2006-08-16 16:37:43 · 8 answers · asked by Yano 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
we both just learned a new word.
apparently it refers to printing.. if 9=em, then half is ens.
http://www.oneacross.com/cgi-bin/search_word.cgi?w=ENS&c=half%20of%20nine
2006-08-16 16:44:01 · answer #1 · answered by mj 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is one of those clues or type of clues that you need to have worked a lot of crosswords to understand the peculiar language in which they're written. The clue "half of nine" would be more properly written: half of "nine", with the emphasis put on the word nine, the key here being the word (as opposed to the numerical concept), but that would make it too easy. The word "nine" has 4 letters, 2 of which are "n", so "n" makes up 50% of the letters in the word nine. In "crossword-ese", the letter n is spelt "en", there are two of them, so "ens".
2006-08-17 15:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word "nine" has 2 "n"s in it. In crossword it would be spelled by the sound "en" Since there are 2 it is "ens"
2006-08-16 16:45:38 · answer #3 · answered by Msgt D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-09 02:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Half of the word nine has n's in it, making the answer "ens." =)
2006-08-16 16:42:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
oh, i get it! look at the word "nine" -- half of the letters in that word are the letter "n", right? so half of the word "nine" are "ens"! get it?
2006-08-16 16:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Half of nine is ens.
The other half ie, that is!
2006-08-16 17:05:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you have spelled something else wrong.
2006-08-16 16:44:10 · answer #8 · answered by suequek 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