Cr world “The World of Crosswords in Australia” N R 1 3 5 J U L Y 2 0 0 1 Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men. Confucius (c. 550-c. 478 BC) G R I D A T O R I A L F R O M T H E A D J U D I C A T O R Margaret Davis ur sincere congratulations to David Stickley whose Slot 1: 5dn AMEN, AMON and AMUN were all accepted. Disallowed at Special Cryptic crossword was published in the 8ac was DOBERMANN. Whilst this is an accepted alternative spelling ONew York Times on 27 May 2001. This is a of the breed, the clue specifically called for “dogs” in the plural. I also wonderful achievement not only for David but also for disallowed at 15dn ZOMBY. I can only find ZOMBI and ZOMBIE in Australian crosswording in general. A note attached to my dictionaries. the crossword read: Slot 2: 25ac: TANYA and TANJA do not satisfy the clue. GODET is “The author creates the cryptic crossword for The Daily incorrect as was an E-D. Slot 3: STONY RIVER was a bit of a surprise Telegraph in Sydney, Australia, and maintains the Website but, sadly, was not allowed. for the Australian Crossword Club (www.ar.com.au/ Slot 4: This caused more problems than usual which I think is shown ~stickley/acc.html). This is his first puzzle in an American in the results. Disallowed was ZEBRULA, an alternative spelling but publication.” not satisfying the rubber tree — ule — in the clue. Slot 5: This was well done except for some transcription errors, of And the comments on the New York Times website have which there were relatively few overall. been very favourable indeed: Many thanks for all your kind notes and good wishes. I have enjoyed • I’ve seen Mr Stickley’s puzzles before — they are adjudicating again, and with Patrick’s help have unravelled a few more surprisingly solvable for North American audiences. This of the mysteries of my computer! —M. one had some fun twists, and it was harder than I would have expected. NEW ADJUDICATOR: We extend a warm welcome and our thanks to • I especially liked many of the surface readings in this puzzle. Brian Symons of Grays Point, NSW who has taken on the pleasant • All the clues are so sensibly written that I have faith that task of adjudicating. Brian has been a member of the ACC for many the Aha moment will come. years and has been particularly successful in solving any type of puzzle • The second Sunday puzzle was so consistently elegant. I’ll — difficult or otherwise. We hope you enjoy your stint adjudicating definitely have to look at this guy’s Web site. this month’s puzzles, Brian. • What I really like about it is that he seems to take care with the design of the grid as well as of the clues. Thinking of buying an electronic dictionary or thesaurus? If so, check Well done! David. See page 9 for further details about out David Stickley’s Home page at: http://www.ar.com.au/~stickley/ this cruciverbal Oz star. refs.html David has reviewed some of the major reference books for the cruciverbalist. Here is one about the The Chambers Dictionary: Congratulations to the winners of our Cumulative Puzzles The Chambers Dictionary on CD-ROM, 1994 Prize Jan - Jun 2001. The following members with a perfect “Oh, the power of the PC! Anyone who sets crosswords seriously