Friday, July 25, 2008

Thematic Crosswords.....Sports Cluing !

Ist Clue:



Bowler's aim is in tune with cricket (6 letters)



2nd Clue :



Judge endlessly shaken premium (6 letters)



3rd Clue :



Snick or a square ? ( 3 letters)



4th Clue :



Successful but not 'In'...is a goner (3,3)



5th Clue:



Wrong sin after a number game.....(6 letters)







Answers (1. wicket,2.umpire,3.cut,4. hit out,5.tennis)

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Educational crossword Clues ....Thematic crosswords!

(Posted sometimes back in http://creativityinedu.wordpress.com/......... my other blog )

A FEW CROSSWORD CLUES ….FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION….


1. A ‘crazy’ ten to catch……….NET
2. A slangy professional carrying a heavy weight is charged positively….PROTON
3. A river…or something in a garden….FLOWER
4. ‘endless’ FEW ,hard metal…… FE is for IRON
5. It turns red or blue in testing conditions….LITMUS



More: (with explanations)
1. A HEARTLESS CEO is very dangerous……….now ‘heartless’ on surface means cruel….but if you are out of box….then heartless CEO could mean CO ….as ‘E’ is the heart of the word CEO…..
….so the answer would be CO….or…carbon monoxide….which is a dangerous gas !

2. SAG strangely….and it is formless….
'strangely’ is a clue….that means SAG has to be rearranged……to become GAS………which is formless……

3. RIM in a way…..is a diagnostic test….
this one is quite simple….RIM in a way is MRI ; Magnetic Resonance Indexing….which is a diagnostic test !


4. mad STREEX puts pressure
….now one has not only to be out of box….but grammatically correct as well !
….so ‘mad’ STREEX is EXERTS…..which is…..puts pressure !

5. diamond essentially is a tail-less bond…after car !
….a tail-less bond is bon……as ‘d’ is the tail….. after car….bon would be….

Carbon !!!
…………more soon !

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Cross word clues for beginners !!!

Lets understand the funda of cluing for crosswords :


Note: All clues have ( normally should have ) ...a 'surface indication'.....that is to mislead.........and the 'real indication'....that leads us to the answer....

Example:

Clue : Original equipment manufacturer in short is this ! (3 letters)

Surface clue leads us to believe that the answer is describing a trait of an original equipment manufacturer...

whereas the answer is hidden....in short 'original equipment manufacturer'...which is OEM

So the answer is OEM

Another Example:

Clue : An hour when it is getting late for a team (6 letters)

Surface clue indicates that it is getting late for a team to do something...

Actual answer is hidden in .....an hour when it is getting late !

(Come on......pull up your socks !)

Eleventh hour is when it is said to be getting late

and a team is also referred as eleven

So the answer is ELEVEN ( not eleventh....as in crosswords one has to keep the grammatical emphasis of the clue as well !! a team can be called eleven not eleventh !)

Please write your comments....to take this further !

......

Sunday, July 13, 2008

CROSSWORD CLUES ON MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS......simple !

CLUES ON MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS......

First clue : Listen carefully and join ! ( 6 letters)

Second clue : Use a different CITCAT to bell the cat ! (6 letters)

Third clue : Norma joins the labour head to remain sane ! ( 6 letters)

Fourth clue : We go to this place of work....not on ice ! (6 letters)

Fifth clue : Reason for business is to support the apt ! (6 letters)








( Answers : 1. Enlist , 2. Tactic, 3. Normal, 4. Office 5. Profit )

Explanations : to follow......

Thursday, July 10, 2008

SOME MORE SLANG POETRY


UNDERSTANDING SLANGS THROUGH POETRY

If your plate is full
you are... up to your ass in
or stinking with....
then in a sense ....
you are experiencing ABUNDANCE

If you do a number on
do one wrong
give one the cold shoulder....
piss on
or even shit on....
then it is a sure thing
that you are ABUSING !!!

If someone is a nerd
a pencil geek
an egghead
or an ink squister
then you can guess quick....
that he is an ACADEMIC

Monday, July 7, 2008

CROSSWORD CLUING......PSYCHOLOGIC

HERE ARE A FEW BRAIN ENERGISERS....PSYCHO LOGIC !

