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Amnesiac

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May 5, 2008, 2:27:32 AM5/5/08
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Anything that relates to SCWC 52 other than clues should be posted to
this thread.

Cheers,


Matthew

robki...@yahoo.com

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May 7, 2008, 8:27:17 AM5/7/08
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> Rapper hints about collaboration (11)

Just after I hit the post button, I realised that the fodder "Rappers
hint" would probably fit the surface of the clue slightly better.

Lots of tasty anagrams of this word, no doubt if I spent a bit longer
I'd have found some better ones to play with!

Paul E Collins

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May 7, 2008, 8:44:21 AM5/7/08
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<robki...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Rapper hints about collaboration (11)
>
> Just after I hit the post button, I realised that the fodder "Rappers
> hint" would probably fit the surface of the clue slightly better.

I like that clue. The first version sounds slightly more natural to me.

Eq.


vinyl1

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May 9, 2008, 9:21:00 PM5/9/08
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"Amnesiac" <goo...@faupel.org> wrote in message
news:ac675a8a-c9c3-4b03...@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...

> Anything that relates to SCWC 52 other than clues should be posted to
> this thread.
>
Wow, we've really got good quality this time. Both the James Bond clues
are excellent.

As usual, I didn't read any before posting, but they all seem to be on
different lines anyway. Maybe we need longer words in this competition?

[Sent by email erroneously on first try, sorry, Matthew]


Flying Tortoise

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May 14, 2008, 11:49:50 AM5/14/08
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John Lewis - Hobbs Sutcliffe (11)

Ooh, look! There's a wasp nest. Let's poke it with a stick!

English parochialism, cricket history, and an unindicated specific to
generic definition. You're a braver man than I Gunga Dinh! :-o

Colin Blackburn

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May 14, 2008, 11:54:32 AM5/14/08
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Examples include John Lewis Hobbs and Sutcliffe (11)

Gets a couple of the soldier wasps out of the way.

Colin

Steve Ball

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May 14, 2008, 5:42:22 PM5/14/08
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Colin Blackburn:

I'm not sure if I'm lacking some requisite knowledge, or just thick. Could
someone please explain what's going on here?
--
Thanks in advance,
Steve = : ^ )

Peter Biddlecombe

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May 14, 2008, 6:15:42 PM5/14/08
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Partnerships:

The full title of the chain of shops is "John Lewis Partnership",
because of a staff incentive scheme under which many of the
staff are "partners".

Hobbs and Sutcliffe were a famous England opening
partnership at cricket, a very long time ago - 1920s it
turns out.


Parochialism:
Obviously the cricket connection is English. The shops
exist in Scotland too FWIW.


Specific/Generic:
Many cryptic puzzles follow a rule under which the
clue can name a category and expect an example
from the solver, but the opposite must be indicated
by "say", "for example" or similar.


Flying Tortoise

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May 14, 2008, 6:16:29 PM5/14/08
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On May 14, 10:42 pm, Steve Ball <pretty_g...@every.thing> wrote:

A bit of both I expect. The John Lewis Partnership is a leading retail
group in Britain, Hobbs and Sutcliffe is a famed opening partnership
from England's Test cricket glory days (which indicates how long ago
they were playing!)

Steve Ball

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May 14, 2008, 8:17:52 PM5/14/08
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Peter Biddlecombe:

> On May 14, 10:42 pm, Steve Ball <pretty_g...@every.thing> wrote:
>> Colin Blackburn:
>>
>>> Flying Tortoise wrote:
>>>> John Lewis - Hobbs Sutcliffe (11)
>>
>>>> Ooh, look! There's a wasp nest. Let's poke it with a stick!
>>
>>>> English parochialism, cricket history, and an unindicated specific to
>>>> generic definition. You're a braver man than I Gunga Dinh! :-o
>>
>>> Examples include John Lewis Hobbs and Sutcliffe (11)
>>
>>> Gets a couple of the soldier wasps out of the way.
>>
>> I'm not sure if I'm lacking some requisite knowledge, or just thick. Could
>> someone please explain what's going on here?
>> --
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Steve = : ^ )
>
> Partnerships:
>
> The full title of the chain of shops is "John Lewis Partnership",
> because of a staff incentive scheme under which many of the
> staff are "partners".
>
> Hobbs and Sutcliffe were a famous England opening
> partnership at cricket, a very long time ago - 1920s it
> turns out.
>
>
> Parochialism:
> Obviously the cricket connection is English. The shops
> exist in Scotland too FWIW.

Thanks Peter.
--
Steve = : ^ )

Colin Blackburn

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May 28, 2008, 7:43:36 AM5/28/08
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Colin Blackburn wrote:
> Flying Tortoise wrote:
>> John Lewis - Hobbs Sutcliffe (11)
>>
>> Ooh, look! There's a wasp nest. Let's poke it with a stick!
>>
>> English parochialism, cricket history, and an unindicated specific to
>> generic definition. You're a braver man than I Gunga Dinh! :-o
>>
>
> Examples include John Lewis Hobbs and Sutcliffe (11)

I was just following a link in another crossword place and came across
Hobbs and Sutcliffe which reminded me of this clue. The Maharajah has an
interesting name.


"Better known as Vizzy, the Maharajah of Vizianagram takes his place as
one of the most colourful and controversial characters in the history of
Indian cricket. A great patron of the game in the late twenties and
thirties, Vizzy used his personal wealth to get legendary cricketers
like Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe to play in India, often at the
ground he had built inside his palace grounds."


Colin

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