This is just a post to keep this blog alive. I'm enjoying the puzzles in The New York Times. My friends and I share our results.
Here in Melbourne we have a new newsletter each week about words and puzzling, and it has introduced me to many more of the intricacies of Cryptic Puzzling.
Recently a novel was mentioned in that newsletter - The Cryptic Clue. How could I refuse the chance to read a book with a title like that?
It was a good read. I'd certainly recommend it.
At church on the Thursday night before Easter, I was most interested to hear in the homily that the older name for that day is 'Maundy Thursday'. We generally call it 'Holy Thursday'.
The priest said that the older meaning was that Christ gave us a 'mandate' to love one another and serve each other humbly - as he demonstrated in washing the the feet of his followers. Sure, when I looked around the internet, the same definition popped up.
A Scottish word then occurred to me - maun. When I looked up the meaning, there is was: Maun means must.
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