unch

An unchecked square: one that is part of only one entry (i.e., across or down, but not both).

Adjective

  1. Abbreviation of unchanged (“of a stock price: having closed at the same price at which it opened”).

Origin

Clipping of unchanged.

Noun

  1. An unchecked square: one that is part of only one entry (i.e., across or down, but not both).
    • The Sympathy Crossword Grid Editor supports: ... o flagging of lights outside a configurable unch range - 1994 September 24, Ross Beresford <[email protected]>, “symp10.zip - Crossword Grid Editor for MS Windows...
    • From 1933 onwards the grids were standard grids. Then, for some reason, there was a blip in the late 1940s, a couple of the grids from that era had double unches and double checking. - 2005 November 17, Colin Blackburn...
    • The bars and multitude of black squares are common in British puzzles because they allow unchecked letters (called unches)—or letters that don't need to cross with another answer.... There are rules regarding the...

Origin

Clipping of unchecked square.

Forms

unches