Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for July 09, 2024

Sometimes you need that divine intervention (or their representative).

There are programs online that can provide that kind of help, such as this one:

Https://Www.wordplays.Com/crossword-solver/bishop’s-headdress

Amanda’s example is the British spelling, we here in the U. S. reverse the last two letters.

Love this. Before the internet, my Dad was the person who knew. Or he knew the person that knew, or he would go to the library and find out. Thanks for a sweet memory.

Alexa knew the answer, but it’s much more fun to test the one who should know best in my book :-)

I used to have a hefty, even in pb, crossword dictionary. It had alphabetical and word length sections. Lost track of it over the years but it would be hopelessly outdated in categories like personalities and slang now.

Phone-a-friend? Or maybe Ping-a-Priest?

LOL!!

and he can only move in a diagonal direction