misprints

English

Noun

misprints

1. plural of misprint
2. (crosswording) A crossword puzzle in which clues or answers have one letter changed.
   • 1982 December 5, “Azed Slip 556”, in The Azed Slip Archive‎:

     A few used TOAST (again with drinking connotations) as misprint for ROAST, failing to spot perhaps that it is itself a passable definition of SWEAL and therefore less effective, if acceptable at all, in a misprints clue.

   • 1985, Times of India Illustrated Weekly:

     Ximenes introduced several new types of crossword including 'Misprints' in which misprints occur in either the clues or the answers; he also started competitions for clue-setting which became very popular among solvers.

   • 2002 April 13, Eric Chalkley, “Apex Speech”, in The Crossword Centre‎:

     I had a go at setting more of his specialised crosswords and then one day I had the luck to hit the jackpot. I set a Misprints puzzle and, when he returned it, Ximenes enclosed a four page letter.

Verb

misprints

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misprint