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Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [27] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (UK: / ˌ ʃ ɒ̃ z eɪ ˈ l iː z eɪ, ɛ-/, US: / ʃ ɒ̃ z ˌ eɪ l i ˈ z eɪ /; French: [av(ə)ny de ʃɑ̃z‿elize] ⓘ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de ...
The assembled map is 250.5 cm (98.5 in) in height and 322.5 cm (127 in) in width. [1] Turgot's map has been described as "the first all-comprising graphical inventory of the capital, down to the last orchard and tree, detailing every house and naming even the most modest cul-de-sac". [2]
The siege of Paris of 845 was the culmination of a Viking invasion of West Francia.The Viking forces were led by a Norse chieftain named "Reginherus", or Ragnar, who tentatively has been identified with the legendary saga character Ragnar Lodbrok.
Harmattan, a dry wind that blows from the northeast, bringing dust from the Sahara south toward the Gulf of Guinea. Khamsin ( khamaseen in Egypt) and similar winds named Haboob in the Sudan, Aajej in southern Morocco, Ghibli in Libya and Tunisia, Harmattan in the western Maghreb , Sirocco , a south wind from the Sahara and Simoom in the Arabian ...
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Displayed here is one page from a 20-sheet view of Paris, drawn from a birds eye perspective. Commissioned in 1734 by Michel Etienne Turgot, Prevot des Marchands (chief merchant or as we might say today, head of the chamber of commerce), this view was prepared by Louis Bretez, a sculptor, painter, and specialist in perspective.
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) 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.