Answers and solutions.Eckler Sudoku Christopher McManus [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] KICKSHAWS Kick´shaws` n. 1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! - Shak. 2. A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy. Some pigeons, . . . Two of a Kind Gordon Bonnett Both the husband's and wife's names can be typed on a standard keyboard using only the left hand! Words Gone Wild: Jeff Grant Ultrasound pictures usually alleviate paternal/prenatal/parental apprehensions. Hairbrained hair·brained adj. Usage Problem Harebrained. See Usage Note at harebrained. [Variant of harebrained.] Questionaire: Jeff Grant Believe it or not, they are all correct! A 'calender' is a glazing machine, and 'legendry' is a collection of legends. The others are variant forms (non-standard, American, obsolete) of words listed in either Chambers Dictionary The tenth edition of the Chambers Dictionary of the English language was published in 2006 by Chambers Harrap. Originally published in 1901 as Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary or Webster's Third Edition, parent dictionary to the American backup reference Webster's 10th Collegiate. All are allowed in Scrabble except the examples for H, I, Q, X and Z. 'Xosa' is a variant of 'Xhosa', a South African Bantu language.] Twisted Word Puzzle: Rich Lederer blossom It's Not All Greek: Anil There are six English letters not in the Greek alphabet Greek alphabet Writing system developed in Greece c. 1000 BC, the direct or indirect ancestor of all modern European alphabets. Derived from the North Semitic alphabet via that of the Phoenicians, it modified an all-consonant alphabet to represent vowels. : F J Q V W Y. Some Rebuses: Anil 1. information 2. an end in itself 3. five and one sixth sense 4. Greek baby-talk for moo cow WILL SHORTZ Pleasantville, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of |
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