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Like apples of gold in a silver setting is a word that is aptly spoken.The Bible, Proverbs, 25:11 (Jerusalem Bible).

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Puzzle No. 1 2 3 4 5 TotalEntries received 104 108 97 87 491 485Correct entries 94 94 80 86 73 427Success rate (%) 90.4 87.0 82.5 90.5 83.9 87.0

Prizewinners Joan Smith

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We have been delighted with the excellent response to the renewal of subscriptions and the generous donations to the ACC prize fund

2020. Details of renewals and the names of those who have recently donated to the 2020 Prize Fund can be found on p6. We hope that in 2020 you will enjoy the wonderful selection of puzzles and quizzes selected by our brilliant Puzzle editor Ian Williams.

Our proficient Puzzleman Ian Williams has selected another fascinating range of puzzles for you this month. Zinzan has contributed the eminently solvable A Little Bit of Everything rides again! in Slot 1 and in Slot 2 we are privileged to publish a cryptic from Zythum. The popular Slot 3 puzzle this month has been devised by the well-respected Valkyrie and in Slot 4, KA has carefully presented the AJ. The compiler Betelgeuse has contributed another challenging Cryptic puzzle and Crowsman has set another well-designed cryptic puzzle for Slot 6. The Quiz No 2/2019 featured on p9 titled Third Letter has been skilfully devised by Crowsman.

The solutions to the Christmas 2019 Bonus Puzzles can be found on p13 of e-Crozworld and all of the solutions and explanations to the puzzles are included.

On p14 we feature the Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year 2019: Cancel Culture. There are quite a few words and phrases which are featured in the 2019 edition of the Macquarie Dictionary. For further details visit: https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/view/word/of/the/year/

Good Luck with your solving this month. —Patrick

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Prizewinner: January 2020 Slots 1-5: Hilary Cromer, Congratulations!

President Patrick Street PO Box 106, North Carlton Vic 3054 Ph (03) 9347 1216 president@crosswordclub.org

Secretary Jenny Wenham PO Box 31, Comet Qld 4702 Ph (07) 4984 5183 secretary@crosswordclub.org

Puzzle Editor Ian Williams 12 Lindrum Cres, Holt ACT 2615 Ph (02) 6254 6860 puzzle_editor@crosswordclub.org

What a great selection of puzzles to start the year with, with lots of extra treats to keep us all thinking. Our compilers really did excel themselves and provided plenty

of entertainment for the members.

Slot 1: As expected, not too many problems with this delightful Slot 1, just a few problems with the spelling of ORANGUTAN, "overcrowd" for OVERCLOUD and "aero" for AFRO.

Slot 2: This puzzle was also well received with the only repeat offender being 5ac, with "crises" instead of FRISKS.

Slot 3: This was the troublemaker of the selection this month. After some discussion, we allowed HOME BASE, HOME PAGE and HOME WAVE for 18dn, but there was still some trouble with "denudation" for REPUTATION, "bear" for TEAR and "nineties" for NINEPINS.

Slot 4: The ever popular AJ proved very achievable with no repeat problems and the majority of errors being typos. XOANA and ZONKS both gave members some spelling problems.

Slot 5: This was great fun and very seasonally appropriate. The bugbear here was 6dn GORICA, with quite a few variations of spelling and arranging those pesky letters. The other problem was "cully" or "cally" for COLLY BIRDS.

COTM: As always, our compilers excelled themselves with votes spread across all the slots. A close result but COTM goes to Bogeyman in Slot 5 for Gold Rings. Congratulations!

Compiler of the yearVotes were received for a number of our compilers and it is lovely to see their hard work being acknowledged. Congratulations to Manveru for winning this accolade from our members this year. —Jean Barbour

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Slots 1-5: Kay Williams, 12 Lindrum Cres, Holt ACT 2615. e-mail: ianw@webone.com.auClosing mail date: Friday 28 February 2020.

Slot 6: Len Colgan, 1 Ailsa Avenue, Warradale SA 5046.email: len.colgan@unisa.edu.au

Closing mail date: 13 March 2020.

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Across 1 These are needed in 27ac when facing 20dn (4) 4 Coober Pedy's finest (4) 7 It may be found in poetry of William Blake? (4) 10 45th to join the Union (4) 11 19ac sense of excellence for 46ac 47ac? (6) 13 Interjection that may be signed by seven-time Olympic

equestrian (4) 14 A bad time for Caesar that is stopped short (4) 15 Minnesota baseball team (5) 16 Protest event (4) 18 Watch Netflix, say (6) 19 Strap thwarts clothes fitting (3) 21 Overly zealous (9) 24 Burdened Titan finally takes time off (5) 25 Port city of New Orleans (7) 27 19ac pitched contest for 46ac 47ac? (7) 30 19ac sum for 46ac 47ac (5) 32 Examine in order to test suitability (6,3) 34 WW2 leader (3) 35 Philosophical theory of interconnectivity (6) 38 Father holds end of only one of two components (4) 40 Semi-19ac number for 46ac 47ac (5) 41 Strauss who composed The Blue Denim? (4) 42 A deadbeat to lose everything? (4) 43 19ac suburban address for 46ac 47ac? (6) 44 Mountain top (4) 45 Forward, one and a half turn jump in skating (4)

46 Pronoun preserved in ancient history (4) 47 Attention given to an unknown group of students (4)

Down 1 Sudden death post-season games (8) 2 Unloaded reproduction of a section of the intestines (8) 3 Eyelid problem (4) 4 17th to join the Union (4) 5 Only partly saves Taoist and Zoroastrian texts (6) 6 Homophone of composer Franz (4) 7 29th to join the Union (4) 8 "Livin' Thing" (by Eric Burdon?) (6) 9 Infatuates Porgy's counterpart holding a book (6) 12 Energy and relativity reinterpreted repetitively (11) 17 BMW, Honda and Suzuki (11) 20 Tempo (4) 22 Adelaide football team (5) 23 Short memory about one doing up shoes (5) 26 Disruptively declare my well-being? (4) 28 Solitaire ; region of Canada (8) 29 One using a lot of ink to rotate failure (8) 30 Spanish celebration (6) 31 Give a pet somewhere else to live (6) 33 What The Iceman may do (6) 36 Spoken lesson to be learnt first off (4) 37 This is one! (4) 38 Guacamole and tzatziki (4) 39 Team not playing at home (4)

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GENERAL COMMENTS:• A big thank you to all at the Crossword Club for all your hard work during the past year. I always look forward to receiving the Crozworld every month and greatly appreciate the effort involved in producing it. It is my intention to compile some more crosswords in the new year as soon as I get my brain into gear! Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year. Larry Kennedy (Leprechaun)• All the very best to you and your family for Christmas and 2020. I hope it's a happy and healthy one for you. Michael Kennedy• Thank you very much for the $75 prize which I received a couple of weeks ago. As has been said before, what a wonderful Club where one is rewarded for doing something that is such a pleasure. Best wishes to you and family for Christmas and for a prosperous New Year. Doreen Jones• I hope you are enjoying a peaceful new year, after all the Christmas festivities. In spite of the ongoing dramas with bushfires, I was delighted to receive a cheque for winning November’s slot 6. Many thanks to you Patrick and the ACC team for all that you do to keep us all happily solving crosswords all year! Julie Crowe• This month was a real treat with the variety and number of challenges we were offered. It was really great fun, so thank you everyone for all the hard work. Jean Evans

