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Stephen Buxton Veteran user 311 Posts |
If this is the list, what is the word?
Agnes (Saint) Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez Victor Kruger Oliver Cromwell Olympe de Gouges Robespierre Stephen the Pope (Saint) Piers Legh of Lyme Anne Boleyn Keith Jennings
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ziatro Veteran user Havant, England 322 Posts |
Could the answer be 'Beheaded'?
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stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts |
Ziatro,
Excellent, logical guess. I think you've found the method of solution rather than the solution itself. |
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ziatro Veteran user Havant, England 322 Posts |
I thought this looked a little too easy. Now let me think......... oh God I've got a migraine. This is probably why I don't do cryptic crosswords.
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Stephen Buxton Veteran user 311 Posts |
Sounds like Stan has the solution...
(Did you see my PM, Stan?)
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Did they all get run over by a Fiat?
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Stephen Buxton Veteran user 311 Posts |
Err.. no?
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ziatro Veteran user Havant, England 322 Posts |
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On 2005-07-23 15:02, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Jonathan the very thought that Oliver Cromwell was run over by a Fiat is totally ridiculous. Even a first year English history student knows that because of the Anglo/Italian export embargo of 1599, the first Fiat could not have possibly been imported into England until the 'Relaxation of trade restrictions act' was ratified in 1672. Shame on you. |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Fiat has another meaning. As in Fiat lux. or as the red queen said: "off with her head".
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SteveFowkes New user Oxon, UK 35 Posts |
I always thought Fiat was latin for rust. That's been my experience anyway.
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Stephen Buxton Veteran user 311 Posts |
Aah - it becomes clear now. No, the answer is not Fiat lux
Stan dropped a good hint in his post as to how to get the solution
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Ah, I guess when Stan types it only stands to reason
that's a compliment to Stan and a pun.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On 2005-07-22 18:06, Stephen Buxton wrote: Specifically, were they all beheaded by Henry the VIII?
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Stephen Buxton Veteran user 311 Posts |
No, not all of them were beheaded by Henry VIII. Keith Jennings, for example, was the photographer in The Omen (played by David Warner) who met a rather grisly end when a sheet of (metal? glass? can't remember) fell off the back of a lorry. A few of them lost their lives during the French Revolution at the hands of Robespierre, who also met a similar fate later. Ramirez and Kruger were characters in The Highlander... I could go on.
Basically, these are all historical or fictional characters who have all lost their head (in the case of Cromwell, it happened after his death). However, that in itself isn't the solution. When you know what to do (and the list should make it evident), the answer will make itself very clear
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Stephen Buxton Veteran user 311 Posts |
Anyone else got there yet?
(Oh, I was right - Stan was the first to solve it... well done, mate!)
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mike paris Regular user 179 Posts |
They were all nobodies, get the pun NO BODY.
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Stephen Buxton Veteran user 311 Posts |
No, sorry. The answer is a single ten letter word.
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ziatro Veteran user Havant, England 322 Posts |
O.K. I know this is going to be wrong but is the word you are looking for either subsequent or succeeding,because this would be your state if you were to be headed (beheaded). Let me down lightly Stephen.
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stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts |
Jonathan Townsend,
I think (but am not sure) that you also figured this out. Yes? Stan Alger |
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Stephen Buxton Veteran user 311 Posts |
I'm not sure that Jonathan has solved it yet... if he has, I've been too think to get his puns.
OK - how to solve: What has happened to the people on the list? All have lost their head. Has anyone done (as has been suggested) and carried out the act on the list?
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