Crossword Puzzles

Sunday, March 23, 2008 - Crossword puzzle No.29

Crossword puzzle No.29

ACROSS

1. This manufacturing zone south of Shanghai city includes many joint ventures including Xerox and Braun Electric.
4. Nicknamed "Shanghai of the North", this city has one of China's best antique markets.
7. Guests think this inn is bloomin' marvelous (6,5).
9. This seafood's daughter must be called Pearl.
10. In 1853, Nanjing was captured by these rebels.
11. Hands up all those who put in long hours on a computer, don't take rest periods and have this painful condition as a result (abb.).
13. Inheritance.
15. Official assistant.
16. Bet you know the name of this Hong Kong neighbor.
17. Ancient Chinese computing device.
19. This Japanese woman aims to please.
22. Chuangwei.
24. Bookkeeper's watchdog.
25. Teach.
26. If you want to do this, The Shanghai Official Tourist Map, available at most tourist hotels, will be invaluable.
27. Rules out.
28. This Yu Garden Pavilion is next to the Tower of Lasting Clearness.

DOWN
1. Note.
2. This international facility is not far from Shanghai's zoo.
3. Eccentric old man.
4. The capital of this South Pacific island is Papeete.
5. This American film star, who never once trod on Ginger's toes, said on retiring at the age of 71: "I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity. ... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there."
6. Bouquet.
7. A research and breeding facility for these endangered animals is near Chengdu, Sichuan Province (5,6).
8. Not feeling well? This famous natural remedies store on Nanjing Xi Lu may be able to help (3,8).
12. This bar of silver, bearing a banker's mark, was once used as money in China.
14. Printers' measures.
15. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2006 will be the Year of this animal.
17. This hero of one of the Arabian Nights tales was, in most versions of the story, the son of a poor Chinese tailor.
18. Nervous.
20. Hard to pin down.
21. Warned.
22. Ogres.
23. Take out.

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Thursday, January 31, 2008 - Crossword puzzle No.28

Crossword puzzle No.28

ACROSS

3. Shanghai's Cotton Club provides lots of this.
8. Holy tower.
9. This author described Beijing's workers in The Rickshaw Boy (3,3).
10. Spear.
11. Confucius was born in this Shandong Province town.
12. This dynasty ruled from 960 to 1279.
13. Sparrow Tiles.
15. This Chinese dress has a high collar and a sensuous slit.
17. The Himalayas' abominable snowmen.
20. Filthy, wretched condition.
21. Urge into action.
22. Foreigner.
23. 15 Across could be described as being this.
24. This is one way to play a guitar.
26. Special edition of a newspaper.
28. Chinese calligraphers perfect these.
31. Huang Taiji, founder of this dynasty, is buried in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
33. Waitan.
34. Christopher Columbus' birthplace.
35. Place of prayer.
36. Artist's workplace.
37. Ming, sing and Beijing do this.

DOWN
1. This ski resort in Heilongjiang Province was the site of the 1996 Asian Winter Games.
2. Bean curd.
3. This republic lies in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily.
4. Just 12 miles southwest of Shanghai, this area was founded by the Sui Dynasty (9,6).
5. Polish 10 Across and it will be ----- as a whistle.
6. Luck.
7. The capital of this province is Taiyuan.
13. These people observe Ramadan.
14. Revolves around a fixed point.
15. Resigns.
16. Mao Zedong once said: "All reactionaries are ----- tigers."
18. 1960s dance.
19. This busy port and popular tourist resort is on the southern tip of Hainan Island.
25. This is Taiwan's largest city.
27. Shanghai's old British-run racecourse has been replaced by this pleasant park.
29. China has four species of this endangered animal.
30. Rub out.
32. Openings.
33. This author wrote in her novel Shanghai '37: "?-People of every sort and colour and tendency. Voices, noise, laughter, tristesse, tea, whisky. The full orchestra of every description of humanity: that was teatime on the roof garden of the Shanghai Hotel."

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Thursday, December 27, 2007 - Crossword puzzle No.27

Crossword puzzle No.27

ACROSS

1. Wuzhou, in Guangxi Province, claims to have the world's largest storage facility for these live delicacies.
5. The Humble Administrator's Garden and the Pavilion of the Waves can be found in this town, west of Shanghai.
9. Fire's remains.
11. This Festival, held on the 15th day of the year's first moon, is a shining example of China's celebrations.
12. Large tropical lizards.
13. This mythical animal, considered native to India, has a single horn.
14. Type of rice.
16. Wow! It's clarified butter.
18. Hefei is the capital of this province.
21. Wealth.
22. Boating "car park".
23. Chop.
26. Mickey's mate.
29. Facial hair.
32. This stem of the rattan palm is used for making canes and umbrella handles.
33. Nanchang is the capital of this eastern province ?-
34. ?- While this province has China's largest lake.
35. Large bird Down Under.
36. Stops.
37. Making a mistake.