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Across 1 Sound of sleeping bridge rivals with no King between

them (5) 5 Disconnects churned up lungs (7) 10 Insert any liquid to exercise control harshly (9) 11 Lie back, mother included in communication (1-4) 12 Idle, perhaps, but possessing spirit (6) 14 Engrave at home with small point, capturing Nativity

scene (8) 15 Indian cooking ingredient can be extracted from

lough eels (4) 16 Burden borne by wagon usually (4) 17 Displaced are removed from wrecked launderettes (9) 20 Gloomier article cut short by falsehood in expensive

enclosure (9) 23 Distorted area with tungsten roadway edges (4) 24 Cancel University end of season party (4) 26 Medieval honour excited loveless holy vicar (8) 28 Time off in a secret place (6) 29 25 with duck replacing core of vinyl in bed covering (5) 30 Replacing wedge, perhaps, concerned with possibly

tipping over (9) 31 Prays for fathers following divine boundaries (7) 32 English river flowing back in bright outbursts (5)

Down 1 Rapid fire weapon catches up with rising nuclear

force holding Uranium (4,3) 2 Fly city with speed (5) 3 Bird transport (4) 4 Join up various lines over time (6) 5 Upper class knight seated at lower level removes

some equipment (10) 6 Express sadness – vital, reportedly, for the soul (6) 7 Disordering and removing door (9) 8 A little pill to toss into gold in Glasgow (7) 9 Some functions of trade without transport (5) 12 Changes following afterthought including Ionian

beginning echo old instruments (10) 13 Lies down holding half of riches with time limits (9) 18 Unplaced at present, the girl's excellent at first (7) 19 Old time club with silver bearing (4,3) 21 Means of removing a small mistake surrounding

topless case (6) 22 Rude woman in yard between house and study (6) 23 Pungent taco unwrapped and disposed of (5) 25 Lady brought up in year 500 (5) 27 Orchestra leader under piano - look! What a game! (4)

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GENERAL COMMENTS: • Thank you very much for my prize in December Slot 4. Quite a surprise, and a very welcome Christmas gift. Betty Siegman• I'm always impressed at the standard of the monthly magazine but never more so than at the January issue. It must take a serious amount of time and effort to produce and our thanks go to all those involved along with best wishes for the New Year. Richard Skinner• Thank you very much for my new club pen. Judy Schulz• Thank you for the prize for slots 1-5. It was one of my best Christmas presents. Ron Carpenter• Thank you for my Slot 3 prize a bonus for Christmas shopping. Joan Smith• A NEW YEAR’S BARGAIN. A twin set, true pink, pure knit --/Two setters took a shine to it,/This month’s Four and last month’s Six --/Both adept at clever tricks./Each took two words home to play with,/And write clues they’d get away with./Who knows if it was their aim? –/Both setters made their word the same! Max Roddick• In the January 2020 issue we inadvertently published COTM results for a previous period. For 2019, the results were as follows: Manveru and Crowsman shared the laurels for the year with 4 COTM nominations each (Congratulations to Michael Kennedy and Len Colgan). Pentangle had two nominations and Valkyrie, Lexi Conner, Nigrum Cattus and Whynot? scored one each. Well done all!

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Across 7 Quaver disqualifying minute, high-pitched voice (6) 8 Non-stop deception by street worker (8) 9 Five in a hundred turn left with a hint of hesitation

at line of division (8) 10 Rips ruined parchment used to make cubes for

example (6) 11 Some geese, as on Aleutian Islands, are sensitive to

the time of year (8) 12 Put-down the addend of injury? (6) 13 Recurrent scam about fishy white meat? We

abandoned study (11) 18 Leading theorist and writer made a comeback as a

pair (6) 20 Recommend bird to be included in written record (8) 22 Soldiers' wives lacking direction foolishly published

criticism (6) 23 Sewer and butcher replied (8) 24 Very skilful defeat, legally eviscerated (8) 25 Implant is popular, reportedly an undoubted

success (6)

Down 1 The moon perhaps, or piece of the nucleus of

Achernar (7) 2 Census collector caught one fool returning first part

of ordered pair (8) 3 Do another design with regards to

reduced surface (6) 4 Finish line? (3,5) 5 Damages the thread of ribbons (6) 6 Some take nothing to escape regressive outlier (7) 8 60 and 30 degree angles are favourable by the sound

of it (13) 14 Preparatory study calls attention to setter

before task (8) 15 Contrary talk (8) 16 By and by, a left came from the side (7) 17 Fundamentally that mutation hampered hearing

device (2,5) 19 60s music group, not Queen, wanders about without

any aim (6) 21 Chew but don't eat fresh gum (6)

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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS & NEW MEMBERS FOR 2020: C Anderson, K Audrins, U Axelsen, J Baylis, L Carroll, A Dobele, B Dowse, J Evans, H Freeman, F Goode, O Greenberger, A Hocking, B Hull, D Jones, P Kalinski, G Lemon, G Lloyd, T Marks, I McCulloch, M Mikkelsen, P McDonald, H Perrow, D Procter, M Procter, M Pyc, S Roulston, B Symons, M Vnuk, C Wilcox and R Wimbush.DONATIONS TO THE 2020 PRIZE FUND ARE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED FROM: Corryn Anderson, Karl Audrins, Ulla Axelsen, John Baylis, Lesley Carroll, Anthony Dobele, Hazel Freeman, Alison Hocking, Bronwyn Hull, Doreen Jones, Garry Lemon, Glenda Lloyd, Thomas Marks, David Procter, Marian Procter, Margaret Pyc, Sonia Roulston, Brian Symons, Cheryl Wilcox and Robyn Wimbush

We thank the many members who have renewed and remind those who are yet to renew that prizes are awarded only to members who are financial on the date that the competitions close.Renewal of ACC Membership for 2020:Payment options:

• EFT – Direct deposit – Our account details at the ANZ Bank are: Account name: The Australian Crossword ClubAccount no. 4909 17945. BSB 013 374. Please ensure the "notes" field on your transfer includes your name. Also, if you are paying more than just membership, please add a simple code to indicate how we should allocate the money.For example, a renewal plus a $50 donation, may read “J. Citizen + $50D”.• Cheque or money-order posted to Jenny Wenham, PO Box 31. Comet Qld 4702 together with your renewal slip.• Renewal online via PayPal is acceptable to the ACC. Simply click on "Membership" on our home page, complete the renewal form, click on "Join or Renew" and complete the PayPal form.

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A Some acid is kept in the hall for the flower (8) B Discombobulate Bachelor of Engineering being with

Clio, perhaps (6) C Nearest toilet accommodates son (7) D Richard the sovereign and newspaper chief

negotiated (8) E Went back without resistance and turned

outwards (7) F Scottish cakes for the distant man (6) G Tree for old gang to knock out (6) H Strong dislikes for headdress colours (7) I The main rushes contain inflow (6) J Mixed up Julie and Nev are childish (8) K The kid possibly appeared in Scotland (6) L Lecturer is with colourful honouree (8) M Souvenir of Middle Eastern soldiers with Transport

Officer (7)

N Kiss airman with European jewellery (8) O Affirm USA morgue holds returned stomach (6) P Opt to treat relative with eye disorder (6) Q Oz quartet Julie left confused on French holiday (8,7) R Boiled down cut up deer held by upset nerd (8) S Scampers around with models holding money (8) T Send modified rants to University (8) U Strangely, his pup is pretentious (6) V Homelessness for sailor and relative going to the

country (8) W Animals for man with tricks (8) X Ships return analgesic drug to

Chartered Surveyor (6) Y The language of your new graduate (6) Z An animal, a fish, and a sakeret disturbed these

