User:Ganesha811/crosswordanswers
February 2022 answers
[edit]Hello! These are the answers for February's Signpost crossword, which can be found here.
| Words | Clue |
| Denbies | A Dorking good estate! |
| HeadVI | This one's a bust! A painted one! |
| ElGreco | The Greek (Esp.) |
| Virus | Epstein-Barr, for instance |
| DNA | Four bases in a three-letter acronym |
| Giraffe | A lofty even-toed ungulate |
| Seiwhale | "Say" what? A rorqual? |
| NikeX | ABM replaced by Sentinel |
| IfDay | Winnipeg invaded by Nazis |
| Menacer | A real kit for virtual guns of the '90s |
| Turboliner | Amtrak's zippy 70s stock |
| VillaPark | Home of Aston (not Martin) |
| ElizabethII | Dieu et mon droit |
| Sahure | Pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty |
| Ganesha | Yours truly, minus 811 |
| Venus | Second from the Sun |
| Rigel | Orion's foot |
| Makemake | Easter Island deity in space |
| SexPistols | The original punks |
| Carillon | Bells, at least 23 |
| Wind | It blows from all directions |
January 2022 answers
[edit]January's Signpost featured a guest crossword by JPxG, viewable here.
| Words | Clue |
| rvv | When the AGF runs out |
| PAGs | What to cite if you want to win an argument |
| PR | Collegial examination |
| NOTHERE | To build an encyclopedia |
| Swear | You can do this in articles, but not at other editors |
| AWB | Tool that allows you to easily get in trouble |
| SANFRANBAN | Selective distinction given to those with a greatly outsized impact |
| DfD | Tragically underused noticeboard for wrangling out-of-control 15-downs |
| CKU | The actual shortcut, even though everyone thinks it's just "CU" |
| CVUA | Education for aspiring 1-acrossers |
| GOOD | Article classification that sounds unimpressive to non-Wikipedians |
| Drama | Large driver of Arbitration Report pageviews |
| GS | Like 21-down, but can also be created at 24-down |
| ITN | Technically, this is |
| CIR | Justification for block when your 11-across run puts goatse on the Main Page |
| Mask | Required for IPs but not Danes |
| VPT | Place to ask why we don't just make a bot to welcome new users |
| ANEW | Beginning of space opera trilogy, consulted after 28-down quadrilogy |
| sp | Summary you use for a quick edit two seconds after sending the MassMessage |
| News | What we're not (except for publications such as this one) |
| RS | Sources that don't get 28-downed when you add them |
| Range | It helps to memorize which ones go to all of Congress first |
| Backlog | They did a drive for one of these on 20-downs this month |
| MfD | Graveyard for Esperanza, BJAODN |
| RfC | Option 1: Make a joke clue for the crossword puzzle. Option 2: Same as Option 1, but it's a self-referential joke. Option 3: Neither (please specify in response) |
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| GAN | Peer review process that's not Peer review |
| DS | A notice that you find on your talk page when someone likes you a lot and appreciates your edits on a controversial topic |
| DICK | Informal policy responsible for why Nixon never edited Wikipedia |
| AN | Project page noted for her green gables |
| ANI | Project page noted for being a little orphan |
| CN | Tag used when you find [1] |
| rv | Similar in effect to when a pitched ball misses the strike zone, with regards to how many is too much |
December 2021 answers
[edit]These are the answers for December's Signpost crossword, which can be found here.
| Words | Clue |
| AGF | Principle that avoids religious wars |
| Anchor | US Navy fight song aweigh |
| article | A quanta of knowledge |
| Barnstar | Decorative farm element |
| Boilerplate | Standard and reusable text |
| Category | Organizational grouping |
| Commons | See Garrett Hardin in 1968 |
| Delrev | eras. eval., in other words |
| Wikipedia | The whole shebang |
| Listify | To save by application of bullet points |
| Citationbot | ISBN automat |
| InternetArchiveBot | Machine ambassador to a Wikipedia friend |
| Meatpuppet | See Gaga circa 2010, on Sesame Street |
| Nupedia | Wikipedia predecessor |
| Peerreview | Judged by a jury of our |
| PROD | Suggested elimination |
| SeaofBlue | Azure ocean of connections |
| Steward | Only 35 hold this esteemed role |
| troll | Lives under a bridge - don't feed it |
| ClueBotNG | Our first line of defense |
| Lsjbot | Cebuano expanding machine |
November 2021 answers
[edit]These are the answers for November's Signpost crossword, which can be found here.
| Words | Clues |
| admin | Sysadmin |
| AfC | American Football Conference |
| archives | Impossible! Perhaps these are incomplete |
| blanking | Whitespace creation |
| canvassing | Seeking support elsewhere |
| COIN | Numismatic forum |
| consensus | The holy grail of argument |
| inclusionism | Philosophy of retention |
| Diff | A blog of change |
| fork | Paired with a knife |
| hook | In fashion, traditionally paired with an eye |
| hatnote | Message on a fez |
| lead | Pb |
| minoredit | An insignificant change |
| mirror | Imitation is the sincerest form of internet flattery |
| TFA | The highest honor an article can receive |
| reference | [Insert numeral here] |
| rollbacker | One who has the power to turn back to what was before |
| SNOW | The conclusion is obvious |
| SPA | Only here for one reason |
| vandalism | Graffiti, with less artistic merit |
October 2021 answers
[edit]These are the answers for October's Signpost crossword, which can be found here.
| Words | Clues |
| Teahouse | Newbie cafe |
| Addict | Junkie |
| Cruft | Coined by TMRC at MIT |
| Deletionism | Philosophy of reduction |
| Disambig | Clarification, for short |
| Didyouknow | Today's featured questions |
| Edit war | Edit-addicted autodidacts battle |
| Godwin | His name is oft-invoked with Law |
| Gnome | Gardener's friend |
| Infobox | Google borrows heavily from it |
| Jimbo | As powerful as Queen Elizabeth |
| Linkrot | When blue becomes 101 un-quartered |
| MediaWiki | The backend |
| Meta | Meta |
| Namespace | Signature box, alternately |
| NPOV | Originally non-bias |
| Orphan | Please, sir, may I have some more clue? |
| Patentnonsense | Lie detector skeleton is one example |
| Villagepump | Community water handle |
| Revdel | Banished from view, for short |
| Salt | Roman field treatment |
| Sock | Come in white and red, with x |
| TNT | I'm dynamite! I'm a power load! |
| UAA | IATA United Airlines, extended |
- ^ This was once revealed to me in a dream.