Crossword
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A crossword is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares with numbers on the corners, into which solvers enter words or phrases crossing each other horizontally and vertically accord
A 1925 Punch cartoon about "The Cross-Word Mania". A person phones a doctor in the middle of the night, asking for "the name of a bodily disorder of seven letters, of which the second letter must be 'N'".
Finalists competing in a crossword competition in New York City in 2019
Swedish-style
Barred grid where bold bars are used instead of shaded blocks to separate the words
Cryptic crossword
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A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, as well as Ireland, the Netherl
Crossword
…resemble their modern form were popularized by the New York World in the 1910s. Many variants of crosswords are popular around the world, including cryptic crosswords and many language-specific variants. Crossword construction in modern times usually involves the use of software. Constructors choose a theme (except…
Hebrew cryptic crossword