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COMMENTS:• A big thank you to all at the Crossword Club for all your hard work during the past year. I always look forward to receiving the Crozworld every month and greatly appreciate the effort involved in producing it. It is my intention to compile some more crosswords in the new year as soon as I get my brain into gear! Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year. Jean Barbour• Morning Patrick, What a bumper issue for the holiday season. Thank you and the committee so much for an enjoyable solving year. Regards. Trish McPherson• Many thanks Patrick, once again. Several hours in the car tomorrow to Sale, to visit my 96 year old mum, will be gainfully occupied! My very best wishes to you both for a wonderful Christmas. Julie Crowe• Many thanks to you and the ACC team for another challenging year of puzzling. I appreciate very much the work you all do to keep things coming to us month after month and I just hope that you all gain something from the work you do on our behalf. May Christmas be a peaceful time for you and may the coming year bring you some pleasantly memorable moments. Judith Mitchell• Thanks so much for a very timely prize x: it certainly helped with the seasonal expenses! Jean Barbour

Across 1 Without commercial, appreciate the return of

teamwork to give sautéed vegetables (8) 5 Punch peg after, for instance, first gluing (6) 10 Organisation of deposit sounds unreasonable (5) 11 Forceful musical stripper initially rumoured to make

a number attend party (9) 12 Characteristic of a number there, around on the

head (9) 13 Initially, big turn to windward will deceive (5) 14 Receptacle found back in Corniche (4) 15 Plumbing features in which to clean a monstrous old

fish (10) 19 Theatre, with no hesitation, receives old original

snapshots – one for the magazine? (10) 20 Took advantage of some engineering initially in case

of upload (4) 22 Allow first into entrance (5) 24 Cause soldier to return amidst much ceremony (9) 26 Move on cut railway sleepers (6-3) 27 Strain time and space at 135 degrees (5) 28 Greetings to Richard, late a man of infinite jest (6) 29 Poke about the historic layout – it is expected (8)

Down 1 Wino lay in trauma, incoherent – transport

upwards (8,7) 2 Artist to move quickly to music - motorists

beware! (5,4) 3 Heard to make supplications as exploited (6) 4 Publication is for mixed use (5) 6 Return stare to take on a glassy appearance, left off

guard (4,4) 7 Foreign character confined with bird (5) 8 The letter is heard to be written after stupid person

has loudly become enraged (2,3,3,4,3) 9 Diplomatic commander but with a one-off restricted

vision (8) 16 Bend and fit front end loosely into previous ground

position (8) 17 “Nasty, smug, unnatural!” is the miner’s

complaint (9) 18 At regular intervals large one returns for a pick-me-

up (8) 21 A sufferer, old theatre is unable to complete the

season (6) 23 Hands around – time for a drink? (5) 25 Instrument for a stir-fry? (5)

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Len Colgan, 1 Ailsa Avenue, Warradale SA 5046.email: len.colgan@unisa.edu.au

Closing mail date: 13 March 2020[or submit via www.crosswordclub.org/accolade]

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Each Across clue contains a definition and a secondary indicator. The secondary indicator provides the answer to be entered. The definition provides another word which, when the first and last letters are swapped, also produces the same answer which is nowhere explicitly defined. Down clues are normal.

Across 1 Tarnished MP is taken from refuse container (6) 4 English hypocrisy dividing claret flagon (8) 10 Person criticizing tear covering part of pound (9) 11 Muse on initial charge (5) 12 Flying mammal, surrounded by ruminants, took

off (7) 13 Bolts in races at Cheltenham (7) 14 Snow vehicle around turn falls away (8) 15 Dry rocky height shown in right-hand pages (6) 18 One interrupts the way in which anything is done

with metallic element (6) 20 Predator infiltrating prey turned to rape, perhaps (8) 24 Shortens extract penned by senior (7) 26 Carol permitted thrills (7) 27 Ejects small arachnid (5) 28 Indicated tunnel is fine construction (9) 29 Benefit received by embarrassed person worthy of

reward (8) 30 Bruisers sounding kind? (6)

Down 1 Nut turns up, bagging free ribs (7) 2 Lacking 50% vision from front of shelter

with screen (4-5) 3 Rejoiced with deluxe treatment over time (7) 5 Cruel destiny overshadowing first born (6) 6 Liquor houses support preacher (7) 7 Refuse time with dare-devil (5) 8 Cardinal comes up, embracing fine resident (7) 9 Mark has reason to re-serve red (7) 16 Our group involved in soundly striking and

thrashing (9) 17 Dog’s dinner time information (7) 18 Maltreater meanie squeezed you and me (7) 19 Doubtful relative has a Roman head! (7) 21 Freckles slowly covered upset soldier (7) 22 File used in a computer while entering time and

time again (4,3) 23 One joining union carries good spanner (6) 25 Drops weak, pathetic people (5)

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ACC Member Retired: Joan Clayton wrote: "After joining ACC about 25 years ago, I’ve decided not to renew this time. I’ve had a great deal of enjoyment from Crozworld, but now find the puzzles are

becoming too complex for the average solver, for example 5, 6 and 7 this month. Joan Clayton".Thank you Joan for your valued Membership of the ACC. Have a very Happy Retirement.___________________________________________________________________

VALE Roy "Blue King" Low has died at the age of 82.A frequent contributor to CrOZworld, Roy also began the ACCOLADE online puzzle submission system. He was born in Liverpool in 1936, and studied chemistry at Sheffield University. In 1958 he married Mollie, with whom he had three children and, later, four grandchildren.

After a stint in Barbados, Roy joined BHP in Newcastle (Australia) and Melbourne until his retirement in 1989. 2014 brought a diagnosis of metastatic cancer. Mollie died in August 2018, just 10 weeks after their 60th wedding anniversary.

Roy's many passions included cryptic crosswords, bridge, home brewing, golf and computer programming. It was my great privilege to review his CrOZworld puzzles prior to submission. With all the arrogance and conceit of the incompetent, I would nit-pick each clue microscopically. Many were the hotly contested debates over whether a clue was sufficiently Ximenean. His only vice was the over-use of "USA" = "a city in Japan" —Mike Hamilton___________________________________________________________________

VALE JAN PEARCELinda Carrigan has written: "I would like to inform you that Jan Pearce of 21 Hague Road, Wodonga Vic 3690 – who was a member of The Australian Crossword Club has passed away and will no longer be needing a magazine posted out." Jan was a distinguished ACC member from November 2009 and had success solving the puzzles. We sincerely regret this sad event and extend our sympathy to Jan's family.____________________________________________________________________

January corrigendumThe address given for the Adjudicator of January’s Slot 7 is incorrect. Kay’s address is 12 Lindrum Crescent Holt ACT 2615.

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December Quiz 12/2019: A quiz in the manner of Valkyrie (Ulla Axelsen)Winner: Kate Williams. Congratulations!Entries: 39. Results: 26: Abbott P, Allen W, Blake M, Caine R, Colgan L, Coote P, Crowe J, Fowler J, Garner P, Glissan B, Harper K, Kennedy L, Leigh J, Martin A, Martin F, Mason I, Mckenzie R, Miles A, Millard A, O’Brien E, Pinder S, Procter D, Procter M, Shield A, Storey N, Symons B, Taylor R, Wilcox C, Williams Kate, Williams Keith 25: Evans J, Grainger D, Jones D, McPherson T, Perrow H, Siegman B 24: McClelland C 23:

