Looking for clues at the Cauliflower

Members meet on a regular basis in each state, but the Annual Get-Together is always in Sydney and has been held for the past six years at our very own Cauliflower Hotel in Waterloo.

Cauliflower owner, William Ryan, fifth generation hotelier, a Club member since 1991, says the lunch held last month was very informal with many members traveling from all over Australia. 

“It’s a barrel of laughs,” he said. “We got over 100 members including several of the Australian newspapers’ crossword writing luminaries.”

Ryan said, “A customer walked in for the first time – think his wife was on a factory outlet shop-a-thon – and said to one of the staff, ‘This hotel is famous’. The Cauliflower team member replied, ‘Yes, oldest pub in South Sydney, established 1838, lots of old-school colourful history, preferred Rabbitohs waterhole, publican, William Ryan, is a man about town …’ ‘No, no no,’ the customer interrupted, ‘This is the crossword pub!’”

Ryan, owner of the Cauliflower since 2004, is also a Chippendale resident and keen crossword solver.

His favourite crossword clue? Hard to pick one from the thousands, but how about these two!

Gegs (9,4) 
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The Club’s monthly magazine, Crozworld, is filled with prize crosswords of all types, together with lively discussion between the members. “The magazine also publishes setters’ crosswords – it’s a great way for setters to establish themselves,” said editor Ian Williams.

For further details about the ACC contact the Secretary Bev Cockburn on (02) 9635 7802 (e-mail: bevco4@bigpond.com). 

Answers: Scrambled eggs and Footprints.

Photo: Andrew Collis -  Bev Cockburn (secretary/treasurer of the ACC), Ian Williams (editor of Crozworld), and David Stickley (author of the Stickler crossword, Daily Telegraph) at the Cauliflower Hotel

Source: South Sydney Herald December 2009 www.southsydneyherald.com.au