| Text-based communication symbol invented in its modern form by American computer scientist Scott Fahlman in 1982 (8) |
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| A pictorial representation of a facial expression using punctuation marks (8) |
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| One conveys feelings in text * |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Characters making a face? |
Wall Street Journal |
31 May 2025 |
| Say Joy hugs Charlie :-) ? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 May 2025 |
| Typed face to come into the building (8) |
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| Typed expression |
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| Smiley face in an email, eg (8) |
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| Such as semicolon, dash and closing parenthesis come into play |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Aug 2024 |
| It uses keyboard characters to convey the tone of an email or text (8) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Graphic such as a smiley (8) |
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| As far as I'm concerned, around celebrity one may show a frown (8) |
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| Face made of punctuation |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2024 |
| :-), for example |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Type face |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2024 |
| Smiley perhaps one studies after English test |
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| ;-) or :-( |
Commuter |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Conveys facial expression when heavy book is sent over, accompanied by religious picture |
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| Smiley is one |
The Times Concise |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Typical facial expression, as far as I can see, upset one kid (8) |
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| Messaging symbol illustrates feeling when nursing cold |
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| Pictorial representation of a facial expression (8) |
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| E-mail symbol |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Smiley caught in passion |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Twisted expression? |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2023 |
| Once omit weird digital symbol |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Sep 2023 |
| >:O or :-) |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Turned up book I study for characters showing feeling |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Typographical face |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Apr 2023 |
| :-) for example |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Multicharacter face |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Smile or frown icon? |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Oct 2022 |
| I work in retro style, then study modern image |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Jun 2022 |
| Type face? |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2022 |
| Figure whose colon might be part of his face? |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Cyberspace wink, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Way to express feelings — distressed economist has more than one |
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| Way to express feelings — distressed economist has more than one |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Feb 2022 |
| :-I, for example |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jan 2022 |
| Notice rogue secreting second heart, say |
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| Caught cutting ecstasy, say ;-) ? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jul 2021 |
| Expression for your mood |
Newsday |
29 May 2021 |
| One might be smiling, feeling cold inside |
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| Mysterious notice inscribed with second digital symbol |
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| Feeling upon receiving Charlie's messaging symbol |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Mar 2021 |
| :) or :( |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Cyberspace wink, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Dec 2020 |
| ;-) or :-( |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Email staple |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2020 |
| Email staple |
The Washington Post |
21 Nov 2020 |
| Book about one double-cross for Smiley? |
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| Type face? |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2020 |
| It often includes a colon |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2020 |
| It often includes a colon |
The Washington Post |
17 Oct 2020 |
| Representation of a facial expression using keyboard characters |
The Guardian Speedy |
17 May 2020 |
| Poet penning chapter on the end of George Smiley? |
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| Them old books? I study something on the computer! |
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| Smiley's People's last chapter something not still around |
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| Well-punctuated reaction |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2019 |
| Well-punctuated reaction |
The Washington Post |
30 Nov 2019 |
| One book about hoax email content? |
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| Number a hundred I book up for a wink or a kiss, say? |
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| Sideways cyberspace symbol |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2019 |
| Typographical face |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Book about one prisoner's facial expression? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 May 2019 |
| Digital text symbol |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Smiley caught in passion |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Group of characters online having awkward time getting hold of old fiddle |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Mar 2019 |
| See 6-Down |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Typographical face |
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| See 6-Down |
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| One might have a wink or a smile |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2018 |
| One often includes a colon |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2018 |
| One often includes a colon |
The Washington Post |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Economist planned to ignore small figure on screen |
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| Type face? |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Email symbol |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2018 |
| Email adornment |
The Washington Post |
10 Aug 2018 |
| Email adornment |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2018 |
| One might have a wink or a smile |
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| Type face? |
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| Email adornment |
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| One often includes a colon |
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| :-) or :-( |
USA Today |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Electronic proposal includes constant smiley face perhaps |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Nov 2017 |
| Something that's had its head turned? |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2017 |
| Graphical symbol often loosely referred to as a smiley |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Symbolic attitude? |
The Washington Post |
30 Sep 2017 |
| Symbolic attitude? |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2017 |
| ;-) or :-( |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2017 |
| Expressive characters boosted bestselling book perhaps after chapter inserted |
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| Space connected to ears, relating to non-verbal communication |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Revolutionary book leading study involving current symbol of modern communication |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 May 2017 |
| Facial gesture is, to me, fraudulent trickster's confession |
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| Facial expression created by characters in electronic message |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Mar 2017 |
| Keystrokes simulating a face, often |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Returned volume I am studying that graphically conveys feeling |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jan 2017 |
| Something that's had its head turned? |
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| :-) or :-( |
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| ;-) or :-( |
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| Symbolic attitude? |
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| Keystrokes simulating a face, often |
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| State of mind passed around cellphones primarily |
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| One big book about prisoner that expresses personal feeling |
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| Small show of one's feelings |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2016 |
| Computerised image I study on book, moving backwards |
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| Take up book by one criminal with a smiley face |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Small show of one's feelings |
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| Sideways face, often |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Nov 2015 |
| ;-), for one |
Universal |
13 Oct 2015 |
| Cue for the tenor, perhaps |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2015 |
| Proposal to include chapter on John Le Carré's central character, Smiley? |
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| Come into building sporting a smile or a frown |
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| Smiley in an email, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Mar 2015 |
| 'Watch your ___, young man!' |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2015 |
| Text clarifier |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2015 |
| Cue for the tenor, perhaps |
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| Sideways face, often |
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| Text clarifier |
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| ;-), for one |
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| Means of communication using dots and dashes |
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| :-), e.g. |
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| Sideways look? |
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| Symbolic attitude? |
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| Punctuated expression |
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| :D or X_X |
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| Twisted expression? |
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| Cyberface |
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| :-( is one |
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| Cyberface |
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| :-( is one |
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| Come on it changes, eg :0) |
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| Way to show approval |
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| :D, e.g. |
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| :-<, e.g. |
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| Virtual face |
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| It may involve the colon |
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| Somewhat parenthetical comment? |
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| <3, for example |
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| It often includes a colon |
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| It often includes a colon |
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| E-mail symbol |
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| :), for example |
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| :-), e.g. |
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| Face with a hyphen for a nose, say |
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| Virtual face |
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| Face with a hyphen for a nose, say |
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| :-), e.g. |
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| Creation using punctuation |
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| ;-), for one |
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| :-@ is one |
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| Face sideways? |
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| E-mail attachment? |
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| Sideways symbol in cyberspace |
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| Cyberspace wink, e.g. |
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| Cyberspace wink, e.g. |
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| :-) is one |
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| :-) is one |
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| E-mail symbol |
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| Smile in an e-mail, say |
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| ;-) is one |
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| :-) or :-( |
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| Smile in an e-mail, say |
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| Symbol like :-) or :-( |
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