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  2. List of lingua francas - Wikipedia

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    A letter dated 1266 from Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire to the "King of Japan" (日本國王) was written in Classical Chinese. Now stored in Todai-ji , Nara , Japan. Until the early 20th century, Classical Chinese served as both the written lingua franca and the diplomatic language in Far East Asia including China , Mongolia , Korea , Japan ...

  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. Scribbage - Wikipedia

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    Scribbage (also marketed as Ad-Lib Crossword Clues) is a classic dice word game published in 1959 by the E.S. Lowe Company. Thirteen dice are rolled which have various letters on each side. Each letter is given a point value depending on its frequency in the English language. A timer is flipped and the player has to put the dice into words ...

  5. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers ... - AOL

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    Hints show the letters of a theme word. If there is already an active hint on the board, a hint will show that word’s letter order. Related: 300 Trivia Questions and Answers to Jumpstart Your ...

  6. Acrostic (puzzle) - Wikipedia

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    Letters 16 and 17 form a two-letter word ending in P. Since this has to be UP, letter 16 is a U, which can be filled into the appropriate clue answer in the list of clues. Likewise, a three-letter word starting with A could be and, any, all, or even a proper name like Ann. One might need more clue answers before daring to guess which it could be.

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...

  9. ‘Big Chuck’ Schodowski, Cleveland TV icon, dies at 90 - AOL

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    Cleveland television legend “Big Chuck” Schodowski, a beloved personality on WJW (Channel 8) for more than 60 years, has died.He was 90. Fox 8 News made the announcement Monday morning.. The ...