Friday, October 30, 2009

WINNER OF CROCUSWORD!

Thank you all for your enthusiasm, effort, time, and support for CROCUSWORD! Hope you all enjoyed it...OK..OK..I know, I am getting to it...of course...the winner..right?



Ramya Priya was the first to send Saffron Tree an email with all the correct answers!



OUR HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, Ramya Priya!!!





We are pleased to inform that Karadi Tales is sponsoring the prize for the winner! The winner will be receiving one copy of a book and CD from Karadi's latest series - Will you Read with me? Many thanks to the Karadi Team!



Here the answers for the crossword -



ACROSS

2. Dress us in a different hat, to get his name right off the bat! (2, 5) DR SEUSS

5. The bug, the caterpillar and the bear, for example, all belong to him (4, 5) ERIC CARLE

7. This always calls for a celebration, here at Saffron Tree – time for a book on recycling may be (5, 3) EARTH DAY

9. You wait with flowers, for something new might happen every time this letter is delivered (10) BLOOMWATCH

10. Are men killed, without ed, brutally, in this big publishing house? No. (4, 6) KANE MILLER

DOWN:

1. A …………… called moonlight. There seems to be many books here about this domestic pal! (6) KITTEN

3. If you can get past the stigma you can spice things up with this (7) SAFFRON

4. I go blind crazily every time I see this award! (8) INDIBLOG

6. The confounded cattle doc managed to get the medal for his book (9) CALDECOTT

8. Books from this Indian publisher, galore here (6) TULIKA


If you have any questions regarding the answers, please feel free to email meeratsriram@gmail.com



Thanks!!!

19 comments:

  1. Praba RamFriday, October 30, 2009 12:41:00 PM

    Congrats, Ramya! And thanks to all who participated.

    Nice fun. Loved all the clues. Very nicely done, M!

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  2. AnushaFriday, October 30, 2009 1:05:00 PM

    congrats, Ramya!
    and Meera - the clues were clever, very well done :)

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  3. B o oFriday, October 30, 2009 1:06:00 PM

    Argh! "Indiblog", was it? *bangs head against the wall*
    No second prize? ;)
    Congrats Ramya and good show, Meera! Loved the clues. Except for 4 down of course! :)

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  4. utbtkidsFriday, October 30, 2009 1:14:00 PM

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  5. utbtkidsFriday, October 30, 2009 1:14:00 PM

    Indiblog? Crafty Meera.

    ^ ^
    !
    ~

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  6. Meera SriramFriday, October 30, 2009 1:22:00 PM

    Thank you Sheela and Praba!
    Boo: Thanks. Congratulations anyways! There are many who qualify for the second place; else we would have considered one more give away. Sorry:(
    UTBT, not very crafty considering it is an anagram:)) Congratulations to you too!

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  7. Meera SriramFriday, October 30, 2009 1:24:00 PM

    Sorry, I meant to thank Kodi's mom:))

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  8. ThariniFriday, October 30, 2009 2:25:00 PM

    Congrats Ramya! What a fabulous, fun prize! :)

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  9. ranjani.sathishFriday, October 30, 2009 6:42:00 PM

    Hey Rp !!!
    Congratulations :-)))))). This morning as soon as I got up I just ran to the comp to check this and I am so happy to see your name here !

    Meera
    This was a very good crossword ! I could not figure out Saffron and Indiblog ..Ramya was the one who told me and I said "Oh no ...all these stare at us right in the front page and I could not even think of it "!

    (PS: Ramya Priya is my closest friend from college !)

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  10. sathishFriday, October 30, 2009 6:59:00 PM

    rp, congratulations!!!

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  11. Meera SriramFriday, October 30, 2009 9:24:00 PM

    Oh, nice to know that Ramya is your friend, R! And don't beat yourself up for not finding the words; that's what crosswords are meant do - even a simple word we use often like CAT or BAT can be made undecipherable:)) I am very happy that you enjoyed it!

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  12. AnonymousSaturday, October 31, 2009 12:10:00 AM

    Hi Meera,
    The clues were cool and I really had fun solving CROCUSWORD and was admiring your skills in devising cryptic clues! It made me fondly reminisce about the days when I used to loose sleep over unsolved hindu crossword clues every day and all the analysis that we had around the clues and the possible answers! :-)
    Thanks for coming up with this crossword!

    Praba, Kodi's Mom, Boo, Tharini, Ranjani and Sathish - Thanks very much for your wishes!

    ST Team - Congrats once again for the splendid job!
    Looking forward for CROCUS 2010!

    Ramya

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  13. utbtkidsSaturday, October 31, 2009 4:12:00 AM

    Wow, hi RP. Congrats!

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  14. B o oSaturday, October 31, 2009 4:57:00 AM

    Hi Meera! was just kidding about the 2nd prize! :)
    RP - You are THAT RP!!! Im not jealous anymore then! ;) congrats again!

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  15. Meera SriramSaturday, October 31, 2009 10:31:00 AM

    Me too RP - the "fondly reminisce the days" part. Just as Boo and Ranjani did, I often used to go for 'The Hindu' the next morning, see the answers and go "Tch Tch"!
    Anyways, congratulations once again and thanks for your kind words!

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  16. ChoxboxSaturday, October 31, 2009 11:06:00 PM

    congrats ramya!

    and 'INDIBLOG' it was!

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  17. PoppySunday, November 01, 2009 9:24:00 PM

    I missed all the excitement! Congratulations to Ramya - but why is everyone going - 'Oh that RP?!' Am I missing something here?

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  18. AnonymousThursday, November 05, 2009 8:45:00 AM

    utbtkids/boo - thanks :-)
    meera - i can totally relate to what you have written!
    choxbox,poppy - thanks very much!

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  19. AnonymousThursday, November 05, 2009 8:46:00 AM

    sorry, forgot to add my name in the previous comment
    Ramya

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