Cole G < 23: Bennett D.Answers: 1. Asperity 2. Bumper sticker 3. Copernicus 4. Desperado 5. Exasperate 6. Experiment 7. Frippery 8. Gymnosperm 9. Hyperbole 10. Imperious 11. Inexperienced 12. Japery 13. Layperson 14. Modus operandi 15. Newspaperman 16. Obstreperous 17. Paperwork 18. Prosperity 19. Quick-tempered 20. Recuperate 21. Superfluous 22. Temperament 23. Uncooperative 24. Viperous 25. Whisperer 26. Zappers. Adjudicator’s Comments: Thanks for all positive comments and Christmas wishes. Overall most people did quite well on this quiz, but there were a couple who misinterpreted the title or did not see the use of “per” in each answer. I allowed both ‘uncooperative’ and ‘unpersuadable’ for #23 but I didn’t think ‘temperamental’ quite fitted, and for #24 I accepted both ‘viperish’ and ‘viperous’. It is always lovely to receive snail-mail and sincerely hope that this form of communication does not die out. Solvers’ Comments• Thanks again for a challenging quiz – might I say it was superb? Betty Siegman• Thank-you for the enjoyable quiz. Andrew Miles

• Thank you again for the challenge of one of your quizzes. As I solved WHISPERER first, I was led onto the path of personal pronouns and a dead end. But ... eventually sussed your common element with Copernicus. Trish McPherson• Great quiz, thank-you. Eileen O’Brien• Thank you for your quiz. Mostly straight-forward, though a couple had me quite PERplexed! Nea Storey• Thanks…superb. Brian Symons• Thanks for another fun quiz. Claire McClelland• Thanks Ulla, as ‘per’ usual another enjoyable quiz. Sue Pinder• Thanks for an interesting quiz. Roy Taylor• Another great quiz from you. Graeme Cole• Really enjoyed this one – superb. Jim Fowler• Many thanks for a fun quiz with which to end the year. It covered a wide range of topics and certainly exercised the brain. Robyn Caine• A quiz 'in the manner of Valkyrie' is a very good quiz – both challenging and entertaining. Thank you. Kath Harper• It's the Day Before Christmas and here's my try at your latest marvellous quiz. Thank you so much for these – I have enjoyed them all this year. David Grainger• Did enjoy doing this and once I realised the common element everything became easier. Some clever clues. Cheryl Wilcox• I have enjoyed this quiz but am not too sure of one answer. I will wait and see. Robyn McKenzie• Thank you for your latest divertissement; it filled my idle moments delightfully. Ian Mason• Many thanks for this gem, I thoroughly enjoyed solving it. Pat Garner• Thanks for a very good quiz – some unknowns and some needing careful thought to solve. Frank Martin• This quiz was a lot of fun – I hope you enjoyed devising it as much as I enjoyed solving it! Alison Martin• Many thanks for this quiz which I really enjoyed tackling. Larry Kennedy

Quiz No 2/2020: Third letter by Crowsman: If the third letter is removed from an answer, it would create an unrelated subsidiary word which does not need to be mentioned. For example, “Rescues (8)” defines SALVAGES to be entered, forming the subsidiary word SAVAGES when the third letter is deleted. Answers are in alphabetical order. Send your solutions to Len Colgan, 1 Ailsa Avenue, Warradale, SA 5046 or by email to len.colgan@unisa.edu.au Closing mail date: 13 March 2020. $75 prize.

1 Supports at the side of a chair or sofa (8)2 Lodgers who are supplied with meals (8)3 Jogged quickly (8)4 The act of using-up (9)5 Loss of access (11)6 Dramatic (8)7 Money resources (8)8 Sibelius, for example (9)9 Very brightly luminous (11)

10 Hoodlum (8)11 Expert in precious stones (10)12 Mental illness (8)13 Using a crowbar (8)14 Grief (8)15 Most rowdy (8)16 Flat bones of the knee joints (8)17 Psychological theory involving bumps on the outside aof the head (10)18 Small window-like opening on a ship’s side (8)19 Royal supremacy (8)20 Standing down (9)21 Self-controlled (10)22 The act of chewing the cud (10)23 Sander or iron, for example (8)24 Long flowing ribbon (8)25 Interfered (8)26 Complete (8)27 Victorious, till now (8)28 Not in the first three runners (8)29 Gave a glossy appearance to (9)30 Fitted (a wall) with openings (8)

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January 1-2020: Half 'n Half by Virgo (Audrey Austin)• A well-paced Slot 1. Andrew Patterson• Liked ORANGUTAN, ORCHARD, and RARER. Max Roddick• I liked clue for KENNEDY. Many others good. Roy Taylor• A good start to the month. Ulla Axelsen

January 2-2020: Cryptic by JAXA (Jack Alexander)• A clear favourite was the clever clue for INSTAGRAM. Brian Tickle• Pretty good. A couple of COTM candidates. Andrew Patterson• Liked KITTY, INSTAGRAM, STEVE JOBS, READDRESS. Max Roddick• I liked REINSURE, INSTAGRAM and STEVE JOBS. Len Colgan• Good puzzle with some elusive clues. Liked INSTAGRAM. Roy Taylor• Really enjoyed this puzzle but was stumped until I came across my COTM – INSTAGRAM! Glenda Lloyd• Good fun. Ulla Axelsen• Plenty of clever ideas; a very enjoyable puzzle. Ian Thompson• A very enjoyable puzzle from JAXA. Caroline Mackay-Sim• A lovely crossword with some very clever clues, and using normal words, not needing to refer to aids. Very enjoyable. Rosemary Ducker• Well done JAXA with Slot 2. So many laugh-out-loud answers to very clever clues! Frank Martin• Great clue and applause for SHORTHAND TYPIST – pity and angst for a lost skill. Ron Carpenter• Neat clues. Clever to work in Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Nea Storey• Precise constructions but not obvious meanings. Catherine Hambling• Great puzzle liked clues 11, 22 and 24ac and 2, 16 and 23dn. Joan Smith

January 3-2020: Cryptic by Manveru (Michael Kennedy)• Excellent cryptic. No doubt in all answers due to clear clues. Andrew Patterson• Many of the cleverly-worded clues we've come to expect from Manveru. Some favourites were the clues for REMIND, DISPLAY, DISCERN and PHOTO but it was a long list. Brian Tickle• Manveru's convoluted clues are a welcome challenge. Toyed with "denudation" for REPUTATION [as did a number of unsuccessful solvers – Adj], and loved REMIND for "jog". Max Roddick• Many excellent clues: I opted for SPREADS for COTM, but it was one of several candidates. Roger Douglas• Wow...a very different Manveru. Brian Symons• Tricky clues. Liked PHOTO and NUCLEUS. Roy Taylor• That was a fun workout. Thanks Manveru. Trish McPherson• Clever definitions as always with Manveru. Ulla Axelsen• Thought-provoking clues. I liked funeral especially. Robyn McKenzie• Good fun! Caroline Mackay-Sim• In 5-down disastrous is an adjective, RUIN is a noun or verb. Lynn Jarman• Tougher than the usual Slot 3? Some great clues but many that were too good for me. I submit without confidence [but successfully, Ann – Adj]. Ann Millard• Great stuff, including the very good cryptic definitions. Great surface for DISCERN. Ian Thompson• Some wonderfully inventive definitions in this puzzle – my favourite was the surfer's home page. Ron Carpenter• Manveru has such a delightful turn of phrase! I noted no less than five clues in this crossword as contenders for COTM: SCHOOL, SPREADS, FUNERAL, AQUARIUM and DISPLAY. Nea Storey• Some excellent clues – hard to choose COTM! Anne Simons• Well concealed anagrams. Catherine Hambling• Good clues favourites were NINEPINS, CEREAL, OWNERS, DISCERN and FUNERAL. Joan Smith• "I know where you live Manveru”. William Ryan

