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A Printer's Devilry puzzle does not follow the standard Ximenean rules of crossword setting, since the clues do not define the answers. [1] Instead, each clue consists of a sentence from which a string of letters has been removed and, where necessary, the punctuation and word breaks in the clue rearranged to form a new more-or-less grammatical ...
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.
There are also spiral puzzles where words must be entered in only one direction. [4] The last letter of one word is also the first letter of the next word. [5] Without overlapping letters, this puzzle is no more than a quiz with the appearance of a puzzle. For more difficult types of spiral puzzles, the numbering in the spiral is missing.
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Scooter seen in "Roman Holiday" — HINT: It starts with the letter "V"
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 ...
First Appearance The Shadow (Lamont Cranston) 1930 (July 31) Maxwell Grant (Walter B. Gibson) Detective Stories: Chandu the Magician (Frank Chandler) 1932 (March 10) Vera Oldham: Chandu the Magician: Lone Ranger (John Reid) 1933 (January 30) George W. Trendle: The Lone Ranger: Tonto: 1933 (February 25) Fran Striker: The Lone Ranger: The Green ...
Letters 16 and 17 form a two-letter word ending in P. Since this has to be UP, letter 16 is a U, which can be filled into the appropriate clue answer in the list of clues. Likewise, a three-letter word starting with A could be and, any, all, or even a proper name like Ann. One might need more clue answers before daring to guess which it could be.
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 ...