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What crossword says the simplest answer is often the correct one? ›

Occam's Razor: The simplest explanation is most likely the correct one.

The Ritz London is a 5-star luxury hotel at 150 Piccadilly in London, England. A symbol of high society and luxury, the hotel is one of the world's most prestigious and best known.

A hogshead (abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either imperial or US customary measures, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages, such as wine, ale, or cider.

23 Shoe with lots of holes : CROC.

Occam's razor (also known as the 'law of parsimony') is a philosophical tool for 'shaving off' unlikely explanations. Essentially, when faced with competing explanations for the same phenomenon, the simplest is likely the correct one.

“Occam's razor, or the principle of parsimony, tells us that the simplest, most elegant explanation is usually the one closest to the truth.”

The street was known as Portugal Street in 1692 in honour of Catherine of Braganza, the queen consort of King Charles II but was known as Piccadilly by 1743.

Piccadilly in British English

(ˌpɪkəˈdɪlɪ ) noun. one of the main streets of London, running from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner.

'Circus' in the square's name is actually a Latin word, which means a roundabout at a street junction. Piccadilly Circus has been expanded and reshaped several times since it was first opened, while the centrepiece fountain has stayed the same since it was erected in 1893.

One common theory focuses on the shape of the barrel, which resembles a hog's snout. Another theory revolves around the word's development and progression through different languages. Names for casks in several Teutonic, or Germanic, languages include oxhooft, oxehoved, and oxhufvod.

What is a 9 gallon cask called? ›

The standard size for cask beer is a firkin, meaning forth of a barrel (middle dutch) and contains 9 gallons. The next size is a kilderkin, meaning half a barrel (middle dutch) and contains 18 gallons.

Slaves arduously load hogsheads, or barrels, filled with sugar onto a small boat called a droger to be transported to the larger ships sitting in the English harbor of Saint John's in Antigua.

A Christmas stocking is a long sock which children hang up on Christmas Eve.

The eyelets are the hole the laces go through, and the eyestay is the material that holds the eyelets in place. The top of your shoe is also made up of the quarter, which is the area covering the sides and back of the foot, and the tongue, which plays a very important role.

Although not present in all crossword types, circles are typically placed around letter squares in crosswords to refer to squares that will form part of a theme. After solving the crossword, the circled letters can be combined together to spell a word associated with the theme, or name the theme itself.

Occam's Razor - The Simplest Answer is Usually Correct.

Mondays have the most straightforward clues and Saturday clues are the hardest, or involve the most wordplay. Contrary to popular belief, the Sunday puzzles are midweek difficulty, not the hardest. They're just bigger. A typical Monday clue will be very straightforward and drive you almost directly to the answer.

The crosswords are designed to increase in difficulty throughout the week, with the easiest on Monday and the most difficult on Saturday.

The most famous Schrödinger puzzle, and maybe the most famous crossword puzzle in American history, was published on the morning of Election Day in 1996.