http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/11/22/guardian-23930-by-chifonie/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:12:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/11/22/guardian-23930-by-chifonie/#comment-141 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:05:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=72#comment-141 I also don’t like L=student (highway code student might just about be OK though!)

]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/11/22/guardian-23930-by-chifonie/#comment-140 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:33:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=72#comment-140 I’m not sure about the benefit of some “crosswordese” for beginners. They have to learn(!) or be told that many xwd setters extend L=learner to include “student”, even though L means specifically a learner-driver outside xwds. That’s the sort of stuff that I think can discourage beginners. Things like soldiers = RE/RA/OR/etc (or even the old cliché sappers=RE) seem much more logical and checkable, and therefore helpful.

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