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- The UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary\r
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- A word list for crossword solvers and setters\r
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- by\r
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- Ross Beresford\r
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- Version 1.7\r
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- 23 August 2000\r
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- Copyright (c) J Ross Beresford 1993-2000\r
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- All Rights Reserved\r
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- The UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary\r
- is a FREEWARE package: it can be\r
- freely copied and distributed under\r
- the terms of the licensing agreement\r
- at the end of this document.\r
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- The author can be reached in the following ways:\r
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- Internet address ross@bryson.demon.co.uk\r
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- Postal address 10 Wagtail Close\r
- Twyford\r
- Reading RG10 9ED\r
- United Kingdom\r
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- INTRODUCTION\r
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- The UKACD is a word list compiled for the crossword community.\r
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- In particular, it's intended for setters and solvers of\r
- advanced cryptic crosswords in the UK; for example, the\r
- Listener Crossword and the barred puzzles in the Sunday\r
- broadsheets.\r
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- Although there are many word lists in the public domain, none\r
- is well suited for use with crossword construction and word\r
- search software.\r
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- This freely distributable list should be more helpful, as it\r
- is specifically intended for use with crossword software. The\r
- list will be updated at periodic intervals to correct errors\r
- and make additions.\r
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- The UKACD is in the ISO 8859-1 character set (compatible with\r
- the Windows ANSI character set), with a single entry per line.\r
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- EDITORIAL POLICY\r
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- The original basis for the UKACD was a word list of some\r
- 500,000 entries, compiled from public domain sources.\r
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- This was reduced to a list of around 190,000 words by\r
- eliminating entries that aren't generally allowable in\r
- UK advanced cryptic puzzles.\r
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- The list continues to be improved as missing entries are\r
- discovered and added. A new update is issued when several\r
- thousand entries have been added since the previous one.\r
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- The vocabulary included in the following single volume UK\r
- English dictionaries is used as a guide to acceptability:\r
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- The Chambers Dictionary\r
- Collins English Dictionary\r
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary\r
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- Words are given in all their inflected forms, where\r
- appropriate. That is, nouns are given in their plural\r
- form(s); verbs are given as the infinitive, third person\r
- singular, present and past participle; and the comparative\r
- and superlative forms of adjectives are included where\r
- they are reasonably common.\r
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- Common proper names are included, as they are often found\r
- in crosswords, even though only Collins of the above\r
- dictionaries has a systematic coverage of them. Some very\r
- common words not to be found in any of the dictionaries\r
- are also included.\r
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- To make the list more useful for compiling jumbo grids,\r
- longer non-dictionary entries are being added. These include:\r
- well-known quotations and proverbs; fictional characters and\r
- book titles; films, pieces of music and works of art.\r
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- Some attempt is made to standardise the punctuation and\r
- capitalisation of entries; in particular, by ensuring all\r
- proper names start with a capital letter. However, no great\r
- effort is put into this, as it only marginally affects the\r
- usefulness of the list to crossworders.\r
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- Dictionary entries only differing in punctuation, accenting or\r
- capitalisation are folded onto the single most common form.\r
- This is done to save space and, again makes little difference\r
- to the value of the UKACD to setters and solvers.\r
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- FEEDBACK\r
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- If you find any errors, or have suggestions for additions,\r
- please e-mail or post them to me at the address on the first\r
- page of this document. Provided they are within the scope of\r
- the UKACD, as defined under EDITORIAL POLICY, they will be\r
- included in the next release of the word list.\r
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- LICENSING INFORMATION\r
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- Copyright (c) J Ross Beresford 1993-2000. All Rights Reserved.\r
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- The following restriction is placed on the use of this\r
- publication: if The UK Advanced Cryptics Dictionary is used\r
- in a software package or redistributed in any form, the\r
- copyright notice must be prominently displayed and the text\r
- of this document must be included verbatim.\r
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- There are no other restrictions: I would like to see the\r
- list distributed as widely as possible.\r
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