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FENCE (36A: Use an epee, saber or foil) If one's only exposure to the sport of fencing was crossword puzzles, you might think the only blade used to FENCE is the épée, as that four-letter word ...
Comments from Today’s Crossword Constructor. Kapil: Here is what I liked about "See In."The word "See" for starters is so evocative. For me, it conjures up the idea of looking deeply and ...
The word DOWN in the title is a clue for solvers that the theme answers will be vertical, as well as an indicator to look at the bottom (DOWN-most) part of the theme answers.
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 ...
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 ...
Upwords is a letter tile word game similar to Scrabble, with players building words using letter tiles on a gridded game board. Unlike Scrabble, in Upwords letters can be stacked on top of existing words to create new words. Scoring is determined by the number of letter tiles, including tiles in a stack, in a new word.
Crossword Puzzle Theme Synopsis HIGH INTENSITY (4D: Like interval training that alternates effort and recovery) CRASH INTO ME (13D: Dave Matthews Band hit with the lyric "I see the wave coming")
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.