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Crossword 1
Across
1. Tourism is a major one for Greece. (5)
4, What you’ll find at Pylos, Mycenae and Tiryns. (7)
8. They should be in their element in Pirgos Dirou. (13)
9. No Greek balcony is complete without one. (9)
10. Party initials you’ll see daubed on walls all over Greece. (3)
11. Extinct in southern Greece but you might spot one in the north. (5,4)
15. Prime sea-tester. (3)
16. What I fear some of these clues are. (9)
17. The one to climb on July 20th. (8,5)
19. They say we’ll hear much more of this on the beach in coming years. (7)
20. Nymph of Greek rivers. (5)
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2. What you may do after too much retsina. (3,6)
3. What Achilles and Odysseus are prototypes for. (3,4)
4. Ancient war which Sparta took 27 years to win. (13)
5. Artists in Greece have always struggled to capture it on canvas. (5)
6. Lettuce named after a Greek island. (3)
7. Adelphi – not a theatre but the Greek for this member of the family. (6)
8. Not a word you would use to describe Greek beds. (4)
10. Mani village offered as a bribe by Agamemnon. (9)
12. Winds which blow throughout the Aegean in the summer months. (7)
13. A state which can easily descend on you here – forgive the pun. (6)
14. One of two giants sired by Poseidon and killed by Apollo. (4)
16. It’s to be hoped Greek girls given this name are conciliatory by nature. (5)
18. Superseded by European gms. (3)
Crossword 2
Across
1. Big Brother to Sparta’s most famous king. (9)
6. The best ones often come to you on holiday. (5)
9. Architectural feature shared by the Parthenon and the White House – and by countless other public buildings. (7)
10. The business which transformed tourism here 20 years ago. (7)
11. Helen had plenty of them – but Menelaus was the winner. (6)
12. Shrub with exotic trumpet flowers; it thrives in this area. (6)
14. Spare a thought for the accountant who tries to find one in Greece. (5,5)
15. The way to take your coffee in August. (4)
17. A jot – and it’s undotted in Greek. (4)
18. It might look cute but car-owners in the area should beware. (4,6)
20. Where would Greek cuisine be without them? (6)
21. Good name for a clever little Greek girl. (6)
24. The filling of one of Greece’s tastiest pies. (7)
25. Status endured by Messinians in the fifth century B.C. (7)
26. Greek letter that has two forms. (5)
27. Mountain behind Delphi regarded by Greeks as a source of poetic inspiration. (9)
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2. For some this is a must in the height of summer. (15)
3. What Greeks traditionally do in times of economic hardship. (8)
4. Formal term for a Greek temple. (4)
5. Transcience (anag). You’ll find plenty of them on Katerina’s shelves in July and August. Delicous!(10)
6. He famously fell into the sea – and not all that far from here. (6)
7. You might find it down at Cape Tainaron – with a little help from Joanna Lumley? (8,2,5)
8. You shouldn’t need this sort of tan here. (7-2)
9. The weary traveller might welcome one – but they are in short supply in Greek churches. (3)
13. Luckily local harbours are too shallow to admit one. (6,4)
14. A rather grand name for what some Greek farmers are – almost as a side-line. (8)
16. Popular local beach where Zeus is said to have seduced Leda. (8)
17. It will disturb your siesta if you don’t learn to block out its noise. (6)
22. What’s missing from Olympia’s most famous statue. (3
23. Germany wanted to impose a financial one to sort out Greece’s economy. (4)
Word Game
Using the given letters no more than once, make as many words as possible of four letters or more, always including the central letter.
Proper names are not allowed, apart from the 9 letter name of a well-known Mani town.
How you rate:
40 words average; 50words good; 55 words very good; 60 words excellent.
