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        Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.puzzles.crosswords
                               Version 3.00

                          Compiled and edited by
               James A. Lundon (jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com)

(FAQ continued...)

(13) What are some of the indicators used in crossword setting and solving?

   (Q13 continued...)

   n               Avogadro's number
   n               Norway
   n               born
   n               bridge players
   n               direction
   n               en
   n               gas - nitrogen
   n               half an em
   n               indefinite number
   n               knight
   n               midday
   n               name
   n               neper
   n               neuter
   n               new
   n               newton
   n               ninety
   n               ninety thousand
   n               nitrogen
   n               noon
   n               north(ern)
   n               note
   n               noun
   n               nu
   n               number
   n               point
   n               pole +
   n               quarter
   n               unfavourable aspect
   n               unknown number
   n               unlimited number
   na              North America
   na              no (Scot.)
   na              not (Scot.)
   na              sodium
   nae             no (Scot.)
   nae             not (Scot.)
   nag             horse
   nag             little horse
   nat             born
   nation          people
   nation          race
   national        horse race
   nb              nota bene
   nb              note
   nco             non-commissioned officer
   nco             sergeant
   nd              North Dakota
   nd              no date
   ne              Durham area
   ne              Humberside
   ne              Tyneside
   ne              born
   ne              bridge opponents
   ne              gas - neon
   ne              neon
   ne              north-east
   ne              not (old word)
   ne              quarter
   neat            cattle
   neat            ox
   ned             donkey
   ned             little horse
   nee             born
   nemo            submariner
   ness            head
   ness            loch
   ness            point
   net             capture
   net             fabric
   ney             Marshal
   ng              no good
   ni              Northern Ireland
   ni              Ulster
   ni              nickel
   nib             writer
   nick            prison
   nie             close (old word)
   nie             near (old word)
   nil             love
   nil             nothing
   nitre           chemical
   nitre           fertiliser
   nj              New Jersey
   nl              not clear
   nl              not far
   nl              not permitted
   nn              ens
   no              New Orleans
   no              indefinite number
   no              not out
   no              number
   no              play (Jap.)
   no              refusal
   noh             play (Jap.)
   noi             leading
   noi             no one
   noi             number one
   non             no (Fr.)
   nose            informer
   np              North Pole
   np              pole
   ns              bridge partners
   ns              ens
   ns              not specific
   ns              partnership
   nt              Holy Writ
   nt              New Testament
   nt              Northern Territories
   nt              book(s)
   nt              books
   nt              good book
   nt              part of Bible
   nt              preservationists
   nt              scriptures
   nu              Greek character
   nu              Greek letter
   nu              name unknown
   nu              unidentified
   num             miners
   number          anaesthetic
   nun             bluetit
   nurse           shark
   nus             dawn
   nus             students' (union)
   nut             teachers
   nv              envy
   nw              Merseyside
   nw              bridge opponents
   nw              north-west
   nw              quarter
   ny              Gotham
   ny              New York
   o               Ohio
   o               around
   o               aught
   o               bald patch
   o               ball
   o               blob
   o               blood group
   o               cavity
   o               cipher
   o               circle
   o               circuit
   o               circular letter
   o               dial
   o               disc
   o               duck
   o               egg
   o               eleven
   o               eleven thousand
   o               empty
   o               examination
   o               full moon
   o               gas - oxygen
   o               globe
   o               gulf
   o               hole
   o               hollow
   o               hoop
   o               loop
   o               love
   o               naught
   o               nil
   o               no
   o               nothing
   o               nought
   o               oh
   o               omicron
   o               opening
   o               orb
   o               ortho-
   o               ought
   o               owe
   o               oxygen
   o               pellet
   o               ring
   o               round
   o               spangle
   oaks            horse race
   oates           conspirator
   ob              old boy
   obe             award
   obe             honour
   obe             order
   obit            dead/died
   obit            final message
   obit            last word
   oc              commander
   oc              officer commanding
   odo             bishop
   oe              old English
   oe              old Etonian
   offa            old king
   og              ogee
   og              own goal
   og              soccer blunder
   oic             officer in charge
   ok              acceptable
   ok              all right
   ok              approval
   ok              authorisation
   ok              correct
   ok              fine
   ok              okay
   old man         captain
   ole             cry of delight
   om              award
   om              honour
   om              order
   omega           Greek letter
   omega           final letter
   omega           final word
   omega           last letter
   omitting        skipping
