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Crossword

A crossword is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares with numbers on the corners, 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 separate…

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American-style crosswords

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Crossword

Nodes186
Edges185
Triples308
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010753
Components1

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related to Orthography · 43
Crossword → A/Á, Afrikaans, CONGE, CONGÉ, Czech, Digraphs, Dutch, E/É, Ecclesiastical Latin, English, Esperanto, ETRE, French, From, German, Hebdomada Aenigmatum, Hungarian, I/Í, IJ, In
related to Female crossword constructors · 32
Crossword → Amy Reynaldo, Another, Audacious Puzzles, Bernice Gordon, During, Elizabeth Gorski, Eugene Maleska, However, In, Inkubator Crosswords, Inspired, January, Kickstarter, Laura Braunstein, Letters, Margaret Farrar, Margaret Irvine, New York Times, Nonbinary Creators, On February
related to American-style crosswords · 30
Crossword → American, American New York Times, American-style, April, BANKBRANCH, BRAINSTEM, CHARTER OAK, FAMILY TREE, For, Given, In, Monday, Once, Puzzles, Sarah Keller, Saturday, SEED MONEY, Similarly, Since, SQUAREROOT
related to Schrödinger or quantum puzzles · 21
Crossword → Across, Ben Tausig, BOBDOLE, CLINTON, Crosswords, ELECTED, Fireball Crosswords, GENDERFLUID, Having, Jeremiah Farrell, Lead, New York Times, November, On September, Schrödinger, Schrödinger's Cat, Some, The, The American Values Club, The New York Times
related to history · 19
Crossword → Airoldi's, Another, Crossword-like, Crosswords, Domenica, Double Diamond Puzzles, England, Giuseppe Airoldi, Il Secolo Illustrato, It, Italian, Nicholas, Our Young Folks, Per, September, St, The, To, United States
related to Records · 18
Crossword → According, Enthusiasts, Financial Times, Guinness World Records, He, Ironbridge, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, May, New York Times, On May, Roger Squires, Shropshire, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, UK, Welsh
related to Metapuzzles · 16
Crossword → After, BROUGHT TO NAUGHT, CAUGHT, Eight Isn't Enough, FIGHT OR FLIGHT, For, HEIGHT AND WEIGHT, Matt Gaffney, MIGHT MAKES RIGHT, Since September, Some, STRAIGHT, The, This, Wall Street Journal Friday, WSJ
related to Cryptic crosswords · 13
Crossword → Certain, Commonwealth, Cryptic, Cryptics, Edward Powys Mathers, He, In, In Great Britain, One, Solving, The, There, This
related to Cipher crosswords · 12
Crossword → All, As, Cipher, Code Breakers, Code Crackers, English-language, Germany, Given, Kaidoku, Published, The, Usually
related to Further reading · 12
Crossword → Avery, Coral Amende ISBN, Ingenious Puzzles, ISBN, Linguistic Mischief, Marc Romano ISBN, The Crossword Century, The Crossword Obsession, Witty Wordplay, XAlan Connor, XCrossworld, Years

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crosswords puzzle clue puzzles clues words grid answer word new york cryptic one times squares also answers example entries wordplay

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Crosswordis aword game consisting of a grid of black and white squares with numbers on the corners0.90text
WHATS UPinstance ofone might see phrases0.80text
AS IFinstance ofone might see phrases0.80text
or WHADDYA WANT.AbbreviationsThe constraints of the American-style gridinstance ofone might see phrases0.80text
or WHADDYA WANTinstance ofone might see phrases0.80text
Margaret Farrar were influential in the first few decades of puzzle-makinginstance ofand German.Female crossword constructorsWomen editors0.80text
and women constructors such as Bernice Gordoninstance ofand German.Female crossword constructorsWomen editors0.80text
Elizabeth Gorski have each contributed hundreds of puzzles to The New York Timesinstance ofand German.Female crossword constructorsWomen editors0.80text
Margaret Farrar were influential in the first few decades of puzzle-makinginstance ofFemale crossword constructorsWomen editors0.80text
and women constructors such as Bernice Gordoninstance ofFemale crossword constructorsWomen editors0.80text
Elizabeth Gorski have each contributed hundreds of puzzles to The New York Timesinstance ofFemale crossword constructorsWomen editors0.80text
TEËinstance ofWords0.80text

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