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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.
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 ...
On 1 May 1954, the drachma was revalued at a rate of 1,000 old drachmae to 1 new drachma, and small change notes were abolished for the last time. [6] The third drachma assumed a fixed exchange rate of 30 drachmae per dollar until 20 October 1973: over the next 25 years, the official exchange rate gradually declined, reaching 400 drachmae per ...
Paul Rogers and Keith Baxter in a production of Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth, a key influence for "The Riddle of the Sphinx". Pemberton had long been a fan of cryptic crosswords, and he was inspired to develop the episode by reading Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword, a non-fiction book by Alan Connor.
The ancient drachma originated in Greece around the 6th century BC. [1] The coin, usually made of silver or sometimes gold [2] had its origins in a bartering system that referred to a drachma as a handful of wooden spits or arrows. [3] The drachma was unique to each city state that minted them, and were sometimes circulated all over the ...
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.
Episode 1 – Kelly & Bam Bo Tang; Episode 2 – Olivia and Kate; Episode 3 – Adrienne and Lottie Lou; Episode 4 – Karina and Dan; Episode 5 – Lacy Cakes and Charlene; Episode 6 – Kiya and Adele; Episode 7 – Shelly and Olivia Dean; Episode 8 – Hannah and Tomasz (Tomasz is also the winner of an episode of Total Wipeout)