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misprints

misprints noun: a crossword puzzle in which clues or answers have one letter changed. Also the plural of misprint.

Noun

misprints

  1. (crosswording) A crossword puzzle in which clues or answers have one letter changed.
    • A few used TOAST (again with drinking connotations) as misprint for ROAST, failing to spot perhaps that it is itself a passable definition of SWEAL and therefore less effective, if acceptable at all, in a misprints clue.1982 December 5, “Azed Slip 556”, in The Azed Slip Archive
    • Ximenes introduced several new types of crossword including 'Misprints' in which misprints occur in either the clues or the answers; he also started competitions for clue-setting which became very popular among solvers.1985, Times of India Illustrated Weekly

Also used as

misprints is also the plural of misprint.

misprints is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of misprint.

Questions about misprints

What does misprints mean?
Misprints means a crossword puzzle in which clues or answers have one letter changed.
What part of speech is misprints?
Misprints is a noun.

Words near misprints in the dictionary

  1. misprint
  2. misprinted
  3. misprinter
  4. misprinters
  5. misprinting
  6. misprints
  7. misprioritise
  8. misprioritised
  9. misprioritises
  10. misprioritising
  11. misprioritize

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