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:
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What was Afrit's real name? -
Solve this clue by Afrit:
Pretty long weapon, but for a knight it should be a lot longer (5) L___E
How To Participate
- Post your answers in a comment on this post.
- Mention your name in the comment. Anonymous entries will not be considered.
- Only one comment per person. Each comment will be counted as one entry.
- Tweet about this contest to get a double entry into the lucky draw. To qualify for double entry, mention the direct link to your tweet in the comment on this post. [Tweet now].
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 Comments will remain unpublished till the contest is over.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!
Update: Please mention the exact link to your tweet in the comment along with your answers.
e.g. http://twitter.com/amrith10/statuses/26528054806 is the link to @amrith10's tweet.
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49 comments
Q.1. What was Afrit's real name?
A.1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
Q.2. Pretty long weapon, but for a knight it should be a lot longer (5)
A.2. LANCE
Tweet Link: http://bit.ly/db8Tc2
-Abhay Prasanna
Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
Lance (Lancelot - lot)
http://twitter.com/ShuchiU/status/26526322226
1.Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2.Lance
https://twitter.com/anandnat/status/26527819130
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2. LANCE
@surdeep
Afrit's real name - Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
Answer to the clue - Lance
I shall tweet and reap the rewards (hopefully?)
1. A. F. Ritchie
2. LANCE
Answers by
C. G. Rishikesh, Chennai
cgrishi@hotmail.com
His name was Alistair Ferguson Ritchie, and the answer is LANCE :)
Thanks as always!
Owen
http://twitter.com/#!/owentuz/status/26528544663
1) Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2) LANCE {-LOT} :)
http://twitter.com/shyam_m/status/26527441865
Thank you :)
1) Arfit - Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2) Lance.
Tweet link: http://twitter.com/amrith10/statuses/26528054806
A1: Alistair Ferguson Ritchie was the real name
A2: lANCe
Tweet link: http://twitter.com/#!/m_krishna/status/26529078241
MY real name: Krishna Meenakshisundaram
Will try to be more witty, but oh wait, this is a computerised draw.
Duly tweeted (thanks to @UnnamedEntity)
http://twitter.com/srikvlteswaran/statuses/26528507296
Answers for the Contest;
Real name of Afrit:
ALISTAIR FERGUSON RITCHIE
2.Pretty long weapon, but for a knight it should be a lot longer:
LANCE
Posted by Raju Umamaheswar
1.Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2. Lance?
Mayur Srinivasan( srinivasan.mayur@gmail.com)
NewPost: Contest: Participate and Win A Goodie! http://bit.ly/9cYXvC #cryptic #crossword
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2. lance
1. A F Ritchie
2. L A N C E
>>>> suhas friend41@gmail.com
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2. LANCE. Should be longer = a LOT long.
1. Afrit's real name was Alistair Ferguson Ritchie.
2. Lance.
- S.Krishnan
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (A F Rit)
2. Lance (lance+lot=knight)
Mohan
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (or AFRit) not to be confused with Afrits in J Stroud's Bartemious series.
2. LANCE (-lot). The guy from Came-lot
Afrit's real name: Alistair Ferguson Ritchie(a quick wiki search..)
Solution: LANCE (-lot) : nice clue..
Not sure what the twitter link update meant but here it is : http://twitter.com/ShuchiU/status/26526322226
Veer
(1) ALISTAIR FERGUSON
(2) l a n c e
C.G. BHARGAV
My answers to the contest questions:
1.Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2.lance
Pavalamani Pragasam
"Contest:Participate and Win a Goodie!"
Answers:
1) Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2) Lance.
My name : A.R.Narayanan
Answers:
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2. LANCE(-lot)
1.Afrit's real name:ALISTAIR FERGUSON RITCHIE
2.Pretty long weapon, but for a knight it should be a lot longer(5): LANCE(-lot)
Sumitra
What was Afrit's real name? - ALISTAIR FERGUSON RITCHIE
Pretty long weapon, but for a knight it should be a lot longer (5) LANCE
What was Afrit's real name?
Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
Solve this clue by Afrit:
Pretty long weapon, but for a knight it should be a lot longer (5) LANCE
Thanks for keeping it simple :)
Balaji
1. A F Ritchie
2. Lance (?)
Milind Rao
What was Afrit's real name? Derek Harrison
Pretty long weapon, but for a knight it should be a lot longer (5) = LANCE. If you make it a "lot" longer, i.e LANCELOT, you get a knight.
Steve Ball
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2. Lance
- N.Karthik
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2. Lance
Ajith (ajith27@gmail.com)
Twitter: ajith27
A F Ritchie
Lance
Gaurav Rastogi
A.F.Ritchie
LANCE
A F Ritchie it is. And the answer to your clue is Lance.
Happy Diwali.
Hi Shuchi
I guess Afrit was the pseudonym of Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (1890-1954).
My answer to the second question is a wild guess.
{LA{N}CE}, but for the knight (deletion of N) - LACE, which could be a long train of cloth, like that of a bride.
If the answer is incorrect, please enjoy the joke.
Hi, My name is Dharmendra. Here is the exact twitter status.
http://twitter.com/#!/dhammonia/status/26838737246
1. AF Ritchie
2. LANCE
Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
Lance
His real name is Alistair Ferguson Ritchie.
The answer to the clue is LANCE.
- Nirupama Sivaraman
(nirupama.siva@gmail.com)
And here's the link to my twitter page - http://twitter.com/nirupama_siva
1) AF Ritchie
2) Lance
Roland Rance
1.Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2.Lance
Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
LANCE
Partha Roy
Answers
1. Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
2. Lance
My email:aravind.nits@gmail.com
My answers are as under:
1. Alister Ferguson Ritchie
2. LANCE
S T Sahasrabudhe,
1) I do not know Afrit's real name.
May be reversing it, you get Tirfa?
2) The answer is LANCE.
If we add LOT to LANCE we get LANCELOT, who is one of the Knight's of the King Arthur's round table.
CONTEST
Answer1= ALISTAIR FERGUSON RITCHIE
Answer2= LANCE
Alistair Ferguson Ritchie
Lance
Thank you for your overwhelming participation! Further entries are closed.
I'll be collating the participant names and running them through the randomizer next. The winner's name will be announced early next week. Good luck to you!
A change of plan. I realized that I can't take the suspense that long, so am putting everything else aside and working on the contest results. The announcement will be up in a new post, within a couple of hours.
All done, the contest result announcement is up now: link.
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