THEMATIC CROSSWORDS

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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)

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 !

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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......

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'

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 !

CROSSWORD CLUING

SOLVING CROSS WORD CLUES IS A RIGHT BRAIN CREATIVITY EXERCISE

Take an example:

The clue says : "metal press to de crease".....(4 lettered)

The surface meaning can be......it is a kind of machine to reduce something.....or that the metal press reduces/decreases....

But if you think in a non linear fashion.....it is a 'press' to de crease....or to remove the crease.....and the word 'metal' is the straight meaning of the word......

...so the word is IRON.....which is also called a press.

Another example :

Clue says....A cabin for this cat !....(3 lettered)

This one is quite simple......UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.........and the cat here is TOM........
......so the answer is TOM

Third clue:UNDERSTAND CD SIREN DIFFERENTLY ... (7 lettered)

This is nearly cryptic.....

'differently' here is an indication that 'c d siren' has to be rearranged.....
....and 'understand' is the straight meaning of the word

.....the answer is DISCERN.....which means...to understand
....and it is rearranged 'c d siren' !

We can see how crossword solving takes into account your linear knowledge (Left Brain dominated knowledge) as well as your imaginative brilliance (Right Brain oriented)

So if someone says "PAN'S COMPANION IS VERY ADDICTIVE"
What he means is "POT"

.....and THREE TREES IN SPAIN WITHOUT DIRECTIONS......
means "TRE"

(E&S are directions removed from the word TREES....and TRE is three in Spain !)