I’m thinking more about “fray” from the last puzzle. Maybe if the clue had been, “Unravel, as a sweater.”
Puzzle #34. Completed it. No errors. YAY!
A few answers I got, but don’t really know:
2 down, “1952 Leslie Caron film.” LILI. I’ve added it to my Netflix queue, but it is not available right now. I also don’t know who Leslie Caron is. Oh, she was in Gigi. I don’t think I’ve seen that either. It’s in the queue.
30 down, “W.W. II German general Rommel.” ERWIN. Wow, I have to say I was not too interested in learning about this guy – nothing turns me off more than evil Nazi Germany people. But, this is what I learned on Wikipedia: “…soldiers captured during his Africa campaign were reported to have been largely treated humanely. Furthermore, orders to kill captured Jewish soldiers and civilians out of hand in all theatres of his command were defiantly ignored. He was suspected of involvement in the failed 20 July Plot of 1944 to kill Adolf Hitler. Because of his great prestige, he was allowed to commit suicide.”
43 down, “See 46 across.” 46 across is “Annual event at 43-down Stadium.” ASHE. I just don’t know where Ashe Stadium is. I just read about it and you can too, here.
55 down, “Shakespearean villain.” IAGO. Iago is in Othello.
The last one I should remember from Monday Puzzle #10. It was 29 down, “Spirit” and the answer is ELAN.
That’s it for #34!
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Monday Puzzle #33 or "Definition of Fray?"
I started to read a Pierre Loti book (reference Monday Puzzle #8). It is “An Iceland Fisherman” and I am enjoying it very much. So, I am happy that this crossword project has turned me onto an author I am enjoying.
Completed Puzzle #33 and only have a couple of answers that I don’t really know. They are:
1 across, “Unravel, as a cord.” FRAY. Fray, to me, means – well, I think of it in the context as “in the fray.” So, I would define it as something complicated or busy or where the action is. And, MW does provide, “a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute” as a definition. It also provides, “a raveled place or worn spot (as on fabric).” The definitions of the verb fray are “1a. to wear (as an edge of cloth) by or as if by rubbing, b. to separate the threads at the edge of, 2. Strain, irritate.” The intransitive verb definitions are, “1. To wear out or into shreds, 2. To show signs of strain.”
So, I’m not sure if I agree with this clue. If the clue referenced a worn cord or shredding/torn cord. But, to unravel a cord…I, at least, don’t see that in these definitions.
The other one is another vocab issue. It is 8 down, “What usurers do.” LEND. MW tells me that a usurer is “one that lends money especially at an exorbitant rate.”
This puzzle had “Safe sword” as a clue – EPEE! I love it when epee or oleo show up in the puzzle.
Completed Puzzle #33 and only have a couple of answers that I don’t really know. They are:
1 across, “Unravel, as a cord.” FRAY. Fray, to me, means – well, I think of it in the context as “in the fray.” So, I would define it as something complicated or busy or where the action is. And, MW does provide, “a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute” as a definition. It also provides, “a raveled place or worn spot (as on fabric).” The definitions of the verb fray are “1a. to wear (as an edge of cloth) by or as if by rubbing, b. to separate the threads at the edge of, 2. Strain, irritate.” The intransitive verb definitions are, “1. To wear out or into shreds, 2. To show signs of strain.”
So, I’m not sure if I agree with this clue. If the clue referenced a worn cord or shredding/torn cord. But, to unravel a cord…I, at least, don’t see that in these definitions.
The other one is another vocab issue. It is 8 down, “What usurers do.” LEND. MW tells me that a usurer is “one that lends money especially at an exorbitant rate.”
This puzzle had “Safe sword” as a clue – EPEE! I love it when epee or oleo show up in the puzzle.
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