WORD WIZARDRY

GUESS THE DEFINITION: Izzard (coined in the 18th century) A) Archaic name for letter z. B) The dot above the letter i. C) A doting old man. Answer below PHRASE EXPLAINED Meeting a deadline: Originally a deadline was a line drawn round a prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War in the 1860s. Any prisoner who crossed it would be shot. In the 20th century it was used to mean the time at which something had to be completed.