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Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Unit of toilet paper — HINT: It starts with the letter "R"
The solution to today’s Wordle puzzle will appear under this image. Proceed with caution. Sketch version of the New York Times' "Wordle" game grid, with three rows of six boxes each.
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 good cryptic clue should provide a fair and exact definition of the answer, while at the same time being deliberately misleading. Another type of wordplay used in cryptics is the use of homophones. For example, the clue "A few, we hear, add up (3)" is the clue for SUM. The straight definition is "add up", meaning "totalize".
SPOILERS BELOW—do not scroll any further if you don't want the answer revealed. The New York Times Today's Wordle Answer for #1250 on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible states that the name is "best understood as meaning 'Where is the Lord?'" ( Hebrew : אֵיזֶה בַּעַל , romanized : ʾēze baʿal ), a ritual cry from worship ceremonies in honor of Baal during periods of the year when the god was considered to be in the underworld . [ 12 ]
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