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TENSE (59D: Past, present or future) When I wrote this clue, I was thinking of the joke, "Past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was TENSE." Crossword Puzzle Theme Synopsis
A kinkajou – which as the clue informs us is related to the COATI – is a tree-dwelling mammal that lives in tropical rainforests. It is native to Mexico and Central and South America. It is ...
The quotation marks around the word crowned in the clue indicate that this word is paired with the answer to form the name of a bird of prey. EAR (6D: Serving of corn) and CHEESIEST (22D: Most ...
The clue was 'Two girls, one on each knee (7)'. [4] He was recognised by Guinness World Records as "The World's Most Prolific Crossword Compiler". [5] He appeared in the Guinness Book of Records from 1978 until all crossword records were dropped in 2002. An update to December 2005 was included in the 2008 print edition.
As a result, war-related words including those codenames got into the crosswords; Dawe said later that at the time he did not know that these words were military codewords. On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid , 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a ...
A plural clue always indicates a plural answer and a clue in the past tense always has an answer in the past tense. A clue containing a comparative or superlative always has an answer in the same degree (e.g., [Most difficult] for TOUGHEST). [6] The answer word(s) will not appear in the clue itself.
SOL (46A: Por do ___ (sunset, in Portuguese)) SOL is making back-to-back appearances in the crossword, as we saw it yesterday clued as [Sun, in Spanish]. Spanish and Portuguese are similar languages.
The Crossword Extra was a bonus word played once in Round 1 and twice in subsequent rounds (originally once in each round, with the second word added following the removal of the Getaways). Similar to the Daily Double in Jeopardy! , the Extra clue was revealed upon correctly guessing another word.