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Title: Stylistic question on cluing fill in the blanks
Post by: huikat on November 07, 2018, 06:42:04 AM

Hi all,

I have always been unsure of the agreed upon stylistic format for fill in the blanks (FITB). For example, I have answer AKITE and clue ["High as ---"]

My answer is technically two words, but would I just enter one dash as I have, versus ["High as --- ---"]

Secondly, are quotation marks appropriate in this?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Stylistic question on cluing fill in the blanks
Post by: mmcbs on November 07, 2018, 07:07:26 AM

Most venues use either __ or ___ (2 or 3 underlines) for FITB - check their puzzles to see which they prefer. Quote marks not appropriate for your example because it's not a title of something or a quote, just an idiomatic phrase.

Title: Re: Stylistic question on cluing fill in the blanks
Post by: huikat on November 07, 2018, 11:41:00 AM

Thanks Mark - will do so.