dt gk 24/12 -

[tizzi]

can I have some help with the following

(GO ON SHANEYSTAR TELL ME)

102d emperor of japan etc

53a Kidnapped main character and narrator

107a a long stapled hard twisted yarn

104a nom de plume

[JoolsTwo]

102d Mutsuhito

53a David Balfour

107a Lisle

104a Phiz

[tizzi]

You star! how do you find these bizarre answers

[JoolsTwo]

Googled Most of them and knew 53a

[tizzi]

and you are so fast, are you actually sat there doing it or is tshere some very fast route I dont know off to post an answer? Tizzi

[JoolsTwo]

I am signed in at the moment

[Dkeyse]

tizzi, there is nothing clever about the way correspondents like JimJools, jan1956, and shaneystar are able to answer your questions! They obviously have the time and just google away for the answers, which in the case of your latest batch, they would have had days ago! I can assure you that the answer to every clue in every crossword is in Google somewhere, it's just a matter of having the time to surf! Have seen some really silly questions asked that are just sitting there on the web! Happy New Year, thought I would get in first!

[tizzi]

FOR DKEYSE

Ah but you see I dont Google out of principle, I use books much more interesting adn you learn much more that way - can tell I teach cant you?