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  2. The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9) - Wikipedia

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    The plot of "The Riddle of the Sphinx" revolves around the clues and answers to a particular crossword puzzle. The idea to focus an episode on crosswords came from Pemberton; he had long been a fan of cryptic crosswords, but particular inspiration came from Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword , a non ...

  3. List of mythological places - Wikipedia

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    A location in Slavic folk mythology related to witchcraft. Baltia: An island of amber somewhere in northern Europe. Biringan city: A mythical city that is said to invisibly lie between Gandara, Tarangnan, and Pagsanghan in Samar province of the Philippines. Biringan means "the black city" or the city of the Unknown in Waray. Brittia

  4. List of tautological place names - Wikipedia

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    Outerbridge Crossing between Perth Amboy, New Jersey and Staten Island, though in this case "Outerbridge" refers to Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, and not, as is commonly assumed, to the bridge's location. Pawtucket Falls (Massachusetts) and Pawtucket Falls (Rhode Island) – Pawtucket is an Algonkian word meaning "at the falls in the river ...

  5. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Unoriginal - Wikipedia

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    Search for Unoriginal in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Unoriginal article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  7. The New York Times crossword - Wikipedia

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    The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be a "Wednesday or Thursday" in difficulty. [7] The standard daily crossword is 15 by 15 squares, while the Sunday crossword measures 21 by 21 squares.

  8. List of fictional towns in television - Wikipedia

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    Salem, Illinois is the location of the Daytime Soap Opera Days of Our Lives. Sandicot, New York Billions: Showtime: Small upstate New York town, the location for a proposed casino that Bobby Axelrod visits in an effort to persuade a landowner to accept a deal. Sariola Lapsi: A village located on an eponymous island in Karelia, Russia. The ...

  9. List of locations associated with Arthurian legend - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list and assessment of sites and places associated with King Arthur and the Arthurian legend in general. Given the lack of concrete historical knowledge about one of the most potent figures in British mythology, it is unlikely that any definitive conclusions about the claims for these places will ever be established; nevertheless it is both interesting and important to try ...