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Re: copyright for sudokus ?
Posted:
Sep 16, 2005 2:41 PM
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[fup to rec.puzzles]
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Arthur J. O'Dwyer wrote:
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> (SPOILER for today's NYT crossword follows, by the way.)
[...]
> Right, but more importantly, if you look at any modern newspaper crossword
> (and here I'm talking about American-style), you'll notice
> that each one has what crossword designers call a "theme," which often
> involves wordplay or puns. For example, the NYT crossword today has
> the theme "Up", with theme entries ALL DRESSED, WHOOPING IT, JOHNNY JUMP, and
> WHICH WAY IS.
For the record, I didn't even see the whole theme yesterday! The answer
today draws attention to the fact that above each of the theme answers in
the grid are the letters U and P, e.g.:
SIX MONTOYA OPP<--P
COTTON BANTU<--U
ROTO WHOOPINGIT
AZARIA UNSENT
JOHNNYJUMP ORGS
-Arthur,
likes crosswords
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