'Now, in September, the sea is lovely. You should post yourself in a bottle.'
'I had delicious hot waffles, butter, and syrup at the Two Girls' Waffle House.' This is a caption on a photograph in my recently obtained copy of 'Alaska -- Carpenter's World Travels'. (The Addington Coffee Co. sells coffee and gives away books, a practice to be commended.) The author is one Frank G. Carpenter, Litt.D., F.R.G.S. And 'reading Carpenter is seeing the world.'
On the 10th October 1939 the above-named wrote to The Times about the 3,000th cryptic crossword published in that newspaper. He mentions a clue from an earlier crossword that had impressed him greatly: Clue. -- 'It is topping to kiss a monkey.'
Answer. -- Apex. He finishes the letter with this: 'Bravo! Sir. Kindly carry on through the difficult days that lie ahead.' (From 'The First Cuckoo' (London, 1976)) |
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