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Margaret Irvine (20 January 1948 – 24 June 2023) [1] [2] was a British crossword compiler. She created hundreds of cryptic crosswords between 2006 and 2023 mostly for The Guardian under the pseudonym Nutmeg. She also set puzzles in The Times, The Church Times and, as Mace, in the New Statesman.
The number of words in the answer is not given in the clue—so a one-word clue can have a multiple-word answer. [ 28 ] The theme, if any, will be applied consistently throughout the puzzle; e.g., if one of the theme entries is a particular variety of pun, all the theme entries will be of that type. [ 9 ]
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Nutmeg is the spice made by grinding the seed of the fragrant nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans) into powder.The spice has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm, slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavor many kinds of baked goods, confections, puddings, potatoes, meats, sausages, sauces, vegetables, and such beverages as eggnog.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
The Green Sheet was a four-page section of the Milwaukee Journal printed on green paper. It was published from the 1910s to 1994, containing comics , the crossword puzzle and other games, celebrity news, local human-interest stories , and bits of ephemera .
Myristica argentea, Papua nutmeg, Guinea nutmeg, Norse nutmeg or Macassar nutmeg; Myristica fragrans, fragrant nutmeg, the usual source of the spice; Myristica malabarica, Malabar nutmeg, or Bombay nutmeg; Torreya, a genus of conifers also known as nutmeg yew; Montreal melon, sometimes called "nutmeg melon"
But a silver nutmeg And a golden pear. The King of Spain's daughter Came to visit me, And all for the sake Of my little nut tree. Her dress was made of crimson, Jet black was her hair, She asked me for my nutmeg And my golden pear. I said, "So fair a princess Never did I see, I'll give you all the fruit From my little nut tree." [1]