opiate. 1  a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain. 2  any sedative, soporific, or narcotic. 3  anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the feelings. 4  mixed or prepared with opium. 5  inducing sleep; soporific; narcotic. 6  causing dullness or inaction. 7  to subject to an opiate; stupefy.
Each puzzle has one and only one unique solution, and each can be solved using only pure logical deduction-guessing and trial-and-error methods are never required for these puzzles. If you're new to numbergrids, try the smaller puzzles first, then move on to the larger ones.
In such puzzles shaded squares are traditionally limited to about one-sixth of the design. Crossword grids elsewhere, such as in Britain, South Africa, India and Australia, have a lattice-like structure, with a higher percentage of shaded squares, leaving up to half the letters in an answer unchecked.n such puzzles shaded squares are traditionally limited to about one-sixth of the design. Crossword grids elsewhere, such as in Britain, South Africa, India and Australia, have a lattice-like structure, with a higher percentage of shaded squares, leaving up to half the letters in an answer unchecked.