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Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Worked in Microsoft Word — HINT: It starts with the letter "T"
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Square on a wall calendar, or a fun thing you might put on the calendar — HINT: It ...
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. [28] 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 ...
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) 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.
What I Learned from Today’s Puzzle. HOGS (24A: Bogarts) Somehow in all of my many years, I have never heard this meaning of the word bogarts. Merriam-Webster tells me the first known use of ...
PLEASE (52A: Request that might be "pretty") The quotation marks around the word pretty in the clue indicate that the word itself can be paired with the answer. In this case that results in the ...
A first word is often given to help the solver start, but some difficult puzzles require the solver to begin from scratch without any help. Word entries are listed alphabetically by the number of letters.
Comments from Today’s Crossword Constructor. Kapil: Here is what I liked about "See In."The word "See" for starters is so evocative. For me, it conjures up the idea of looking deeply and ...