January 4-2020: AJ by Valkyrie (Ulla Axelsen)• Had a moment of doubt to complete this but finally filled it all. Andrew Patterson• I admired the F clue for its succinctness and non-obvious definition. Len Colgan• This was a great workout. Gave COTM to NINE IRON. Roy Taylor• Whew! Lynne Coulton• BUTTERFINGERS was very good. Ian Thompson• Liked NINE IRON, FRIDGE-FREEZER, and GDANSK. Max Roddick• Much harder to do grid this time. Too many choices! Alison Hocking• I cannot understand the "L" clue. [STOLE = “slipped” – “almost all” gives STOL and take it upwards – Adj] Doreen Jones• Favourite clues were those for EMIGRATE, HANDCUFF, QUARTILES and WICKET. Brian Tickle• Challenging AJ: fav clues FRIDGE-FREEZER, NINE IRON and PAPARAZZI. Joan Smith

January 5-2020: Cryptic by Bogeyman (Ian Williams)• Good work getting them all in! Andrew Patterson• Liked the definition for REBEL FLAG. Colly Birds was new to me. Ian Thompson• At last a Christmas theme. Enjoyable puzzle. Roy Taylor• Can't believe how long I went thinking the theme was 'birds'! A DRUMMER is a bird, isn't it? [Chambers and Macquarie have it as a fish – Adj] Tony Dobele• Once I worked out what the 12 was about, I thought it was going to be easy, but a few obscure words changed that line of thought. Thanks for an enjoyable Christmas themed puzzle. Ulla Axelsen• I enjoyed the Christmas theme. Thank you. Robyn McKenzie• Clever work with the 12 Days of Christmas woven into Slot 5. Frank Martin• A very topical puzzle, and all 12 gifts fitted in so well. Amazing. Betty Siegman• I like the ‘Twelve days of Christmas’ theme, but am somewhat confused by the instruction regarding the geographical references. I assume they are 4dn and 6dn, neither of which I could find in Macquarie. My answer for 6dn of GORICA may be incorrect as I could only find one reference to this version of the town in NE Italy [That’s the one which is in the Big Mac {we don’t restrict compilers to the Concise edition} from the earliest editions, but DEGILBO in Qld had to be defined by the postcode, although I tried to make the clue straightforward! Sorry about those, but it was tricky to fit the themes in, even when resorting to some obscurity! B]. Julie Crowe• Enjoyed this once I realised what the 'twelve' were. GORACI is an anagram of corgi but I could only find a reference to Croatia, here's hoping! Margaret Dennis• What a delight to visit the 12 days of Christmas, and to discover 'colly birds'. I always thought 'calling birds' an awkward terminology. Maureen Blake• The only "a corgi" town I found was GORICA, but according to my reference it's in Croatia, not Italy [Also known as GORIZIA: according to Macquarie – a city in north-eastern Italy, on the Isonzo River, cultural centre under the Hapsburgs – B] Max Roddick• If my answer to 6dn is correct, I cannot locate this town in Italy but can find it in Serbia-Montenegro. Warren Allen• Great puzzle for Christmas. Learned some new (old) words and found some obscure places. Interesting that colly birds is the original lyric. I thought wan meant pale, rather than dark but needed some swans in my gift list, so here goes..... Ron Carpenter• Great job fitting the themed solutions into the grid. Favourite clues were those for GOLD RINGS and LADIES. Brian Tickle• Aha! The Twelve Days of Christmas! Nea Storey• I thought the theme was birds for quite a while, which didn't help. Anne Simons• Love theme puzzles, liked GOLD RINGS, TEA CHESTS, LEEKS and DIORAMA. Joan Smith

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December 6-2019 Lightly Spiced by Robespierre (Ian McKenzie) Entries received 65; Correct 43; Success rate 66.2%.Prizewinner: Nea Storey. Congratulations!

Compiler’s commentsFive clues generated multiple errors. PEEP, probably reflecting the clue’s use of a less common definition, attracted PLEA (8 solvers), PEEK (4) and PEER (3). LA-DI-DA had 7 plumping for the alternative spelling LA-DE-DA (which did not fit the wordplay, see below) & a typo that gave ALMOND-EYES for ALMOND-EYED. Errors for NONUPLET comprised: NONUPLES (2), NANOPLEX (2), NONOPLET (1), NONAPLEX (1), SYNAPSES (1) – the leading S here was accompanied by the error of SPUMES for APEMAN. 3 solvers substituted CANNIBAL for HANNIBAL & another 3 TEXTING for SEXTING. “Singleton” errors included TITTIE for TITBIT, DOILY for DOLLY, APIC for EPIC, a misspelling of TENNESSEE as TENNEESEE and of BURGLAR as BURGLER. Overall, solvers seemed to relish the use of sexual innuendo, etc to have some fun.

Explanations Across: 1 dd, 4 C(=> H)ANNIBAL, 10 (PIANOTUNER - APE)*, 11 B(reakfast), RAISED, 12 PEE, (u)P, 13 (OLDMAN)*, EYED, 15 dd, 16 (BRIDES)* around O, 20 EX inside STING, 21 GAZ(e), UMP, 24 (O, CONSPIRES)*, 26 E-PIC, 28 MUGS + HOT, 29 cd, 30 NO + NUP + LET, 31 (Agita)TE AS EL(even) [strike outside letters]. Down: 1 TURN + PIKE, 2 (T+ SEEN + SEEN)*, 3 Hidden, 5 (AROMA, IS)* around B [follows A], 6 NE, (ALTAR + END)*, 7 R(=> B)USTY, 8 D inside AIDA, follows L(ines), 9 dd (ref. Dolly Parton), 14 dd, 17 BLUE + POLES, 18 I + SEE around T(es)T after AN, 19 S + PECT(o)TRAL, 22 PA reversed, NAME reversed, 23 dd, 25 UNORGANISED - letters of "undies", 27 (P)RUE around T(ank).

Solvers’ Comments• Liked 4Ac; 28Ac; 5Dn; 22Dn; but not keen on "headlines = L". Len Colgan• Lots of good clues. Ian Thompson• Naughty but nice; many chuckles here. Tony Dobele• Not too confident. Lots of laughs! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. Eileen O’Brien• Loved the clue for SEXTING! Nea Storey• I liked the spice. PEEP was tricky...PEE =GO. Lot of clever deceptive clues eg. KISSER. Roy Taylor• Quite partial to a bit of ginger. A fun puzzle! Maureen Blake• What fun! 12, 28 & 30dn were clever clues. Anne Simons• It's always those 4-letter words that are the tricky one! Ulla Axelsen• Just enough spice to be titivating. Thanks Ian. Betty Siegman• Loved it! Judy Ferguson• This puzzle was a very rewarding challenge. I particularly appreciated BURGLAR; HANNIBAL and EPIC. Jeremy Barnes• One to be solved under the mistletoe at the office Christmas party? Good fun! Kath Harper• TURNPIKE was the penultimate word. But that little word off the P -- is it PEEP or PLEA or something else? Hope I've chosen well. Thanks, Robespierre! Max Roddick• Thank you for a challenging puzzle. Joan Smith• Very enjoyable! Caroline Mackay-Sim• Loved mugshot! Cheryl Wilcox• Very tricky for me but cleverly composed. Doesn't 'neandertal' usually have an h in it? Stephen Matthews• A few giggles here but my favourite was Hannibal. Robyn McKenzie• Delightfully 'spicy'. As Mrs Malaprop would say; please pass my condiments on to the compiler. Ian Mason• 16: 'Gets' suggests the answer should be disrobes. Try '...get ready for marital bed?' [“gets” is to be read as a link-word - like “produces” - between the wordplay & definition. R.]. 31: Strictly speaking agia...even is outside plant (teasel). 2: Anagrind is separated from its grist. Better is Model (distraught) seen repeatedly in a state. [An alternative view is that the improved surface with the existing position of the anagrind is worth the technically superfluous inclusion of T in the anagrist. R.]. 25: As no anagram is indicated the dropped letters form “unised” not undies. [“drops” is a clear deletion indicator and it seems common for the following deletion fodder not to need an accompanying anagrind. R.] George Rolfe• Loved this one! Did you miss an opportunity with GET THE CHOP? The unkindest cut of all? Mike Pott

• I love the almond-eyed clue!!! Thank you for the fun. Jean Evans• I really enjoyed the crossword. Not just lightly spiced but rather saucy too! Robyn Caine• Great puzzle. Thoroughly enjoyed every ‘Eureka!’ moment. William Ryan_____________________________________________________________

Explanations for January 2020 cluesNote: cd = cryptic definition; dd = double definition; rev or < = reversal; homophones are noted as "homoph" and words from which they are derived may be shown in quotes; anagrams as anag. if straightforward, or (NNNN)*. "Heads" or Tails" are first or last letters of part of a clue; letters forming solutions are normally written as capitals and removals as lower case;hw or hidden = hidden word. Explanations provided by individual compilers may vary from this format.

