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Newsgroups: rec.puzzles.crosswords,rec.answers,news.answers Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!peavax.mlo.dec.com!xstacy!jlundon From: jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com (James A. Lundon) Subject: FAQ rec.puzzles.crosswords part 3/3 Message-ID: <1993Oct26.133958.21739@peavax.mlo.dec.com> Summary: This Posting Contains a List of Frequently Asked Questions about Crosswords. Keywords: FAQ Lines: 1248 Sender: usenet@peavax.mlo.dec.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com (James A. Lundon) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation X-Newsreader: dxrn 6.18-6 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 13:39:58 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 00:00:00 GMT Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.puzzles.crosswords:1338 rec.answers:2729 news.answers:13948 Archive-name: crossword-faq/part3 Last-modified: 13/10/1993 Version: 2.10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.puzzles.crosswords Version 2.10 Compiled and edited by James A. Lundon (jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com) (FAQ continued...) 13/ What are some of the indicators used in crossword setting and solving? (Q13/ continued...) n Avogadro's number n Norway n born n bridge players n direction n en n gas - nitrogen n half an em n indefinite number n knight n midday n name n neper n neuter n new n newton n ninety n ninety thousand n nitrogen n noon n north(ern) n note n noun n nu n number n point n pole + n quarter n unfavourable aspect n unknown number n unlimited number na North America na no (Scot.) na not (Scot.) na sodium nae no (Scot.) nae not (Scot.) nag horse nag little horse nat born nation people nation race national horse race nb nota bene nb note nco non-commissioned officer nco sergeant nd North Dakota nd no date ne Durham area ne Humberside ne Tyneside ne born ne bridge opponents ne gas - neon ne neon ne north-east ne not (old word) ne quarter neat cattle neat ox ned donkey ned little horse nee born nemo submariner ness head ness loch ness point net capture net fabric ney Marshal ng no good ni Northern Ireland ni Ulster ni nickel nib writer nick prison nie close (old word) nie near (old word) nil love nil nothing nitre chemical nitre fertiliser nj New Jersey nl not clear nl not far nl not permitted nn ens no New Orleans no indefinite number no not out no number no play (Jap.) no refusal noh play (Jap.) noi leading noi no one noi number one non no (Fr.) nose informer np North Pole np pole ns bridge partners ns ens ns not specific ns partnership nt Holy Writ nt New Testament nt Northern Territories nt book(s) nt books nt good book nt part of Bible nt preservationists nt scriptures nu Greek character nu Greek letter nu name unknown nu unidentified num miners number anaesthetic nun bluetit nurse shark nus dawn nus students' (union) nut teachers nv envy nw Merseyside nw bridge opponents nw north-west nw quarter ny Gotham ny New York o Ohio o around o aught o bald patch o ball o blob o blood group o cavity o cipher o circle o circuit o circular letter o dial o disc o duck o egg o eleven o eleven thousand o empty o examination o full moon o gas - oxygen o globe o 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Westminster winner fabulous tortoise wise youth leaders wist knew (old word) women monstrous regiment woof bark wt small weight wt weight x Christ x PM's address x Xmas x across x body x chi x chromosome x cross x draw x ex,Exe x film x illiterate's signature x kiss x particle x ray x sign of love x sign of the times x spot marked x ten x ten thousand x thousand x times x unknown x vitamin x vote x wrong sign x xi xc ninety xi eleven xi side xi team xl excel xv side xv team y alloy y chromosome y level y measure y moth y one hundred and fifty y one hundred and fifty thousand y track y unknown y why y yard y year y yen y young y yttrium yard detectives yd measure ye the (old word) ye you (old word) yea agreement yew tree yr year yr your ys wise ys youth leaders yt that (old word) yu jade yule you will, say yy wise z Zambia z bar z bend z cedilla z final letter z integers z izzard z last character z last letter z omega z seven z seven thousand z sound of sleep z zed z zee z zero z zeta zo cross * zr Zaire zz (sound of) snoring -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James A. 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