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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.
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.
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
This contestant's hilarious wrong answer mishap comes about a month after a contestant named Will tried to solve the puzzle “Give yourself a round of applause” by guessing “Treat yourself a ...
Two people experiencing homelessness, Tonya and Troy, vacate private property being used as a homeless encampment with the assistance of New Philadelphia Police officers on April 5, 2024, in New ...
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 and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...
From January 2008 to May 2008, if you bought shares in companies when D. James Guzy joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -10.0 percent return on your investment, compared to a -5.3 percent return from the S&P 500.
In keeping with current trends toward no- and low-alcohol beverage options, nonalcoholic Guinness 0.0 is seeing a $32.5 million investment to double production, on the heels of Diageo's ...