   on              about
   on              acting
   on              being broadcast
   on              leg
   on              on the menu
   on              operating
   on              performing
   on              playing
   one             lunchtime
   one             undivided
   oo              duck's eggs
   oo              ohs
   oo              owes
   oo              spectacles
   oom             Dutch uncle
   op              operation
   op              opposite
   op              opus
   op              out of print
   op              work
   optic           seer
   opus            work
   or              alternative
   or              alternatively
   or              before *
   or              gold
   or              yellow
   oral            examination
   oral            test
   ord             no way
   ord             ring road
   orion           hunter
   orpheus         classical musician
   os              Ordinary Seaman
   os              big
   os              large letters
   os              ohs
   os              old style
   os              outsize
   os              owes
   os              sailor
   os              very large
   ost             east (Ger.)
   ot              Holy Writ
   ot              Old Testament
   ot              book(s)
   ot              good book
   ot              occupational therapy
   ot              part of Bible
   ot              scriptures
   ou              Open University
   oui             agreement - foreign (Fr.)
   oui             yes (Fr.)
   ouija           Franco-German agreement
   ous             nothing to America
   ouse            river
   out             away
   out             not at home
   out             unfashionable
   over            maiden
   ox              bull
   ox              neat
   oxonian         dark blue
   oy              oh, why
   oz              ounce
   oz              small weight
   oz              weight
   oz              wizard place
   p               Celt
   p               Kelt
   p               Portugal
   p               copper
   p               four hundred
   p               four hundred thousand
   p               page
   p               park(ing)
   p               participle
   p               pawn
   p               pea
   p               pedal
   p               pee
   p               peg
   p               penny
   p               phosphorous
   p               pi
   p               piano
   p               pint
   p               poise
   p               power
   p               president
   p               prince
   p               quiet
   p               small change
   p               soft
   p               softly
   p               vitamin
   pa              Panama
   pa              father
   pa              old man
   pan             god
   par             standard
   para            Brazilian
   para            airborne soldier
   parent          source
   pas             dance
   pas             step
   pate            head
   pawn            piece (chess)
   pawnbroker      uncle
   pb              lead
   pc              copper
   pc              policeman
   pe              Peru
   pe              gym
   pe              physical education
   pe              training
   peg             tee
   pen             author
   pen             enclosure
   pen             prison
   pen             writer
   per             by
   per             for each
   per             through
   pet             cherished
   pet             favourite
   pg              paying guest
   ph              local
   phi             Greek letter
   pi              Greek character
   pi              Greek letter
   pi              confusion *
   pi              good
   pi              religious
   pi              upright
   pier            mole
   pit             Hell
   pitt            old Prime Minister
   pl              Poland
   pla             mountain retreat
   pla             port authority
   plato           philosopher
   plo             illegal army
   plo             terrorists
   plot            garden
   pm              Prime Minister
   pm              afternoon
   pm              half day
   pm              in the afternoon
   po              Italian flower
   po              Post Office
   po              airman
   po              palladium
   po              pole
   po              river
   polo            Merchant of Venice
   poly            college
   pony            twenty five pounds
   pony            twenty-five pounds
   pop             father
   pop             old man
   port            left
   port            wine
   pp              pages
   pp              peas
   pp              pees
   pp              pianissimo
   pp              very quiet/soft(ly)
   pr              Puerto Rico
   pr              Romans/Roman people
   pr              electoral system
   pr              image building
   pr              president
   pr              price
   pr              prince
   pr              public relations
   pr              two
   pra             academician
   pra             artist
   pra             painter
   pres            president
   prison          bird
   pro             expert
   pro             for
   pro             public relations officer
   prof            academic
   provos          terrorists
   ps              footnote
   ps              peas
   ps              pees
   ps              postscript
   ps              second thoughts
   pt              part
   pt              physical training
   pt              pint
   pt              platinum
   pt              point
   pt              post town
   pt              stop
   pt              training
   pub             local
   pv              peavy
   q               Celt
   q               Kelt
   q               Quebec
   q               Queensland
   q               boat
   q               cue
   q               electrical charge
   q               farthing
   q               five hundred
   q               five hundred thousand
   q               koppa
   q               ninety
   q               ninety thousand
   q               quality
   q               queen
   q               query
   q               question
   q               queue
   q               quintal
   q               rational numbers
   qp              kewpie (doll)
   qt              cutie
   qt              quart
   qt              quiet
   qu              quart
   qu              queen
   quad            prison
   que             what (Fr.)
