| 单词 | double-crostic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDouble-Crostic Double-Crostic n. originally U.S. the name for a type of word-puzzle (proprietary in the U.S.) in which the text of a famous quotation or literary passage is built up on a crossword-like grid from the letters of answers to cryptic clues, re-assembled as indicated in the puzzle. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > puzzle > [noun] > other word puzzles riddleOE logogriph1598 rebus1605 name-device1631 telesticha1637 lipogram1711 charade1776 conundrum1790 logogram1820 anagrams?1860 acrostic1861 metagram1867 word square1867 verbarian1872 jumble-letters1899 word ladder1928 Double-Crostic1934 word search1957 hangman1961 1934 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 31 Mar. 598 Double-Crostics, Number 1... This is the first of a series of ingenious literary puzzles invented by Elizabeth S. Kingsley for The Saturday Review. 1946 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Dec. 25/1 The Saturday Review Associates, Inc., New York... Double-Crostic. 1967 Sci. Amer. Sept. 275/2 The Double-Crostic, in which the words of a literary quotation and the name of the author and his work are derived from words clued by cryptic definitions. 1976 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 24 Feb. tm219 Janet Elliott Cameron, San Francisco, Calif... Double-Crostics. 1984 T. Augarde Oxf. Guide Word Games vi. 62 Yet another type of crossword is the double-crostic, invented, by an American, Elizabeth Kingsley. < as lemmas |
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