In addition to a MGWCC pen, pencil, and notepad set, Beth will also receive an autographed copy of my book Pint-Size Crosswords. And that winner is… Beth Tyrpin of Quincy, Ill. In addition to a MGWCC pen, pencil, and notepad set, Andy will also receive an autographed copy of my book Pint-Size Crosswords.įorgot to draw a winner from the 173 correct entries two weeks ago. This week’s winner, whose name was chose from the 142 correct entries received, is Andy Browne of Arlington, Va. the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco. Put these common letters in order per the parenthetical numbers in their clues and you get contest answer CANARIES, a.k.a. This suggests looking for letters in common, which are in bold here: Next insight: each of the replacing words in the new phrases is the same number of letters as the word it replaced: CHIGORIN and SICILIAN are both 8 letters, CANDY and CUBAN are both 5, etc. PRICE SETTER –> IRISH SETTER (there’s an English setter as well, but England’s not an island)ĭASTARDLY DEVILS –> TASMANIAN DEVILS (kinda cute but I wouldn’t mess with one) With that on the brain, you may have noticed that the first word in these entries can be replaced by the adjectival form of a well-known island to make a new phrase:ĬHIGORIN DEFENSE –> SICILIAN DEFENSE (the most common opening in all of chess) Now what? First thing is to put yourself in the right frame of mind: from the instructions and title we might be looking for island chains or mountain chains. Doesn’t Google that great but it’s an amusing phrase. I’d recommend just getting good candy and good cigars.ģ6-A: = PRAIRIE FALCONĤ8-A: = PRICE SETTERĥ6-A: = DASTARDLY DEVILS. We had these when my son was born last year and they were gross. Timely entry considering that we just wrapped up the 2018 World Chess Championship read my Abraham Simpson-esque take on it here.Ģ4-A: = CANDY CIGARS. Let’s start with a look at our theme entries:ġ7-A: = the CHIGORIN DEFENSE, after Mikhail Chigorin, the original Great Russian Chess Player. Instructions: This week’s contest answer is a geographical group.
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