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Thread #116810   Message #2515577
Posted By: GUEST,guest Genie
15-Dec-08 - 05:44 AM
Thread Name: Crossword Bafflement
Subject: RE: Crossword Bafflement
Trouble with "un ursine" is that "un" isn't a word. At least not in English.
(In French it's an article, but "ursine" being an adjective, you wouldn't say "un ursine."

The "2,6" designation does not denote a hyphenated word, either, so even if you wrote "unursine" as "un-ursine," it wouldn't fit.