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Thank You, "Nanzone" & "ZC" for Your Interest and Visits to the World of "CrossWords" ... The aim is to get to know new words, new ways of looking at and describing the world around us and to stimulate our own Creativity. Wish You Success in Your Pursuit of making Yourself and Our Hyderabad HAPPY!

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On With the CrossWords! - 19 / 6



1 - You alone find it / 8 Synonym (‘you alone’): SOLITUDE

2 - Turn in a toboggan? Done! / 8 Derived (‘turn =wind’ in a ‘toboggan = sled’ – “s(wind)led” = “done”!): SWINDLED

3 - Major report produced by a VIP / 3,5 Derived (‘major = big’ + ‘report = noise’): BIG NOISE

4 - Sycophant’s aspirate misplaced / 8 Anagram (‘aspirate’) PARASITE

5 - Strange oriental tale / 8 Anagram (‘oriental’): RELATION

6 - End of the new tram line / 8 Anagram (‘tram line’): TERMINAL

7 - Gifts offered by about ten different papers? / 8 Der / Ana(‘ten different = ent’ in ‘papers = press’): PRESENTS

8 - He is taken in by a girl - who fluttered them? / 6 Derived (‘he’ in ‘a girl = lass’ ; ‘las(he)s)’: :Arrow: LASHES

9 - Prepared as Venus de Milo once was / 5 Anagram (‘Venus de Milo’ is a historic Statue without arms … earlier she had ‘arms’ er she was ‘armed’ ; ie ‘prepared’!): ARMED

10 - After accident had no motorcycle / 5 Anagram (‘accident ‘had no’ = honda’ ; ‘a motorcycle’): HONDA



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On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 20 / 6



1 - Given feed for development / 7 Anagram (‘feed for’): OFFERED

2 - A fair exchange is in sight / 2,3,3,2,3 Derived: AN EYE FOR AN EYE

3 - One feeling the heat for one feeling the cold / 7 Derived: SWEATER

4 - Flowers some pull up in spring / 6 Hidden ( ‘…L UP IN…’) LUPIN

5 - Perpetrator of dark deed / 7 Synonym: BURGLAR

6 - Small volume of trade for a quick sum / (5,8) Derived: READY RECKONER

7 - Words get muddled at end of day when tired? / 6 Ana / Der (‘words’ muddled = ‘drows’+ end of ‘day’ = y’): DROWSY

8 - Saucy proposal that may break a deadlock? / 5,8 Derived (‘saucy = fresh’ ‘proposal = approach’: :Arrow: FRESH APPROACH

9 - It’s currently attractive / 13 Synonym (‘current = electro’ + ‘attractive = magnet’): ELECTROMAGNET

10 - Party bill goes out - it’s about time / 7 Derived (‘bill’ out = lib…l + ‘time = era’ ‘lib(era)l’): LIBERAL

* JUMBLE! 20 / 6

• CATNEC: - _ - - - _ aCcenT

• DESSUR: - - _ - _ - duReSs

• OANNEY: _ _ - - - _ ANyonE

• USUBED: _ - - _ - - SubDue

• LIDBOY: - _ - - _ - bOdiLy

• LUCASE: - _ - - _ - cLauSe



Now, JUMBLE the Underscored Letters, To Get What:

OFTEN CHANGES HANDS AT A PERFUME COUNTER

Ans: DOLLARS and SCENTS - DC, 20 Jun 04, p VI

JUMBLE! 20 / 6

• WAHELI: _ - _- - - AwHile

• BRUBRE: _ - - - _ - RubbEr

• MIESED: - - _ _ _ - deMISe

• WOLFLE: - - _ - _ _ feLlOW

• FIMFUN: - - _ - _ - muFfIn

• EDDOCE: _ - - - _ - DecoDe



Now, JUMBLE the Underscored Letters, To Get What:

WHEN HE FLUNKED THE VOCABULARY TEST ---

Ans: WORDS FAILED HIM - TNSE, 20 Jun 04, p 26



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On With the CrossWords! - 21 / 6



1 - Uneasy feeling that a meal is badly cooked / 7 Anagram (‘a meal is’): MALAISE

