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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.games
Subject: Re: Crossword puzzles
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 15:40:27 EST
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Summary: 

A postdoc we had here from China (P.R.C.) told me that they even have
crossword puzzles back there!  I didn't get an impression of what the
diagrams look like, but the clues are generally based on the multiple
meanings of the same symbols.  I guess you could call them puns.
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