Ignore this if you hate crosswords

[Amy Z]

Wotan wrote:

 And likewise I can't find 
> any fish (noun or verb?) remotely connected with chap. But, from 
this 
> morning's paper, the answer is indeed chap! We need Simon and his 
> access to the full OED. 'c' for caught is both normal and okay - 
it's 
> used as an abbreviation for caught on cricket scoreboards. I expect 
> you knew that ;)

Ahhhh!  Not up on my cricket lingo.  It is the abbreviation for 
catcher in baseball, however.  The best crosswords are 
incomprehensible to someone from another culture!  Maybe I won't check 
out the Times site after all.  US puzzles are hard enough.

Amy Z