score of 30 crosswords share equally the prize of $1400: Jim must have at least one electronic dictionary at their fingertips. Colles, Peter Dearie, Catherine Hambling, Doreen Jones, The Chambers Dictionary on CD-ROM was my first and I’ve been David Procter, Joyce Sheahan, Joan Smith, Alan Walter and waiting (so far without luck) for other Chambers’ books to add into the Roy Wilson. Runners-up: JB Anderson, Bev Cockburn, Mal generic interface called Lexicon. Thankfully the software has an Cockburn, Margaret Galbreath, Ann Jermy and Carole Noble. option to load the entire dictionary onto the hard drive which frees up the CD-ROM drive for playing Tommy Emmanuel and makes Adjudicators: Our sincere thanks for the sterling job done accessing the dictionary very quick. There are all the usual features by the adjudicators for the last six months: Jim Colles, available including Definition Search, access via different indexes (like Col Archibald, Veniece Lobsey, Rob Watson, Ken Davis, Headword, Idiom) and scrolling entry by entry. The interface itself is Margaret Davis, Ted O’Brien, Bob Hagan, Audrey & Bruce neat, but takes some getting used to. One big plus is that Crossword Austin, Bev Cockburn and Steve Workman. Compiler by Antony Lewis can access this dictionary directly, making Happy Crozworlding! —Patrick setting crosswords much easier.” —David Stickley L E A D I N G F I G U R E S H I G H L I G H T S Puzzle No. 1 2 3 4 5 Total page Entries received 105 112 114 81 113 525 CrossQuiz by Virgo 3 Correct entries 78 103 107 51 107 446 Cryptic by Kev Layton 4 Success rate % 74.3 92.0 94.0 63.0 95.0 85.0 Cryptic by Southern Cross 5 Prizewinners R Otrupcek M Cockburn A Meek A McKerral V Dinham From 116 members AJ by Colinebrii 6 Eat for Good Health Daily L E A D I N G L I G H T S by Red One 7 Eightsome Reels by Praxis 8 President Patrick Street 395 Canning St, North Carlton Vic 3054 %(03) 9347 1216 [email protected] Profile — David Stickley 9 Secretary Bev Cockburn 12 Norman St, Merrylands West NSW 2160 %(02) 9635 7802 [email protected] Results of Quiz No 3 9 Treasurer Alan Walter 7 Allunga Cl, Mona Vale NSW 2103 %(02) 9979 6648 Quiz No 4 by Stroz 9 Distributor David Procter 104 Esdale St, Nunawading Vic 3131 %(03) 9878 7429 [email protected] © 2001 The Australian Crossword Club Cr world J U L Y 2 0 0 1 June 1-2001 June 2-2001 June 3-2001 B C B W A E D E T E R M I N E D N E S S S T A T I O N P L A Y A C T A R I E S D O B E R M A N S A A A A A A E T T C V A A P I O A L H A E D G Y R A T E D V A N I L L A R A T I O O L D R E G R E T A D L E R C E R V A N T E S A A G I C P N E I R M D S S E P B H M E A T A C H O E A G L E W O O D S N O W Y R I V E R S T A B D I S R A E L I L A R R Y H H D A U A S N T D C R A T A L A Z N A M E N D M E N T G A T E R O V E R B E A R I N G S T E N C I L H O R N S B Y C E D E O D T M W A R N P S T X M M E E H I R E R I N S I D E J O B H O O D E D S N A K E T R Y S T I M B I B I N G R E N O A E E V R T F T S H S N I O J I L L E G I B L E T A N I A R E E F M E G A L I T H I C C O C K A T O O S A L G A E S I L U X U R E M E R T E E Y D E A G E M T A C K I E R C R E M A T E W H E A T B E L T L I M I T D E M E T R I U S K Y L I E I T D G E L R R A N U G H D A