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  The Monkey Puzzler
Salute to Araucaria by Apex, Enigmatist and Custos
Now he is setting six Araucarias monthly, as well as one in three of the quick crosswords; contributing cryptic puzzles to the Financial Times; and setting a monthly puzzle for Homes and Antiques.
With Araucaria you don't look up the solution the next day to see why he defeated you and conclude that he never gave you a chance, And that is no accident.
www.crossword.org.uk /arauc.htm   (1487 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Araucaria (compiler)
Beside's Araucaria's cryptic crosswords in the Guardian, he also sets quick crosswords for the Guardian, cryptic crosswords as Cinephile in the Financial Times and puzzles for other publications.
He took to compiling crosswords full-time when his divorce lost him his living as a clergyman (he was reinstated after the death of his first wife).
Araucaria's clues to the alphabetical jigsaws are often in the form of rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Araucaria-(compiler)   (900 words)

  
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 Amazon.co.uk: Monkey Puzzles (Guardian): Books: Araucaria
Araucaria has been compiling for the GUARDIAN for almost 45 years, and this collection is a splendid and fitting tribute to the prolific output of "Britain's master compiler" who is "an institution in his own right", as the blurb says.
Araucaria's first puzzle to be published -- in 1958 -- appears as the first one in the collection.
Araucaria has been compiling for the GUARDIAN for 45 years, and the book is a splendid and fitting tribute to the prolific output of "Britain's master compiler" who is "an institution in his own right", as the blurb says.
www.amazon.co.uk /Monkey-Puzzles-Guardian-Araucaria/dp/1843540045   (1376 words)

  
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Araucaria is a genus of coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae.
The genus is familiar to many people as the genus of the distinctive Monkey-puzzle Araucaria araucana.
The genus is named after the Arauco Indians of central Chile whose territory incorporates natural stands of this species, where it is known as the Pehuén.
www.australiaiworld.com /wiki-Araucaria   (478 words)

  
 Araucaria (compiler) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Beside's Araucaria's (Click link for more info and facts about cryptic crossword) cryptic crosswords in the Guardian, he also sets quick crosswords for the Guardian, cryptic crosswords as Cinephile in the (Click link for more info and facts about Financial Times) Financial Times and puzzles for other publications.
Araucaria's clues to the alphabetical jigsaws are often in the form of (Click link for more info and facts about rhyming) rhyming couplets in (Click link for more info and facts about iambic pentameter) iambic pentameter.
He was made a Member of the (Click link for more info and facts about Order of the British Empire) Order of the British Empire in the 2005 New Year's Honours, for services to the newspaper industry.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/araucaria_(compiler).htm   (432 words)

  
 araucaria - OneLook Dictionary Search
ARAUCARIA : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
Araucaria : Dictionary of Horticultural Terms [home, info]
Phrases that include araucaria: araucaria heterophylla, araucaria luxurians
www.onelook.com /?w=araucaria&ls=a   (203 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Monkey Puzzles: v. 2 (Guardian): Books: Araucaria
Araucaria is the nation's best-known and best-loved crossword compiler.
An 80-year-old retired clergyman from Cambridge, he has been boggling the minds of Guardian readers for over 40 years.
Araucaria's latest selection of the very best of his ingenious and fiendish cryptic crosswords are available together in one book.
www.amazon.co.uk /Monkey-Puzzles-v-2-Guardian/dp/1843542617   (1430 words)

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