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Some crossword grids don't have black squares -- instead some gridlines are bold. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarquin (talk • contribs) 00:54, August 9, 2002. Then they're not really crosswords, imho, they're a slightly different form of word puzzle. I've also seen circular ones, with clues that go radially and tangentially.
It was also featured in an episode of The Good Life in the first season (1975) where Tom and Barbara purchase a wood-burning range from a junk trader called Sam, who litters his language with phony rhyming slang in hopes of convincing suburban residents that he is an authentic traditional Cockney trader. He comes up with a fake story as to the ...
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 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 letter, while the black squares are used to ...
The 'crossword language' I know is very much that of the author of the webpage. All of which means there are likely to be similarities between the two lists of crossword abbreviations, but I'd argue that would be the case of any extensive alphabetical list of crossword abbreviations - particularly as the definitions can only be one or two letters.
CBS has set a date for The Talk’s very last conversation. The long-running chat show will kick off its final week of episodes on Monday, Dec. 16, while its series finale will air Friday, Dec. 20 ...
An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer.
This is where the answer to the clue actually contains cryptic wordplay. I can't think of a really good example, but it is like giving "Gab offers diverse selection?" [5,3] as a clue, with the answer being "MIXED BAG". Or supplying the clue "Me, at intermission" [4,4,], with the answer "HALF TIME".