H S P K E N N E A S T E R H O L I D A Y S S I T T I N G E S S E N C E June 4-2001 June 5-2001 May 6-2001 G A V B X R T H E M A R K E T E R S A L S D I S F A V O U R Q U A N N E T J A N I T O R O M A D E H E A V Y U S E O F O S T R O G O T H R G I S B A O G C O U L K S T O H A Z E L N U T U T M O S T G A D G E T S A N D T R I M T C H A Y E N M L E O S E T O C R E A T E A N E W L O O K A I S D R C W I L I D U N G H U N T E R S T O V E S A N D W A S H I N R A H R E H T L U X A T E D A S C E K R G M A C H I N E S W E R E E M S A L E S G I R L M A G N A C H A R T A B L A Z O N E D W I T H C O N B U S H I M E E D L E U A I T R O L P A N E L S S U G G E E R B L O K E A I P Y R O M E T R I C Y E G G S T I N G T H E Y W E R E P R D E A F B O L P E T I D L U B N M U C K R A K E R K H A L I F E N T R E P O T E P A R E D T O T A K E O F F A S H E A V E R E R L I W L R B F O R O U T E R S P A C E K A F F I Y E H S F U N E B R E Z E B R U L E E C O U R A G E I M T E T Y E The Waste Makers: Vance Packard R E E L D G O S S MEMBERS’ RESULTS FOR JUNE 2001 MEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 MEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 MEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 ALTMAN E ü ü ü HASENKAMP S ü ü ü PROCTER D ü ü ü ü ü ü ANDERSON C ü ü ü ü ü ü HEATH P ü PROCTER M ü ü ü ü ü ANDERSON J B ü ü ü ü ü ü HORAN P ü ü ü ü PYC M ü ü ü ARCHIBALD C ü ü ü ü ü ü HOWARD L ü ü ü RANDALL J ü ARNO P ü ü ü ü ü ü HOWARD V ü ü ü ü RAW M ü ü ü ü ü ATKINSON S ü ü ü ü IBBOTT B ü ü ü ü REARDON C ü ü ü ü ü AUSTIN A ü ü ü ü IKIN D ü ü ü ü RENDELL Dr A ü ü ü BATUM C ü ü ü ü JERMY C A ü ü ü ü ü ü REYNOLDS P ü ü ü ü BENNETT B ü ü ü ü ü ü JESSOP N ü ü ü ü RITCHIE I ü ü ü ü BENNETT D ü ü JONES D ü ü ü ü ü ROBERTSON D ü ü ü ü BOUVIER S ü ü ü ü KELLETT P ü RYAN A ü ü ü ü ü BRYANT R ü ü ü KENNEDY D ü ü ü ü SEALE E ü ü ü BUTLER D ü ü ü ü KNIGHT S ü ü SHEAHAN J ü ü ü ü ü ü CAMPBELL G B ü ü ü ü KNIGHT V ü ü ü SIEGMAN B ü ü ü ü CLAYTON M ü LAYTON K ü ü ü SKILLICORN A ü ü ü ü COATES D ü ü ü ü ü LEE K E ü ü ü SMITH J ü ü ü ü ü ü COCKBURN B ü ü ü ü ü ü LOBSEY V ü ü ü ü SMITH T ü ü ü COCKBURN M ü ü ü ü ü McCLELLAND C ü ü ü ü SOLOMON B ü ü ü ü ü ü COLLES J ü ü ü ü ü McDERMOTT P ü ü ü ü STOCKS C ü ü ü ü CONWAY H ü ü ü ü MACDOUGALL I ü ü ü ü SYMONS B ü ü ü ü ü ü COWAN M ü ü ü ü ü McGRATH J ü ü ü ü ü TAYLOR R ü ü ü ü ü CUDMORE M ü ü ü ü McKERRAL A ü ü ü ü THOMAS E ü ü ü ü CUMMING B ü MARGERISON D ü ü ü ü THOMSON M ü ü ü DAVIS K ü ü ü ü ü ü MEEK A ü ü ü TICKLE B ü ü ü ü ü DAVIS M ü ü ü ü ü MERCER P ü ü ü TITUS-REES D ü ü ü DAWSON J ü ü ü ü MITCHELL J ü ü ü TOFONI B ü ü ü ü ü DEARIE P ü ü ü ü ü ü MORTENSEN D ü ü ü UNOLD T ü ü ü DENNIS M ü ü ü ü MURRAY-WHITE H ü ü VERESS M ü ü ü ü DINHAM V F ü ü ü ü ü NECK J ü ü WAITES L ü ü ü ü DOVE C ü ü ü NOBLE C ü ü ü ü ü ü WALTER A ü ü ü ü ü ü EISENTRAGER D ü ü ü ü O’BRIEN E ü ü ü ü ü ü WARING R ü ü FOSTER C ü ü ü O’BRIEN S ü ü ü ü ü ü WATSON R ü ü ü ü FREELAND J ü ü OGAWA T ü ü ü ü WATT K ü ü GALBREATH M ü ü ü ü ü ü O’ROURKE R ü ü ü ü ü ü WATTS I ü ü ü GARNER P ü ü ü OTRUPCEK R ü ü ü ü ü WENHAM J ü ü ü ü ü ü GLEESON C ü ü ü ü PARKER J ü ü ü ü WILLIAMS K ü ü ü ü ü ü GOULD E ü ü PHELAN T W ü ü ü ü ü ü WILSON R ü ü ü ü ü ü GREENING D ü ü ü ü ü ü POPE