Japanese crossword «Knocker-Upper»

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28.05.21

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The-Nono-Gram (29 May 2021, 1:15) complain

Not difficult at all once you get it started. Having said that, I don't know what this is, but it is not what the title would have implied back in the day.

The-Nono-Gram (29 May 2021, 1:16) complain

OK, I looked it up. It is exactly what the title implies.

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eeyore004 (4 April 2023, 17:30) complain

If this is still remotely interesting to you two years later, the book "How To Be a Victorian" is a real treat.

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The-Nono-Gram (4 April 2023, 21:29) complain

I will have to put it on my list as I have promised myself to buy no books in 2023. Only 3 more quarters of the year to go. :D

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eeyore004 (6 April 2023, 0:12) complain

HAVE YOU NO PUBLIC LIBRARY?

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The-Nono-Gram (6 April 2023, 0:19) complain

You mean the Candy Store?

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eeyore004 (6 April 2023, 3:49) complain

As a librarian, hearing it referred to that way warms my heart :-D

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The-Nono-Gram (6 April 2023, 6:24) complain

How do you get any work done? So many books. So little time :-D

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eeyore004 (10 April 2023, 22:56) complain

No reading books at the desk (for the most part), so I have to neglect my housework instead of my employment ;-)

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The-Nono-Gram (10 April 2023, 23:14) complain

I can't fall asleep at night without reading...and always have a bathroom book.

The-Nono-Gram (29 May 2021, 1:18) complain

spoiler

Don't confuse him with a Snuffer Outer.

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The-Nono-Gram (29 May 2021, 1:21) complain

Which would have a totally different connotation back in the day as well.

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Onono (29 May 2021, 2:14) complain

Have you and your selves got it all straight now?

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The-Nono-Gram (29 May 2021, 2:37) complain

Oh, I was just thinking with my fingers on the keyboard.

msat (29 May 2021, 2:23) complain

I need one of those. I regularly sleep through my alarm... (Up too late doing nonograms, usually.) This was a really fun puzzle.

jannyjane (29 May 2021, 6:23) complain

Knocker upper

Alicia_Butcher_Ehrhardt (29 May 2021, 8:35) complain

Nicely different! I sort of get the idea, though I don't know that I'd title it that. Creative.

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Azarna (29 July 2021, 16:50) complain

It was an important job in Victorian times, and this is what it was called in the UK.

Alicia_Butcher_Ehrhardt (29 May 2021, 8:37) complain

Looked it up - The-Nono-gram nailed it - and I learned something new. Thanks!

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wisekaren (25 October 2022, 23:22) complain

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When I was a college student, I stayed with a family up in the Midlands before the semester started in London. That first night at bedtime, the dad said he would knock me up in the morning! "Just try it, buddy!"

Puzzled (29 May 2021, 9:21) complain

All very entertaining! (The puzzle, the comments, and the Wikipedia article.)

Al-e (29 May 2021, 14:05) complain

Good, thank you

Chorton (30 May 2021, 6:32) complain

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Thought it was ...Lets go fly a kite!

Janet (4 June 2021, 4:56) complain

Thank you :))

JayH (30 November 2021, 18:56) complain

I might give this a better rating if I could figure out what it is, or what the title means. But it's a nice easy solve nonetheless. :)

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Jennifer_Mok (11 December 2021, 12:39) complain

it's all explained above.

Celandine (17 October 2023, 5:32) complain

I didn't know about this kind - I thought they all used pea-shooters!

tsz (30 September 2024, 17:51) complain

If one were to replace the window with a lantern
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