2 - I’m badly upset by such a drive / 7 Anagram (‘I’m Upset)’: AN IMPETUS

3 - A graphic description / 4,7 Derived: WORD PICTURE

4 - A crime in Egypt’s capital seems absurd / 7 Derived ( ‘crime = sin’ + ‘in’ + ‘Egypt’s capital = e’) ASININE

5 - Stumble upon crude oil in North Africa / 7 Derived (‘stumble = trip’ + ‘crude oil = oli’): TRIPOLI

6 - Turn out in body to find a robber / 7 Derived (‘turn out = rig’ in ‘body = b…and): BRIGAND

7 - Ship that goes by land / 7 Derived: COASTER

8 - It sounds much like the truth? / 11 Derived (‘much like = very similar’): :Arrow: VERISIMILAR

9 - There’s nothing to hold down such a point of view / 7 Derived (‘nothing = o’ + ‘hold down = pinion’ ): OPINION

10 - Give rating a note to take between ships / 6 Derived (‘a’ + ‘note = e’ + ‘between ships = ss … ss’) ASSESS



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On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 22 / 6



CrossWords- 22 / 6

1 - The old king was a devotee in church / 6 Derived (‘a’ + ‘devotee = nut’ in ‘church = C…..E’): CANUTE

2 - A spot of refreshment / 5 Derived: OASIS

3 - Two many dance together / 6 Derived: CANCAN

4 - More for the bit player / 5 Syn / Der ( ‘more = extra’ ‘bit player’) EXTRA

5 - A bend in the road / 6 Syn / Der (‘bend = camber’ ‘road’): CAMBER

6 - Not a lot of land but somebody’s leased it / 5 Der / Hid (‘(somebody) is’ + ‘leased it = let’): ISLET

7 - A fabulous writer takes a retrospective pose / 5 Derived (‘a’ + ‘retrospective pose = esop’ ‘aesop = fabulous writer OR writer of fables!’: AESOP

8 - No attire in good enough for him or her / 6 Derived: :Arrow: NUDIST

9 - Still it could affect one’s reception / 6 Derived: STATIC

10 - Jazz be hanged! / 5 Derived SWING



Jumble - 22 / 6



Unscramble these four Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form four Ordinary Words.

BABEY: - - - _ - , DONSY: _ - - - _, LENZOZ: - - _ - _, GIZHAN: - - _ _ - -.



Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



What Mom Did When Dad Burned the Steaks



BABEY: - - - E - , DONSY: S - - - D, LENZOZ: - - Z - E, GIZHAN: - - Z I - -.



Ans: SIZZLED



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On With the CrossWords! - 23/ 6



1 - One composer introduces card game to another / 10 Derived: MONTEVERDI

2 - Many set free / 7 Anagram (‘many set’): AMNESTY

3 - Commercial interrupts fight – it’s boring / 7 Derived (‘commercial = ad’ in ‘br … awl’): BRADAWL

4 - Hostile incursions where the fleet lies at anchor / 7 Synonym INROADS

5 - The French dug in in a listless way / 7 Syn / Der (‘The French = la’ + ‘dug in’ listless = ‘guid’): LANGUID

6 - Officially register a complaint / 6,4 Derived (‘officially register = report’ + ‘complaint = sick’): REPORT SICK

7 - Table inlaid with a nacre design for a temple / 10 Derived (‘nacre design = ernac’ in ‘tab … le’): TABERNACLE

8 - They may control when people fall asleep / 10 Derived: :Arrow: HYPNOTISTS

9 - The opposite of praise / 3,4 Derived: RUN DOWN

10 - They are not at home with regulations / 7 Derived (‘not at home = out’ + ‘regulations = laws’):arrow: OUTLAWS





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On With the CrossWords! - 24/ 6



1 - Unwanted gas pipe / 7 Synonym: EXHAUST

2 - Blow that is justified to a private captain / 7 Derived (‘justified = right’ + ‘private captain = hook’): RIGHT COOK

3 - Give credit / 7 Synonym: BELIEVE

4 - Fix the score to suit the players / 7 Derived ARRANGE

5 - Not a home match / 9 Derived: ELOPEMENT

6 - One who treats wounds - in the chest? / 7 Derived: DRESSER

7 - It’s a cello playing swing / 10 Anagram (‘it’s a cello’): OSCILLATE

8 - Golf score can make a good score / 7 Derived (‘golf score = par’ + ‘can = able’): :Arrow: PARABLE

