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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 ...
A global city [a] is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and urban studies, based on the thesis that globalization has created a hierarchy of strategic geographic locations with varying degrees of influence over finance, trade, and culture worldwide.
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.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
The Lavra is now one of the most important religious sites in Russian and St Sergius is one of the most revered native Russian saints. Pereslavl-Zalesskiy (Переславль-Залесский) is the birthplace of Aleksandr Nevsky – a celebrated Russian hero, prince and saint.
A crossword written for a brief appearance in the BBC's Dracula was published in 2020, [23] and Pemberton also published a crossword featuring a nina requesting points from Greg Davies as part of his appearance on series 17 of Taskmaster in 2023. (This was published months before the episode aired, allowing, in Pemberton's words, "some very ...
Two sources confirm this usage: the UK's Sunday Times Concise Crossword gives it as the answer to the clue "Earthquake" and the DanWord website, which gives answers to crossword clues, states it as an answer in their results for the clue "Earthquake - crossword puzzle clues & answers". Anameisbutaname Talk 12:45, 25 February 2024 (UTC)