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Getting Started with The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Dictionary!
above. This will take you to the home screen.
Adjusting
Next, press the ON/ENTER button to display the fol- lowing:
BUILDING LIST
Put two AAA batteries into your New York Times
Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, as described in the “Installing Batteries” section on page 3.
How to Use
After you’ve inserted the batteries, the power will turn on immediately and the screen will show the fol-
PRODUCT PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH RANDOM HOUSE INFORMATION GROUP, A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC.
Here’s a demonstration of my functions:
CROSSWORDS
AW??E= AWARE
MATCHES
Screen
Contrast
Press the ▲ or ▼ but- tons repeatedly to adjust the screen contrast.
Finding
Matching
Words
CROSSWORD LIST
You can press the ▲ and
▼buttons to scroll through additional matches. If there are no matches, the screen will display “No entries.” In this case, if you scroll down, there are only two matches:
Commanded ▼
Commander ▲
lowing sentences:
WELCOME TO THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE DICTIONARY!
Press any key to begin.
COPYRIGHT 2005. THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY. COPYRIGHT 1974, 1977, 1984,
GN*IS= GNOSIS JUMBLES GOILCLA= LOGICAL SPELLING ENGLUTCH=ENGLISH SYNONYMS EDIT=CUT EMEND DIRECT REDACT REVIEW… PRESS ANY KEY TO BEGIN
The home screen is the
This is the function you will use the most to solve crossword puzzles.
When you are searching for matching words, use the
?button to fill in for each unknown letter, hyphen or blank.
First, type a word using ? for the unknown letters. For example, enter
C?M??N?E?
The arrows on the side of these matches indicate there are additional choices above, indicated by the up arrow, or below, indicated by the down arrow.
Press the CLEAR button to return to the home screen.
Finding a
Series of
1995 BY THOMAS PULLIAM AND CLARE GRUNDMAN. THIS
“BEGIN” screen. You can press any button to skip past the demonstration
You can only adjust the contrast
at the home screen.
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