9 - Definitely not in duplicate / 3,3,3 Derived (‘not in = out’ + ‘not in = out’): OUT AND OUT

10 - Train one time journalists / 7 Derived (‘one time = ex’ + ‘journalists = press’):arrow: EXPRESS



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On With the CrossWords! - 25 6



1 - It may be put on disc / 8 Derived: IDENTITY

2 - Alienate sergeant in mess / 8 Anagram (‘sergeant’): ESTRANGE

3 - One hears a rumpus is vexatious / 6 Syn / Der: ANNOYS

4 - Wheels are his sole means of locomotion / 6,6 Derived (‘wheels = roller’ + ‘his sole = skater’) ROLLER SKATER

5 - Reckless injunction to keep increasing the rent / 8 Derived (‘rent =tear’ + ‘increasing = away’): TEARAWAY

6 - Could be another’s fishing ground / 4,3 Anagram (‘anothers’): NORTH SEA

7 - I get strained badly and go to pieces / 12 Anagram (‘I get strained’): DISINTEGRATE

8 - Fish in turn goes badly / 8 Anagram (‘turn goes’): :Arrow: STURGEON

9 - Means to get at the drink / 6,6 Derived: BOTTLE OPENER

10 - Lighted match? / 8,4 Derived (‘lighted = floodlit’ + ‘match = game’):arrow: FLOODLIT GAME



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On With the CrossWords! - 26 / 6



1 - They build a nest on moss perhaps / 11 Anagram (‘a nest on moss’): STONEMASONS

2 - Not involved in fight so not charged / 7 Derived: NEUTRAL

3 - Unlucky drawn out formation / 8 Anagram (‘drawn out’): UNTOWARD

4 - Uniformed footmen / 8 Derived: INFANTRY

5 - One doesn’t go for such entertainments / 7 Derived: OUTDOOR

6 - Does being so young lead to a maiden’s downfall / 4,2,1,4 Derived: SLIP OF A GIRL

7 - Standard feature of Saturn or Mars / 4 Hidden (‘saturN OR Mars’): NORM

8 - An amusing host / 11 Derived: :Arrow: ENTERTAINER

9 - The role of the conductor? / 7,4 Derived: LEADING PART

10 - Find lie out, so refusing to believe / 7 Anagram (‘find lie’):arrow: INFIDEL





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On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 27/ 6



CrossWords- 27 / 6

1 - Contacts for money perhaps / 7 Syn / Der: TOUCHES

2 - Destined to be admitted to the church / 8 Derived: ORDAINED

3 - He should put the right letters in his case / 8 Derived: TYPESETTER

4 - Possibly cares about a famous Roman / 6 Anagram (‘cares … a’): CAESAR

5 - Numbers making a noise in examinations/ 8 Derived (‘noise = din’ in ‘examinations = or … als’’): ORDINALS

6 - Late; it turns in after me / 6,4 Derived (‘after = behind’ + ‘it turns = ti’ + after ‘me’): BEHIND TIME

7 - A top journalist is under strain / 7 Derived: PRESSED

8 - It’s never made the charts / 8 Derived: :Arrow: UNMAPPED

9 - Get to grips in friendly fashion / 5,5 Derived: SHAKE HANDS

10 - Property tax will keep the gamekeeper busy / 6,4 Derived (‘property = estate’ + ‘tax = duty’):arrow: ESTATE DUTY



Jumble - 27 / 6



* Unscramble these Six Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Six Ordinary Words.

PAYNOC: - _ _ - - -, ENGOIP: - _ _ - - -, COLKUN: _ _ - - - -, EXVONC: - - _ - _ -.LORMAN: - - _ - - _, LUTTUM: _ - - - - -.

Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



Why the Track Star Missed His Flight



PAYNOC: - A N - - -, ENGOIP: - I G - - -, COLKUN: U N - - - -, EXVONC: - - N - E -.LORMAN: - - R - - L, LUTTUM: T - - - - -

Ans: He Was “RUNNING” LATE



- TNSE, 27 June 2004, p 26.



* Unscramble these Six Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Six Ordinary Words.

CLARGI: _ _ - - - -, GIDINO: _ - - - _ -, NERUNG: _ - _ - - -, MEANIA: - - _ - _ -.YANBOT: _ - - - _ -, NOSTEX: _ - - - - _.

Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



What the Voice Student Did When The Bank Was Robbed



CLARGI: G A - - - -, GIDINO: I - - - G -, NERUNG: G - N - - -, MEANIA: - - E - I -.YANBOT: [color=white]B - - - N -, NOSTEX: S - - - - N.

Ans: He BEGAN “SINGING”

- SC, 27 June 2004, p VI.



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On With the CrossWords! - 28 / 6



1 - Two attempts made by the marksman / 9 Syn / Der (‘two attempts = crack+shot’): CRACKSHOT

2 - Dress alike / 7 Synonym: UNIFORM

3 - He has a growing interest in his job / 8 Derived: GARDENER

4 - Large tin becomes essential / 8 Anagram (‘large tin’): INTEGRAL

5 - He has main control/ 7 Derived (‘main = sea’): ADMIRAL

6 - Note is performed as shown / 9 Derived (‘note = D‘ + ‘is’ + ‘performed = played’): DISPLAYED

7 - More remarkable result produced by outsider / 8 Derived: STRANGER

8 - It’s a crime may be but it brings some peace / 9 Anagram (‘It’s a crime’: :Arrow: ARMISTICE

9 - Arrived in a bundle / 6,2 Derived: ROLLED UP

10 - One out to make an impression / 7 Derived (‘impression = strike’):arrow: STRIKER





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color=brown]On With the CrossWords! - 29 / 6[/color]



1 - Drop a hint to a close acquaintance / 8 Derived : INTIMATE

2 - Forfeit a dividend perhaps and become bored / 4,8 Derived (‘forfeit = lose’ + ‘dividend = interest’): LOSE INTEREST

3 - Pedestrian in control of the factory / 3-2-3-4 Derived: RUN-OF-THE-MILL

4 - It’s strictly true but unimaginative / 6-2-4 Derivative: MATTER-OF-FACT

5 - Lied to us about being lonely / 8 Anagram (‘lied to us’): SOLITUDE

6 - They go around looking to stir us / 8 Anagram (‘to stir us’): TOURISTS

7 - Receives an order and assumes control / 5,7 Derived (‘receives = takes’ + ‘order = command’): TAKES COMMAND

8 - Acider’s mixed in a cocktail / 7 Anagram (‘Acider’s’: :Arrow: SIDECAR

9 - Hazy sun out perhaps around the end of June / 7 Anagram (‘sun out’ +’end of June = e’): TENUOUS (‘hazy’)

10 - Unnecessary to goad Hitler’s bodyguard / 8 Derived (‘goad = needle’ + ‘Hitler’s bodyguard = ss’):arrow: NEEDLESS



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On With the CrossWords! - 30 / 6



1 - See where he works / 9 Derived (‘He works in SEE’): CLERGYMAN

2 - Beats again and drives back / 8 Derived (‘beats = pulses’ after ‘again = re’): REPULSES

3 - Bank subsidy about to expire / 8 Derived (‘to expire = die’ in ‘subsidy = gra … nt’): GRADIENT (‘bank’)

4 - Cares a lot about powered flight / 9 Anagram (‘cares a lot’: ESCALATOR

5 - Snoopy is funny / 7 Derived: CURIOUS

6 - Prophet is resolved to get us meal / 6 Anagram (‘us meal’): SAMUEL

7 - Swinger helps to pass the time / 8 Derived: PENDULUM

8 - Cats learn to be like earlier family members / 9 Anagram (‘Cats learn’: :Arrow: ANCESTRAL

9 - Accept later you’re a chip off the old block / 4,5 Derived (‘accept = take’ + ‘later = after’): TAKE AFTER (‘chip off the old block’)

10 - Elizabeth includes us in commercial enterprise / 8 Derived (‘us in’ in ‘Elizabeth = b … ess = needle’):arrow: BUSINESS (‘commercial enterprise’)



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On With the New Words! - 1 / 7



New Month, New Words To Learn By ... Take the Help of the "Computer" OR The Dictionary.

