<Li> in Russian, Ё doubles as Е but Й is considered different from И; the soft sign Ь and the hard sign Ъ occupy a separate square, different from that of the previous letter . </Li> <Li> in Spanish crosswords, the digraphs ch and ll fill two squares, although in some old crosswords (from prior to the 1996 spelling reform) they filled one square . </Li> <P> French - language crosswords are smaller than English - language ones, and not necessarily square: there are usually 8--13 rows and columns, totaling 81--130 squares . They need not be symmetric and two - letter words are allowed, unlike in most English - language puzzles . Compilers strive to minimize use of shaded squares . A black - square usage of 10% is typical; Georges Perec compiled many 9 × 9 grids for Le Point with four or even three black squares . Rather than numbering the individual clues, the rows and columns are numbered as on a chessboard . All clues for a given row or column are listed, against its number, as separate sentences . This is similar to the notation used in the aforementioned Daily Mail Blankout puzzles . </P> <P> In Italy, crosswords are usually oblong and larger than French ones, 13 × 21 being a common size . As in France, they usually are not symmetrical; two - letter words are allowed; and the number of shaded squares is minimized . Nouns (including surnames) and the infinitive or past participle of verbs are allowed, as are abbreviations; in larger crosswords, it is customary to put at the center of the grid phrases made of two to four words, or forenames and surnames . A variant of Italian crosswords does not use shaded squares: words are delimited by thickening the grid . Another variant starts with a blank grid: the solver must insert both the answers and the shaded squares, and Across and Down clues are either ordered by row and column or not ordered at all . </P>

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