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  • Beef Oven!
    Ex-member
    • Sep 2013
    • 18147

    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
    I don't usually contribute to puzzles immediately after I've set one, but to push the ball a bit further onto the field - is (one of) the "Charles(es)", Ives, and is the "Roland" there a reference to "Rollo"?
    As I said in #2099, I’ve already given my last one.

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    • Lat-Literal
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      • Aug 2015
      • 6983

      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
      I don't usually contribute to puzzles immediately after I've set one, but to push the ball a bit further onto the field - is (one of) the "Charles(es)", Ives, and is the "Roland" there a reference to "Rollo"?
      Sadly.......no and no.

      Charles in (a) and Charles in (b) are not necessarily the same Charles and could be different sorts of writers.
      Last edited by Lat-Literal; 27-12-16, 13:54.

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      • antongould
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 8831

        Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Post
        Sadly.......no and no.

        Charles in (a) and Charles in (b) are not necessarily the same Charles and could be different sorts of writers.
        Struggling here Lat .... a cluelette perhaps

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163

          Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Post
          Charles in (a) and Charles in (b) are not necessarily the same Charles and could be different sorts of writers.
          Like Dickens and Dodgson?
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • Lat-Literal
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            • Aug 2015
            • 6983

            Originally posted by antongould View Post
            Struggling here Lat .... a cluelette perhaps
            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
            Like Dickens and Dodgson?
            I am becoming more nervous about whether my puzzle fits together the longer time goes on but it has been set genuinely and I think it is ok.

            Not Dickens and not Dodgson.

            You are looking for a librettist and a translator - that is what I mean by a difference between the two although that sort of distinction is grey.

            Additional clues:

            All the stuff about Sweden and Swedish sports was a complete red herring but you might find something in that Roland photo, albeit obliquely.

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            • Lat-Literal
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              • Aug 2015
              • 6983

              ....Clearly we need more.

              This will probably be no surprise but I will say it anyway.

              Not every component is French per se but mostly there are French connections.

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              • Lat-Literal
                Guest
                • Aug 2015
                • 6983

                .......Anyone for an oratorio or two?

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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8831

                  Not Joseph is it ....... ????

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                  • Lat-Literal
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                    • Aug 2015
                    • 6983

                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    Not Joseph is it ....... ????
                    Sadly, no.

                    Would you like another clue?

                    I have a good clue to provide.

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                    • Lat-Literal
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                      • Aug 2015
                      • 6983

                      Here it comes (in all seriousness):

                      However the question appears, this man is of absolutely no relevance to the answer at all:

                      https://jorgefarah.files.wordpress.c...rubinstein.jpg
                      Last edited by Lat-Literal; 27-12-16, 22:48.

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                      • Lat-Literal
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                        • Aug 2015
                        • 6983

                        And a reminder of the question:

                        What J links:

                        (a) A collaboration - Etienne, Charles and one other (but not Rubinstein, Arthur or Roland)
                        (b) One - the offspring of a man named Etienne - who created an unsung Roland but not in the same way as another by one named Charles
                        (c) An Arthur Rubinstein collaboration (not so far as I am aware involving Roland, Charles or Etienne in any sense they are mentioned here)?

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                        • Lat-Literal
                          Guest
                          • Aug 2015
                          • 6983

                          Och........a la recherche du temps perdu!

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                          • Lat-Literal
                            Guest
                            • Aug 2015
                            • 6983

                            ...Oh dear oh dear.

                            Next clue:

                            https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...otland.svg.png

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                            • Lat-Literal
                              Guest
                              • Aug 2015
                              • 6983

                              .......and the next:

                              Check out the official extended highlights of Scotland v France at BT Murrayfield where the hosts backed up their Round 3 win over Italy with a historic vict...


                              (a giveaway in my humble opinion)

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                              • antongould
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8831

                                Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Post
                                .......and the next:

                                Check out the official extended highlights of Scotland v France at BT Murrayfield where the hosts backed up their Round 3 win over Italy with a historic vict...


                                (a giveaway in my humble opinion)

                                .... it's probably just me but you are not demystifying Lat .....

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