Meaning of unch | Babel Free

Definitions

An unchecked square: one that is part of only one entry (i.e., across or down, but not both).

Examples

“The Sympathy Crossword Grid Editor supports: ... o flagging of lights outside a configurable unch range”

“From 1933 onwards the grids were standard grids. Then, for some reason⟳, there was a blip in the late 1940s, a couple of the grids from that era had double⟳ unches and double⟳ checking.”

“The bars and multitude of black squares are common in British puzzles because they allow⟳ unchecked letters (called unches)—or letters that don't need⟳ to cross with another answer⟳.... There are rules regarding the unches, and traditionally every other letter in a solution should be checked with another letter.”

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