Now, before you write and tell me that crosswords is usually written in solid form, trust me: I know that. But cross words is exactly what the right term is for these challenges in a recent puzzle in the Boston Globe Sunday magazine that again I’d never heard of! OK, I’d heard of a couple of the answers, but questions threw me a curve.
Usually I find the words over a few weeks’ time, one or two in each puzzle. These all come from the SAME puzzle, so again, trust me: Cross Words was perfect.
Clues in the left-side column ………………. Answers (all mixed up) below
Bird bunch ……………………………………………….Protean
Moldings with a rounded edge ……………………Urano
Pear-shaped string ……………………………………Aves
Where the talus is ……………………………………..Habib
Chomolungma ………………………………………….Rebec
Arabic name meaning “beloved” …………………Ankle
Prefix for heavens ……………………………………..Everest
Shape-changing ……………………………………….Ogees
So, what about you? Can you line up all the words with their proper definition, as given? I sure couldn’t!
Clues ………………………………………………………Correct answers
Bird bunch ………………………………………………..Aves
Moldings with a rounded edge …………………….Ogees
Pear-shaped string …………………………………….Rebec
Where the talus is ……………………………………..Ankle
Chomolungma …………………………………………..Everest
Arabic name meaning “beloved” ………………….Habib
Prefix for heavens ……………………………………..Urano
Shape-changing ………………………………………..Protean
Uh huh. I can hear you now! Seriously, Susan? These are words? Well, yeah, apparently they are. I looked each one up online to make sure I hadn’t misspelled any … they’re not exactly commonly used terms. And they surely did inspire cross words!
And feel free to look them up online at either the Merriam-Webster or Dictionary.com sites!
I always welcome your thoughts, especially from those of you who find wacky and wonderful ways to incorporate these words in your comment.