Hangman

[Anita Bensoussane]

Cheers, Dave and Courtenay. From the position of the comma I realised it was likely to be ---------, the --------- so I just let the possibilities run through my mind.

Next one:

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[Eddie Muir]

Congratulations, Anita.

Let’s start with an E.

[Anita Bensoussane]

_ _ _ E/ _ _ _ E/ _ _ _/ _ _/ _ _ _ _

[sixret]

S, please.

[Anita Bensoussane]

_ _ _ E/ _ _ _ E/ _ _ _/ _ _/ S _ _ _

[Eddie Muir]

T please.

[Anita Bensoussane]

Sorry - no tea for you on this cold November day.

_ _ _ E/ _ _ _ E/ _ _ _/ _ _/ S _ _ _

[Eddie Muir]

No tea. What a shame!

Prhaps an O?

[Anita Bensoussane]

_ _ _ E/ _ _ _ E/ _ _ _/ _ _/ S _ O _

[Courtenay]

How about an R?

(By the way, Anita, out of interest — where does "Coriolanus, the Exile" come from? I can't find him in the Cave.)

[sixret]

Thank you for asking, Courtenay. I have been wondering the same thing. Do let us know, Anita.

[Anita Bensoussane]

I've got 'Coriolanus, the Exile' in Stories From World History Retold - Tales of the Romans, though it also appeared in The Teachers World [sic]. It is listed in the Cave but Coriolanus has been mistyped as 'Corialanus'!

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/sear ... arch=exile" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Sorry - no Rs, Courtenay.

_ _ _ E/ _ _ _ E/ _ _ _/ _ _/ S _ O _

Not in it: T, R

[sixret]

Thanks, Anita but I have no idea how you guessed the answer without a single letter!

A, please.

[Anita Bensoussane]

Just one A:

_ _ _ E/ _ A _ E/ _ _ _/ _ _/ S _ O _

Not in it: T, R

As I said, I was able to solve Dave's puzzle because I looked at the structure -------------, /- - -/ -------------- and worked out that the middle word could well be "the". That gave me a pattern to follow - Shadow, the Sheep-Dog or Ticklem-Up, the Gnome or Mighty-0ne, the Wizard - but I rejected all of those because they didn't fit. At last I thought of something that did fit - Coriolanus, the Exile.

[Eddie Muir]

L, please.

By the way, where does “Coriolanus, the Exile” come from? I don’t recall seeing this title or quotation in any of the Enid Blyton books in my collection. Perhaps I’m missing something.