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  2. Printer's Devilry - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Kakuro - Wikipedia

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    These numbers, borrowing crossword terminology, are commonly called "clues". The objective of the puzzle is to insert a digit from 1 to 9 inclusive into each white cell so that the sum of the numbers in each entry matches the clue associated with it and that no digit is duplicated in any entry.

  4. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...

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    It's a fun extra layer to today's theme that, in addition to being a synonym of LEVEL, FLAT is also a word used to mean apartment, and the title – SPLIT LEVEL – is a style of home.

  5. Pazurgo - Wikipedia

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    Pazurgo includes elements from Crossword puzzles and Word Search puzzles, along with the addition of its own unique elements. The goal is to solve each of the clues by finding the solution word in the grid by forming a chain linking the letters of the word together.

  6. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...

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    In addition to remembering that it's a beautiful building, I have two main memories from that trip. First of all, I remember my daughter, who was ten years old at the time, lying on the floor so ...

  7. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    A clue could also consist of objects that point a direction, e.g., "vane dir." or "windsock dir.". Roman numerals, and arithmetic involving them, frequently appear as well; the clue "IV times III" (4×3) would yield XII (12). In addition, partial answers are allowed in American-style crosswords, where the answer represents part of a longer phrase.

  8. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Will Shortz - Wikipedia

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    His favorite individual clue is "It might turn into a different story" (whose solution is SPIRAL STAIRCASE). [19] In addition to work as a crossword editor, Shortz is a skilled table tennis player. He has co-owned the Westchester Table Tennis Center in Pleasantville, New York since 2009, and has been playing table tennis daily for the past 11 ...