Lion sightings

[sj-roc]

In today's National Post crossword puzzle:

8 down, 12 letters: placekicker for the BC Lions
19 down, 12 letters: defensive lineman for the BC Lions

[CB123]

8 down, 12 letters: placekicker for the BC Lions

hummm... thats sure a toughie lol

[TheLionKing]

Let me guess: P a u l M c C A L L U M ?

[Robbie]

19 down, 12 letters: defensive lineman for the BC Lions

This is rather easy too. Just go with the first defensive lineman that will come into mind for most Lions fans.

P a u l M c C A L L U M

Although it never confused me, were any of you confused as to whether he spelled his name McCallum or MacCallum?

[B.C.FAN]

P a u l M c C A L L U M

Although it never confused me, were any of you confused as to whether he spelled his name McCallum or MacCallum?

The first name that occurred to me was Lui Passaglia (also 12 letters). I later realized that Paul McCallum would also fit

[CB123]

The first name that occurred to me was Lui Passaglia (also 12 letters).

same

[sj-roc]

P a u l M c C A L L U M

Although it never confused me, were any of you confused as to whether he spelled his name McCallum or MacCallum?

The first name that occurred to me was Lui Passaglia (also 12 letters). I later realized that Paul McCallum would also fit

Actually it's not uncommon for athletes' names to come up in the NP's xwords lately but I've noticed they default to active players and will state if the player in question is no longer with the named team. So the clues I quoted refer to incumbents.

Since there were twelve letters I got tripped up on whether it was McCallum or Macallum. Rather than look it up, I decided to make it interesting by solving the intersector with its discriminating third letter: six letter word for "rope for tying up ship's gear", which naturally* :lol: is "becket". So, McCallum it is.

*A crossword puzzle dictionary can be a good thing.

[TheLionKing]

It's McCallum. Since Robbie is so fond of posting link:

http://www.bclions.com/index.php?module ... iew&team=1

[Robbie]

It's McCallum. Since Robbie is so fond of posting link:

http://www.bclions.com/index.php?module ... iew&team=1

Yes, but I was just asking if any of you were ever confused by the spelling of his name without having to look it up?

I believe another name that might often be misspelled is Dickenson. I'm sure people have misspelled Dave's last name as Dickinson, Dickinsen, Dickonson, Dickonsen, or Dickensen.

[TheLionKing]

No to both questions.