Cup Winning clues by C. O. Butcher
All clues by C. O. Butcher
All clues by C. O. Butcher
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. O. Butcher | 114 | 13 | 9 | 92 | 108 | 136 | Jul 1956 | Aug 1977 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | DINOCERAS | A monster long ago dead I once stuck out on the head | d. + anag. + ras |
| 276 | AMTRACK | Two items of transport in one with waterproof protection | tr in a + mack, & lit. |
| 229 | METRICATE | To me losing inches is far from simple: we must, if we must | me + (in)tricate |
| 190 | CASSANDRA | One having prior dope and held in little credit | ass and in cr. + a, & lit. |
| 135 | GABIONADE | I form bulges erected on a defence’s sides | I bag (rev.) on a d, e, & lit. |
| 127 | FRITHSOKEN | It must have reduced the risk of ending in prison | anag. + n, & lit. |
| 66 | NONSENSE | A bit of silliness – being in love is just that | s ens in none |
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 1195 | VAULTING-HORSE | End of Ximenes’s rule—having to readjust will be hard for an old stager to get over | anag. incl. s |
| 1006 | CHROME-PLATING | Shiny skin—a sorry plight no cream is good for | anag. |
| 911 | DRAGON | With the scent I’ve got on many romantic blades have made passes at me | drag on |
| 651 | NIPCHEESE | Lavish presentations are not my line—the likes of Felix and Mickey Mouse satisfy me! | nip3 cheese; i.e. what F. & M.M. like |
| 626 | WOMAN-TIRED | Yesterday was too mild to wear trousers, to-day seems too gusty for skirts: that’s Eve with clothes! | woman + tired (= clothed); gusty = irritable, skirts = women |
| 573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | Among lags here is one lag who ought to be strung up head first | cape + lag (rev.) in slows, & lit. |
| 390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | Any M.P. has, we’re told, hopes for immortality after tribulations here—a c/ross in vocation? | Eros’s |