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On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...
Unlike in some easier puzzles in other outlets, the number of words in the answer is not given in the clue—so a one-word clue can have a multiple-word answer. [ 26 ] The theme, if any, will be applied consistently throughout the puzzle; e.g., if one of the theme entries is a particular variety of pun, all the theme entries will be of that type.
Welsh Triads. Part of the Red Book of Hergest (1385–1420), collection of manuscripts containing the Middle Welsh Triads. The Welsh Triads ( Welsh: Trioedd Ynys Prydein, "Triads of the Island of Britain ") are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, mythology and traditional history in ...
v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...
Stephen Nedoroscik - AKA the pommel horse hero - revealed what exactly went through his mind while his eyes were closed during the men's all-around final
Coordinates: 40°03′20″N 4°07′50″E. Bay of Fornells. Fornells is a village located in a bay in the north of the Balearic island of Menorca, Spain. Fornells is estimated to have a population of about 1000 people which increases in the summer due to tourism. Fornells' native people are known as Fornellers in the Catalan language and in ...
She couldn't get enough. "Amber the orangutan loves looking at her reflection," the video's caption reads. Commenters didn't blame Amber for wanting to take a good look at herself. "'Aren't you a ...
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. [26] 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 ...