<Li> "Before and after" clues feature one word that is part of two phrases, often designated with parentheses and brackets, e.g., (Doing (____) keeper) = TIME . </Li> <Li> A question mark at the end of clue usually signals that the clue / answer combination involves some sort of pun or wordplay, e.g., "Grateful?" = ASHES, since a grate might be full of them . </Li> <Li> Most widely distributed American crosswords today (e.g., The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USA Today, etc .) also contain colloquial answers, i.e., entries in the puzzle grid that try to replicate everyday colloquial language . In such a puzzle one might see phrases such as WHAT'S UP, AS IF, or WHADDYA WANT . </Li> <P> In the hands of any but the most skilled constructors, the constraints of the American - style grid (in which every letter is checked) usually require a fair number of answers not to be dictionary words . As a result, the following ways to clue abbreviations and other non-words, although they can be found in "straight" British crosswords, are much more common in American ones: </P>

Material from new york not put on in london crossword