Slot 1 Virgo. Cryptic clues. Across: 1 anag, 11 (HOLLY + PORCH)*, 13 (FOR + A)*, 14 dd, 21 B + RUIN, 24 CON + CURRENT, 27 hARROW, 28 KEN + NED + Y. Down: 4 STRIP + LING, 6 CAMEL + OT, 8 ROTS* in RUM, 15 anag, 20 OR + CHARD, 21 cd, 22 (USING + O + E)*, 25 R (A) R (E) R.

Slot 2 JAXA. Across: 1 REIN + SURE, 5 F + RISKS, 10 IS in DC pOp, 11 cd, 12 Anag, 13 Hidden, 14 TR(EAT)Y, 15 Double meaning/cd, 20 SOD + DEN, 22 dd, 24 READ + DRESS, 25 PRO + VISION, 26 POLE< + chancE, 27 hEIGHT H, 28 (bEaStS)< in CHEST. Down: 1 RE(ID)AL, 2 IN + STAG + RAM, 3 SHORT HAND (TYPI)* + angST, 4 anag, 6 RIGHT HAND + (SENSED)*), 7 SA + Trade + IN, 8 dd, 9 rev hidden, 16 SainT + EVE + JOBS, 17 homoph, 19 ME(RL)IN, 20 First letters "Some Trainees After" (L)UNCH, 21 AS + SENT, 23 TH(s)ONG.

Slot 3 Manveru. Across: 1 dd, 4 chARM OUR EDitor, 9 RE+M+IN+D, 10 NINE+PIN+S, 12 cd, 13 CH+SEE<+E, 15 SIG+N, 16 (NO + ENTIRE)* around UP, 19 (PAY+OR+SELL+N), 20 pl(ACID), 23 dd, 25 (OPPORTUNISTS - INTO)*, 27 IS+O+LATE+D, 28 homoph "serial", 29 cd, 30 (REVS + ToggerY)*. Down: 1 dd, 2 (BEAR + HUG + MR)*, 3 d(OWNERS), 5 (I + RUN)*, 6 (HOVERED+A)*, 7 homoph "rays", 8 DISC(o)+E+RN, 11 (REFUNDABLE - BED)*, 14 (CLUE + SUN)*, 17 (CENTRIC + OR)*, 18 HOME+PAGE, 19 dd, 21 DI(ALPS up)Y, 22 hidden, 24 (TOOTHPASTE-TASTE)*, 26 dd.

Slot 4 Valkyrie. A AG(GRE(G)AT)E, B BUTTE + R(F)INGERS C CA(TACO)MB, D DOR (door) + DOG+NE, E E+MI+GRATE, F F+RIDGE-FREE+ZERo, G G(D+A+N+S)K, H H(DANCe)* UFF, I IRON+I+C, J JIMMY change MM to FF, K K(FINE)* EDGE, L STOLe <, M RUM< + KY, N NINE+IRON, O OB+LATE, P PA+PA+RAZZ+I, Q QU+ARTIcLES, R REF(UT)ERS, S S+ANITA+RY, T vasT+URN+PIKE, U UN+P+AID, V (LIVE)*+ST, W W+tICKET, X (AN+A+OX) <, Y Double, Z Z+mONKS.

Slot 5 Bogeyman. Across: 1 PART + RIDE round G, 6 GEE + S + E, 9 SLOOP<, 10 OR + OO, 11 anag, 12 COLL + BY< + I + RDS, 14 bELLy, 16 (DONATIVES - aint)*, 21 RA+ RE, 25 AS + P, 29 MISS + A, 30 PRO + GRAMME, 32 wENCH + I + LADA, 34 homoph "nay", 35 WAN in SS, 36 TEACH + E + STS. Down: 1 (REP in SIP)<, 2 RHO + MB, 3 RU (ST) LE, 4 Qld 4621, 5 (CLOG + U) in EirE, 6 anag - In Big Mac Italy, 7 hidden, 8 homoph "S A" + IST, 13 LEE + K + S, 15 RD in SOL<, 16 BUD<, 17 ROVers<, 18 hidden, 20 RUMMER in DS, 23 (MINOR PLANET - nero)*, 24 DIOR + AMA, 26 cd, 27 dd, 28 ME + SHE + S, 31 MA + ID + S, 33 CHAser.

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Bonus Puzzle 4Beware! by Nigrum Cattus

Bonus Puzzle 1 A few for Crowsman by Crowsman

Explanations to January 2020 Bonus gridsBonus 1 Crowsman: Across: 1 FU(LSO)ME, 5 T + RUSTED, 9 AS + SAY, 10 TOOT + H(S)OME, 11 TOWS<, 12 C(UMBERS)OME, 15 MEN< in ME, 16 OWES* + O + ME, 18 MAD + RON + O, 19 dd, 22 STAGE (F) EVER, 23 O(u)NCE, 25 homoph "leapt" + O + SOME, 27 DUO + MO, 28 EG(r)ET in EXE, 29 AUSTER + E. Down: 1 ROAMS* in FEE, 2 MOSS< in LIE, 3 ON + YX, 4 TEA*, 5 T(ROUBLES)OME, 6 HUN* + ARBOURS, 7 SOW< in TOME, 8 DEE(ME)D, 13 U + HOLES in WOMEN*;, 14 homoph "medal sum", 17 (G(RUES)O + ME), 18 homoph "meet pi", 20 WIN SOME, 21 IS + OLD + E, 24 ID ES(t), 26 promote T in EAT.

Bonus 2 Penobscot. A (CHAMPAGNE – GM)*, B L(ANT)ANA, C hidden, D Homoph “fowl” (CHOOKS) round IN, E hidden, F A + STRUT, G anag, H ST(RAKE)S, J WRA(I)TH, K MANA in ETE, L ROW _ homoph “lochs”, M BAWD + IE +, N pELVIS, P NOW + NOW, Q hidden, R AI + SLED, S cd, T anag.

Bonus 3 KA. A AG + REE, B BLOOD + ORANGE, C (SOULS + COME)*, D DYING round (POLE)*, E hidden, F FISHING round NI, G G + NASH, H HUM + AS, I ICI + ER, J dd (Rhodes), K hidden, L (SOY)* inside LL, M anag, N dd, O THOU in (OASES)*, P homoph "flocks", Q QUICK + LIME, R dd, S SWEET + TALKED, T TAR + IS<, U R in USA, V VIS + A, W dd, X X + SAM<, Y YOKE + L, Z (I + GITE*) in ZEST.

