Showing posts with label Thematic crosswords. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thematic crosswords. Show all posts

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 !

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 ?