Word: somerset
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...away the most ingenious of all British puzzle "setters" is a Sussex schoolmaster named Derrick Somerset Macnutt, whose crosswords appear each fortnight in London's Sunday Observer under the byline Ximenes (a Cardinal Inquisitor of Spain). Ximenes' puzzles, for which he is paid 10 to 15 guineas ($30-$44) apiece, contain clues that range from pure cipher through anagram to outrageous pun. Samples: "Pleased a bag ?14 lighter" in four letters;** "Important city in Czechoslovakia" in four letters ;†† "Shortage of bats at a high level" in six letters...
Encore--A sequel to W. Somerset Maugham's Trio and Quartet. At the Exeter...
...public symposium today. Sponsored by the Massachusetts State Association of Architects, the seminar is titled, "How May Design. Engineering and Building be Better Coordinated?" This session, the second in a series put on by the M.S.A.A., will begin at 8 p.m. at the Boston Architectural Center, 16 Somerset Avenue...
Encore. A new, expertly packaged trio of short stories by Somerset (Quartet, Trio) Maugham (TiME, April...
Encore. A new, expertly packaged trio of entertaining short stories by Somerset (Quartet, Trio) Maugham (TIME, April...