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The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive integer groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the Moon, or months, in a cycle of the Sun, or year. Twelve is convenient because it has a maximal number of divisors among the numbers up to its double, a property only true of 1, 2, 6, 12, 60, 360, and 2520.
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.
A dozen gross (12x144) Hat-trick: 3 The achievement of, a generally positive feat, three times in a game, or another achievement based on the number three [6] Several: 3+ Three or more but not many. Small gross: 120 Ten dozen (10x12) [7] Great hundred: 120 Ten dozen (10x12) or six score (6x20), also known as long-hundred or twelfty [8] [9] None ...
Two dozen 12 × 2 = 24. Refer to 12 above. 25 Duck and dive Rhymes with "(twenty) five", and is made up of a "2" – resembles a duck, and a "5" – resembles a reflected "2". 26 Half a crown Pre-decimalised currency in the UK. (See half crown.) A half crown is equivalent to 2 shillings and sixpence, written 2/6 and pronounced "two and six".
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 ...
Dozen or Dozens may also refer to: The Dozens , a contest common among African Americans where participants insult each other "The Dozens" ( Black-ish ) , an episode of the television series Black-ish
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 ...
The Clue in the Old Stagecoach: 1960 38 The Mystery of the Fire Dragon: 1961 39 The Clue of the Dancing Puppet: 1962 40 The Moonstone Castle Mystery: 1963 41 The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes: 1964 42 The Phantom of Pine Hill: 1965 43 The Mystery of the 99 Steps: 1966 44 The Clue in the Crossword Cipher: 1967 45 The Spider Sapphire Mystery ...