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The crosswords treat acronyms as ordinary words but how should clues indicate the length of initials that are not acronyms, asks Hugh Stephenson
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Hugh Stephenson: Some solvers claim that Americanisms are beginning to colonialise the Guardian's crosswords. In my view the crosswords cannot be narrowly nationalistic
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Chambers has traditionally been the crossword setter's dictionary of choice, but Hugh Stephenson puts in a good word for the Oxford Dictionary of English as a solvers' friend
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Hugh Stephenson has been getting complaints that using the internet to help solve clues is somehow unfair but he begs to differ
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Hugh Stephenson on getting involved with testing the Guardian's crossword app, more on cathodes and anodes and a question of anonymity
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Hugh Stephenson reflects this month on Greek gods and electric terminals – and some more on cheating at crosswords
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Hugh Stephenson discusses if it is legitimate to cheat at crosswords
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Hugh Stephenson on the bear-like koala and searching crosswords by setter
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Hugh Stephenson on how crosswords have been medically endorsed
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Hugh Stephenson on the vituperative response to last month's crossword site relaunch
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Special instructions for this week's Azed
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Hugh Stephenson on the mail he is still getting over the 'pet' issue and the scope for more than one alternative
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Hugh Stephenson on how using the word 'pet' to mean tantrum led to accusations of regional bias
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Hugh Stephenson on the rise of complaints about impossibly obscure words appearing in the crosswords
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Hugh Stephenson on one woman's mission to complete the Cryptic crossword atop the fourth plinth
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Hugh Stephenson looks at how the conventions of cluing have changed as the new generation of setters have moved on
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Hugh Stephenson on the golden rule of cryptic cluing
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Hugh Stephenson on pedantry, puzzle timings and PDFs
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Hugh Stephenson defends the Guardian's use of cultural references and talks about annotated solutions
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Hugh Stephenson on 'general knowledge', difficulty and Paul's stars
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Hugh Stephenson on Quicks and Quiptics, as well as Pidgeon's English
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Hugh Stephenson reveals the past power of crossword grids - and setters
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Hugh Stephenson on the ethical probity of crossword setters who write for multiple publications
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Hugh Stephenson on getting the best out of your crossword and the Guardian's online-only puzzles
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Hugh Stephenson on Locum's Genius puzzle, third class tickets and a correction
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Hugh Stephenson on the merits of different dictionaries, and why the Guardian chooses not to have a 'house' one
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Hugh Stephenson on going free and the words only used by crossword setters
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Hugh Stephenson on 'mafia' vs. 'maffia' and coincidences in the crossword world
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Hugh Stephenson on defining 'crescendo' and how crossword winners are chosen
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Hugh Stephenson on word division in various dictionaries and the death of Quantum
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Hugh Stephenson on technical woes, Pitta versus Peter and to Google or not to Google
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Hugh Stephenson: Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience the mistakes made on the site in the last few days have caused
Happy Crosswords in 2011
Hugh Stephenson hopes that 2011 will be problem free on the crossword front but offers a couple of tips that may help you round snags that can occur