Herculis

[BigMac]

Looking at the relative absence of questions on this site this week - for both Saturday and today - do I assume that it was just SO much easier this week? And that finishing them without recourse to the site proves this?

[london_lassy]

I certainly found them easier, and have just sent them off.

[semolina]

Herculis must have been easier - I finsihed it with no help and that's very unusual !!

[gardenknowin]

Ridiculously easy - yet another example of DT/ST Xword depts messing us about -mind you, answer to whatever across clue it was (posted mine already) - "fear of death or bodies" - only necrophobia will fit, but this is actually only fear of bodies,; strictly, fear of death is thanato- or thanto-phobia

[BigMac]

gardenknowin - don't want to cause a riot but these are the definitions I found from an on-line dictionary, which you will note is American in orientation:

1. nec�ro�pho�bi�a (An abnormal fear of death or corpses.
   Source: The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
   Copyright � 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
   Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


2. nec�ro�pho�bi�a - An abnormal fear of death or corpses. Source: The American Heritage� Stedman's Medical Dictionary
   Copyright � 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.


3. nec�ro�pho�bia - an exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies. Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, � 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
   

[gardenknowin]

No offence meant, Big Mac - was only being sarcastically pedantic about DT Xwordmakers! I used Chambers. Much success to you in the future!