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The crossword is the most common variety of word puzzle in the world. Modern crosswords normally take the form of a square grid of black and white squares; the aim is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words (or word phrases) reading across and down, by solving clues which yield the words. The black squares are used to separate words. Squares in which answers begin are usually numbered; the clues are then referred to by these numbers and a direction – for example, "1-Across" or "17-Down"; at the end of the clue the total number of letters is sometimes given for the convenience of the solver, dependent on the style of puzzle and country of publication.
Terminology
The creating of crosswords is called 'cruciverbalism' among its practitioners, who are likewise referred to as 'cruciverbalists'; the terms derive from the Latin for 'cross' and 'word'. Although the terms have existed for over a decade, non-cruciverbalists rarely use them, calling crossword creators simply 'constructors' or 'setters'.
The horizontal and vertical lines of white cells into which answers are written are commonly called 'entries' or simply 'answers'; the clues themselves are usually called just that, or sometimes 'definitions'. The black and white cells themselves have several terms, such as "darks and lights", "blanks" (which refers to the black cells, which are left unfilled by solvers and serve as spacers), and the like.
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Daily Puzzle - August 21
BrainBashers Daily PuzzleTake the number of days in a leap year, add the number of months with 30 days, divide by the number of loafs in a baker's dozen, add the number of days in March, add the square root of nine, divide by the number of days in a week. Which month are you left with?[Copyright: Express Newspapers [Author: Kevin Stone]]
Daily Sudoku - August 21 - Very Easy
BrainBashers Daily SudokuComplete the grid such that every row, every column, and the nine 3x3 blocks contain the digits from 1 to 9.[Copyright: Kevin Stone]
Daily Game - August 21
BrainBashers Daily GameMystery Animal Can you discover the mystery animal?[External 3rd Party Game]
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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 21, 2008)
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Jumbled Anagrams The following three (3) clues are the definitions of words that have been jumbled below and turned into anagrams. Your job is to correctly unravel the anagrams and then place them next to their proper definition. Good luck! 1. hanging cloth used as a blind. 2. a strong English ale. 3. destined or inevitable. Jumbled anagrams: 1. nice rat 2. car unit 3. rub not Check Braingle.com for the answer.
Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Aug 21, 2008)
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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Saturnine
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sat-ur-nine adj :: Of a gloomy or surly disposition. "I could tell I was in trouble by the saturnine expression on the face of the officer who pulled me over."
Games - The daily crossword puzzle with four ways to play, plus free classic crosswords and trivia quizzes. Subscription required.
Meta Description: [ Solve the weekly New York Times Crossword Puzzle and play numerous games for free or subscribe to Premium Crosswords and enjoy the daily Crossword Puzzle online. ]
Quizzes - Available to print and solve.
About.com Crossword Puzzles - Offers reviews and information about several puzzle sites.
Meta Description: [ Crossword lovers, this is for you! Links to the best in American-style crosswords, foreign language crosswords, cryptic crosswords (where the challenge is to decipher the clue), freeform crossword puzzles (also called vocabulary puzzles), making and selling crossword puzzles, themed crossword pu... ]
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Aquarium Fish Crosswords - Fish-themed puzzles to print and solve.
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Australian Crossword Club Site - Offers word lists, anagrams, and a monthly club magazine.
Brian Jacques: Redwall Crossword Puzzles - A collection of themed crosswords based on British author Brian Jacques's Redwall Abbey.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Redwall Abbey, the personal web site of Brian Jacques, the British author of the Redwall adventure stories for young people. ]
Canopia Crosswords - A variety of crosswords along with other word games.
Meta Description: [ The site for people who enjoy crosswords and word games ]
ClueMaster - A collection of puzzles available to solve online or download. Fee required.
Meta Description: [ Crosswords, wordsearches and word puzzles, and the very best cryptic crossword puzzles. ]
Crossword Puzzle Games - Offers thousands of puzzles ranging in size and difficulty. Site also offers a creator and a solver.
Crossword Puzzles - Offers many types of crossword puzzles, creation software, and solving tools.
Meta Description: [ Crossword puzzles on the web. American, cryptic and quick puzzles, crossword software, references and books, other related sites. ]
Crossword Puzzles and Blokkiesraaisels - A collection of various styles of puzzles by Anina Roux, compiled for magazines and newspapers in South Africa.
Crossword Puzzles: The Complete Guide - Offers free puzzles to solve, tips for creators, a history, and links to other related resources.
