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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Fed study offers new clues that help explain America’s gloomy mood. ... Census Department data shows the child poverty rate plunged to 5.2% in 2021 from 9.7% in 2020 — then jumped all the way ...
Times style is to always capitalize the first letter of a clue, regardless of whether the clue is a complete sentence or whether the first word is a proper noun. On occasion, this is used to deliberately create difficulties for the solver; e.g., in the clue [John, for one], it is ambiguous whether the clue is referring to the proper name John ...
Gloomy conditions may arise when low cloud cover forms a continuous overcast. This occurs annually in Southern California , where it is known as June Gloom . Anticyclones may generate gloom-like conditions if they remain stationary, causing a haze and layer of stratocumulus clouds.
Gloomy can refer to: melancholia; The song Gloomy Sunday; The song Gloomy from the self-titled album Creedence Clearwater Revival; The Gloomy Dean, nickname of William Ralph Inge; Gloomy Bear, a fictional character; Gloomy Galleon; Someone who is easily saddened or depressed
murky, "dark, obscure, gloomy; mid-14c., from murk + -y," [18] scrike, "shriek" [19] ski, "one of a pair of narrow strips of wood, metal, or plastic curving upward in front that are used especially for gliding over snow" [20] slalom, "skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)" [21]