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The New York Times. ... Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints. 1 Across: Sound of hard impact — HINT: It starts with the letter "B"
The number of words in the answer is not given in the clue—so a one-word clue can have a multiple-word answer. [ 28 ] The theme, if any, will be applied consistently throughout the puzzle; e.g., if one of the theme entries is a particular variety of pun, all the theme entries will be of that type. [ 9 ]
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
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.
Get ready for all of the NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #82 on Friday, September 1, 2023. The New York Times The New York Times game resets every day at midnight, and some puzzles are ...
Lenovo, from Legend and "novo" (Latin ablative for "new") Medi-Cal, California's name for their Medicaid program, from medical and California; Medicaid, from medicine/medical and aid; Medicare, from medicine/medical and care; Netflix, from internet and flicks (slang for movie) Nikon, from Nippon Kōgaku and Ikon; Pinterest, from pin and interest
This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.
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 ...