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Looney Tunes: Back in Action, a 2003 platform game based on the movie of the same name; Dhoom 2: Back in Action, a 2006 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film; Back in Action, a 2011 Malayalam-language Indian film; Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, a 2012 video game; Back in Action, a 2025 American action comedy film
Sharp grew up in Fresno, California. [2] He went to Pomona College as an undergraduate and earned his PhD in English from the University of Michigan in 1999. [3] He became interested in crossword puzzles in his senior year of college in 1990. [4] While in graduate school, he often solved crosswords in free newspapers found in cafés. [5] [6]
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 ...
Perhaps the most famous is the November 5, 1996, puzzle by Jeremiah Farrell, published on the day of the U.S. presidential election, which has been featured in the movie Wordplay and the book The Crossword Obsession by Coral Amende, as well as discussed by Peter Jennings on ABC News, featured on CNN, and elsewhere.
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday
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.
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