The Tuesday Themes of 2018
December 30, 2018
Hello everyone; here is the list of Tuesday crossword themes for the past year. Having had a teensy spot of bother with formatting before I’ve also made a pdf file which you can view or download by clicking here.
- Seamus Heaney – Eimi
- Revolutionary leaders – Alchemi
- <strange pangram!> – Raich
- “Set” – Scorpion
- Minder (TV series) – Tyrus
- Food groups (popular music) – Tees
- I Haven’t A Clue – Phi
- Ni-na-ni-na-ni-na! – Crosophile
- Ada Lovelace – Radian
- Simon & Garfunkel – Raich
- Snakes – Radian
- Pasta – Anax
- Dogs – Tees
- US cities – Punk
- Figures of speech – Radian
- People on banknotes – Scorpion
- Seven Ages of Man – Radian
- Trees – Scorpion
- Ghost theme! – Tyrus
- The Decameron – Eimi
- Whole Numbers – Donk
- Royal Houses – Scorpion
- Food and Drink – Anax
- Ford models – Scorpion
- Languages – Radian
- Battles and dates – Tees
- Marvin Gaye – Hob
- Cheese (and chalk) – Morph
- Shakespeare’s comedies – Raich
- The Four Seasons – Radian
- Books of the Bible – Poins
- Mister … – Crosophile
- Bob Hoskins – Eimi
- Old Countries – Scorpion
- The Shield of Achilles – Tees / Hephaestos
- Stock + Port – Hob
- Maps and their uses – Radian
- Towers of London – Morph
- Italian food – Scorpion
- Waiting for Godot – Alchemi
- Toilets – Tees
- US Presidents – Hieroglyph
- Well Well – Radian
- Blue … – Scorpion
- Dublin – Hob
- Jane Austen – Hieroglyph
- Joints – Crosophile
- Kenneth More – Alchemi
- Eagles – Hob
- Cumbrian fells – Morph
- One letter suffixes (eg Henry V) – Hob
It’s not unlike last year’s list except that Radian has to share the prize for contributing the greatest number of Tuesday crosswords with Scorpion, and again we see a wide variety of subjects only a small handful of which could fairly be described as high brow. The “Shield of Achilles” crossword by Tees masquerading as Hephaestos definitely fits into that category, and sticks in the memory because it was one of the rare occasions when the Tuesday puzzle was a really stiff one. Ordinarily they simply tend to be of middling difficulty with an extra element of fun.
It’s been a pleasure writing the blogs, and I look forward to more of the same in 2019 with only some mild trepidation in case WordPress insists on making us use the incomprehensible new editing software. Best wishes to one and all for the New Year.
I think Hob’s Stockport puzzle was my personal favourite, but the truth is I could happily revisit any of several in that list. I reckon you must have the best blogging spot of the week, Batarde!
I tend to agree with you, although it’s also the day which has attracted most controversy. 🙂
Lots there I’d forgotten, lots there I still remember fondly. 🙂 Thanks for taking the trouble to note them all and post up!
WordPress are keen I try out their new editing software, but I’m less so. I’ll let others iron out all the bugs.
Happy New Year, and thanks again for all the blogs this year!
I thought I’d take a look, found myself in a strange minimalist editing environment with everything hidden away heaven knows where … and scuttled off back to the old editor toot sweet. Mind you, I’ve been out of date with word processing software since Word 4, so others shouldn’t be deterred on my say so.
Hmm. I post infrequently enough on mine that I’ve not really noticed it (yet). Mind you, my posts tend to be a heading and an image and nothing more anyway (for which I almost always switch across to HTML-view so I can tweak it). I’ll keep an eye on it next time I have enough inspiration to post anything! 😛
It’s an optional “hey, why not try our cool new editor?” situation at the moment, so the option to revert to the old one is available. Thank goodness. My HTML is about as fluent as my Icelandic, so that option is contra indicated for this unadventurous old duffer.