ST WWI? No.337 (8June03)

[LeoMunro]

Anyone any idea why the compiler would put these words in quotation marks when introducing a quiz about the Cairngorms:

Stepping stones"; "waterfall"; "refuge".

Thanks a lot. Lm

[brainiac]

I've been doing WWI for years, and am intrigued as to why you've posted a question about such an old puzzle! How do you know what number puzzle it is ??

[LeoMunro]

Many thanks for your interest Brainiac. Pull up a chair and I'll put the kettle on.

As of this moment 471 WWI?s have been published and I have done 'em all. When either they or I am no longer available, I mean to leave them to my grand kids and one big bumper book of British General Knowledge. I think that they are great fun: most informative and they certainly make my Sunday mornings worth getting up for.

Of these 471 (No. 1 was Jan 7, 1996) about 25 errors have been made (nobody's perfect - not even the ST! And the media's old pal, "No correspondence will be etc.", is a bit of a nuisance.) but much more important are the 4 loose ends that you may have seen on this very helpful and friendly AB site recently. I dislike -as I'm sure you do- seeing question marks loafing about unattended!

Thanks again Brainiac, kind of you to ask. Have you got'ny answers?

Lm

[dzug]

Could be the actual words referred to/needed are in gaelic.

[LeoMunro]

Very many thanks dzug - good idea.

Now then ,Mr & Mrs Google, who speaks Gaelic -this side of Stornoway?

[wideboy]

Interesting 'hobby', LeoMunro, but a nice thought to leave the puzzles behind. Any chance you could post the complete puzzle or is it too much to type. I only started doing WWI last year.

[brainiac]

hi Leo

Thanks for yor reply - and I thought I'd been doing WWI a long time !! (since some time in 1998 I think) Never won the holiday - they must get thousands of entries - but did get two Rouigh Guides in the days when there was a runner-up prize. I agree that there are sometimes mistakes, but it's the same with crosswords and other puzzles. Would love to know who sets WWI, maybe it's Vincent Crump, who set the Treasure Hunt at the end of last year??

[LeoMunro]

Morning Brainiac and thanks.

I think that about about 12,000 of us get clicking early Sunday mornings for the pleasure of finding the second cousin of the third son of the monarch whose mother was Matilda who helped deisgn the thirteen arched viadaduct over the next longest short canal north of Watford.

As a non-UK resident, I am not allowed to participate which is fine as I may well get bored waiting to win but as I was saying to WideBoy, there's a lot of good stuff in the puzzles that we can all learn from. If one's good at Googling the two main answers are usually easy but the the other clues I find a challenge.

I too have suspected Mr Crump since his WW?? in June (which I didnt get as I was away). He has only once agreed with a correction of mine and generously pointed out an error of mine.

AH well, back to those blessed five loose ends. Thanks again Brainiac and all the very best to you and yours. Lm

[LeoMunro]

Thanks WideBoy for your kind note.

The best way to get all the puzzles up to date is to do as I did and go to Sunday Times Archives and spend a day or two -along with a � or two -three even- downloading the lot!

But any answers you wish to know of -just ask- I've got 471 of 'em!