FIRST CLUE :

PRIME of prime RIDES and feels great !(5 letters)

(Prime of PRIME is the first letter 'P' ....followed by 'rides' ....so the answer is PRIDES....which means ....feels great )

SECOND CLUE :

Praise ! OLE GUY ! (6 letters)

(answer is EULOGY)

THIRD CLUE :

ME cant start....and GO ....must be vain ! (3 letters)

.....(the answer is EGO.....it is vain....and Me cant start means....it is only letter E and...then...GO)

FOURTH CLUE :

MENTAL instability....cry and relate your sob story (6 letters)

...'instability' means the word mental has to be rearranged.......and the answer is LAMENT !

FIFTH CLUE :

BRIEF physical exercise inside only....but not hidden (6 letters)

....brief physical exercise is PE ...inside the word 'only'.......so the answer is OPENLY........



Saturday, July 5, 2008

CROSSWORDS KEEP YOU YOUNG !

IT IS TRUE !

Check with your doctor....but he should be the one who knows ...!!!.....not merely a prescription writer !

"How can crosswords keep me young?".... This is a question that is often asked by people who do not do crosswords ! ( obviously)

.....do you know that that when initially New Generation is with YOU......it is YOUNG !

( did you figure it out ...?) Initially is a clue that implies that the first letters of NEW & GENERATION are with YOU...........

....you've got it....... YOU...N ....G is YOUNG !


....and do you know that TRUTH is a kind of 'kindness' following the fountain of THOUGHTS

kind of kindness....is RUTH and the 'fountain' of thoughts is its first letter...... (T)

....Keep smiling !!!

with love.....'bhaskarbenjamin'

Friday, July 4, 2008

THEMATIC CROSSWORDS !

I shall try and give you....as I have done ....so far.... in the last few days....

..... an introduction to thematic crosswords :

CLUING FOR:
SPORTS CROSSWORDS
MANAGEMENT CROSSWORDS
PSYCHOLOGIC CROSSWORDS
EDUCATIONAL CROSSWORDS
SPIRITUAL CROSSWORDS
etc...etc......


My focus....as usual....would be on understanding the cluing ....the trick part....and also in giving you ....the pleasure of right brain creativity .....as well as left brain analytical/intelligent thrill......

....before signing off for today....here are two examples :

SPIRITUAL CROSSWORD CLUING......

REPRAY properly and your wishes shall be granted by this ( 6 letters)

REPRAY....properly implies.....rearranging the word 'repray'......and the answer is...
PRAYER..........and by praying your wishes can be granted !!!


PSYCHOLOGIC CROSSWORD CLUING ....

The last of money earns desires !....(6 letters)

....the 'last' of money is the letter 'y' and earns with a 'y' is YEARNS.......and the literal meaning of 'desires'...... is yearns !!!

Hope you've got the funda ?

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

SPORTS CROSSWORD....Its different !!!

CROSSWORD CLUES FOR SPORTS.....
LETS PLAY........

CLUES are to be read creatively.......it is a whole brain exercise....where your logical reasoning ....coupled with 'holistic'....overall thinking comes into play...

And as we know.....cluing normally has two parts

1.'surface' answer....that seems obvious....but

2.the real answer ...also given....hidden....

....and the fun with cluing is in reading in between the lines...as if....

So....here we go......

First clue : High fliers score in golf !

On the surface it seems that those who are high fliers....normally score in golf...

...but the hidden answer is EAGLES

...as eagles are high fliers....and 'EAGLES' is a score in golf !

Second clue :

VEN LEE is shattered as a team !

Shattered is an indication that VEN LEE has to be re arranged.....

so the answer is ELEVEN........which is a team!

Third clue :

Great initially then nothing...a lie...saves in football !

This one is a real teaser !

Great initially is 'G' ....first letter of the word
Then nothing ....means 0 after G....
So g..o...a lie....is the answer...(GOALIE) ...who saves in football !!!

Fourth clue : A trademark leather....

simple !! Trademark is a kind of patent....and so is a type of leather

......so the answer is PATENT !

Fifth clue :

Give back a turning turner !

A turning turner....would be RETURN !....which is also to give back !

......so the answer is RETURN !