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Nature’s creepy-crawlies
Perhaps it’s no coincidence that etymology and entomology look alike. Cockroach comes from the Spanish cucaracha and describes the unpopular nocturnal insect and a worthless or despicable person, although perhaps it should mean a born survivor, who lives through any circumstance.
Beetle comes from old English bitula ‘to bite’ and to beetle off is to scuttle hurriedly like a beetle. Being beetle-browed means having tufted eyebrows like the antennae of beetles. A beetle-crusher is a big boot.
The ladybird is known in the USA [more…]
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Pass me the Termagant!
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I’ve often marvelled at the journey a word takes from its birth to its present usage, and one fine example is termagant, an answer I’ve clued before in a recent MegaMix crossword.
The [more…]
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UK CROSSWORD PUZZLE COLLECTION Winners (Issue 135)
Double Monster
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Mrs J Munday, Exmouth.
Monster Colossus
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Monster Starhunt
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MEGA! Competition Solutions – Issue 131
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