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Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and Romeo R; Conventional abbreviations for US cities and states: for example, "New York" can indicate NY and "California" CA or CAL. The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example:
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.
Idyll XI, otherwise known as Bucolic poem 11, was written by Theocritus in dactylic hexameter. [1] Its main character, the Cyclops Polyphemus, has appeared in other works of literature such as Homer's Odyssey, and Theocritus' Idyll VI. Idyll XI is written in the Doric dialect of ancient Greek. In that dialect, the Cyclops' name is "Polyphamos."
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 ...
Mapinguari, giant sloth-like cryptid of Brazil and Bolivia often described as having one eye Odin , a Norse god (he was born with two eyes, but traded one for a drink from Mimir's well ) Ojáncanu , one-eyed giant with a ten-fingered hand, a ten-toed foot, a long beard and red hair of Cantabrian mythology who embodies evil, cruelty and brutality
Cyclops is one of the most common genera of freshwater copepods, comprising over 400 species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Together with other similar-sized non-copepod fresh-water crustaceans , especially cladocera , they are commonly called water fleas .
Ten-codes, especially "10-4" (meaning "understood") first reached public recognition in the mid- to late-1950s through the television series Highway Patrol, with Broderick Crawford. [citation needed] Ten-codes were adapted for use by CB radio enthusiasts. C. W.
SS Cyclops (1906), a British cargo steamship; Cyclops, a West Cornwall Railway steam locomotive; Cyclops, a nickname for DM 556, an NZR DM class unit on the rail passenger network of Wellington, New Zealand; Cyclops, a nickname for the British Rail Class 67 Locomotive; Cyclops 1, a submersible vessel built by OceanGate