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  2. Karnataka - Wikipedia

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    Karnataka's private sector speciality health care competes with the best in the world. [88] [89] Karnataka has also established a modicum of public health services having a better record of health care and child care than most other states of India. In spite of these advances, some parts of the state still suffer from the lack of primary health ...

  3. List of continent name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The word Asia originated from the Ancient Greek word Ἀσία, [9] first attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BCE) in reference to Anatolia or to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. It originally was just a name for the east bank of the Aegean Sea , an area known to the Hittites as Assuwa .

  4. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Etymology of Karnataka - Wikipedia

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    Karnataka's name may have originated from the two words Kabbu Nadu, which means land of sugarcane. This etymology might be possible as Karnataka is a huge sugarcane-cultivating land. But, this theory might not be very factual as sugarcane production boomed in South Karnataka only after the building of KRS Dam by Sir M. Vishweshwarayya.

  6. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...

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    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 ...

  8. Cryptic crossword - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Fill-In (puzzle) - Wikipedia

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    A common variation on the standard Fill-In is using numbers, instead of specific words, sometimes called "cross numbers". [1] [8] In this puzzle, the entries could be listed as the number, a mathematical expression, or even an important year. [8] A more complex variation on the Fill-In is the "diagramless" Fill-In, where the grid is initially ...