OrganiserCompiler & Treasurer
Marian Stringer,Neville Mizen,
23, Manor Links,9, Norris Close,
Bishop's Stortford,Bishop's Stortford,
Herts CM23 5RA.Herts CM23 5RE.
01279 65154901279 653660
Dear Puzzler,
Welcome to the forty-seventh in our series of twice yearly puzzles which so far, including Gift Aid value, have raised over £465,000 for a wide range of charities.
The Charity We are giving the profits of this quiz toTree of Hope (Reg Charity No: 1149264 & SCO42611 (Scotland). The Charity is passionate about improving the health and lives of sick and disabled children in the United Kingdom by providing and assisting in the provision of grants to enable them to obtain within the private medical sector, treatment, therapies and equipment which would otherwise not be available to them in the UK. The charity will also fund surgery and treatment by medical specialists abroad in order to treat children as quickly as possible. The charity receives no Government or National Lottery funding, relying entirely on voluntary donations. For more information visit treeofhope.org.uk
The Puzzle The puzzle is entitled “Chapter & Verse”, since each solution is related in some way to literature. (The clues are in no particular order). We should emphasise that you do not need a specialist knowledge of the subject to be able to find the answers. We have as usual compiled a set of clues that are a mix of cryptic and general knowledge and, as before, there are some that are likely to involve research. The number of words and letters in each answer are indicated. There may be the odd hyphen or apostrophe, but these would not occupy a dash and their inclusion is not critical to earning a mark. Incidentally, Chambers Dictionary (10th Edition) is our main, but not sole, source of reference for definitions.
Marking One mark will be awarded for each correct answer. Half a mark may be given at the judges' discretion for a good try. Half a mark will be deducted for each spelling mistake. Alternatives are not permissible (i.e. in the event of two solutions being given the one directly above the dashes will be accepted as the entrant's answer). Only one entry is allowed per person. The judges' decision in all cases is final.
Prizes First prize: £50, second: £40, third: £30. If two, three or four competitors tie with top marks the relevant prizes will be divided between them. If five or more tie, a draw will be made to decide the winners. To encourage everyone to send in their puzzles we will award five consolation prizes of £10 each chosen at random from the remainder of the entries – regardless of score.
Entry Fee We are asking for an entry fee of £1, but if you have enjoyed the puzzle additional donations would be greatly appreciated. Even if you do not manage to solve all the cluesplease do send in your entry. Even if your score is on the low side many others may have done no better and each unsubmitted entry means not only that you have had your fun for nothing but also, more importantly, there will be less to donate to the charity.
Gift Aid If you are a UK taxpayer your donation (but not your £1 entry fee) can be increased by 25% by making a Gift Aid declaration. If you wish the charity to benefit in this way please complete the slip at the foot of this page. The slip will be submitted to Tree of Hope, but we have obtained written assurance from the charity that your name and address will not be added to their mailing list or used for any other purpose.
Copies We hope that our list of regular puzzlers will continue to grow steadily and would be grateful for any help you can give in accelerating the process. We do not object to photocopies of the puzzle being taken for friends or relations who wish to have a go - or, indeed, copies being downloaded from the Internet on our Rainbow Charity Puzzles website (at ) - but we will also provide extra copies for this purpose if you send a stamped, addressed envelope. We should perhaps emphasise that the puzzle should not be reproduced for any other purpose, charity or otherwise, without our written permission.
Closing Date Entries must be received by 31 May2016. We hope that you enjoy the puzzle. Happy reading!