Meta Description: [ Crossword Puzzles--your complete guide. Play free puzzles, make puzzles, learn more about them, pllus a bonus guide to more puzzle types. ]
Crossword Station - Offers free themed puzzles to play online or print and solve.
Meta Description: [ Play free crossword puzzles online or download pdfs for print. ]
CrosswordLinks.com - A comprehensive resource with rules and helpful tips, articles, software, forums, and information about leagues, tournaments and online play.
Meta Description: [ Crossword at CrosswordLinks.com - Crossword directory with categorized links to Crossword sites, including rules, articles, software, news, playsites, leagues, tournaments and more. ]
Crosswords, Word Puzzles and More - Free daily puzzles available to print out and solve.
Meta Description: [ Crosswords, Word Puzzles, Word Searches and more ]
Crosswordsite - Both American and British English styles graded from easy to hard for solving online or on paper.
Meta Description: [ Crossword puzzles fun! Free US and British crosswords, solvable online or printable. Easy puzzles to tough cryptics. ]
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drawAblank software: PuzzleGetter - Utility to download crossword puzzles from various newspapers in AcrossLite format. (for Mac OS X)
Guardian Unlimited Crosswords - Paid crossword subscription site with puzzles that can be solved online or printed out.
Harry Potter Crossword Puzzle - 140 themed clues that cover the first three books.
I Love Crosswords - Hundreds of downloadable crosswords available to paid subscribers.
Meta Description: [ This is a dream site for crossword puzzle solvers of all levels. Access and print all site crossword puzzles for personal use. ]
MacNamara's Band Inc. Crossword Puzzles - Available to download and solve using Across Lite software. Custom puzzles are also available.
Meta Description: [ Crossword Puzzles by renowned constructor Fred Piscop. Custom puzzles are also available. ]
Monograph on Crosswords - An instructional and philosophical essay by an enthusiast.
Puzzle Choice - Offers online and offline versions. Includes different styles such as alpha-cross, cryptic, and codeword.
Meta Description: [ Crossword puzzles, daily crossword, printable crosswords, online crosswords, kids crosswords, giant crossword, free crosswords ]
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Puzzle.TV - Subscription-based site with new puzzles daily. Also has word search, codebreakers and cryptograms.
Meta Description: [ Puzzle.tv supplies daily puzzles and competitions to subscribers. We have a free section to try out our puzzles and a shop fulfilling all your puzzling needs. Choose to donate £1.50 of your subscription to The National Trust. ]
Puzzlers Cave - Free cryptic and themed crosswords to print or play online. Also offers a creation tool and forums.
Meta Description: [ Play free quick, cryptic, and themed crosswords online. All crosswords are free and can be played online or downloaded as PDF documents to print or play at home. ]
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Scientific Crosswords - A collection of themed puzzles to download and solve.
Sloth2Toed Puzzle Page - A collection of puzzles from a variety of sources. Includes standard, acrostic, and daisy chain.
The Crossword Centre - A resource guide with links, books, software, and a collection of interactive and downloadable puzzles.
Meta Description: [ Derek Harrison's centre for crossword puzzle resources. Challenging cryptic crosswords, free crossword software, competitions and tough puzzles ]
The Puzzle Society - Paid subscription site offering online and offline versions of daily, weekly and monthly puzzles.
Meta Description: [ Play interactive and print versions of crosswords, jigsaws, trivia, Jumble and Sudoku plus other puzzles and games. Games update daily and there are over 7,000 puzzles in the online archive. ]
The World's First Crossword - Read about and solve crossword by Arthur Wynne, first published in the New York World in 1913.
Meta Description: [ The world's first crossword, by Arthur Wynne, first published in the New York World in 1913 ]
Tidbits Puzzles - A collection of tidbits style crosswords.
Times Online - Offers paid subscription to weekly and monthly puzzles from The Times and The Sunday Times.
Meta Description: [ Times Crossword Club ]
Wordfinder - Creation, solving and drafting software available on CD-ROM. Also offers partial word search assistance with wildcards.
Meta Description: [ Make crosswords, find words and synonyms - on the web or on a CD ]
Xwords.co.uk - Play online or print and solve. Also offers creation tool. Registration is free.
Meta Description: [ Play online or print and solve. Crossword creation tool. Registration is free ]
Yahoo! Games: Crossword - New puzzles daily, archived for two weeks. Free registration required.
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