| unch Jul 26th 2011, 00:39 English: | ← Older revision | Revision as of 00:39, 26 July 2011 | | Line 1: | Line 1: | | - | ==English== | + | Unch | | | | | | | - | ===Etymology=== | | | - | {{abbreviation}} | | | - | ===Noun=== | | | - | {{en-noun|es}} | | | - | # {{context|crossword puzzles}} An [[unchecked]] [[square]]: one that is part of only [[one]] [[entry]] (i.e., [[across]] or [[down]], but not [[both]]). | | | - | #* '''1994''' September 24, Ross Beresford <ross@bryson.demon.co.uk>, "symp10.zip - Crossword Grid Editor for MS Windows 3.1", ''comp.archives.msdos.announce'', Usenet, | | | - | #*: The Sympathy Crossword Grid Editor supports: | | | - | #*:... | | | - | #*: o flagging of lights outside a configurable '''unch''' range | | | - | #* '''2005''' November 17, Colin Blackburn <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk>, "Re: 75 Years of the Times Crossword - quick review", ''rec.puzzles.crosswords'', Usenet, | | | - | #*: From 1933 onwards the grids were standard grids. Then, for some reason, there was a blip in the late 1940s, a couple of the grids from that era had double '''unches''' and double checking. | | | - | #* '''2006''', Nikki Katz, ''Zen and the Art of Crossword Puzzles'', Adams Media, ISBN 1593375638, pages 66–67, | | | - | #*: The bars and multitude of black squares are common in British puzzles because they allow unchecked letters (called '''unches''')—or letters that don't need to cross with another answer.... There are rules regarding the '''unches''', and traditionally every other letter in a solution should be checked with another letter. | | | | | | | | - | ===Anagrams=== | + | Hi Mister Poo. | | - | * [[nuch#English|nuch]] | | | |
