Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
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adj
Having a blank grid, so that the solver must determine the positions of the black (non-lettered) squares as well as the answers to the clues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: crosswording
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noun
A puzzle of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: crosswording
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă) Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma)der. Italian diagrammader. French diagrammeder. English diagram Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English diagramless From diagram + -less.
