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For the egotistic Poirot, hero of some 40 books… it is a dazzlingly theatrical finish. 'Goodbye, cher ami', runs his final message to the hapless Hastings. 'They were good days.' For addicts, everywhere, they were among the best. [4] Two months later, Coady nominated Curtain as his Book of the Year in a column of critic's choices. He said ...
The blade is hesitating at the catch point, before entering the water. Hot seating When two crews share the same shell, during a regatta, sometimes it is necessary for the crews to switch at the finish line without taking the boat from the water. Inside hand The oarsmen's hand nearest the oar lock. This is the feathering hand. Jumping the slide
Smaller words may be easier to fit in the grid, but longer words give more clues to connecting words. [10] Care must be given to marking out words that are not explicitly placed in the grid; this occurs when one fills in a vertical sequence of horizontal words, or vice versa.
A later version, also known as Electronic Catch Phrase, is an electronic game (a device similar in appearance to the original version) with integrated phrase list, timer, and scoring. The game unit has a LCD screen to display the words and buttons to start the timer, advance play, and assign points to teams.
Clues and answers must always match in part of speech, tense, aspect, number, and degree. A plural clue always indicates a plural answer and a clue in the past tense always has an answer in the past tense. A clue containing a comparative or superlative always has an answer in the same degree (e.g., [Most difficult] for TOUGHEST). [6]
A high, easy-to-catch, fly ball hit to the outfield. The phrase is said to have originated in the nineteenth-century and relates to an old-time grocer's method of getting canned goods down from a high shelf. Using a stick with a hook on the end, a grocer could tip a can so it would fall for an easy catch into his apron.
Oregon’s undefeated season will carry on into the College Football Playoff. The No. 1 Ducks assured themselves of the top spot in the 12-team field with a 45-37 win over No. 3 Penn State in the ...
Sharp began writing about the daily New York Times crossword puzzle as practice for a possible website for a comics course. [6] [10] He writes under a pseudonym—Rex Parker, King of CrossWorld—that was originally a nickname invented during a family trip to Hawaii; his real-life identity was outed in 2007.