   qui             who (Fr.)
   r               Reaumur
   r               Regina
   r               Republican
   r               Rex
   r               Romania
   r               are
   r               arithmetic
   r               castle
   r               eighty
   r               eighty thousand
   r               hand
   r               king
   r               monarch
   r               month
   r               queen
   r               radius
   r               rain
   r               rand
   r               reading
   r               real numbers
   r               recipe
   r               resistance
   r               rho
   r               right
   r               river
   r               road
   r               rontgen unit
   r               rook
   r               royal
   r               run
   r               side
   r               take *
   r               writing
   ra              Royal Academician
   ra              Royal Academy
   ra              Royal Artillery
   ra              academician
   ra              academy
   ra              artillery
   ra              artist
   ra              big guns
   ra              gunmen
   ra              gunner(s)
   ra              painter
   ra              soldiers
   ra              sun (god)
   rab             Butler
   rac             motoring organisation
   race            people
   rada            academy
   raf             fliers
   raf             service
   rage            fashion
   rain            waterfall
   ram             butter
   ram             music school
   ram             sheep
   ran             managed
   ran             smuggled
   ras             head
   ras             prince
   rat             art nouveau
   rat             desert fighter
   rat             desert(er)
   rat             scab
   rat             strikebreaker
   rate            speed
   rc              Roman Catholic
   rc              church
   rd              little way
   rd              road
   rd              way
   re              Royal Engineer(s)
   re              about
   re              again
   re              concerning
   re              engineer(s)
   re              note
   re              over
   re              religious education
   re              sapper(s)
   re              soldiers
   re              touching
   rebecca         Welsh riots
   rec             recipe
   rec             take
   red             anarchist
   red             bloody
   red             cent *
   red             communist
   red             leftist
   red             revolutionary
   red             socialist
   regan           princess
   regan           wicked sister
   reine           French queen
   reme            engineers
   rene            French man
   rep             agent
   rep             salesman
   rep             traveller
   res             old thing
   resh            Hebrew letter
   ret             soak
   rev             priest
   rev             vicar
   rex             cat
   rg              argy(-bargy)
   rh              right hand
   ri              Rhode Island
   ri              king emperor
   rib             wife
   rid             clear
   rid             free
   ring            circle
   rio             port
   rip             final message
   rip             last word
   river           banker
   river           flower
   river           runner
   rly             lines/landline
   rly             railway
   rly             transport
   rly             way
   rm              Marine
   rm              Royal Marine(s)
   rm              jolly
   rm              old Irish magistrate
   rm              resident magistrate
   rma             Sandhurst
   rms             mailboat
   rn              Navy
   rn              Royal Navy
   rn              fleet
   rn              sailors
   rn              service
   ro              right hand
   roc             fabulous bird
   rock            diamond
   rod             fast car
   rod             pole
   rod             sports car
   roi             French king
   roi             king (Fr.)
