Flavours Of Saki

When you hear the word "Saki", what comes to your mind? For many of us, the most natural association of the word is with British author H.H. Munro who used it as his pen name.

A clue with this meaning of Saki:

Times 23583: Horse a satirical author used to reach Japanese port (8) NAGASAKI
NAG (horse) A SAKI (satirical author)

You might come across a couple of other meanings of the word in crosswords. This clue from last Friday's FT taught me a new one:

FT 13511 (Cincinnus): Badger with a monkey in Kyushu city (8) NAGASAKI
NAG (badger) A SAKI (monkey)

Sakis are small monkeys found in South America.

Finally, Saki is an alternate spelling for the Japanese drink sake. Not a common way to spell the word but Chambers lists it, so it is fair game:

Times Sunday 4220: Hack given one alcoholic drink - Japanese port (8) NAGASAKI
NAG (hack) A (one) SAKI (alcoholic drink)

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Contest: Participate and Win A Goodie!

Diwali is round the corner, so I thought of doing a giveaway for my readers as a little firework to celebrate.

Enter a simple contest, and you could win a copy of one of the best books I've read this year: Afrit's Armchair Crosswords, a vintage collection of crosswords set by Afrit. [Read my review of the book.]

The contest is open worldwide. Yes, even the mystery visitor from Bermuda on Colonel Gopinath's blog can participate.

The prize is kindly sponsored by The Crossword Centre and Rendezvous Press.

The Contest

Answer these two questions:

1. What was Afrit's real name?

2. Solve this clue by Afrit: Pretty long weapon, but for a knight it should be a lot longer (5) L___E

How To Participate

1. Post your answers in a comment on this post.
2. Mention your name in the comment. Anonymous entries will not be considered.
3. Only one comment per person. Each comment will be counted as one entry.
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Entries close on Friday 15th October 2010 midnight IST. Comments will remain unpublished till the contest is over.

The winner will be picked by a computerised draw. The result will be announced in the following week.

Post your answers in the comments section and do spread the word about the contest. Remember to share this post on twitter and double your chances of winning Afrit's book.

Best of luck to you!

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A Round-Up Of GANDHI Clues

What better way to observe Gandhi Jayanti than by sharing this lovely cryptic definition with you all:

Times Jumbo 805: Indian spinner who played leading role in getting England out (6)

Another fine &lit:

Times 24285: Good and primarily humane leader of Indians (6)

More GANDHI clues:

Telegraph Toughie 400 (Notabilis): Hindu campaigner heading for shake-up after ousting English (6)
Guardian 24619 (Gordius): Nationalist who was good with greeting (6)
DT 26058: Great Asian nationalist died helping India, initially (6)
DT 26079: Some brigand hired to get national leader (6)

Any good ones you know?

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