Bonus 4 Nigrum Cattus. Across: 1 Initials, 3 anag, 9 DD, 10 anag, 11 PERISH*+CITY, 12 (-M)ARGO(-T), 14 HELL+EN+ES, 16 Hidden, 19 (ORCHESTRA - HER)*, 20 PI(STAR*)ES, 22 U+RSA, 24 (DEEMS+CHAIR)*, 28 P(LA)TO, 29 ANE+C+DOTAL, 30 (DEEMS+HES+NOT)*, 31 Hidden<. Down: 1 EXPOS(-E), 2 A(ES CHYLes)*US, 3 DD, 4 (SICK+LEPER-K)*, 5 ON+SETS, 6 MAOR(-I)<, 7 RESAT<, 8 (SHOP+COLES)*, 13 DD, 14 HIC+CUP+DEP<, 15 SORE<, 17 (TUDOR+HOSE)*, 18 cd, 21 B+ROACH, 23 SHAW+M, 25 IDA in MS, 26 SO+LONg, 27 BO+AS.

Solutions to Christmas 2019 Bonus Puzzles

Bonus Puzzle 3AJ by KA

Bonus Puzzle 2Double Acrostic by Penobscot

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Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year 2019Committee's Choice winner

The Committee's Choice for the 2019 Word of the Year was Cancel Culture. The official statement from this year's Committee:

A term that captures an important aspect of the past year's Zeitgeist...an attitude which is so pervasive that it now has a name, society’s cancel culture has become, for better or worse, a powerful force. —THE

COMMITTEE

P e o p l e ' s C h o i c e Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year 2019:

robodebt:The word that took out the People's Choice, as voted on by the Australian public in an opinion poll, is robodebt.

This year there was a record number of vo t es cas t f o r the People's Choice, with robodebt winning by

only a handful of votes ahead of eco-anxiety, anecdata, and whataboutism. All of these words have been a significant part of our discourse over the past year, which has been reflected in this incredibly close race to be awarded the 2019 People's Choice Word of the Year.

Committee's Choice Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year Honorable Mentions

There were three honorable mentions for 2019. In line with the environmental choices of Word of the Year from other dictionaries around the world, the first mention goes to eco-anxiety. Following this is ngangkari, a word from the Pitjantjatjara language meaning 'traditional healer' and the colloquialism thicc, which comes originally from Black English in the early 2000s and is a respelling of thick.

Honourable Mention: eco-anxietyThis just edged out flight shaming for an honourable mention. Both terms reflect a strongly emotional aspect to attitudes to

climate change, which is clearly something which has been of great concern in 2019. – THE COMMITTEE

Honourable Mention: ngangkariW h i l e n g a n g k a r i have been hea l e rs f o r t h o u s a n d s o f years, this word has only recently entered Australian English. It's lexically notable and refreshing because,

unlike many borrowings f r o m I n d i g e n o u s languages, it is straight from Pitjantjatjara – it hasn't been translated, Anglicised, or otherwise changed. – THE COMMITTEE

Honourable Mention: thiccOriginating in African American English, thicc is a celebration of body positivity that does not conform to conventional whi te s tandards o f beauty. Its spelling is a linguistic thumbing of the nose, too. – THE COMMITTEE

Macquarie Dictionary Some Words of the Year 2019 Shortlistanecdata, noun, information which is presented as if it were based on systematic research, but is actuallybased on personal observation or experience.[blend of ANECDOTAL + DATA]

big minutes, noun, a period of time spent by a player on the field, court, etc., during which they maximise their impact, having a substantial effect on the game: playing big minutes despite a knee injury.

cheese slaw, noun 1. coleslaw to which grated cheese has been added. 2.Broken Hill a salad of grated carrot, grated cheese, and mayonnaise.Also, cheeseslaw. [modelled on COLESLAW

clean skin, noun. [Colloquial] someone without any tattoos.

drought lot, noun, a type of sacrifice paddock in which livestock are kept with provisions of water and feed, the confinement allowing the stock to maintain their condition while pasture paddocks can recover more quickly, and erosion damage can be minimised in periods of drought.

eco-anxiety, noun, feelings of distress and fear brought on by the effects of climate change.

flightshaming, noun, criticism or ridicule directed at someone travelling by air because of the carbon emissions and consequent environmental damage produced by such travel.

health washing, noun, the marketing practice of presenting a food brand or product as being more nutritious or wholesome than it actually is, usually by ignoring or understating the less healthy aspects of the product. [HEALTH + (WHITE)WASH + -ING].

hedonometer, noun, an algorithm using language data to analyse levels of happiness, especially data from the social media platform Twitter.

mukbang, (say mook'bung), noun, a broadcast streamed online in which someone films themselves eating, often a large amount, and speaking to their audience.

silkpunk, noun, a subgenre of science fiction which draws on Asian history and culture for setting and aesthetic.

whataboutism, noun, a technique used in responding to an accusation, criticism or difficult question, in which an opposing accusation or criticism is raised. Copyright © Macquarie Dictionary Publishers 2019

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A Matter of TasteThe following article was published in November by the UK The Telegraph in its regular blog on things cruciverbal. Interested members can register via telegraph.co.uk/puzzlesnewsletter A number of issues raised reflect consideration that the Australian Crossword Club has to give to clues and solutions published in CrOZworld.

The Telegraph writes: “When compiling and editing our puzzles, as well as doing our best to make them enjoyable, fair and solvable, we also spend a good amount of time trying to ensure that they won't cause offence. This may sound like a simple task, but it is invariably complicated by the fact that it is hard to predict what might cause some solvers to take umbrage.

There are some things we automatically steer clear of, such as crossword clue surface readings that presage news events (for instance, we recently had to amend a clue with a surface reading that alluded to the Queen being assassinated), or that involve living people who we think may be at risk of falling into disgrace. Politics or geography are also potential pitfalls; for instance, describing Cornwall as an English county, or the merest mention of Kashmir, are guaranteed a large postbag.

One of the most important areas we take into account when editing puzzles is that of gender equality. If we see words such as 'clergyman' or 'policeman' in a compiler's clue, we reach for the editorial red pen and change these to 'cleric' or 'police officer'. We also avoid words that are derogatory, especially towards women.

Earlier in the year, news was made by a petition calling on Oxford University Press to remove from their dictionaries any word that is an offensive term for a woman; at the time of writing, it has attracted over 30,000 signatures. The petition asks Oxford University Press to:

1. Eliminate all phrases and definitions that discriminate against and patronise women and/or connote men’s ownership of women;

2. Enlarge the dictionary's entry for ‘woman’;3. Include examples representative of minorities, for

example, a transgender woman, a lesbian woman, etc.

However, is this censorship gone too far? There are many words that one wouldn't use in real life because they are offensive, but does this mean that any derogatory word, no matter who might find them offensive, should be expunged so that it appears that it never existed?

It's hard to argue against any of the terms referenced in the petition being removed from dictionaries, but this may well be the thin end of the wedge. It's quite possible that just about any word might be offensive to somebody, somewhere – so if one starts down the path of removing these words, where does it end? It's a thorny subject, but one thing is sure; we'll continue to do our best to ensure that our puzzles are there only to entertain, not to offend.”

It’s interesting that the Telegraph article doesn’t deal with clues that involve sexual or scatological innuendo. We try to steer compilers away from the more obvious such clues but some solvers enjoy them. We have adopted a slightly more elastic attitude towards these clues recently and have had no complaints: some have even received praise! Last month’s puzzle by Robespierre was entitled “Lightly Spiced” and was located in slot 6 so that solving it was optional and was not a precondition for eligibility for the Slots 1 to 5 all-correct prize. A number of positive comments were received and no negative ones, so it appears that (at least in this case) compiler and editors have it about right.

Ian WilliamsThe Australian Crossword Club thanks The Telegraph for permission to publish this article.

