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- noun The
jargon ofcrossword puzzle answers , classically consisting ofrare ,archaic , ordialectal words .
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Examples
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Wouldn't it be nice to have a reverse crosswordese for MEL, as in Bygone Giant? salo 8: 08 AM
Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle Rex Parker 2010
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As is true on many days, today was a good day to have some Basic crosswordese under your belt.
Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle Rex Parker 2010
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OK, some is crosswordese (e.g. EBRO, ARIA), but in those cases the clues are fresh.
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As for the first error, DINA Merrill is crosswordese (31A: Actress Merrill), and DINO isn't a plausible actress's name, but the TORTE for TARTE error is completely understandable to me (27D: Pâtisserie offering).
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Lots of medium length meaty fill in there, and very little crosswordese.
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ADELA is crosswordese of a T / W level (10D: Writer _____ Rogers St. John).
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It seemed lite on crosswordese with some unusual long fill and IMOO a cute theme.
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OREOS have dual relevance, as they are black & white (like a crossword grid) while also being crosswordese.
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51A: Silents star Nita (NALDI) - Like DINA, crosswordese, but most solvers seem to have picked this up eventually even if it was initially unfamiliar to them.
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8D: Skater Midori (Ito) - she and the judge duke it out for ownership of this bit of crosswordese.
vanishedone commented on the word crosswordese
Boston Globe: 'It's knowledge of crosswordese that separates the hard-core puzzlers from the dilettantes. You may never, ever find an opportunity to bring Enyo (a Greek war goddess) into conversation, and, like those contestants, you may have never seen an etui before, but if it helps you fill in that last blank square of a puzzle, it will be burned into your brain forever.'
Crosswordese sounds little different from Wordiean.
March 25, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word crosswordese
crosswordeaseplease
June 1, 2013