* Verbatim “Best Sounding” Words:

1. Mellifluous - Smooth, Honeyed, Harsh (Antonym)

2. Ubiquitous - Ever-Present, Everywhere, Omnipresent

3. Serendipitous - Unexpected, Opportune, Unforeseen, Unanticipated, Chance

4. Callipygian* - “Fair Buttocked” (An Epithet of Aphrodite, Greek Goddess), also Callipygean, Callipygous (Adj)

5. Conundrum - Puzzle, Mystery, Challenge, Poser, Problem, Riddle

6. Flummox - Stun, Stump, Baffle, Bewilder, Stagger, Flabbergast, Confound, Floor

7. Isthmus - Neck of Land, Cape ^ - "Isthmian" Games, Games on the Corinthian Isthmus, Near the Saronic Gulf Shore (Greece)

8. Tintinnabulation* - Bell-Ringing



* ^ Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, Others By “Computer”!



Now, Use the Above Words in Your Own Sentences OR Seek Out "Quotes" ... To Increase Your Vocabulary!



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On With the Sunday Special - Double Jumble! - 4/ 7



Double Jumble - 4 / 7



Jumble - 4 / 7

* Unscramble these Six Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Six Ordinary Words.

ANNOYC: - _ _ - - -, GYSSAR: - - - _ _ -, TIDOAR: _ _ - - - -,



SEELAW: _ - _ - - -, DIBITT: _ - - - - _, YIVELT: _ - _ _ - -.

Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



A Bunch of Beer Bellies Can Turn A Bar Into This



ANNOYC: - A N - - - , GYSSAR: - - - S S -, TIDOAR: A D - - - -,



SEELAW: W - A - - -, DIBITT: T - - - - T, YIVELT: L - V I - -.

Ans: A VAST “WAIST-LAND”



- TNSE, 4 July 2004, p 26.



* Unscramble these Six Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Six Ordinary Words.

BOUTES:_ - - - - _, YORTHE: - - - _ _ -, RYPTAN: _ - - _ - -,



ABNERN: - - _ _ - -, RETAUM: - - _ _ - -, MIRNIF: _ _ - - _ -.

Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



Needed By a Ship’s Captain On An Ocean Voyage.



BOUTES: O - - - - E, YORTHE: - - - O R -, RYPTAN: P - - T - -,



ABNERN: - - N N - -, RETAUM: - - T U - -, MIRNIF: I N - - R -.

Ans: POINT of “NO RETURN”

- SC, 4 July 2004, p VI.



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On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 5 / 7



CrossWords (5 / 7)

1 - The rogue by mid-March is working in jail / 8 Derived (‘rogue = imp’ + ‘mid-March = r’ + ‘is’ + ‘working = on’): IMPRISON

2 - Weighty stuff / 8 Derived: MATERIAL

3 - Draining liquid food served with fish / 9 Derived (‘liquid food = gruel’ + ‘fish = ling’): GRUELLING (‘bank’)

4 - Agents get sealed orders / 9 Anagram (‘get sealed’: DELEGATES

5 - Properly adjusted car lights give good illumination / 3,5 Derived: (‘adjusted car = arc’ , ‘lights = lamps’) ARC LAMPS

6 - Prophet is resolved to get us meal / 6 Anagram (‘us meal’): SAMUEL

7 - Comic opera on the way in air transport / 9 Derived (‘comic opera = aerop’ + ‘way = lane’): AEROPLANE

8 - They reduce the risk of accidents on flight / 9 Derived: :Arrow: BANISTERS

9 - The odds are that it’s almost lunchtime / 3,2,3 Derived (‘lunch time = 1 (pm)’): TEN TO ONE

10 - Where Napolean first saw the light / 7 History / Der:arrow: CORSICA (‘place of birth of Napolean’)



Jumble (5 / 7)

* Unscramble these Four Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Four Ordinary Words.

LEEXI: _ - - - _, TIGAN: _ - - - _, LIFEED: _ - - - _ -, TEAREA:_ - _ _ -.



Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



To a Poker Player Down On His Luck, A Winning Hand Means ----



LEEXI: E - - - E , TIGAN: G - - - T , LIFEED: D - - - L -, TEAREA: A - R A - - .