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ENTRY FORM
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CHAPTER
AND
VERSE
1. Recklessly, I hang about for an English author. (7,8) ______
2. Napoleon's novel home. (6,4)______
3. In Paris she was bashful without the poet. (7)______
4. Their poor clue could, however, identify sleuth. (7,6) ______
5. Order part of pen with American, large book. (7)______
6. Fancy someone loved the western tale! (8,4)______
7. Victor, say, to embrace with love. (4)_ _ _ _
8. Pine beside hill at the front of old Will, the poet. (10)______
9. A frothy talk about heroic tales in story form. (4)_ _ _ _
10. Good writers might be best then - or otherwise. (3,7)______
11. Here Pearl surprisingly brought out the long awaited sequel. (2,3,1,8) ______
12. Showy, overbearing character, put down at rugby, had many later adventures. (8)______
13. Author sees birds outside French city with daughter. (7,7) ______
14. Novel put together during July's session. (7)______
15. An angry motorist who was all at sea? (10)______
16. Crime writer, Graham, is on broadcast. (5,5)______
17. She inspired epic poetry but may get visit that is about work. (8)______
18. Is Golf Club entertaining the female novelist? (9)______
19. Literary carpenter made a bed that was rickety. (4,4)______
20. Novel with undisclosed plot. (3,6,6) ______
21. Wells's hero sleeps soundly..... (5)_ _ _ _ _
22...... but he couldn't really be seen as Wells's character. (3,9,3)______
23. Poet has house by the sea in France. (5)_ _ _ _ _
24. Mystery rogue I hunt down. (9)______
25. They tell stories and hurry to suppress the least revision. (10,5) ______
26. Copper strangled by a fat, round count. (7)______
27. Organised London's entry as a writer. (4,8)______
28. Fashionable, foreign kilt designed to appeal to younger women. (5,3)______
29. Number at end of Orlando novel. (5,5)______
30. British author to tell stories about King and Knight. (7)______
31. Osmis traliers. (3,4,2,3,7) ______
32. Fine and fit? It's not true! (5)_ _ _ _ _
33. She's a tour arranged - for signing, possibly. (9)______
34. Pirate's underclothes horribly vile, right? (4,4,6) ______
35. Did this suggest that Sebastian was addicted to tweeting? (8)______
36. Alarm sirens went off when George introduced his man of the cloth. (5,6)______
37. Volume turned up on the radio, late in the day..... (4,2,7) ______
38...... as sadly, I have no book to read. (7)______
39. Many hurried to the crossing to get the story. (8)______
40. He'll mesh crooks with trickery. (8,6) ______
41. Russian novelist making huge amount? Knock one zero off! (5)_ _ _ _ _
42. Travelling fellows, troubled, mean to breathe in. (5,3,2,1,4) ______
43. German publican has small party - but it's not for the squeamish! (5,5)______
44. Poor, little Ronald was taken in by the bounder, Joseph. (6)______
45. Share TV. (6,7)(The Hilton concept) ______
46. Thriller writer with odd earpiece takes stroll by the river. (4,6)______
47. Challenger's discovery - a missing planet? (3,4,5)______
48. Translated widely, as a poet. (3,5)______
49. Fish last month on the river and get novel outcome. (5,5)______
50. Writer could be on Loose Women, so we're told..... (8)______
51...... but the little minx, left with nothing, turned tail. (6)______
52. Author becomes very agitated when enmity rages. (6,9) ______
53. I very nearly went after the bird and became the eponymous hero. (8)______
54. Where Barrie's hire-purchase agreement originated? (5,5,4) ______
55. She was created by this intractable writer. (7)______
56. Novel off pile I arranged. (4,2,2)______
57. Sailor obtaining capital becomes a novelist. (4,6)______
58. The woman who was the leader of riots got brought to book. (7)______
59. Can we parade abroad? It's a long story! (3,3,5)______
60. Urge the family to meet the Russian. (7)______
61. He wrote the novel, "The Cornets". (10)______
62. Strange aura and crude contempt created this story free from excitement. (2,4,5)______
63. Cowardly but got support. It was sensational! (10)______
64. Did he play about in his poetry? (6)______
65. Book about Catherine losing her head? (7,3)______
66. Leo cried terribly absorbing good poet ..... (9)______
67...... but crazy Leo got stuck into top rib that was prepared just for saleability. (9)______
68. Writer of mad revels in midsummer. (5,5)______
69. The hundred tales of French Prime Minister. (9)______
70. Writer getting older - plain ugly. (10)______
71. Supplementary material inserted - but it may have to be taken out. (8)______
72. Translation of Navaho and Rumanian book. (3,3,2,6) ______
73. French writer gets to live in old city in apartment. (8)______
74. Number of stages by which a novel is produced. (6,4,5) ______
75. It was exciting when the overflowing brook met the river. (8)______
76. Novel item made without peripherals. (4)_ _ _ _
77. Author can only do novel on Spain. (5,5)______
78. A dubious character but confident man of letters. (6,5)______
79.River source of number two. (6)______
80. Old woman James put in novel..... (5,3)______
81...... although she may be recalled - in a children's story. (10)______
82. Literary club papers. (8)______
83. Moved very quickly back - but one got caught with a rude book! (7)______
84. Puzzle setter built this arch across island in stone. (6,8) ______
85. Light vehicle went to city without Charlie - just to get a book. (6,4)______
86. Bookish character tampered with lucky herb in fern. (11,4) ______
87. At the start I looked in all dictionaries and just had a series of woes! (5)_ _ _ _ _
88. Book someone to assist pianist. (4,6)______
89. Eccentric donates fee for volume production. (4,2,4)______
90. Thomas revealed it - beneath drink barrel! (5,4,4) ______
91. What a picture! A dying roar from him when ruined. (6,4)______
92. Reconciliation when single chaps taken in by a non-drinker. (9)______
93. Rule concerning northern church writer. (8)______
94. Work that could provide salaried post. (8,4)______
95. Thriller writer has a contract on island. (9)______
96. Abstract is clever for short piece of poetry. (8)______
97. Dame, a great woman, had a person to prepare food - a relative. (9,7)______
98. Laureate's work gets recorded in the manifest of ships. (7)______
99. Flora trudged around after the nipper. (3,6,6)______
100.Apt position for this story of the demise of 40's adversary. (3,5,7)______