![]() ![]() Variants exist, of course, such as the spiral (mentioned above), marching bands, labyrinth, and so forth. This is for standard American-style crosswords. the New York Times and other major newspapers) are square, and are in fact an odd number of squares-15x15 is fairly standard for a daily newspaper crossword. Almost all crosswords that appear in serious fora (e.g. ![]() In particular, American style crosswords have some conventions, among them: 180-degree rotational symmetry (which is mentioned), no two-letter words, no "unches" (an "unch" is an unchecked letter, i.e. There are other aspects of crosswords that ought to be discussed, probably. The preceding unsigned comment was added by PeterBiddlecombe ( talk By all means count the grid-type as variant, but the puzzle type is the same. So are all the ones with circular grids (or other exotic shapes used from time to time). all sorted. :-) Tarquin 01:05, Aug(UTC) In the UK, all the puzzles that use bold gridlines are called crosswords. I'll do an admin move - Tarquin 08:56 (PDT) Smjg 12:26, 18 September 2005 (UTC) Reply īTW, naming policy is for singular, not plurals - so other articles can say "solving a ] puzzle" (for example). But I'm particularly surprised nobody who's worked on this piece so far appears to have heard of the crossnumber (or '"Number Word" as the Daily Mail Weekend used to call it inappropriately). I'll work on it a bit more when I've time. But I see someone's started on a variants section. I wrote a comment to this effect the other day - it must've somehow not got saved. Bth 01:00, Aug(UTC) Just what I was thinking. Perhaps a more general "variants" section is needed. I've also seen circular ones, with clues that go radially and tangentially. contribs) 00:54, AugThen they're not really crosswords, imho, they're a slightly different form of word puzzle.Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarquin ( talk Some crossword grids don't have black squares - instead some gridlines are bold. (very sloppy of me) - Bth 01:53, Aug(UTC) I removed the HTML comment?does that help?-branko -Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.84.199.98 ( talk) 01:24, AugYes, thanks! Could you tell me what browser you're using? (so I can make a sensible sounding bug report) - User:Bth 01:36, Aug(UTC) Internet Explorer 5.0 Win-branko -Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.84.199.98 ( talk) 01:40, AugThanks. (Hope you don't mind that I've used the UK phrase for the main article with cryptogram as a redirect, given that this is the English language Wikipedia.) - Bth branko -Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.84.199.98 ( talk) 00:52, AugDealt with. AndrewWTaylor 15:57, 14 November 2005 (UTC) Reply Oh, also notice that the letter games entry refers to cryptograms as a separate category of puzzle. I don't know off-hand about the Sun and the Mirror. Bth 01:00, Aug(UTC) It depends what you mean by "tabloid", but certainly the Daily Mail and Daily Express have both "quick" and cryptic crosswords. ![]() branko -Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.84.199.98 ( talk) 00:52, AugIn the UK, the 'working class' papers ("tabloids") tend to just have a normal crossword "broadsheets" (the allegedly high-brow ones) have both. Especially the cryptograms of the Volkskrant are very popular, but the Volkskrant is (or rather claims it is) a high-brow news paper-I am not sure if the 'working class' news papers carry a daily cryptogram. They are hugely popular among the puzzle solvers for whom normal cross-words have become too easy. Click the image to the right for full size version.Īs to the popularity of 'cryptics': in the Netherlands these puzzles are called cryptograms. Games Wikipedia:WikiProject Games Template:WikiProject Games Games articlesĪ fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on December 21, 2004, December 21, 2005, and December 21, 2006.Ĭrossword was featured in a WikiWorld cartoon. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Games, a project which is currently considered to be inactive. This article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. Vital articles Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital articles Template:Vital article vital articles Crossword has been listed as a level-4 vital article in Life. ![]()
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