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What I Learned from Today’s Puzzle. DEMI (24A: "The Substance" actress Moore) The Substance is a 2024 movie in which DEMI Moore portrays a 50-year-old movie star whose fame is fading. She ...
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 ...
When an extended phrase of the answer can also be used in the clue to mutual meaning, the mutual extension is indicated in parentheses. e.g., [Think (over)] for MULL, [Drive (away)] for PUSH. When the answer can use an additional word to fit the clue, the word is preceded by "with" and placed in quotes. e.g., [Understand, with "in"] for SINK.
Maltese psychologist Edward de Bono (pictured in 2009) introduced the term "lateral thinking" in 1967.. Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious.
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.
In 1970, the phrase think outside the dots appears without mentioning the nine dots puzzle. [13] [7] Finally, in 1971, the specific phrase think outside the box is attested, again appearing together with the nine dots puzzle. [14] [15] In 1976, the phrase is used in England [16] and 1978 in the USA, [17] both without mentioning the nine dots ...
Sheriff Dan Springer: When you become the boss, you get to decide to do things the way you want to do things. … I felt like, well, this is our time. Let's go get some answers.
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 ...