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Have you tried your hand at the cryptic crossword, only to find it too cryptic? Writer and broadcaster David Astle creates crosswords for Fairfax newspapers under the initials DA, which fans say stand for 'Don't Attempt'.
But Astle said anyone could attempt cryptic crosswords with a little knowledge of how they worked. Here he gives seven clues, each one an example of a common cryptic crossword recipe. Sweet stall (5) The best way to get started on a cryptic crossword, Astle said, was to look for the shortest clue. If a clue only has two words it is most likely using the double-definition recipe, in which you are given two synonyms of the answer. 'Stall can be a noun, a booth that you see at a school fair, or it can be a verb when you tarry or lag,' Astle said. The clue also calls for a synonym for 'sweet', so we can deduce that the five-letter solution to this clue is 'fudge'.
Terrain ruined coach (7) 'When you see a word that means devastation or rearrangement, just like 'ruined', it's possibly an anagram,' Astle said. Rearranging the letters of 'terrain' into a word that means 'coach' gives you the answer 'trainer'. Apply some simple mentoring (9) The word 'some' indicates that this clue follows the hidden formula, where the answer is hidden in the clue. 'When you take out some of 'simple mentoring' you will find the word 'implement'. A word that means 'apply',' Astle said.
Shopkeeper sounds ruder (6) The appearance of the word 'sounds' gives away that this clue is asking for a homophone — a word that sounds like another word. 'Any signpost suggesting hearing, you know it's a homophone clue,' Astle said. This clue is asking for a synonym of 'shopkeeper' that sounds like a synonym for 'ruder'.
'Grocer sounds like 'grosser',' Astle said, so our answer is 'grocer'. Wave cereal bowl (8) 'There's no signpost here, no indicator, and when a clue has no indicator it usually is the charade recipe,' Astle said. 'This is where a word is broken down into little pieces, like a train made up of small carriages.' By combining 'bran' (cereal) and 'dish' (bowl) we can construct a word meaning 'wave' — 'brandish'. Damp fog hides nothing (5) 'It sounds like a weather forecast, but don't be fooled,' Astle said. 'Cryptic crossword clues try to tell you a story — ignore the story and look at the words.'
The word 'hides' is a possible signpost that this is a container clue, where one word is put inside another to create the answer. 'What's a short word for fog? Mist,' Astle said. 'What symbol means nothing?
'When mist 'hides' 0, you get 'moist', meaning damp.' Boat in waters going west (5) The phrase 'going west' indicates that this is a reversal clue. A synonym of waters is 'pools', which you can reverse to get 'sloop', a type of boat.
The signpost for reversal clues change depending on the direction of the answer in the grid. An across clue might say 'going west' or 'left', while a down clue could say 'going up' or 'rising'. Words of wisdom (not a clue).
The definition is almost always going to be the first or last word of the clue. Two minds are better than one — find someone to do the crossword with. Cheat — look at the answer of the clue you can't solve to work out how it was written.
Contents. Biography Family Morse's father was a taxi driver, and Morse likes to explain the origin of his additional private income by saying that he 'used to drive the '. In the episode, it is revealed that Morse's parents divorced when he was 12. He remained with his mother until her death three years later, upon which he had to return to his father.
Morse had a dreadful relationship with his stepmother Gwen. He claims that he only read poetry to annoy her, and that her petty bullying almost drove him to suicide.
He has a half-sister named Joyce with whom he is on better terms. Morse was devastated when Joyce's daughter Marilyn took her own life.
Morse prefers to use only his surname, and is generally evasive when asked about his first name, sometimes joking that it is Inspector. In The Wench Is Dead it was stated that his initial was E. At the end of, it is revealed to be Endeavour. Two-thirds of the way through the television episode based on the book, he gives the cryptic clue 'My whole life's effort has revolved around Eve'. In the series, it is noted that Morse's reluctance to use his Christian name led to his receiving the nickname Pagan while attending (which, the author of the Morse novels, attended). In the novels, Morse's first name came from the vessel; his mother was a member of the Religious Society of Friends who have a tradition of ', and his father admired. Dexter was a fan of cryptic crosswords and named Morse after champion setter, one of Dexter's arch-rivals in writing crossword clues.
Dexter used to walk along the bank of the River Thames at Oxford, opposite the boathouse belonging to 22nd Oxford Sea Scout Group; the building is named Endeavour. Education Although details of Morse's career are deliberately kept vague, it is hinted that he won a scholarship to study at. He lost the scholarship as the result of poor academic performance stemming from a failed love affair, which is mentioned in the Series 3, Episode 2, 'The Last Enemy', and recounted in detail in the novel, Chapter 7. Career After university, he entered the army and, upon leaving, joined the police. He often reflects on such renowned scholars as who, like himself, failed to get an academic degree from Oxford. He was awarded the in the last episode of Endeavour Series 4.