Ans: a GREAT “DEAL”



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On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 6 / 7



CrossWords (6 / 7)

1 - Completely wrong direction / 8 Derived (‘wrong = out’ + ‘direction = right’): OUTRIGHT (‘completely’)

2 - One needs it to understand information / 12 Derived: INTELLIGENCE (‘one needs it to understand’,‘information’)

3 - Increasing distress suffered by the young? / 7,5 Derived (‘increasing = growing’ + ‘distress = ling’): GRUELLING (‘bank’)

4 - The boss sent around pupils / 8 Der / Ana (‘boss = stud’ + ‘sent around = ents’): STUDENTS

5 - I can’t promise to make changes. Curses! / 12 Anagram: (‘I can’t promise’) IMPRECATIONS

6 - A worthy person, as yet lacking polish. / 5,7 Derived (‘lacking polish = rough’ + ‘worthy = diamond’): ROUGH DIAMOND

7 - The last thing a crowd will do. / 8 Derived: DISPERSE

8 - Board one first writes on / 9 Derived (‘writes = pens’ + ‘one = i’ + ‘on’): :Arrow: PENSION (‘board’)

9 - Telescope for a secret agent on a vessel. / 8 Derived (‘secret agent = spy’ + ‘vessel = glass’): SPYGLASS (‘telescope’)

10 - He became proverbially rich from various sources. / 7 Anagram (‘sources’:arrow: CROESUS (‘a very rich man’, ‘king of Lydia, fabulously rich’)



Jumble (6 / 7)

* Unscramble these Four Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Four Ordinary Words.

THAWE: _ - _ _ -, DELAL: - _ _ - - , COSHOL: _ - _ - - _, PLUTIF:_ _ _ - - - .



Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



When the Pitcher* Went To The Shower He Was - - - / * Baseball Pitcher (3, ‘6’, 2)



THAWE: W - E A -, DELAL: - A D - - , COSHOL: S - H - - L, PLUTIF: U P L - - -.

Ans: ALL “WASHED” UP



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On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 7 / 7



CrossWords (7 / 7)

1 - Key groups? / 7 Derived: BUNCHEST (‘completely’)

2 - Water supply exhausted but not squandered / 4-5 Derived (‘water supply = well’) : WELL-SPENT (‘not squandered’)

3 - Bridge master gets a beating / 8 Derived (‘bridge = span’ + ‘master = king’): SPANKING (‘beating’)

4 - The spirit of France / 6 Derived: COGNAC

5 - It capers about for exercise. / 8 Anagram: (‘It capers’) PRACTISE

6 - Surprise shots in a melee / 8 Anagram (‘shots in a’): ASTONISH

7 - He keeps still being a man of spirit / 9 Derived: DISTILLER

8 - This is somrthing between Greece and Turkey / 6,3 Geography: :Arrow: AEGEAN SEA

9 - Till peas perhaps to make them sweet. / 8 Anagram (‘till peas’): PASTILLE

10 - Sailor in a strange place is efficient. / 7 Der /Ana (‘sailor = ab – able body’ in ‘strange place = cap …le:arrow: CAPABLE (‘efficient’)



Jumble (7 / 7)

* Unscramble these Four Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Four Ordinary Words.

KANOE: _ - - - _, DATUL: - _ - - _ , RETAIW: _ - - _ _ -, NEPELS:_ - _ _- - .



Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



What the ‘Divorcee’ Wanted To Do When He Settled Up With His Ex-Wife. (6, 4)



KANOE: O - - - N, DATUL: - D - - T , RETAIW: W - - T E -, NEPELS: S – L E - -.

Ans: SETTLE DOWN



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On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 8 / 7



CrossWords (8 / 7)

1 - Fair play for car drivers / 7 Derived: DODGEMS* {* Dodgems - An Amusement in which Drivers of Small Electric Cars within an Enclosure strive to bump others without being bumped.}

2 - Spouse left bather embarrassed / 6,4 Anagram (‘left bather’) : BETTER HALF

3 - Remind one that it’s time for church / 4,1,4 Derived: RING A BELL (‘remind one’)

4 - Do such animals live only from day to day? / 9 Derived: NOCTURNAL

5 - It’s employed in the distribution of perfumes / 5,5 Derived::arrow: SCENT SPRAY

6 - Not altogether how an undergraduate is working? / 2,1,6 Derived: FOR A DEGREE

7 - It’s terrible how Freud gets the lad confused. / 2,3,4 Anagram (‘Freud … lad’: DREADFUL

8 - You’d be the last person to find yourself here. / 6,3 Derived: :Arrow: IN THE REAR

9 - Unhealthy antagonism. / 3,7 Derived: ILL FEELING

10 - Instantly but not there and then. / 4,3,3 Derived: HERE AND NOW



Jumble (8 / 7)

* Unscramble these Four Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Four Ordinary Words.