   rom             gypsy
   rose            flower
   rosinante       poor horse
   rot             corruption
   rot             decay
   rot             rubbish
   rr              Right Reverend
   rr              Rolls Royce
   rr              ars
   rr              bishop
   rr              car
   rsm             non-commissioned officer
   rt              arty
   rt              right
   ru              football
   ru              rugby
   ruc             Irish police
   rue             street (Fr.)
   run             manage
   run             smuggle
   rur             Capek's play
   rv              bible
   ry              landline
   ry              line(s)
   ry              little way
   ry              rail
   ry              railway
   ry              transport
   ry              way
   s               Bach's works
   s               God's
   s               Sabbath
   s               Saturday
   s               Schmieder
   s               Sweden
   s               as
   s               bend
   s               bob
   s               bridge players
   s               direction
   s               dollar
   s               es
   s               ess
   s               has
   s               his
   s               is
   s               largesse
   s               old Bob
   s               old shilling
   s               paragon
   s               part of collar
   s               point
   s               pole +
   s               quarter
   s               saint
   s               second
   s               seven
   s               seven thousand
   s               shilling
   s               side
   s               siemens
   s               sister
   s               snow
   s               society
   s               son
   s               south(ern)
   s               space
   s               spade
   s               square
   s               stokes
   s               sulphur
   s               sun
   s               us
   sa              South Africa
   sa              South America
   sa              essay
   sa              it
   sa              sex appeal
   sa              without date
   sad             blue
   sailor          able seaman
   saint           paragon
   salt            able seaman
   sam             uncle
   sas             soldiers
   sat             Saturday
   satin           dressmaker
   sc              namely
   sc              self-contained
   sc              small capitals
   sc              specifically
   sc              that is
   sc              viz
   scot            fine
   scot            tax
   scr             scruple
   sculptor        blockbuster
   sd              South Dakota
   sd              without a day fixed
   sdp             nationalists
   se              Home Counties
   se              London Area
   se              bridge opponents
   se              quarter
   se              south-east
   sea             deep
   sea             main
   sec             dry
   sec             second
   sec             short time
   sec             time
   see             look
   seed            children
   semi            half
   semi            house
   sent            ecstatic
   set             group
   set             put
   seth            fourth man
   sgt             non-commissioned officer
   sgt             sergeant
   sh              hush
   sh              quiet
   sh              silence
   she             (the) woman
   she             female
   she             lady
   she             novel
   sherpa          mountaineer
   si              South Island
   si              agreement - foreign (Span.)
   si              note
   si              silicon
   si              yes (Ital.)
   si              yes (Span.)
   sib             relation
   sic             thus
   side            team
   silk            dressmaker
   sin             err
   sin             evil
   sin             without
   sin             wrong
   sine            maths function
   sine            without
   sir             knight
   sis             sister
   sly             tinker
   sm              French king
   sm              French queen
   sm              king (Fr.)
