CROSSWORD CONVENTIONS

There are several conventions in the crossword world which we come

across and have to remember to arrive at solutions quickly.

Eg. (1) REVOLUTIONARY: CHE

(2) GENERAL: LEE

I believe there is yet another convention: No reference to any living person is made.

But in THC we occasionally come across: POLITICIAN: CHO

A reference to the political observer "Cho" S. RAMASWAMY, who was my senior in Vivekananda College, Chennai.

Comments, anyone?

TRIVIA

LEGEND HAS it that Indira Gandhi could complete The Timescrossword in two minutes flat.

Khushwant Singh is a great crossword buff, and a good many bureaucrats whom one doesn't associate with such an absorbing pastime are anything but clueless about how to clear this maze of little black and white squares.