DOWN
2. Moon Lake is a pleasant feature of this eastern Zhejiang city.
3. This dark China tea is also known as English Breakfast tea.
4. Traditional Chinese musical instrument.
5. Takamatsu and Matsuyama are the two largest cities on this Japanese island.
6. Chinese minority group.
7. Highly decorated.
8. Everest's devotees.
10. This is the world's largest continent.
15. This city is the capital of Hubei Province.
17. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2002 will be the Year of this animal.
18. This is a relatively stupid version of 17 Down.
19. Rascal.
20. Main Chinese dialect.
24. Adds up.
25. Short-tailed monkey of southeast Asia.
27. Enter by force.
28. Pictures.
29. Flag.
30. Huanggoushu Falls and the Longgong Caves are easily accessible from this Guizhou town.
31. Japan's "Everest".

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Saturday, December 1, 2007 - Crossword puzzle No.26

Crossword puzzle No.26

ACROSS

1. East of Beijing, the Eastern Qing ----- contain five emperors, 14 empresses and 136 imperial consorts.
6. Surpass.
9. The Imperial Vault of Heaven and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests are in this Beijing park.
10. Benxi in Liaoning Province also goes by this name.
11. Pick up the tab.
12. This large library is in Guangzhou.
13. Fashion trends.
14. This Xinjiang town was a key centre on the ancient Silk Road.
16. China is the world's second largest producer of these nibbles.
18. This organization is dedicated to the unification of Ireland (abb.).
19. Order one of these with a margarita at Shanghai's Badlands.
21. Protracted.
23. Tibetan brew made from fermented barley.
24. The nine-storey Square Pagoda is in this county, southwest of Shanghai.
27. Hong Kong's oldest temple (3,2).
28. Nightclub.
29. This city is the capital of Jiangsu Province.
30. Fibbing.
31. The ----- fee to the Shanghai Museum is Y20.

DOWN
1. Yellow gem.
2. Kazaks, Hui and these people populate Qinghai Province.
3. Sharp pain.
4. Liaoning is the southernmost province of this historical area.
5. The documentary From Mao to Mozart, which focused on this Russian-born violinist's1979 tour of China, won an Academy Award.
6. Amuse.
7. This city is the capital of Sichuan Province.
8. The pipa and the yueqin are two versions of these traditional instruments.
14. Equipment.
15. Cantonese is spoken in this province.
16. Luxury transport used by emperors.
17. The popular eastern Chinese technique of "red cooking" uses a stock made of this sauce and rice wine.
20. Xi'an is the capital of this province.
22. Type of airport lounge.
23. Ship of the Gobi Desert.
24. The saying goes that of these Shanghai sisters... "Ai-ling loved money, Mei-ling loved power, and Ching-ling loved China."
25. Magistrate.
26. Graham Greene, author of The Power and the -----, once described "the economy of a novelist" as being similar: "... to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved."

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Sunday, November 18, 2007 - Crossword puzzle No.25

Crossword puzzle No.25

ACROSS

1. This province has Shanghai surrounded.
5. Yuan Dynasty craftsmen left clues for calligraphy students in this Jiading County temple...
10. ...While this temple is the site of one of Shanghai's biggest and best fairs at Chinese New Year.
11. This industry is sew important to Suzhou.
12. Martial arts.
14. Shanghai university.
15. Yang's mate.
17. Zhengzhou is the capital of this province.
19. Jewish leader.
21. Christian worker.
22. Personal cooling device.
23. Zhu Rongji once held this position of power in Shanghai.
24. Lanzhou is the capital of this province.
25. Written promise to pay a debt.
26. Oscar has no time for these small screen cousins.
28. This line doesn't sound like it's used by tee-totalling sailors.
30. Said to have owned 1900 buildings in Shanghai, this real estate tycoon once lived in what is now the Peace Hotel.
31. Food.
33. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2004 will be the year of this animal.
34. One of Hong Kong's best markets.

DOWN
2. Charged atom.
3. Indira Gandhi's dad.
4. This will take you from Hong Kong's Tsimshatsui to Central (4,5).
6. Have Yu been to this Shanghai teahouse?
7. Exploit.
8. Unhurried.
9. Dust around, and then put it in your ear.
13. In 1946, Zhou Enlai lived and worked in a house on this Shanghai street... (5,2)
15. ?- While this Shanghai street is being ripped up to make way for an overhead expressway (5,2).
16. Like the erxian and the yehu, this belongs to the huqin family of bowed string instruments.
17. This is the capital of Anhui Province.
18. Your first choice in Shanghai department stores? (6,3)
20. The hard work of swifts ends up in this traditional Chinese soup (5,4).
27. This dynasty's leaders called the Forbidden City home.
28. Rule.
29. In the mid-1970s, this former U.S. president worked in China.
30. Total.
32. This Chinese actor is synonymous with kung fu movies.

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