Crisp
Derived from the Latin crispus meaning ‘curled’, this word means firm, dry and brittle and you could say it’s a great example of onomatopoeia, a word that sounds exactly like its meaning.
Deciduous
From the Latin dēciduous, meaning ‘falling down or off’ this word describes trees which shed leaves, usually in the [more…]
Colossus 9, page 48
The clue ‘Rebuked’ at 10 across, should have been ‘Rebukes’ for the answer REPROACHES
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Pop Words, page 47
The clue at 32 across should read ‘In 1961 Frankie Vaughan and Gene McDaniels both had versions of … Of Strength’ without a word break-up.
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Pop Words, page 47
The clue at 7 across starts with a numeral 1, it should be an alphabetical I.
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The most famous Irishman was actually the son of a Roman official born and bred in South Wales. The legend goes that he was captured by Picts and sold as a slave in Ireland. He escaped to Gaul, where he became a priest and is credited with bringing Christianity to western Europe.
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One of the many sources of our English vocabulary is the eponym – a word named after a person or place.
Some eponyms are obvious – I’m sure you can guess what Count Pavel Stroganoff lent his name to? Although he descended from wealthy Russian aristocracy, he was born in Paris, where a French chef [more…]
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