Habits and personality Morse is ostensibly the embodiment of white, male, middle-class Englishness, with a set of prejudices and assumptions to match (even though as the son of a taxi driver his background was thoroughly working class). As a result, he may be considered a late example of the, a staple of British. This is in sharp contrast to the working-class lifestyle of his assistant (named after another rival clue-writer Mrs. B. Lewis); in the novels, Lewis is Welsh, but in the TV series this is altered to a Tyneside background, appropriately for the actor.
Morse is in his forties at the start of the books ( Service of all the Dead, Chapter Six: ' a bachelor still, forty-seven years old '), and Lewis slightly younger (eg The Secret of Annexe 3, Chapter Twenty-Six: 'a slightly younger man – another policeman, and one also in plain clothes'). John Thaw was 45 at the beginning of shooting the TV series and Kevin Whately was 36. Morse's relationships with authority, the establishment, bastions of power and the status quo, are markedly ambiguous, as are some of his relations with women. He is frequently portrayed as patronising female characters, and once stereotyped the female sex as not naturally prone to crime, being caring and non-violent, but also often empathises with women. He is not shy to show his liking for attractive women and often dates those involved in cases. Indeed a woman he falls in love with sometimes turns out to be the culprit.
Morse is highly intelligent. He is a crossword addict and dislikes spelling and grammatical errors; in every personal or private document that he receives, he manages to point out at least one mistake. He claims that his approach to crime-solving is deductive, and one of his key tenets is that 'there is a 50 per cent chance that the person who finds the body is the murderer'. Morse uses immense intuition and his fantastic memory to get to the killer. Among Morse's conservative tastes are that he likes to drink real ale and whisky, and in the early novels, drives a.
In the television and radio productions, this is altered to a suitably British vintage. His favourite music is opera, which is echoed in the soundtracks to the television series, along with original music. Novels The novels in the series are:.
(1975). (1976). (1977). (1979). (1981). (1983).
(1986). (1989). (1991).
(1992). (1994). (1996). (1999) Inspector Morse also appears in several stories in Dexter's short story collection, (1993, expanded edition 1994). In Dexter's last book, The Remorseful Day, Morse dies in hospital from a heart attack.
In other media Television. Main articles:, and The Inspector Morse novels were made into a (also called Inspector Morse) for the British commercial TV network. The series was made by for (a company later acquired by ) and comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials)—20 more episodes than there are novels—produced between 1987 and 2000. The last episode was adapted from the final novel The Remorseful Day, in which Morse dies.
A spin-off series based on the television incarnation of was titled and began airing in 2006 and appeared until 2015. In August 2011, ITV announced plans to film a drama called, with author Colin Dexter's participation. English actor was cast as a young Morse in his university days and early career. The drama was broadcast on 2 January 2012 on ITV 1. Four new episodes were televised from 14 April 2013, showing Morse's early cases working for DI Fred Thursday and with, his later boss, and pathologist Max De Bryn. A second series of four episodes followed, screening in March and April 2014. In January 2016, the third series aired, also containing four episodes.
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A fourth series was aired, with four episodes, in January 2017. Filming of a fifth series of six episodes began in Spring 2017 with the first episode aired on 4 February 2018. Radio An adaptation by Melville Jones of featured in 's series in June 1985, with as Morse and as Lewis. In the 1990s, an occasional BBC Radio 4 series (for the Saturday Play) was made starring the voices of as Morse and as Lewis. The series was written by Guy Meredith and directed.
Episodes included: (23 March 1992); (28 May 1994); and (10 February 1996). Theatre An Inspector Morse stage play appeared in 2010, written by Alma Cullen (author of four Morse screenplays for ITV). The part of Morse was played. The play, entitled Morse—House of Ghosts, saw DCI Morse looking to his past, when an old acquaintance becomes the lead suspect in a murder case that involves the on-stage death of a young actress.
The play toured the UK from August to December 2010. It was broadcast by on 25 March 2017 with playing Morse and playing Lewis. References. 'Dexter said that Morse would be turning 70 next year 2000', from:. Retrieved 15 November 2018., chapter 21. Retrieved 15 November 2018. 19 November 1997 – via IMDb.
Colin Dexter in Super Sleuths: Inspector Morse. Director: Katie Kinnaird. Dexter, Colin. The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983 ed.). St Martins Press. P. Chapter 7. Connor, Alan (9 August 2012).
The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2018., 4 May 2011., 5 August 2011.
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