c. History of Crossword Puzzle Game
What is crossword puzzle game? In this part, the writer tries to explain about it entirely. A crossword puzzle is a game of words where the player is
given a hint and the number of letters. The player then fills in a grid of boxes by finding the right words. Based on Cambridge dictionary, crossword
puzzle is a game which you write words which are the answer to questions in a pattern of black and white squares. From oxforddictionaries.com,
crosswords puzzle is a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to
clues. Meanwhile, based on Webster’s dictionary, crossword puzzle is a puzzle in which words are filled into a pattern of numbered squares in answer
to correspondingly numbered clues and in such a way that the words read across and down.
As stated by Elliot, crossword puzzle game are said to be the most popular and widespread word game in the world, yet have a short history. The first
crosswords appeared in England during the 19
th
century.
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They were of an elementary kind, apparently derived from the word square, a group of words
arranged so letters read alike vertically and horizontally, and printed in
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children’s puzzle books and various periodicals. In the United States, the puzzle developed into a serious adult pastime.
Crossword puzzle was first known published by Liverpool journalist, Arthur Wynne, he is usually credited as the investor of the popular game. On
December 21
st
, 1931, crossword puzzle was appeared in Sunday newspaper, the New York World. Wynne Puzzle see picture 2.1 different from
nowadays crosswords, in that picture, it has diamond shaped and contained no internal black squares. During early 1920’s, other newspaper picked up the
newly discovered pastime and within a decade crossword puzzles were featured in almost all American newspapers. It was in this period crossword
begun to assume their familiar form. Ten years after it rebirth in the States, it crossed the Atlantic and re-conquered Europe.
According the Guinness Book of Records, the first collection of crossword puzzles was published in the USA in 1924. Called The Cross Word Puzzle
Book it was the first publication by a new partnership formed by Dick Simon and Lincoln Schuster. The book, a compilation of crossword puzzles from the
newspaper New York World, was an instant success and helped to establish publishing giant Simon Schuster, who continue to produce crossword books
to this day.
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Meanwhile, the first appearance of a crossword in a British publication was in
Pearson’s Magazine in February 1922, and it the first Times crossword appeared in February 1
st
, 1930. British puzzles quickly develop their own style, being considerably more difficult than the American variety. In
particular the cryptic crossword became established and rapidly gained popularity. The generally considered governing rules for cryptic puzzles were
laid down by A. F. Ritchie and D. S Macnutt. They were gifted with the ability to see words puzzle together in given geometrical patterns and capable
of twisting and turning words into word plays dancing on the wit of human minds, have since constructed millions of puzzles by hand and each of these
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Mary Bellis, The History of Crossword Puzzles, 2010, http:inventors.about.com
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