Japanese crossword «Black Spot»
| Size: 12x13 | Picture: | Difficulty: | Added: | 05.11.26 | Author: Sakhovich |
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Thank you new artist, but I also fail to understand the title
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Perhaps a nod to Treasure Island and the black spot?
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“The black spot! I thought so,” he observed. “Where might you have got the paper? Why, hillo! Look here, now; this ain’t lucky! You’ve gone and cut this out of a Bible. What fool’s cut a Bible?”
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Title explanation: The black spot comes from "Treasure Island", where a person is handed a paper with a black spot on it from pirates as an announcement that they intend to kill him. Due to the success of that book, it has become a recurring element of pirate fiction.
Thanks for the explanations, and welcome, new artist!
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