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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.
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.
Graham's clue-writing style made him one of the best-loved of all setters. His style falls into a grouping sometimes referred to as "Araucarian". This style, of which The Guardian' s Bunthorne was another notable exponent, has influenced most of the current crop of Guardian setters and contrasts with the more rigid " Ximenean " style favoured ...
What I Learned from Today’s Puzzle. AP SPANISH (34A: H.S. course in which students might read "Dos palabras") "Dos palabras," which is SPANISH for "two words," is a short story by Chilean ...
I'm especially partial to this answer, since our family's go-to celebratory meal (think first and last days of school, new jobs, etc.) is pizza and ROOT BEER FLOATs.
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 ...
Comments from Today’s Crossword Constructors. Sally: Happy to be starting off 2025 with another collaboration with Olivia! Several months ago, Olivia and I were messaging back and forth about ...
"One Way to Go" was featured as a B-side to "All in the Mind", The Verve's first ever single release, in 1992. The song remained in the band's playlist for only a short period, being dropped before the Gravity Grave Tour of October 1992.