   sm              non-commissioned officer
   smith           economist
   sn              Essen
   sn              partnership
   sn              tin
   so              ergo
   so              note
   so              therefore
   so              thus
   so              well
   soh             note
   sol             note
   sol             sun-god
   som             county
   some            approx(imately)
   son             issue
   sop             soprano
   sos             appeal
   sp              South Pole
   sp              childless
   sp              odds
   sp              pole
   sp              species
   sp              starting price
   sp              without children
   spa             spring
   spire           Oxford dreamer
   spy             agent
   spy             mole
   square          unfashionable
   sr              old railway
   sr              senior
   srn             nurse
   ss              German soldier
   ss              Sunday School
   ss              liner
   ss              saints
   ss              ship
   ss              steamship
   st              good man
   st              hush
   st              little way
   st              paragon
   st              road
   st              saint
   st              silence
   st              stone
   st              street
   st              stumped
   st              thoroughfare
   st              way
   st              weight
   stag            speculator
   sten            gun
   stet            don't change it
   stir            prison
   stop            traffic signal
   sts             saints
   sty             filthy place
   stye            eyesore
   su              Soviet Union
   sub             U-boat
   sub             stand-in
   sub             substitute
   sub             warship
   supra           over
   sure            certain
   sw              Cornwall
   sw              Devon
   sw              bridge opponents
   sw              quarter
   sw              south-west
   swift           screecher
   swiss roll      jammed cylinder
   sx              Essex
   t               Thailand
   t               Tuesday
   t               bandage
   t               bar
   t               bone
   t               cart
   t               cloth
   t               cross
   t               crossed
   t               half dry
   t               hundred and sixty
   t               hundred and sixty thousand
   t               junction
   t               model +
   t               peg
   t               perfect letter
   t               plate
   t               rail
   t               shirt
   t               short time
   t               square
   t               tau
   t               te
   t               tea
   t               tee
   t               tesla
   t               the
   t               time
   t               ton(ne)
   t               tritium
   ta              Territorial Army
   ta              army
   ta              cheers
   ta              reserves
   ta              soldiers
   ta              terriers
   ta              territorials
   ta              thank you
   ta              thanks
   ta              volunteers
   tab             label
   tace            silence
   tag             label
   tan             beat
   tan             brown
   tan             maths function
   tar             able seaman
   tar             art nouveau
   tar             sailor/salt/seaman
   tata            Tosti's song
   tata            goodbye
   tate            gallery
   tau             cross
   tay             river
   tb              torpedo boat
   td              medal
   te              Lawrence
   te              note
   tea             leaves
   tec             detective
   ted             Edward
   ted             Heath
   tee             peg
   teen            old injury
   tees            river
   tell            archer
   temp            secretary
   ten             PM's address
   tene            old injury
   tent            wine
   ter             three (triple)
   ter             thrice
   test            educational journal
   test            examination
   test            match
   teth            Hebrew letter
   the             article
   the             articles - English
   ti              note
   tic             note
   tic             spasm
   tic             twitching
   tier            row
   time            father
   times           daily
   timon           misanthrope
   tin             can
   tin             cash
   tin             money
   tin             vessel
   tiny            small
   tion            empty container
   tit             bird
   tit             inferior horse
   tit             poor horse
   tnt             big banger
   tnt             explosive
   tod             fox
   todo            commotion
   toe             extremity
   toe             member
   tom             big bell
   tom             cat
   tome            book
   ton             fashion
   ton             hundred
   ton             large amount
   ton             weight
   tonne           weight
   tor             hell
   tor             hill
   tor             mountain
   tor             point
   tor             prominence
   tory            Conservative
   tory            party
   tory            politician
   tp              teepee
   tr              Turkey
   tr              transaction
   tr              translation
   tram            transport
   tree            actor
   tres            very (Fr.)
   tri             three (triple)
   tri             thrice
   troy            ancient city
   troy            old city
   try             attempt
   try             essay
   ts              teas
   ts              tees
   tt              abstaining
   tt              dry
   tt              on the wagon
   tt              race
   tt              teas
   tt              tees
   tt              teetotal
   tt              teetotaller
   tt              thank you
   tu              tradesmen
   tuck            friar
   twelve          eec
   two             company
   u               Conservative
   u               Uruguay
   u               Utah
   u               about turn
   u               acceptable
   u               bend
   u               boat
   u               educational establishment
   u               ewe
   u               film
   u               for all to see
   u               high class
   u               on view to all
   u               posh
   u               socially acceptable
   u               suitable for children
   u               superior
   u               trap
   u               tube
   u               turn
   u               union/Unionist
   u               universal
   u               university
   u               upper class
   u               uppish
   u               upsilon
   u               uranium
   u               yew
   u               you
   uc              you see
   uk              United Kingdom
   uk              this country
   uk              this island
   ule             rubber
   ult             last month
   um              doubt
   um              hesitation
   un              United Nations
   un              international
   un              number one (Fr.)
   un              one
   un              one (dialect)
   un              peacekeepers
   una             number one (Ital.)