FOBEG: - - - _ -, HYSYL: - _ - - - , HASBIN: - - _ _ - -, SATTEE:_ _ - -- - .



Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



When the Latest Style Sandals Were Introduced They Were Bound To Be ---- a (4-2)



FOBEG: - - - O - , HYSYL: - H - - - , HASBIN: - - N I - - , SATTEE: E S - - - -.

Ans: a SHOE - IN





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[Hh]

On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 8 / 7



CrossWords - 9 / 7

1 - I hamper arrangement made for Joseph’s son / 7 Anagram: Ephraim* {* Ephraim – Hebrew, ‘fruitful’}

2 - The things even nudists can’t do without / 4,9 Derived: BARE NECESSITY

3 - Wonky fan clears mist shrouding French upland / 6,7 Anagram (‘fan clears mist’: MASSIF CENTRAL

4 - Victory was doubly his / 7,6 Derived: HORATIO NELSON

5 - It was frightful as a rule / 5,2,6 Derived (‘rule =reign’ of ‘frightful = terror’): REIGN OF TERROR

6 - Not altogether how an undergraduate is working? / 2,1,6 Derived: FOR A DEGREE

7 - The wages give me coins in change / 2,3,4 Anagram (‘me coins’): INCOMES

8 - A title indeed much wished for / 7 Derived (‘a title = sir’ in ‘de … ed’): :Arrow: DESIRED (‘much wished for ‘)

9 - Pays out and relaxes / 3,7 Derived: UNWINDS

10 - Road now ready to be ambushed / 7 Derived (‘road = way’ + ‘now ready = laid’): WAYLAID (‘ambushed ‘)



Jumble - 9 / 7

* Unscramble these Four Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Four Ordinary Words.

VENAK: _ _ - - -, CANKS: _ - - _ - , SNAZAT: _ - _ - - -, PALLAP: _ _ - - - -



Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



What Sleeping Bags Can Turn Into On the Spur of the Moment / “3”, 5.



Words:

VENAK: K N - - - , CANKS: S - - C - , SNAZAT: S - A - - - , PALLAP: A P - - - -.

Ans: “NAP” SACKS.





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[The Crackednut]

Hey HH, good work on the Crosswords. Keep them coming.

Found this link on the net. Some dude took the pains to classify different types of crossword clues and how to go about it.



http://primates.ximian.com/~ravi/rahul/ ... rimer.html

(originally available at http://www.ergodic.org/cryptstuff/primer/primer.htm)



For beginners like me, i found it very informative. I guess others on this board who are new to Crosswords would like it too.

[HH]

Hey HH, good work on the Crosswords. Keep them coming.
Found this link on the net. Some dude took the pains to classify different types of crossword clues and how to go about it.

http://primates.ximian.com/~ravi/rahul/ ... rimer.html
(originally available at http://www.ergodic.org/cryptstuff/primer/primer.htm)

For beginners like me, i found it very informative. I guess others on this board who are new to Crosswords would like it too.

Thank You, TCn!

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[HH]

On With the CrossWords & Jumble! - 10 / 7



CrossWords - 10 / 7

1 - Absolutely no disposition to suffer at all / 4,7 Anagram (‘suffer at all’ : FLAT REFUSAL (‘absolutely no’)

2 - It jumps over the side and plays on the grass / 7,4 Derived: CRICKET TEAM

3 - Wonky fan clears mist shrouding French upland / 6,7 Anagram (‘fan clears mist’: MASSIF CENTRAL

4 - There’s fifty odd giants remaining / 7 Derived (‘fifty = l’ + ‘odd giants = asting’) : LASTING (‘remaining’)

5 - The first half of this should be considered. / 7 Derived (‘first half of this = th’ + ‘should = ought’): THOUGHT (‘considered’)

6 - Mother hides a blemish with make-up / 7 Derived (‘mother = m …’ hides ‘a’ + ‘blemish = scar’) : MASCARA (‘make-up’ for eyes)