Crossword News UK, January 2020by Derek Harrison(a) If you are a fan of Azed you will be interested in this message from Richard Heald. As you know, in May this year Jonathan Crowther is due to set his 2,500th puzzle as Azed, and a celebratory lunch is being held in Oxford in honour of this remarkable achievement. As one of the organisers of the event, I thought it might be rather nice to be able to present to him on the day greetings cards and personal messages of congratulations from as many of his celebrity fans and notable cruciverbal colleagues as possible – hence this email. If you would like to send a card or message, then I think the best idea would be to mark it FAO Jonathan and post it to my home address – c/o 13 Eshton Court, Mapplewell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S75 5QG – and I will ensure he receives it on the big day.

(b) Crossword setter and quiz master, John Henderson was interviewed on BBC Radio York on 17 January 2020. It is a fascinating interview and you can listen to it, about 1 hour 32 into the programme, at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07y4w3c

(c) 2019 was another year of excellent crosswords from the i-paper. There is a full review of these puzzles on Fifteen Squared and you have a chance to vote for the puzzle of the year.http://www.fifteensquared.net/2019/12/30/inquisitor-review-of-2018-9-by-nimrod/#more-136514___________________________________________________________

DeodandIn 1336, a drunken sailor climbed the mast of his ship at anchor in the Thames by means of a rope, presumably part of the rigging. When he tried to descend the same way he fell and died. A coroner’s jury decided that the rope was the cause of death and that it should be forfeited to the Crown. The rope was the inanimate casualty of an already ancient principle called deodand.

A deodand was an item of property that, however coincidentally, had caused the death of a human being. Horses, cattle, carts, haystacks, beer vats, boats, stones and trees have at various times been judged to be deodands. Unlettered local juries often made the law up on the spot, for example deciding in the case of a person fatally scalded by boiling water from a pot that the pot was the deodand, not the water.

Strictly speaking, a deodand is something that has been forfeited to God, from Latin deō dandum. In practice in medieval England it meant being given up to the Crown to be put to some pious use such as alms. As a stone or haystack was an inconvenient item to deal with in this way, in practice the coroner’s jury decided the value of the item and its owner was required to pay that instead. (In the case of the rope, the jury appraised it as worth 10 shillings, a considerable sum at the time, roughly the price of a good horse.)

The law of deodand survived into the nineteenth century. What ended it was the industrial revolution. Expensive pieces of machinery involved in accidental deaths were judged as deodands with consequent substantial fines. The rise of the railways meant that coroner’s juries in the 1830s and 1840s awarded large deodands against companies whose trains were involved in fatal accidents. As a result, the government of the day passed a law in 1846 abolishing the concept.

© Michael Quinion. We thank “World Wide Words” for permission to publish this article

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Spoonerisms – An accidental transposition of the initial sounds, or other parts, of two or more words.

OriginThe Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), who was a fellow and warden of New College, Oxford, is inextricably linked with the slips of the tongue that bear his name. Spooner was an albino and, more to the point for this piece, a sufferer of dysgraphia, which is a form of dyslexia that is characterised in the OED as 'a disturbance of the clear distinction of the sounds of words, confusion between closely related phonemes'. The albinoism may in fact have played a part in this as it is often associated with poor eyesight, which was certainly a symptom in Spooner's case.

Although his reputation for making what came to be called spoonerisms was widespread, most of the best known examples are inventions by others and it is impossible to tell which are genuine mistakes (by Spooner or otherwise) and which are made up for effect. For example, he is supposed to have said "I am a birdwatcher", which would un-spoonerise as 'I am a word botcher'. An excellent comic example should he ever have said it but, sadly, he didn't. The term 'spoonerism' was known colloquially in Oxford in his lifetime and was first written down in this piece from the London newspaper The Globe, February 1900:

To one unacquainted with technical terms it sounds as if the speaker were guilty of a spoonerism.

The good reverend gained both fame in his lifetime and linguistic immortality by the eponymous gaffes, which his otherwise unexceptional academic career wouldn't have brought him. Nevertheless, he didn't welcome his notoriety and in later life became rather cross about it. At a college dinner given in his honour on his retirement the undergraduates called for a speech; Spooner stood up and said, "You want me to say one of those things; but I shan't", and sat down.

As far as can be ascertained, the only example of a spoonerism actually said by Spooner is: “You will find as you grow older that the weight of rages will press harder and harder upon the employer.”

He is also widely reported to have acknowledged coinage of The Kinquering Congs Their Titles Take (in reference to a hymn) but I can find no convincing evidence of that admission. Spooner's reputation must have come from somewhere and, although no doubt exaggerated by Oxford undergraduates who had developed a fashion for nonsense-speak in the late 18th century, he probably uttered other examples that went unrecorded.

Here's a list of spoonerisms that are often supposed to have been uttered by the reverend gentleman but come with the giveaway 'attributed to' label:

You have hissed all my mystery lectures. You have tasted a whole worm. Please leave Oxford on the next town drain. (You have missed all my history lectures. You have wasted a whole term. Please leave Oxford on the next down train.)

The Lord is a shoving leopard (loving shepherd)

A well-boiled icicle (well-oiled bicycle)

You were fighting a liar in the quadrangle (lighting a fire)

Let us raise our glasses to the queer old dean! (dear old queen, referring to Queen Victoria)

From Iceland’s greasy mountains (From Greenland’s icy mountains)

Dr. Friend’s child (referring to a friend of a Dr. Child)

Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride? (customary to kiss)

A blushing crow. (crushing blow)

Is the bean dizzy? (Dean busy)

Someone is occupewing my pie, please sew me to another sheet. (someone is occupying my pew, please show me to another seat.)

A nosey little cook. (cozy little nook).

As to spoonerisms unambiguously invented by others, they are legion. Here are a few:

Annual shower flow (annual flower show)Bad salad (sad ballad)Bat flattery (flat battery)Bedding wells (wedding bells)Belly jeans (jelly beans)Birthington's washday (Washington's birthday)Blushing crow (crushing blow)Bowel feast (foul beast)Britannia waives the rules (Britannia rules the waves)Bunny phone (funny bone)Cat flap (flat cap)Chewing the doors (doing the chores)Chipping the flannel (flipping the channel)Cop porn (popcorn)Crawls through the fax (falls through the cracks)Damp stealer (stamp dealer)Fight in your race (right in your face)Flock of bats (block of flats)Flutter by (butterfly)Full bottle in front of me (full frontal lobotomy)Go help me sod (so help me God)Hiss and leer (listen here)Hypodermic nurdle (hypodermic needle)I'm shout of the hour (I'm out of the shower)Keys and parrots (peas and carrots)Know your blows (blow your nose)Lack of pies (pack of lies)Lead of spite (speed of light)Mad banners (bad manners)Mad bunny (bad money)Mean as custard (keen as mustard)Mend the sail (send the mail)My zips are lipped (my lips are zipped)Nasal hut (hazelnut)Nicking your pose (picking your nose)No tails (toenails)Pit nicking (nitpicking)Plaster man (master plan)Pleating and humming (heating and plumbing)Ready as a stock (steady as a rock)Rental deceptionist (dental receptionist)Roaring with pain (pouring with rain)Sale of two titties (Tale of Two Cities)Sealing the hick (healing the sick)Shake a tower (take a shower)Sir Stifford Crapps (Sir Stafford Cripps)Soppy cheese (choppy seas) Soul of ballad (bowl of salad)Tease my ears (ease my tears)The rutting season for tea cosies (the cutting season for tea-roses)This is the pun fart (this is the fun part)Tons of soil (sons of toil)Trail snacks (snail tracks)Wave the sails (save the whales)