TSJ Contest - October 2006 - now officially open!

You can find the crossword itself HERE. Some of these clues relate to the story, some to the TSJ website, and others we just thought were cool!

    ACROSS

    4: Scribe from Oreth (a victim in Threads)
    6: As hydrogen and oxygen change their state and become solid, the molecular forces start to arrange the molecules into a regular pattern or crystalline shape – what is this better known as?
    8: In Ghosts, the killer remained unseen through the use of his grandfather’s _____?
    10: Byreleah Grennere’s tomb depicts what animal?
    14: Disembowelled
    16: In Greek mythology, the Fate who cut the thread or web of life.
    17: What was bound in black thread at the Grennere tomb?
    18: The horizontal threads in weaving
    19: What did the killer remove from each victim in Ghosts?
    20: The physical manifestation of Dubric’s curse
    22: One of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing cheerfulness
    24: Lord Byerly
    25: Works in a three or four-movement format for one or two instruments
    26: The country on Latvia’s northern border
    31: Sarea’s brother
    33: Tammy’s maiden name
    34: Occupation of the killer in Threads
    36: Instrument used for weaving
    37: Rolle’s occupation
    39: Region controlled by Lord Haconry (3,5)
    40: Form of torture Braoin suffered in Threads
    41: “Hare crush’d the ____, ____ bit the hare”

    DOWN
    1: Maeve’s home town
    2: The Fate who is responsible for weaving all possible skeins out of a given event
    3: Bostra’s family name
    5: Oriana’s occupation during the wars
    6: Who said the following: ‘Because you need me, Springfield. Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king’? (8, 3)
    7: Province ruled by Lord Brushgar
    9: Dubric’s occupation
    11: Royal line with one remaining member
    12: Dev and Lissea’s farm is in ______
    13: Capital of Lagiern
    15: Fate who was the apportioner, deciding how much time for life was to be allowed for each person or being. Also, Maeve’s cat.
    19: Tueur (French)
    21: “A black cat” in Irish Gaelic
    23: The Dublin hotel owned by U2
    27: Rancid smell indicating magecraft
    28: Creature that makes the silk in Threads
    29: Yellowish liver fluid
    30: Tammy writes ________ fantasy
    32: Ominous item Lars found caught in Sophey’s hoof in Threads
    35: Murder weapon in Ghosts
    37: Favourite swearword
    38: Vertical thread in weaving