European Crossword Puzzle #11
Dec 15th, 2004, 12:41 PM
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This will have to do for now. I don't have the time for this at the moment.
Clue: In this opera (6 letters), set in (6 letters), he sings about a flower that (4 words -- fill this in from the aria: 3, 2, 6 (has a punctuation mark) 5) that has dried out since.
Clue: In this opera (6 letters), set in (6 letters), he sings about a flower that (4 words -- fill this in from the aria: 3, 2, 6 (has a punctuation mark) 5) that has dried out since.
Dec 15th, 2004, 12:49 PM
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Actually, you know what? It's less confusing to just ask for the first line of the aria.
It has 6 words: 2, 5, 3, 2, 6 (this has a punctuation mark), 5.
This is the way the aria is commonly identified.
It has 6 words: 2, 5, 3, 2, 6 (this has a punctuation mark), 5.
This is the way the aria is commonly identified.
Dec 15th, 2004, 05:11 PM
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This town's (6 letters) most popular tourist destination is a certain building with its balcony (building name: 3 words: 4,2,9). Lately, officials are concerned about too much of this food product (2 words: 7,3) being stuck on the walls of the building.
"a" = last letter of town name.
"a" from Carmen
"a" = last letter of town name.
"a" from Carmen
Dec 16th, 2004, 03:15 AM
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Hi welcome back. Now we can look forward to clues on history and pirates. 
Well, yk, I think that I'm really running out of clues to give. Of course we can all dream up something truly obscure, but then the thread would be no fun, I think.
Well, yk, I think that I'm really running out of clues to give. Of course we can all dream up something truly obscure, but then the thread would be no fun, I think.
Dec 16th, 2004, 05:48 AM
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Hi Huitres-
Glad to have you back. Here's a link to the story about Juliet's house and the chewing gum problem (with an impressive picture):
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...11/ixhome.html
Glad to have you back. Here's a link to the story about Juliet's house and the chewing gum problem (with an impressive picture):
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...11/ixhome.html
Dec 16th, 2004, 08:43 AM
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yk, interesting about the chewing gum, sad really that historical places are desecrated like that.
Ok here's my clue......
This body of water (3 words=5,3,5 letters) was home to the likes of Petrarch and Dante, including contemporaries such as this poet (2 words=5,7 letters) and his equally famous spouse (first name=4 letters). They lived in the town of (2 words=3,7 letters) in a house known as (2 words=4,5 letters). Another famous friend, (2 words=4,5 letters) visited them often, swimming over from a nearby port town (1 word=11 letters).
Ok here's my clue......
This body of water (3 words=5,3,5 letters) was home to the likes of Petrarch and Dante, including contemporaries such as this poet (2 words=5,7 letters) and his equally famous spouse (first name=4 letters). They lived in the town of (2 words=3,7 letters) in a house known as (2 words=4,5 letters). Another famous friend, (2 words=4,5 letters) visited them often, swimming over from a nearby port town (1 word=11 letters).
Dec 17th, 2004, 09:13 PM
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Huitres-
Literature has always been my weak point.
From your hint, I could gather:
Percy & Mary Shelley
But that's as far as I could get. Hopefully someone else will solve the rest of the clue.
Literature has always been my weak point.
From your hint, I could gather:
Percy & Mary Shelley
But that's as far as I could get. Hopefully someone else will solve the rest of the clue.
Dec 17th, 2004, 10:58 PM
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Collectively, you all did it, with yk providing most of the answers (I filled in the name of their house):
Golfo dei Poeti
Percy Shelley
Mary (Shelley) she wrote Frankenstein
San Terenzo
Casa Magni
Lord Byron
Portovenere
Interestingly enough, this is all very close to the Cinque Terre. If you go to Portovenere (overlooking the Golfo dei Poeti) you can visit Lord Byron's Grotto (he swam there often) and indeed across the bay to now Lerici to visit the Shelleys. The Shelleys' home (Casa Magni) is still there, along the borderfront promenade. This is one of my favorite areas of Italy!
Golfo dei Poeti
Percy Shelley
Mary (Shelley) she wrote Frankenstein
San Terenzo
Casa Magni
Lord Byron
Portovenere
Interestingly enough, this is all very close to the Cinque Terre. If you go to Portovenere (overlooking the Golfo dei Poeti) you can visit Lord Byron's Grotto (he swam there often) and indeed across the bay to now Lerici to visit the Shelleys. The Shelleys' home (Casa Magni) is still there, along the borderfront promenade. This is one of my favorite areas of Italy!
Dec 18th, 2004, 07:51 AM
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Thanks Huitres. Will put that on my ever-growing list of places to visit!
Next clue:
This children's story (title: 10) about feuding sisters originated from a folk tale, then re-written and popularized by this author (7,8).
The story has been made into dozens of moves over the years, and also to several operas and 2 ballets.
One of the opera is (title: 2,11) by (composer 1: 7).
The better known ballet music version was written by (composer 2: 9).
Composer #1's name end in "i", "i" taken from Gulfo dei Poeti.
Next clue:
This children's story (title: 10) about feuding sisters originated from a folk tale, then re-written and popularized by this author (7,8).
The story has been made into dozens of moves over the years, and also to several operas and 2 ballets.
One of the opera is (title: 2,11) by (composer 1: 7).
The better known ballet music version was written by (composer 2: 9).
Composer #1's name end in "i", "i" taken from Gulfo dei Poeti.
