OCTOBER 2021 85

The Generalist by Didymus Enigma by Barry R Clarke

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  In the east end of , the Kleaning-Right-And-Proper company    are paying five window cleaners to take their buckets and sponges to  an office block. The company has issued five identical ladders each with    nine rungs which are being used simultaneously by the five cleaners,    one to each ladder. When it’s time to   break for lunch, although each cleaner is up a ladder, no two are standing on the  same number rung.

    (1) Earwig’s rung is one higher than Antwit’s; (2) The total of Crumble and Dibdib’s positions gives the rung that   Babble is on; (3) Two of the five positions are square numbers;    (4) Dibdib is two rungs below Antwit; (5) Babble and Dibdib are one rung apart;   (6) Only one of the rung positions is a prime number. ACROSS 41 The seat of the Dukes of Lorraine situated on the Can you give the rung position for 1 Harm or abuse (12) Meurthe River (5) each window cleaner? 7 US state with counties Cleveland, Polk and Van Buren (8) DOWN Last month’s solution 13 Hrvatska, a European independent republic since 1991 (7) 1 Presenter of Crackerjack, This Is Your Life and Antiques Out of order Luis’s surname is 14 Shakespeare’s moisten or a Scottish mire (5) Road Show (7,5) Delgado, born in Guadalajara. 15 Mountain of the Southern Fells separated from its taller 2 A zoological vertebra, or a wheel joint (7) Insight in crime The height of the neighbour by the Mickledore col (7) 3 Someone who is a corrupting influence (6,5) wall is 216 cm. 16 US tennis player who won the Australian Open four times 4 Australian wicket-keeper whose Test career comprised, at Tweeting twaddle There were 200 between 1995 and 2003 (5,6) the time, of a record-breaking 96 consecutive games tweets released. 17 Cinder cone volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán (9) between 1999 and 2008 (4,9) Panic in the pentagon? We have a = 9, 18 Singer-songwriter whose debut album in 2002 was Alright, 5 Carice van Houten’s character in the TV show Game b = 3, c = 6, d = 5, and e = 8. Still and whose autobiography My Thoughts Exactly was of Thrones (10) Test in times It takes them 15 hours. released in 2018 (4,5) 6 Like healthy food (10) 19 Region incorporating Paris and eight adjoining 8 Reticence or aloofness (7) départements which include Essonne and Yvelines (3-2-6) 9 Pseudonym of John Graham, the famed Guardian 20 Waterway on which, in Audlem in Cheshire, there are crossword compiler (9) fifteen locks lowering the waters by 93 feet (10,5,5) 10 Market town in the Mendips, the current home 24 Pale green (3,2,3) of Babycham (7,6) 25 One who talks senselessly and tediously (8) 11 City in the Ruhr Valley, the centre of the German 30 Actor who played the ninth incarnation of , cutlery industry (8) in the revival of the series in March 2005 (11,9) 12 A huntsman’s assistant who controls the hounds (7-2) 33 “The Lass that Loved a Sailor” is the subtitle of this Savoy 21 Certainly not an exact quotation for a job (5,8) Opera (3,8) 22 British daily which folded on October 17th 1960 despite The generalist prize 35 Planes such as the Embraer ERJ, Fokker Friendship, having a circulation of over one million (4,9) The winner receives a copy of A Vickers Vanguard and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (9) 23 See-through quality (12) Cheesemonger’s Compendium of British & 37 Swallow-like birds which build edible nests (9) 26 Mexican artist whose monumental murals in public Irish Cheese by Ned Palmer. 38 US composer and bandleader, famed for his Moonlight buildings often depicted revolutionary themes (5,6) Serenade (5,6) 27 Fit out furniture with padding, springs, webbing Enigma & puzzles prize 39 The driest non-polar desert in the world (7) and covers (9) The winner receives a copy of Atlas of the 40 Evenly balanced (5) 28 The second brightest star in the constellation Orion (10) Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will 41 7th-century Anglo-Saxon poet and monk, the earliest 29 Book or album with record-breaking sales (10) Change How You See the World by James English poet whose name is known (7) 31 Large board used as an autocue (5,4) Cheshire and Oliver Uberti. 42 Compliant, flexible (8) 32 Greek region comprising the departments of Karditsa, How to enter 43 Haile ..., Ethiopian athlete who won the gold medal in Larissa, Magnesia, Sporades and Trikala (8) Send your solution to the Men’s 10,000m at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics (12) 34 See you tomorrow, in French (1,6) [email protected] or 40 Small shallow cups used for sampling the colour 36 Archaically, lights up again (7) Crossword/Enigma, Prospect, 2 Queen and clarity of wine (9) Anne’s Gate, SW1H 9AA. Include your email and postal address. Entries must Last month’s solutions. A Allium, Ammanford, B Banlieues, Bubble car, C Carcassonne, Czárdas, D Dirndls, Dresden china, E be received by 24th September. Winners Erotemas, Evelyn Waugh, F Fletcher, Fritter, G Genevieve, Goodies, H Hautbois, Hi-de-Hi!, I I am, Idiomatic, J Jane Eyre, Jumna, announced in our November issue. K Kalahari, Keyhole, L Lapwings, Love Bug, M Mayhem, Melton Mowbray, N Neo, Nye, O On the broo, Opener, P , Praha, Q Qua, Quids, R Ravel, Rishi, S Scheherazade, Shéhérazade, T Thallium, Toughies, U Umbriel, Union, V Vacant lot, Vis-à-vis, Last month’s winners The Generalist: Clive Scott, Epsom W White Hart Lane, Wyvern, X Xaghra, Xlendi, Y Yomps, Ysaӱe, Z Zinfandel, Zydeco. Enigma: Ann Raymond, London Correction: last month’s Generalist contained a clue that said a former Blue Peter presenter was appointed as Chief Scout in 2004; in fact Download a PDF of this page at Peter Duncan, the answer, was appointed in 2009. prospectmagazine.co.uk PROSPECT AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021

The Generalist by Didymus Solution grids for August/September 2021