7 - It may serve to let us in perhaps / 7 Anagram (‘let us in’): UTENSIL

8 - Promises certain to be kept by a fool / 7 Derived (‘certain = sure’ kept by ‘a fool = as …s’): :Arrow: ASSURES (‘promises’)

9 - A toss-up offers faint prospect / 4,3 Anagram (‘A toss-up’): PASS OUT (‘faint’)

10 - Small bouquet from country’s leader or guru / 7 Derived (‘country’s leader = c’ + ‘or’ + ‘guru = sage’): CORSAGE (‘small bouquet’ – the bodice or waist of woman’s dress; a bouquet to be worn there or elsewhere)



Jumble - 10 / 7

* Unscramble these Four Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / Underscore to form Four Ordinary Words.

YURST: _ - - _ -, NEQUE: - _ - - _ , THACED: _ - _ - - _, STABEK: - _ - _ _ - .



Arrange the Underscored Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as suggested by This:



When The Cops Demanded The Bare Facts, Of the Suspect – (“Sure. I shot the dirty bum.) They Got ----- / The 5, 5.



YURST: R - - T - , NEQUE: - U - - N ,

Words: THACED: D - T - - - , STABEK: - A - K E -.

Ans: The NAKED TRUTH.





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[HH]

On With the Sunday Special - Double Jumble! - 11/ 7



Double Jumble - 11 / 7



Jumble - 11 / 7

* Unscramble these Six Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / “Space” to form Six Ordinary Words.

ENBOCK: - - - K O -, TODFRY: - - O S - - , PELONY: - P E - - -,



ELAVEN: L - - V - -, MEECBO: - E - - M -, YUNASE: U - - - S -.

Highlight and Arrange the “Space” Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as Suggested by This:



What the Famous Author Did He Gave a Lecture. / He 5, “7”/



Ans: He SPOKE “VOLUMES”

- TNSE, 11 July 2004, p 26..

* Unscramble these Six Jumbles, one Letter to each Dash / “Space” to form Six Ordinary Words.

EPPING:- E G - I -, NUHOLY: - - H - O - -, TESHEE: - - - T H -,



NAIGAN: - N G - - -, SOMIAC: - O S - - -, RAZTUQ: - U - - [color=white]T -.

Highlight and Arrange the “Space” Letters to Form the Surprise Answer, as Suggested by This:



What the Nervous Groom Didn’t Have on His Wedding Day. / a “6”, 7/



Ans: a “SINGLE” THOUGHT

- SC, 11 July 2004, p VI..



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[HH]

Words, in Other Words, and Others' Words...



* Vocabulary Corner

Ten Words:

1. an outcast, a rejected and despised person - PARIAH

2. not talkative; silent - TACITURN

3. resentment at being slighted - PIQUE

4. excessively ornate; swollen or bloated - TURGID

5. to punish, hold up to public scorn - PILLORY

6. hard and inflexible; unyielding - ADAMANT

7. varied, motley, greatly diversified - MULTIFARIOUS

8. lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy - TORPOR

9. an invocation of evil; a curse - IMPRECATION

10. hairy, shaggy – HIRSUTE



The above words have been creatively woven together in this longish sentence:

The usually taciturn, hirsute beast, pilloried by the local villagers for his torpidity, pulled himself from the turgid waters of a nearby river, piqued by the imprecations of those who sought his demise. He would be adamant in seeking revenge on those who made him a pariah because of his multifarious mental and physical anomalies.

- Jennifer Stewart’s Weekly Newsletter

* Acronym Blues:

WOMBAT = Waste Of Money, Brains And Time



* Quote!


“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
“However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.”


The above sentences are one of the most famous opening sentences in English Literature. They open the Classic Novel “Pride and Prejudice”, which is an ironic novel of manners, by Jane Austen. In it the garrulous* and empty-headed. Mrs Bennet has only one aim – that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this he is mocked by the witty cynicisms of her indolent^ husband. … The vivid delineations of provincial middle-class attitudes, moral firmness and the author’s sense of comic and satirical ridicule make “Pride and Prejudice” one of the enduring classics of the English Language. (* talkative, ^ lazy – “indisposed to activity”)

- “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen (1775 – 1817), first published in 1813, c. Wordsworth Classics, Edition 1992.

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