On the other hand, both The Chambers Dictionary and the Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary list K or K. The dictionary fails to specify how one differentiates an abbreviation from a symbol. N is a symbol used in chess to represent a knight.K is a symbol used in chess to represent a king.K as an abbreviation used in chess for knight.Īs an aside, it is interesting to note that the Chambers 21st Century Dictionary defines: N is the abbreviation for knight used in recording moves in chess. Each player starts the game with two knights. That moves by jumping to the opposite corner of a rectangle two squaresīy three. Is a chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a horse’s head, The key pieces of information needed to solve the clue are found in the first half of the poem: The puzzle appeared on the eve of the 200 th anniversary of the birth of Lear. To decipher the third element of the clue, one must know that the theme of this puzzle - which was published in The Daily Telegraph on is " The Owl and the Pussycat", a nonsense poem by English writer Edward Lear (1812–1888), first published during 1871 as part of his book Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets. The first list is missing the note "te" so gives us NO TE the second list is missing the note "E" so gives us NOT E. In which the setter manages not only to work in both variations in a single clue, but throw in a third element as well. 20a Do, re, me, fa, so or la/A, B, C, D, F or G? Money-carrier hit repeatedly by ‘charmingly sweet’ singer (4).In her reply to Comment #10 on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, crypticsue remarks that her favourite version of this clue appeared in Toughie 770. 21a Bits of music // jumping from las to dohs? (5).The most recent example that we have seen occurred as recently as Friday, in DT 28492, where Giovanni gave us: Setters seem to find no end of ways to musically clue NOTE(S) as either Not E or No Te(s). ( Webster’s New World College Dictionary) ( Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary) Infoplease ( Random House Unabridged Dictionary) Reverso Online Dictionary ( Collins French-English Dictionary) Oxford Dictionaries ( Oxford American Dictionary) Oxford Dictionaries ( Oxford Dictionary of English) Search Chambers - ( Chambers 21st Century Dictionary) Alone among the single-volume dictionaries, it preserves a rich stock of words from our literary heritage as well as covering all the latest developments in contemporary English.22d Regret clothing first two of children /in/ frilly lace (5)Ī ruche is a strip of pleated or frilled lawn, lace, etc, used to decorate blouses, dresses, etc, or worn around the neck like a small ruff as in the 16th century. The Chambers Dictionary is treasured by word-lovers and crossword enthusiasts for its majestic coverage of English and its tradition of sneaking in a sprinkling of light-hearted definitions. No Internet connection is required, and the one app will work on your iPhone, iPod and iPad. There are also standard bookmark, recent word and random word features.
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