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A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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 ...
His favorite individual clue is "It might turn into a different story" (whose solution is SPIRAL STAIRCASE). [19] In addition to work as a crossword editor, Shortz is a skilled table tennis player. He has co-owned the Westchester Table Tennis Center in Pleasantville, New York since 2009, and has been playing table tennis daily for the past 11 ...
PoV Competition ("Instant Crossword"): HouseGuests must scratch off their board to reveal clues to solve their crossword. dropping letter tiles and blank tiles in the appropriate slot. If they drop a tile in the wrong spot, they must restart their crossword in order to fix it.
Leicester City F.C., an Association football Club, won the Premier League in the 2015-16 season despite being 5000-1 underdogs, an example of an upset [1] An upset occurs in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, when the party popularly expected to win (the "favorite") is defeated by (or, in the case of sports, ties with) an underdog whom the majority expects to lose ...
Crossword: The players met the host at a park, and were presented with a giant crossword puzzle. The clues for the crossword puzzle were in a separate location, and six players took motorbikes to them. The others stayed behind and put oversized letter and number tiles on the crossword board to complete the puzzle.
A quick-tempered little person actor. Typically appears with Kramer, with whom he is friends. He becomes angry if referred to as a "midget". Often appears in roles as children or elves (with Kramer at a department store). In "The Race", Mickey states that he has two children in college.
13 (thirteen) is the natural number following 12 and preceding 14.. Folklore surrounding the number 13 appears in many cultures around the world: one theory is that this is due to the cultures employing lunar-solar calendars (there are approximately 12.41 lunations per solar year, and hence 12 "true months" plus a smaller, and often portentous, thirteenth month).