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abecedarian jigsaw en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, qualifier:crosswording) An alphabetical jigsaw puzzle on a barred grid.
    • So speaking of letter frequencies, I learned from experience that it’s better to start solving abecedarian jigsaws with the last clues instead of the first ones. 2013 December 19, Braze, “Abecedarian jigsaw (Puzzle No. 3,307)”, in The Nation Cryptic Crossword Forum:
    • Abecedarian jigsaw (Acknowledgments to Dogop of The Listener) 1978, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, “ABECEDARIAN JIGSAW”, in The Atlantic:
    • Abecedarian Jigsaw. See the solution to last month’s puzzle. 2024, Richard E. Maltby Jr., “Abecedarian Jigsaw”, in Harpers:

Forms

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abecedarian jigsaws Number=Plur lexicographic