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In some games, if a player is stuck on a puzzle or riddle, they can ask or pay [7] for clues to help them progress in the game. In some games, clues are an integral ludeme of the game mechanics, whereas in others they are considered cheats. Clues in games or crosswords can either be given straight, [8] be cryptic, [8] be riddles, or contain ...
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 ...
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.
One former "Jeopardy!" contestant is speaking out after a clue that even host Ken Jennings called "a little problematic" went viral online. Jennings then read the clue, saying, "Men seldom make ...
In the months before D-Day the solution words 'Gold' and 'Sword' (codenames for the two D-Day beaches assigned to the British) and 'Juno' (codename for the D-Day beach assigned to Canada) appeared in The Daily Telegraph crossword solutions, but they are common words in crosswords, and were treated as coincidences.
The door-in-the-face technique is a compliance method commonly studied in social psychology. [1] [2] The persuader attempts to convince the respondent to comply by making a large request that the respondent will most likely turn down, much like a metaphorical slamming of a door in the respondent's face.
The English interrogative words (also known as "wh words" or "wh forms") are words in English with a central role in forming interrogative phrases and clauses and in asking questions. The main members associated with open-ended questions are how, what, when, where, which, who, whom, whose, and why, all of which also have -ever forms (e.g ...
Joe Mixon had one of his best games of the season against the New England Patriots on Sunday, but that wasn't the highlight of the young star's day.