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Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle Answers This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for February 6, 2025 by Sally Hoelscher Show comments
Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog. ... Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Got Up. Sally Hoelscher, USA TODAY. February 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM.
With the help of crossing answers I finally figured out the clue was referring to emcees' opening words in a more general way. KEA (51A: Mauna ___ (Hawaiian peak)) Mauna KEA is one of five ...
The abbreviation of the word group in the clue alerts solvers that the answer will be an abbreviation. OREO (15A: Cookie with a "Mega Stuf" variety) Our crossword friend, OREO, is making its ...
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.
Clues and answers must always match in part of speech, tense, aspect, number, and degree. A plural clue always indicates a plural answer and a clue in the past tense always has an answer in the past tense. A clue containing a comparative or superlative always has an answer in the same degree (e.g., [Most difficult] for TOUGHEST). [6]
Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [27] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...
Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog. ... Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Best Part. Sally Hoelscher, USA TODAY. January 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM.