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The Cross-Wits is an American television game show. Two contestants, each paired with two celebrities, competed to fill in words in a crossword puzzle. It premiered on December 15, 1975, and lasted for five seasons until its cancellation on September 12, 1980. The show was hosted by Jack Clark, with Jerri Fiala as hostess
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.
An acrostic puzzle published in State Magazine in 1986. An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer.
Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog.
The teams consisted of two players (one celebrity and one contestant), solving words in a crossword puzzle (by virtue of clues), with six words to solve, with a clue word, all of which were clues to a keyword that linked the six answers. Each correct answer kept control and earned one point per letter in the answer plus a chance to solve the ...
A "Daily Double" clue is hidden behind one clue in the Jeopardy! round, and two in Double Jeopardy! [7] The name and inspiration were taken from a horse-racing term. [14] Daily Double clues with a sound or video component are known as "Audio Daily Doubles" or "Video Daily Doubles", respectively.
Two teams, each consisting of a contestant and celebrity competed. The object was for the team to work together and decipher puzzles that are written "in other words" style. For example, "Twice / Speak" translated to "Double Talk", the show's title. The slash represented a break in the puzzle, and each partner had to solve half of the puzzle to ...
People Puzzler is an American television game show hosted by Leah Remini that aired on Game Show Network from January 18, 2021 to November 3, 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The show is inspired by the celebrity and pop-culture themed crosswords in People magazine .