TRP on the front page ... (spoliers alert!)

[Martin Hinks]

Jay Que? Rolling

J. K. Rowling

On Dec 2, 2007 7:44 PM, Richard Ryan <richardryannyc at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ok - so I've identified the bird as a Eurasian Jay
> (doesn't look at all like our North American variety,
> but that's part of the challenge I suppose):
>
> So (3) is Jay or "J." + ? + ?
>
> I'm obviously getting way too absorbed in this.  There
> was no reason to spend my Sunday learning that British
> steam rollers were still in use in the 60s (part of
> the M1 apparently was paved using steam rollers - who
> knew?):
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamroller
>
> --- Richard Ryan <richardryannyc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Cute.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The clue "They all had books out this year" - hard
> > to read but there at
> > the top of the page - is not so helpful to us Yanks,
> > since with the
> > exception of OBA these writers appear to be Brits.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Still, I was able to get all but one:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.  To pat + a barking creature = Pat Barker
> >
> >
> > 2.  Grey + ham + swift (the bird) = Graham Swift
> >
> >
> > 3.  ?
> >
> >
> > 4.  E + hen + banks (of a river)= Iain Banks
> >
> >
> > 5.  Dick (as in a detective) + France + S = Dick
> > Francis
> >
> >
> > 6.  Tom  (male cat) + Ass + to pinch + N = Thomas
> > Pynchon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 3 has me stumped.  There's a bird that I can't
> > identify; a Spanish
> > cleric (Dom?), and then an antique steam roller
> > moving forward (to
> > roll? to flattern? to pave?)
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Martin Hinks <mhinks at gmail.com>
> > To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2007 5:22:40 AM
> > Subject: TRP on the front page of Saturday Times
> > book section
> >
> >
> > Foax:
> >
> > A couple of pics (sorry, I don't have a scanner) of
> > the front page of the Saturday Times Books section
> > featuring some Simon Drew puzzles. The last caught
> > my attention.
> >
> >
> > http://www.the-mice.co.uk/TRP-Times/TRP-Times1.jpg
> > http://www.the-mice.co.uk/TRP-Times/TRP-Times2.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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