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The Crossworders' Dictionary & Gazetteer (Part 2)

Almost 1.5 Million Words

By Dave Fisher, About.com

The Crossworders' Dictionary & Gazetteer Will Weiss
The database is divided into two parts; a gazetteer which lists geographic locations and a dictionary which lists words up to 15 letters in length. But it's much better than an ordinary dictionary because it also lists famous names, landmarks, mythological beings, deities, etc. Also, many entries include possible clues taken from actual crosswords. For example, this is the information provided for CARSON:

Famous scout
Kit __'s home: Taos
American frontiersman
Author Rachel Louise __
__'s subject: Sea
__ book: "Silent Spring"
TV host Johnny __
successor: Jay Leno
__ City, Nevada's capital
U.S. Mint site 1870-93
__ predecessor: Jack Paar

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