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bigphil101 | 10:59 Thu 30th Sep 2010 | Crosswords
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HI all,
Long time since I've been on 'the bank'..
Can anyone enlighten me as to why 'EN' is used as an abbreviation for 'space' in crosswords?
Cheers,
Phil.
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Isn't "en" a printer's measurement? It may be to do with spacing letters I think.
10:59 Thu 30th Sep 2010
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Thanks Squarebear. Yes it is. I 'googled' it and it came up as being a printer's measure of half an 'EM' but I've never seen 'EM' used as an abbreviation for space in a crossword!!
11:03 Thu 30th Sep 2010

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