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donf932

9th January 2010, 14:56
AJT Did you get a prize for the bumper Auracaria and did you work out the letters and the numbers?
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ajt

9th January 2010, 15:12
The prize I got this week wa for Mephisto 2573 (not the prize yet, just a card to say I was one of the winners). No, I didn't win the Araucaria Christmas one - I haven't seen the list of winners. I did complete it and enter, but without paying any attention to the numbers and letters. I have seen an explanation for these in these columns, but I've forgotten what it was. I think it was to do with the century in which the subject lived. If I can find out more from the Guardian Xword page I'll let you know.
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trevor

9th January 2010, 15:15
was this the Gladstone thing?
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ajt

9th January 2010, 15:15
I've fund the solution on the Guardian webpage, and the explanation is - centenaries this year - the number is of course how many, and a = accession, b = born, and d = died.
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ajt

9th January 2010, 15:28
Yes, Trevor - it was the Christmas Araucaria - it was 19th December, I think
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donf932

9th January 2010, 16:17
AJT thanks! I got the century but the a, b,d fooled me. Arucauria absolute genius. Agree?
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ajt

9th January 2010, 16:27
Absolutely! One of life's joys is to find that the Saturday Guardian xword is one of his - and particullarly if it's one of his alphabet puzzles - nothing else gets done until it's finished (hopefully finished!) Do you do his Genius xwords on the Duardian web page?
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ajt

9th January 2010, 16:28
Clumsily typed - sorry.
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wellwisher

20th June 2011, 15:59
Come back soon, AJT! You are missed on here!
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sallyw

20th June 2011, 16:13
I agree with Wellwisher - you are missed, and things seem to have quietened down a little now. (Fingers crossed!)
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