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TAIL (28D: Part of a cat costume) My cat, Willow, is delighted to see this clue, as she thinks it has been far too long (eight days!) since we have seen a cat-related clue. Here's a photo of ...
During the program's development, the series was originally known as Let's Play Crosswords [5] and later changed to Let's Do Crosswords. [6] On each episode, host Treadway used either phrase to begin the day's game. The Play title also appeared on some on-screen VCR displays and pre-programmed television listings.
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.
SOL (46A: Por do ___ (sunset, in Portuguese)) SOL is making back-to-back appearances in the crossword, as we saw it yesterday clued as [Sun, in Spanish]. Spanish and Portuguese are similar languages.
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 ...
SPOILERS BELOW—do not scroll any further if you don't want the answer revealed. The New York Times Today's Wordle Answer for #1306 on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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 ...
Betty's Cryptic Crossword: 259 HDA12-007 27 October 1993 Sally Brady Betty creates a more than usually cryptic crossword for a girl guide magazine. Arthur the Good: 260 HDA12-008 3 November 1993 Sally Brady Arthur tries to do more good deeds, starting with the Kelly household. Strictly Business: 261 HDA12-009 10 November 1993 Sally Brady