Word of the day

[chickenfeet]

newel (n) - the central supporting pillar of a spiral staircase

Comments

[badasstronaut.livejournal.com]

Mine's strimmer.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

that came up in a crossword a few weeks ago

[badasstronaut.livejournal.com]

People keep telling me I need one, but I had to look them up to find out what they were.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

You did the crossword, didn't you? :-)

I particularly liked the 'Ming (or Maoist)...' one. I was convinced it was an anagram, and it took ages to get it.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I realised it wasn't an anagram even before I got "sugars the pill" because that was almost sure to have "the" in it. I spotted the m's but it took me for ever to realise the significance.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

True; I should have realised that myself.

I was a bit annoyed with myself, because I like clues like that, and I should have got it!

[unblinkered.livejournal.com]

It's also the post that supports the handrail in normal stairs.

/architect ;)