tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4995355596717884611..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Never a Crossword, Up Until Now - Joan LennonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-42272091692027871322009-02-03T10:56:00.000+00:002009-02-03T10:56:00.000+00:00Ice cube! Absolutely right! Well done!Ice cube! Absolutely right! Well done!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-49548772814919721032009-02-03T09:01:00.000+00:002009-02-03T09:01:00.000+00:00Well, Joanna, a die (singular of dice) is a cube, ...Well, Joanna, a die (singular of dice) is a cube, innit?<BR/><BR/>I really shouldn't come over all know-all on this subject, I am normally abysmal at any kind of crossword, even the simple ones. Weird but true.<BR/><BR/>The novel 'The Wisdom of Crocodiles' by [authornameescapesme' allegedly contains the toughest crossword clue in the world. The clue is: E (13).<BR/><BR/>In other words, 13 letters... and the clue is 'E'.<BR/><BR/>It takes the entire novel for someone to get it.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-52815985780321012982009-02-02T21:27:00.000+00:002009-02-02T21:27:00.000+00:00Blast! I was going to say ice cube too! But don't ...Blast! I was going to say ice cube too! But don't really get why it would be linked to 'die'...hmmm. Only said it because it fits the letter count!<BR/><BR/>Ice something else? oh dear, it's too late to expect my brain to work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76607663978603690702009-02-02T15:24:00.000+00:002009-02-02T15:24:00.000+00:00I too am normally hopeless at cryptics, but...Ice ...I too am normally hopeless at cryptics, but...<BR/><BR/>Ice cube?<BR/><BR/>(It's all the snow outside that helps).Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-75554727885274926242009-02-01T11:10:00.000+00:002009-02-01T11:10:00.000+00:00I'm completely useless at cryptics, Joan, so don't...I'm completely useless at cryptics, Joan, so don't have a clue. But I absolutely love the GK one in the Weekend Telegraph, and am very sad about doing it religiously with my family. I love Balfour's idea of 'the invisible web of words that binds all knowledge'. As I am re-reading Chatwin's 'Songlines'--another wonderful quasi-travel book--at the moment, I can see a potential link between the books. Sigh. Another one for my ever-growing wishlist, then!Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.com