The stage names of famous people, which we use in our crosswords, are often not the names our stars were born with. There are many reasons why their original names are not used. In Stewart Granger’s case, his birth name was James Stewart, which was already being used by that other fine actor. Singer [more…]
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Wordsearch Collection 09
Sol: Its surface area is greater than the land surface of Earth
T Francis, Yeovil.
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Sol: Its surface area is greater than the land surface of Earth
M Cherry, Reading.
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Sol: Avengers: Infinity War
W Larn, Grimsby.
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J Bamess, Manjimup WA.
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S Graham, Lowood QLD.
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R Killalea, Springdale Heights NSW.
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L Ralph, Mildura VIC.
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M Sarapuu, Camberwell VIC.
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C Storey, New Plymouth NZ.
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J Axton, Wingham NSW; J Pekkanen, Wulguru QLD.
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C Gray, Manly QLD.
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Cryptic Cluedoku 2, page 41
The word break-up, (2), was missing from clue 3.
Thank you to P Taylor from NZ for reporting this gremlin.
I’ve said before that if you grew up speaking English you are one of the lucky ones, because it’s a mighty difficult language to learn as a second language. Trying to get the pronunciation right is a nightmare for most foreign learners.
All the more surprising, then, that it was a Dutch writer who composed [more…]
Cryptic 11, page 36
Word break-up for 25ac should have read (6) for the answer LUSHER.
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MAXI! 3, page 50
The answer to the clue ‘Spirited’ should have read SASSY not SISSY.
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