Comments on: Independent 6480 by Virgilius – Reversals and much more

By: Richard Heald

Richard Heald — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:05:36 +0000

There’s the acting triumvirate of Robert Lindsay, Robert Wagner & Lindsay Wagner. Or how about Barbara Windsor, Barbara Castle and, er, Windsor Castle?

By: neildubya

neildubya — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:43:24 +0000

How about King Stephen (c.1097 – 1154) and Stephen King (horror novelist)?

It’s a shame there wasn’t a King Mervyn, to go with his reversal, the current Governor of the Bank of England.

By: eimi

eimi — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:48:01 +0000

Thanks Ilan, but Major Major would have to be in a different crossword, with Humbert Humbert from Lolita and Duran Duran from Barbarella. Any more?

By: ilancaron

ilancaron — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:34:58 +0000

Eimi: there’s Major Major who’s a character in Catch-22 who is the reversal of a character in Catch-22 who is…

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:00:42 +0000

Touché, Ian.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:46:09 +0000

30 across – clear you’re not Rugby League fans – 5 points makes 7 indeed – southern softies !!

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:20:34 +0000

Virgilius mentioned his idea to me and asked if I could think of any other people who “6 Down”. Unfortunately the only ones I could think of were a little obscure, but it’s quite a good game. Maybe readers could suggest a few more.

I came up with:
John Collins and Collins John (footballers who both played for Fulham)
King Solomon and (singer) Solomon King

and I recently came across Kiwi America’s Cup supremo Grant Dalton, a reversal of a former British high jumper Dalton Grant.

By: Mick Hodgkin

Mick Hodgkin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:09:08 +0000

Wot no Elton John?

By: dupin

dupin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:54:47 +0000

Agree wholeheartedly with nms.
A weird idee fixe with ‘green man’ for 3/1A held me up a while.