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Dtgk Saturday 20/6/2015
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Completely stumped on last one:
7 down. "White or blank space to be filled with a letter in a crossword" (5)
I have ?I?H (I'm certain both letters are correct).
You would think that the youngest cruciverbalist would know this - but for the life of me I've failed.
7 down. "White or blank space to be filled with a letter in a crossword" (5)
I have ?I?H (I'm certain both letters are correct).
You would think that the youngest cruciverbalist would know this - but for the life of me I've failed.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'd been struggling to make sense of this as well, Seekerz but the OED gives the following as one of the definitions of 'light':
"The answer to a clue in a crossword puzzle".
Examples cited include this from The Listener in 1965:
"Some of the clues are two lines of verse, each by a different author. The names of the two authors have three or more consecutive letters in common and these letters form the light"
. . . and this from Scientific American in 1967:
"The horizontal words..are called the cross-lights or simply the lights"
Even so, I'm not convinced that the Telegraph's clue is wholly accurate!
"The answer to a clue in a crossword puzzle".
Examples cited include this from The Listener in 1965:
"Some of the clues are two lines of verse, each by a different author. The names of the two authors have three or more consecutive letters in common and these letters form the light"
. . . and this from Scientific American in 1967:
"The horizontal words..are called the cross-lights or simply the lights"
Even so, I'm not convinced that the Telegraph's clue is wholly accurate!
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