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An American-style crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter ...
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. 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, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
September 10, 2007. (2007-09-10) –. May 16, 2008. (2008-05-16) Merv Griffin's Crosswords (also simply called Crosswords) is an American game show based on crossword puzzles. The show was created by its namesake, Merv Griffin, who died shortly after beginning production on the series. Ty Treadway was the host, [2] and Edd Hall was the announcer.
Concentration is an American television game show based on the children's memory game of the same name. It was created by Jack Barry and Dan Enright. Contestants matched prizes hidden behind spaces on a game board, which would then reveal portions of a rebus puzzle underneath for the contestants to solve.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...
Ron, an emergency department doctor and down-on-his-luck divorcee, then tells cameras: "But we're doing the best we can," as Val (Kaliko Kauahi) struggles to pull the massive cross onto the ...
Robyn Brown's eldest daughters are opening up about feeling ostracized by their family.. On the Sunday, Sept. 22 episode of Sister Wives, Robyn and Kody Brown's daughters Aurora and Breanna sat ...
Crosaire. John Derek Crozier (12 November 1917 – 3 April 2010), under the pseudonym " Crosaire " (Irish pronunciation: ['kɾˠɔsəɾʲə] [2]), was the compiler of the cryptic crossword in The Irish Times from its inception in 1943 until the year after his death. [1] It was formally named "The Irish Times Crossword", as opposed to the non ...