2 сент. 2024 г. · A question mark means a word is being used in an unexpected sense. The 4 Down clue "Focuses on the road" would usually be a phrase meaning "drives attentively."

17 апр. 2024 г. · a question mark means you have to think outside the box to answer. it's not the obvious answer, it's usually a play on words puzzle. A ...

11 янв. 2019 г. · Generally, the question mark indicates a bit of wordplay. Their usage is often determined by the puzzle editor. Perhaps the more wordplay ...

1 сент. 2020 г. · Question mark means it's a tricky clue and you need to think of different meanings. Some words come up all the time but are clued differently ...

17 окт. 2023 г. · Whenever there's a clue ending in a question mark it means the answer is going to involve some kind of wordplay or double-meaning.

10 нояб. 2022 г. · I acknowledge that if a clue ends with "say" AND a question mark, of course the question mark meaning is there.

21 мар. 2024 г. · If the clue ends in a question mark there is usually some kind of wordplay or pun involved. If there is a word in parenthesis it means that ...

6 окт. 2022 г. · If the answer is ST (St.), then, it'd suggest that. [1] These question marks are a mark of a novice Crossword-Puzzle-Maker. or that. [2] the ...

20 сент. 2024 г. · I have picked up some things naturally — clue tense always matches answer tense, question mark means wordplay, etc — but I suspect there's more ...

9 сент. 2021 г. · For NYT, they sometimes omit question marks if it's a puzzle from later in the week (i.e. a harder one). Sometimes it's a bit arbitrary.