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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 security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
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, while the black squares are used to ...
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Me Time. Sally Hoelscher, USA TODAY. September 4, 2024 at 1:00 AM. There are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve today's ...
The abbreviation of treatment (tx) in the clue alerts solvers that the answer will be an abbreviation. UWU (39D: Kawaii emoticon) "Kawaii" is a word borrowed from Japanese culture that is used to ...
Since 2016, Wallnau and his allies have presented former President Donald Trump as a flawed but anointed leader — like the biblical figure King Cyrus — who has been chosen by God to restore ...
The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper's website and mobile apps as part of The New York Times Games. [1][2][3][4][5] The puzzle is created by various freelance constructors and has ...
Keith Urban on 'Literally! with Rob Lowe' on Sept. 17, 2024. Keith Urban embraced his heartthrob status early on, even posing for Playgirl at the start of his career. In a live taping of Literally ...