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  2. Arthur Wynne - Wikipedia

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    Although Wynne's invention was based on earlier puzzle forms, such as the word diamond, he introduced a number of innovations (e.g. the use of horizontal and vertical lines to create boxes for solvers to enter letters). He subsequently pioneered the use of black squares in a symmetrical arrangement to separate words in rows and columns.

  3. Will Shortz - Wikipedia

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    At age 16, Shortz began regularly contributing crossword puzzles to Dell Publishing. [6] He eventually graduated from Indiana University in 1974, [7] and is the only person known to hold a college degree in enigmatology, [8] the study of puzzles. Shortz wrote his thesis about the history of American word puzzles. [9]

  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. Keanu Reeves Is A Man Of Few Words In 'John Wick ... - AOL

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    Reeves' exact word count in his new movie says a lot about his character. Skip to main content. Entertainment. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...

  6. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; One might as well throw water into the sea as to do a kindness to rogues; One law for the rich and another for the ...

  7. With ‘Strands,’ the New York Times has found its next hit game

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    The solve rate is “fairly high” at 81% for Strands because of the hints that players get if they guess three words with at least four letters that aren’t part of the theme.

  8. Phileas Fogg - Wikipedia

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    Fogg is a man of independent means and is a gentleman who is "exact", as in he has a perfect routine and life right down to the number of steps he walks to the temperature of his shaving water. Having fired a servant for providing him with shaving water at a slightly incorrect temperature, he hires Jean Passepartout as a new servant.

  9. Master Chief (Halo) - Wikipedia

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    Bungie designed Master Chief as a man of few words, similar to Clint Eastwood characters. [21] The game designers crafted the first game's experience as lonely, to reinforce the backstory that Chief's friends had been largely killed. [8] Master Chief rarely spoke in the early Halo games, making him an almost-silent protagonist. [22]