Connexions: a brief introduction
Connexions is intended to be 152 ordinary paperback-size pages long.
I don’t know if it actually is, but I’m confident it’s close to being so.
On this site, it takes up 152 web pages, not counting this one.
The numbers in brackets on this page tell you the number of pages in each chapter.
I’ve tried to minimise the amount of scrolling you have to do. You will have to do some, but you shouldn't find yourself wondering when a page is going to end. The pages should load quickly too.
To get from one page to the next, simply click on the arrow at the bottom of each page.
A red arrow means you've reached the end of a chapter; clicking on it takes you to the beginning of the next chapter.
Clicking on the numbers in the boxes takes you to the beginning of the relevant chapter.
Clicking on the box marked ‘Contents’ returns you to this page.
The pages do not coincide exactly with those of a paperback version;
I’ve avoided splitting paragraphs, and there are other areas where I felt a page break was more appropriate in one place than another.
I don’t expect you to read this all in one go. Put it down, as it were, and come back to it, as you might a printed book.
Please send any comments or suggestions to info@magicpike.com.
Finally, you don't have to appreciate cryptic crosswords to read this, but it helps.
1 For openers, a cave dweller (3)
2 A long one, this, almost entirely, is about works of poetry (11)
3 Idiots surround returning officer; they are involved in judging (9)
4 Drinks extracted from rosehips (4)
5 One turning to evil envisages selling soul initially –but degree of difficulty is shown (8)
6 ‘Street’, ‘gold’ and ‘England’s capital’ are all in this for you here (5)
7 School days and education briefly are described (6)
8 Efforts at getting temporary return of a couple of characters from the past (8)
9 A poor gymnast has a wild time in his heart (4)
10 A sea-goer has a capacity, we hear, for credulity (11)
11 Discs that may be found underground (5)
12 A man among us, without a degree, but with potential and invention that should be backed, reveals new objects (7)
13 A ballistic weapon spells the end of the music to a man on the fiddle’s accomplice (8)
14 This contains a woman giving the elderly accommodation (6)
15 This harmless fellow wouldn’t hurt a fly? Try turning its foe over! (6)
16 Frog changes to man (this is made up) (6)
17 A fabulous entertainer, we hear, a man doing a turn to order (7)
18 An ‘I love you’ hidden in a postscript that’s religious (5)
19 Artist, Irish, is in cricket club, for the good time and conviviality, he says (5)
20 Some reasons why two families carry on a feud that is an ugly sight (4)
21 A solo performance for the hard ruler’s city (4)
22 Possibly harmful germs may be found in cooked crab I ate (8)
23 This may provide light entertainment (9)
24 This gives you direction to follow and helps you see (3)