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  2. Cryptic crossword - Wikipedia

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    A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.

  3. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    In the latter case, he's said to "cut the ball off" because he's trying to shorten the path of the ball. "When Granderson drifted towards left-center field on Carlos Peña 's fifth-inning line drive, he wasn't heading that direction to make a catch.

  4. Paul Gauguin - Wikipedia

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    Gauguin also sent the letter to the Mercure de France, which published a redacted version of it after his death. [202] He followed this with a private letter to the head of the gendarmerie in Papeete, complaining about his own local gendarme Charpillet's excesses in making prisoners labor for him. Danielsson notes that, while these and similar ...

  5. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    An American-style 15×15 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 ...

  6. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    Chinese cut see French cut Chop on to be bowled by the ball deflecting off the inside or bottom edge of the bat and onto the stumps while playing a shot Chuck of a bowler, to throw the ball by bending the elbow instead of bowling it with a straight arm; also chucker: a bowler who chucks; and chucking: such an illegal bowling action. All are ...

  7. Glossary of poker terms - Wikipedia

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    cut See main article: cut cut card A distinctive card, usually stiff solid-colored plastic, held against the bottom of the deck during the deal to prevent observation of the bottom card. While rarely used in home games, the cut card is universal in casino play. [8] cutoff The seat immediately to the right of the button. Name derived from its ...

  8. Roberto Benigni - Wikipedia

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    It was an unprecedented act, given that until that moment Italian politicians were proverbially serious and formal. Benigni was censored again in the 1980s for calling Pope John Paul II something impolite during an important live TV show ( Wojtylaccio , meaning 'Bad Wojtyla' in Italian, but with a somewhat friendly meaning in Tuscan dialect).

  9. Baseball color line - Wikipedia

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    The only serious attempt to break the color line during Landis's tenure came in 1942, when Bill Veeck tried to buy the then-moribund Philadelphia Phillies and stock them with Negro league stars. However, when Landis got wind of his plans, [ 16 ] he and National League president Ford Frick scuttled it in favor of another bid by William D. Cox .