The clock strikes 12 in the United States where this giving tree was born three years ago. And today will also be the birth of our first book festival - CROCUS.
Announcing the offical start of CROCUS 2009 at Saffron Tree! Welcome one and all! No passport needed, just join the magic ride across the globe!
And what better way to flag off the joy of reading and books than a play with words? Presenting CROCUSWORD - a crossword puzzle for all!
Meera Sriram has compiled a crossword for all you readers, with simple clues leading to words related to Saffron Tree and children's literature - words that you find inside of our blog and/or about kiddie books!
Good luck and have fun!!!
ACROSS:
2. Dress us in a different hat, to get his name right off the bat! (2, 5)
5. The bug, the caterpillar and the bear, for example, all belong to him (4, 5)
7. This always calls for a celebration, here at Saffron Tree – time for a book on recycling may be (5, 3)
9. You wait with flowers, for something new might happen every time this letter is delivered (10)
10. Are men killed, without ed, brutally, in this big publishing house? No. (4, 6)
DOWN:
1. A ……………. called moonlight. There seems to be many books here about this domestic pal! (6)
3. If you can get past the stigma you can spice things up with this (7)
4. I go blind crazily every time I see this award! (8)
6. The confounded cattle doc managed to get the medal for his book (9)
8. Books from this Indian publisher, galore here (6)
17 comments:
good one meera. I know the answers for a few of them.. still trying to figure out the others..
good one meera.
done 7 out of the 10. going nuts over the other three!
Nice one Meera, am working on it ! :)
Mee too working om it.
Since I am fourth to comment and I have done only four, should I say me four :)
Happy Birthday ST!!
Cool crossword, Meera! I'm on it :)
CROCUSSWORD looks wonderful, M!
Great start for CROCUS 2009!
Happy Birthday, ST!!
one little request to our readers...would love to see all your comments showing us your support for ST and CROCUS 2009!
Thank you so much!
Delurking to say "Happy Birthday" Saffron Tree !! It's been a pleasure reading you.
Good crossword.. working on it !
Happy Budday ST!!! :) Here's to many more.
Very good Crossword Meera...breaking my head over a few !
Happy Birthday my dearest ST! This is an emotional moment! *sniff*
Happy Birthday dear ST! A big group hug!
Thank you all, glad you like the crossword!
Happy Birthday ST..
Here's to many many more.. :)
Happy Birthday, ST. We love you!! :)
Meera - LOVED the crossword. Think about going professional?! :)
Thanks Boo. Very glad to hear that you liked it! I had a small stint with editing some xword at a pro-level sometime ago, but could not afford the time later. However, a friend to whom I had introduced the "art" and of cracking it is now the complier of one of the leading newspapers in India and that makes me happy:)))
I am stuck at 4 down.
Actually, I was stuck in many places, 5 to be precise, but who is counting?
Called Boo and told her, 'let us discuss our answers'. (She had all 10 and I had 5, what is there to discuss beats me!) and managed to move up to 'stuck at only 4 down'
Talk abt tricksters n:)
utbt - boo ALWAYS has the answers to everything. I once told her that she could rule the world if she put her mind to it. She glared at me because her mother has said the same thing to her too often!
Oy MM. shush now. stop embarrassing me in public comment space!! :)
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