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  2. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Fill-In (puzzle) - Wikipedia

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    Raw "trial and error" is best used when only two or three words can potentially fit at a given location; temporarily assume one of the words, and see if an impossible letter combination results. If so, that word is not the one that should go in the grid at that location. [3]

  4. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    Crossword clues are generally consistent with the solutions. For instance, clues and their solutions should always agree in tense, number, and degree. [6] If a clue is in the past tense, so is the answer: thus "Traveled on horseback" would be a valid clue for the solution RODE, but not for RIDE.

  5. 150+ Creative Date Night Ideas To Spice up Your Love Life - AOL

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    101. Work a Jigsaw Puzzle. Depending on the size of the puzzle, you might want to set aside a few hours at a time to work on the puzzle. It's not likely you'll finish in one session.

  6. Six degrees of separation - Wikipedia

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    A map of several branches and degrees of a small social group: Ryan is six degrees of separation from Pablo. Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other.

  7. The New York Times crossword - Wikipedia

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    a clue ending in a question mark (e.g., [Fitness center?] for CORE), [6] or; a clue followed by a comma and the word "maybe". (e.g., [Fresh answer, maybe] for SASS) Occasionally, themed puzzles will require certain squares to be filled in with a symbol, multiple letters, or a word, rather than one letter (so-called "rebus" puzzles). This symbol ...

  8. Connect the dots - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "connect the dots" can be used as a metaphor to illustrate an ability (or inability) to associate one idea with another—to find the "big picture", or salient feature, in a mass of data; [5] it can mean using extrapolation to solve a mystery from clues, or else come to a conclusion from various facts.

  9. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    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 ...