Saturday, 17 February 2007

Can You Solve This Crossword Clue?

There was a very good chess-related clue in today's (17 Feb) Guardian crossword...

"Chess player heard to do what Humpty Dumpty did to friend - some egg!" (7 letters)

I managed to get it but only after working out the 3rd and 7th letters from other clues. Can you work it out? I'll give you a clue in 'comments'...
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  1. John Saunders18 February 2007 at 09:55

    The 3rd letter is 'P' and the 7th letter is 'V'...

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  2. Tom Chivers18 February 2007 at 13:21

    That makes the answer almost inevitably Topalov - but I still don't understand the clue itself!

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  3. John Saunders18 February 2007 at 17:06

    Yes, TOPALOV is right. It sounds like 'topple off' - and Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall. The rest of the clue is TO plus PAL ("friend") plus some OV(UM) (which means "egg")

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  4. John Saunders18 February 2007 at 17:13

    I was impressed by the fact that the crossword setter (Araucaria) thought Topalov sufficiently famous to feature in a crossword.

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