Salon 47
25 November, 2013
Fish crates scattered on boat in profile (9,6)
That’s just one clue in today’s Times, a true catch among crosswords, after the blast of Saturday’s Sunday Times, if that makes sense. Share the joy and quandaries of the Brit business here.
Brisbane dabblers, you get a double dram of DA banter this week. On Tuesday,around 4.30 AEDST, I’m chatting about Puzzles and Words 2 with Tim Cox. And then on Wednesday, it’s a Cluetopia rap with Sky Kirkham on the 4ZZZ Book Club around 11am AEDST.
Meanwhile Melburnians are welcome to join me for a soiree next Tuesday, at My Bookshop in Hawksburn for a 6.30 event. Corrie Perkin will be chatting with me about strange clues and landmark puzzles. Which leads us into a barnstorm of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie that same week. Check out details.
As for Sydneysiders, wheels are turning. Early whisper I know, but at this stage, keep Tuesday, January 28 free for the biggest circus yet. More details as they are confirmed.
Enough plugola. Time for a puzzle: what word can change its initial to an H in order to reveal its own male equivalent?
And your challenge, care of Column 8: craft a sentence of 25 words or less that would be incomprehensible in 1983. The best examples, ahem, win Cluetopia.
Have a wordy week.
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