | 2250 | Jul | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | J. R. Tozer | Azed’s celebrated reaching it with bean very much sound | beano; miles tone |
AZ | 2257 | Sep | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | R. J. Heald | 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 |
AZ | 2261 | Oct | GANGSTERLAND | M. Hodgkin | Flowery headgear worn by flamboyant gents could be called ‘the hood of hoods’ | anag. in garland; hood2, 3 |
AZ | 2265 | Nov | ESPRIT FORT | D. F. Manley | Prof. RD’s an atheist – and has this designation possibly? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Richard Dawkins |
AZ | 2270 | Dec | FENESTRA | R. J. Heald | Pierce Brosnan feted for playing striking Bond | anag. less Bond; ref. J. Bond actor; pierce = perforation |
AZ | 2272 | Xmas | SNOWMOBILE | C. J. Brougham | Saint with twinkling humour carrying present in sleigh | now in S mo bile |