Ammunition name

[Ron_Miami]

I need help with a crossword puzzle.

It asks for a type of ammunition named after its British inventor. Eight letters long. Any ideas?

 

[RadikalRednek]

Try www.oneacross.com.

 

[Ron_Miami]

Thanks, that's a neat site but it doesn't help in this case.

 

[Mk VII]

try Shrapnel

 

[Quantrill]

Sherwood, Lancaster or Richards. Quantrill

 

[SDC]

My first thoughts were DeWilde and Buckingham, but they don't have the proper number of letters. The only one I can think of that DOES have 8 letters is "Richards", from Westley Richards, the patentee of the Richards All-Range bullet. Have you got any of the letters that cross filled in?

Oops. And yes, if you include artillery, Mk 7 has already mentioned "Shrapnel".

 

[Mal H]

Gotta be Richards. The only other British cartridge with 8 letters I could find in COTW is "Sherwood" which, oddly enough, was also invented by Westley Richards.

 

[Ron_Miami]

Thanks everybody!

It was the crossroad puzzle in the Sunday New York Times.

The answer was shrapnel.

 

[Steel]

Someone skillful THR member should volunteer to create a weekly crossword puzzle -- firearms related , of course!

 

[Ron_Miami]

That's a neat idea. A weekly firearms crossword puzzle would be fun.

 

[Jim K]

SGN has been running a crossword for some time now.

Just FWIW, the original Shrapnel shell was made with iron balls that were blown forward by an explosive charge as the shell approached its target. It was sort of like a large flying shotgun, and was intended for use against personel behind barricades. The word now is usually used to mean "shell fragments", which is incorrect.

Jim