CAMA Leisurely Pursuit by Nimrod
CAM 104's crossword
Prize competition winners
Congratulations to the prize-winners of our crossword competition. The winner was:
Winner: Hywel Carver (King’s, 2004).
Runners Up: Frances Williams (Newnham, 1970) and Oliver Phillips (Gonville and Caius, 2000)
The solution and prize-winners' names will also be published in print in CAM 105. Our winner, whose entry was the first correct one drawn, receives a £75 CUP book token and a copy of 111 Places in Cambridge That You Shouldn’t Miss by Ros Horton and Sally Simmons (Sidney Sussex 1976), with photography by Guy Snape (Jesus 1994).
Our 2 runners-up receive a £50 CUP book token.
Solution
CAM 104: “A Leisurely Pursuit” by Nimrod – Solution
Extra letters give THE ART OF WALKING THE STREETS OF LONDON, the subtitle of John Gay’s poem TRIVIA (the unclued thematic answer), which links the Trivium (GRAMMAR, LOGIC, RHETORIC), the Roman Viae (APPIA, AURELIA, FLAMINIA), Chambers phrases with “Via” (FERRATA, LACTEA, MEDIA) and indications of Paul Simon’s “Ways to Leave Your Lover” (BACK/JACK, KEY/LEE, PLAN/STAN).
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