Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-05-29/Humour
A new crossword
The crossword is back! The previous Signpost crossword can be found here. The answers to previous crosswords can be found at the following link – thank you all for playing!
We have a new crossword for this month – once more, all of the answers have something to do with Wikipedia, though the clues may seem unrelated.
This month's answers are taken from Wikipedia's Featured Articles – every correct answer will be the verbatim title of one of the articles listed on that page. (Parenthetical descriptors excluded.)
You can play the crossword online at this link (recommended) or manually by printing out the image and clues below. Enjoy! Hints may be given in the comments, so scroll cautiously.
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Across 4. French v. Berber 5. Thickened with okra, filé, or roux 7. Horse with a budget airline named in his honor 8. Can be spiral, elliptical, or irregular 10. Capital of Sikkim 11. Brassica of kraut and cole 12. From Stoker to Meyer 15. Let us cultivate our gardens 16. Born Thelma Ryan 17. DJ, turn it up, mate!
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Down 1. Nippon 2. Welsh fortified river crossing 3. Chinese polymath of the Han dynasty 6. They can open doors! 9. Wife of Gautama Maharishi 13. Her symbol is a mirror 14. Two cues, one baize 17. Luminous spheroid of plasma
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Discuss this story
An interesting way to select words. Knowledge of spoiler: Wikipedia tools, H:INCAT in particular is required to solve all the clues efficiently. —andrybak (talk) 20:35, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Now this is a hard, hard one. I could get just 2 without using google 🤭 – SD0001 (talk) 11:37, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]