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 | | Modern crosswords normally take the form of a square grid of fl and white squares; the aim is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words (or word phrases) reading across and down, by solving clues which yield the words. |
 | | The design of Japanese crossword grids often follows three additional rules: that fl cells may not share a side, that all white cells must be orthogonally contiguous (that is, connected in one mass through shared sides, or form a single polyomino), and that the corner squares must be white. |
 | | A crossword creator might choose to clue the answer SEN (as in the abbreviation for "Senator") as "Washington bigwig: Abbr." or "Member of Cong.", with the abbreviation in the clue indicating that the answer is to be similarly abbreviated. |
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