Just be careful with plural and past tense answers where you might be tempted to fill in that final -s or -ed it’s not necessarily guaranteed that those letters will be there. Example: “daughter of Michelle and Barack” is either “Sasha” or “Malia,” so you can at least fill in the a’s. Sometimes you find that you can fill in a couple of letters in without filling in the entire answer. It’s okay to fill in only part of the answer. The same goes for creating common letter combinations like “sh” and “ck.” Example: filling in “aloe” right below the word “band” If you’re filling in an answer and you notice that it creates alternating consonants and vowels with the neighboring answer, that’s a good sign. Or, “Juan’s river” refers to Spanish and wants you to put the Spanish word for river, “rio” “C’est” is a common French contraction, so that’s the answer. Make the answer match the clue in number, verb tense, and verb person.Įxample: “Desert plants” is “cacti.” “Shells out” is “spends.”Īn abbreviation in the clue means there’s an abbreviation in the answer.Įxample: “IRS form experts” is “CPAs” and “speedometer no.” Is “MPH”Īsk: what common word is the clue clearly avoiding using?Įxample: “sleeve fillers” is simply “arms” “denim pants” is simply “jeans” Any clue that has a place or foreign name in it wants you to put a foreign word in.Įxample: “Cannes contraction” uses the city Cannes to tell you the answer is French. Example: “some Christmas trees” is “pines” because some Christmas trees are pines Some – The clue gives you a category, and the answer is something that falls under that category.Example: “electronic instrument, familiarly” is “synth”
Example: “doctor’s prescription, perhaps” is “shot” because sometimes doctors prescribe shots “have leftovers, maybe” is “eat in” Perhaps (or maybe) – The clue is an example of the answer.Example: “trial partner” is “error” because people often say “trial and error” Partner – The word given is often paired with the answer.Example: “The Three R’s” probably means that prominent clues have three R’s in the answers. …usually referring to the longest answers in the puzzle.
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