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2. Crossword - Wikipedia

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   An American-style crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter ...

3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...

4. Printer's Devilry - Wikipedia

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   A barred grid, the kind used by Ximenes and Azed in their puzzles. A Printer's Devilry is a form of cryptic crossword puzzle, first invented by Afrit (Alistair Ferguson Ritchie) in 1937. A Printer's Devilry puzzle does not follow the standard Ximenean rules of crossword setting, since the clues do not define the answers. [1]

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6. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...

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   Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, I Love a Parade. Sally Hoelscher, USA TODAY. September 9, 2024 at 10:00 PM. There are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve ...

7. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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   Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...

8. Acrostic (puzzle) - Wikipedia

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   An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer. The second part is a long series of numbered blanks and spaces, representing a quotation ...

9. Fill-In (puzzle) - Wikipedia

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   Fill-In (puzzle) Fill-Ins, also known as Fill-It-Ins or Word Fill-Ins, are a variation of the common crossword puzzle in which words, rather than clues, are given, and the solver must work out where to place them. [1][2][3][4] Fill-Ins are common in puzzle magazines along with word searches, cryptograms, and other logic puzzles. [5]