WORD PUZZLE NUMBER 2
CHRISTMAS 1992
DONATIONS
This is the second word puzzle
competition, arranged by Gordon Gray,
and designed to raise money for
charity. This year, the charity which
will benefit from your donations is
ASPIRE - The Association for Spinal
Injury Research, Rehabilitation and
Reintegration - details of which are
given below.
THE PUZZLE
This year's theme is DONATIONS. The
puzzle is made up of 40 clues in which
punctuation and context may or may not
be helpful. Each clue leads to three
words which form the answers. One word
contains the letters DON, another the
letters ATI and the third the letters
ONS. The number of letters to be found
for each word is indicated by dashes.
One of the clues from last year's
puzzle is provided as an example:-
A badly torn / union / is taken apart.
` ` CER ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` AGE ` ` `
CON ` ` ` ` ` `
The answers were LACERATED, MARRIAGE
and DISCONNECTED, although with markers
- / - to show where each definition
begins and ends, it is a little easier
than the actual puzzle.
To help you in your search for the
'book' answers, you are given the
additional information that the letters
of the alphabet which provide the
initial letters of the 120 words are to
be found in the following numbers.
A-7 B-5 C-21 D-4 E-2 F-1 G-5 H-2
I-5 J-2 K-1 L-5 M-11 N-2 O-5 P-10
Q-2 R-4 S-10 T-2 U-4 V-3 W-4 Y-1
Z-1
I hope the standard of this year's
puzzle is just about right and many of
you will get high scores (do make sure
you check your spelling). There are a
few elusive words to provide a
challenge to everyone, but if some of
the words do defeat you, and you end up
with what may seem only a moderate
score, don't let that deter you from
sending in your entry, otherwise the
charity will suffer and you will have
had your fun for nothing - other
puzzlers, perhaps all, may have been
equally baffled.
DISTRIBUTION TO FRIENDS
I am keen to involve as many people as
possible in this year's puzzle, so as
to raise as much money as possible for
ASPIRE, so if any of your friends would
like a copy of the puzzle, I am quite
happy for you to make a photocopy for
them (or 8BS members could just print
out as many copies as they want), or
they can contact me for an entry form
by sending a s.a.e. (preferably about
A4 - i.e. large enough to take the
paperwork). If they are too late for
this year's puzzle, then they can still
send a s.a.e. to ensure they get a copy
of next year's puzzle.
YOUR ENTRY
Please return your answers to the
puzzle and a completed entry form (at
the end of the puzzle) to me Gordon
Gray, enclosing a donation with your
entry. Please enclose a s.a.e. if you
wish to have your entry returned and
the answers sent to you and a further
s.a.e. for next year's puzzle. Please
be generous with your donations as all
the money you donate will go to the
charity except for the prize money. The
total amount of prize money will depend
on the overall amount donated, but
should be in the order of £50.
...AND FINALLY
Best Wishes to you all for a Happy
Christmas and a successful New Year,
not least in solving the puzzle. Please
ensure that I recieve all entries by
Saturday 30 January 1993.
ASPIRE
ASPIRE - The Association for Spinal
Injury Research, Rehabilitation and
Reintegration - was established in 1983
in an attempt to raise money for the
fledgling spinal unit at the Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital with HRH
The Princess of Wales as its patron.
Eight years later, it has collected
over £2 million to build a unique
rehabilitation centre at the hospital;
is setting up a wheelchair workshop in
Eastern Europe; and is embarking on a
major research venture into how modern
technology can overcome the disabling
effects of spinal cord injury.
The first goal for the charity
culminated with the royal opening of
the Mike Heaffy Rehabilitation Centre
and Camelia Botnar Sports Hall. This
state of the art rehabilitation centre
enables able-bodied and disabled people
to work and play alongside each other
with physical and mental barriers
removed. Patients from the spinal unit
using the physiotherapy facilities mix
with local sports enthusiasts and
former patients of RNOH; many
disability groups in the greater London
region have discovered the Centre's
unique approach and atmosphere and are
regular visitors.
Since opening the Centre, ASPIRE has
discovered many other needs in the
field of integrating disabled and
able-bodied people in the wider
community. A number of projects are
being funded by ASPIRE such as a
mechanical arm for severely disabled
people to help improve their reach and
movement; specialist lightweight
wheelchairs to allow ex-patients a
wider range of choices as they embark
on fulfilled independant lives; and
halfway houses for those who can begin
the process of getting on with their
own lives at the earlist opportunity.
The first 18 months of the Mike Heaffy
Centre have been a period of learning
as to how best to tackle ASPIRE's goal
of reintegration in resolutely
practical terms. The psychological
benefits gained by those who have
recently suffered a spinal cord injury
in witnessing the achievements and
quality of life of other wheelchair
users cannot be overestimated. The
centre has provided just such an
environment where everyone who comes
through its doors has both something to
learn and something to give.