   unco            very (Scot.)
   une             number one (Fr.)
   uno             international organisation
   uno             number one (Ital.)
   up              at university
   up              excited
   up              in court
   up              mounted
   up              riding
   up              superior
   uq              you queue
   ur              ancient city
   ur              hesitation
   ur              old city
   ur              primitive
   ur              you are
   ure             river
   uru             Uruguay
   us              America
   us              American
   us              as above
   us              ewes
   us              no good
   us              transatlantic
   us              undersecretary
   us              use
   us              useless
   us              yews
   us              you and me
   usa             America
   use             application
   use             custom
   use             employ(ment)
   use             practice
   use             practise
   ussr            Soviet Union
   ut              note
   ute             half minute
   uu              ewes
   uu              use
   uu              yews
   ux              wife
   v               Vatican
   v               against
   v               agent
   v               bomb
   v               day
   v               five
   v               look
   v               neck
   v               neckline
   v               notch
   v               opposing
   v               see
   v               sign
   v               vanadium
   v               vee
   v               velocity
   v               verb
   v               verse
   v               versus
   v               very
   v               victory
   v               vide
   v               volt
   v               volume
   v               win
   va              Virginia
   vad             nurse
   vale            farewell
   vale            goodbye
   vat             tax
   vau             Hebrew letter
   vb              verb
   ve              victory
   ver             rev up
   very            light
   vet             surgeon
   vg              for example
   vi              half dozen
   vi              six
   via             old way
   vid             see
   vid             tanner/sixpence
   vide            look
   vide            see
   vin             French wine
   vip             big noise
   vip             tanner/sixpence
   vir             man/Roman
   vis             viscount
   vj              victory
   vo              left hand
   vol             book
   vol             volume
   vy              various years
   w               Wednesday
   w               Welsh
   w               William
   w               bridge players
   w               direction
   w               point
   w               quarter
   w               tungsten
   w               watt
   w               weak
   w               west(ern)
   w               whole numbers
   w               wicket
   w               width
   w               wife
   w               woman
   ward            disadvantage (drawback)
   washington      young feller
   we              partnership
   we              you and I
   wee             little
   wee             minor
   wee             small
   who             doctor
   wi              Mayfair
   wi              West Indies
   wi              Westminster
   winner          fabulous tortoise
   wise            youth leaders
   wist            knew (old word)
   women           monstrous regiment
   woof            bark
   wt              small weight
   wt              weight
   x               Christ
   x               PM's address
   x               Xmas
   x               across
   x               body
   x               chi
   x               chromosome
   x               cross
   x               draw
   x               ex,Exe
   x               film
   x               illiterate's signature
   x               kiss
   x               particle
   x               ray
   x               sign of love
   x               sign of the times
   x               spot marked
   x               ten
   x               ten thousand
   x               thousand
   x               times
   x               unknown
   x               vitamin
   x               vote
   x               wrong sign
   x               xi
   xc              ninety
   xi              eleven
   xi              side
   xi              team
   xl              excel
   xv              side
   xv              team
   y               alloy
   y               chromosome
   y               level
   y               measure
   y               moth
   y               one hundred and fifty
   y               one hundred and fifty thousand
   y               track
   y               unknown
   y               why
   y               yard
   y               year
   y               yen
   y               young
   y               yttrium
   yard            detectives
   yd              measure
   ye              the (old word)
   ye              you (old word)
   yea             agreement
   yew             tree
   yr              year
   yr              your
   ys              wise
   ys              youth leaders
   yt              that (old word)
   yu              jade
   yule            you will, say
   yy              wise
   z               Zambia
   z               bar
   z               bend
   z               cedilla
   z               final letter
   z               integers
   z               izzard
   z               last character
   z               last letter
   z               omega
   z               seven
   z               seven thousand
   z               sound of sleep
   z               zed
   z               zee
   z               zero
   z               zeta
   zo              cross *
   zr              Zaire
   zz              (sound of) snoring
