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07 June 2010

Peccavi

I'm reminded a propos of nothing of my favourite crossword clue: 'Napier's admission of wrongdoing in India.'

The answer was - as any fule know, since General Napier took the town of Sind in India and needed to let HQ back home know without giving the game away - 'peccavi' (I have sinned).

Bet he was glad he paid attention in Latin class.

Another, 'Bottle Party? Impossible! (2,3,2)' with the answer 'No can do.'

I once went down to a crossword compilers' confab in Brighton. Great fun. Full of people admiring each other's more ingenious clues and introducing themselves in true fashion:

"Gumbrell's the name. Colin Gumbrell. That's 'Good parasol with no handle.'"
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4 comments:

  1. fotoLibrarian5:26 pm

    FWIW my favourite crossword clue (I am crappier at crosswords than I am at most things) went something like this: "Timo starts without overweight fowl" (5,2,6)
    Over to you.

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  2. Corfucius5:54 pm

    oh god i cant do these.
    "sinbad will do this in a trice."
    [which sounds like a dashed good clue in itself]

    thanks for teaching me FWIW. nice and english.

    timo the designer or timo the racing car driver, i'm wondering

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  3. Anonymous2:45 pm

    TIMON OF ATHENS.
    TIMO starts, then NO FAT HENS.

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  4. Corfucius2:56 pm

    god dont you hate the ingenuity? i remember my dad asking me, since i was in publishing, did i know the clue "impotent printer's command". stet.
    ooh ouch yaroo. Dad was so pleased to see me writhe and cuss.

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