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The clue was 'Two girls, one on each knee (7)'. [4] He was recognised by Guinness World Records as "The World's Most Prolific Crossword Compiler". [5] He appeared in the Guinness Book of Records from 1978 until all crossword records were dropped in 2002. An update to December 2005 was included in the 2008 print edition.
Throughout the history of literature, since the creation of bound texts in the forms of books and codices, various works have been published and written anonymously, often due to their political or controversial nature, or merely for the purposes of the privacy of their authors, among other reasons.
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.
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.
"The Stray Snail" (まいごのかたつむり, Maigo no Katatsumuri), illustrated by Hiroki Haritama and published in Anime Monogatari Series Heroine Book #2: Mayoi (アニメ＜物語＞シリーズヒロイン本 其ノ貮 八九寺真宵, Anime Monogatari Shirīzu Hiroin Bon Sono Ni Hachikuji Mayoi), released on October 30, 2013.
One False Note is the second book in The 39 Clues series. It is written by Gordon Korman, [1] and was published by Scholastic on December 2, 2008. [2] Following the events of The Maze of Bones, the protagonists Amy and Dan Cahill learn about Mozart and travel to Vienna, Austria to search for the second clue in the 39 Clues competition.
False Folio is the term that Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers have applied to William Jaggard's printing of ten Shakespearean and pseudo-Shakespearean plays together in 1619, the first attempt to collect Shakespeare's work in a single volume.
Commercially, the book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list for the week of August 29, 1993. Critically, Without Remorse received generally positive reviews. Dallas Morning News hailed it as "Mr. Clancy's best", while the San Diego Union-Tribune praised it as "a non-stop emotional roller coaster". [ 5 ]