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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 ...
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 ...
Oreo WaferStix are long wafer sticks with a creme filling and covered by chocolate. Oreo Handi-Snacks are plastic holders with rectangular Oreo cookies and a little box of icing. Oreo Sippers were Oreo flavored sticks that could be eaten or used as a straw; it was discontinued in 2012. Oreo Star sold only in Asian countries.
Oreo Irish Creme Thins: This new and permanent addition to the Oreo family, available starting Jan. 3, features original thin cookies filled with Irish Creme-flavored filling.
[6] [7] His first New York Times crossword was published on Friday, September 17, 1999. [ 10 ] Wiley , the publisher of the For Dummies book series, approached Berry around 2003 to write a book of crossword puzzles; Berry wanted the book to include a how-to guide on crossword construction, an idea that Wiley approved.
Oreo is a 1974 satirical novel by American writer Fran Ross, a journalist and, briefly, a comedy writer for Richard Pryor. The novel, addressing issues of a mixed-heritage child, was considered "before its time" and went out of print until Harryette Mullen rediscovered the novel and brought it out of obscurity.
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 ...