Kinds of Puzzles Crossword Puzzle a. Definition of Puzzle
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
puzzlers has developed personal styles knows and loved by his fans. These people have set the standard of what to expect from a quality crossword
puzzle.
The world’s first crossword puzzle
Picture 2.1 By Arthur Wynne, December 21, 1913 from The New York World
Here are the clues from the crossword above:
2-3 What bargain hunters enjoy
6-22 What we all should
be 4-5
A written acknowledgement 4-26
A day dream 6-7
Such and nothing more 2-11
A talon 10-11
A bird 19-28
A pigeon 14-15
Opposed to less F-7
Part of your head 18-19
What this puzzle is 23-30
A river on Russia 22-23
An animal of prey 1-32
To govern 26-27
The close of a day 33-34
An aromatic plant 28-29
To elude N-8
A fist 30-31
The plural of is 24-31
To agree with 8-9
To cultivate 3-12
Part of a ship 12-13
A bar of wood or iron 20-29
One 16-17
What artist learn to do 5-27
Exchanging 20-21
Fastened 9-25
To sink in mud 24-25
Found on the seashore 13-21
A boy 10-18
The fibre of the gomuti palm
Today, crossword puzzles game can be found in every major alphabet- based language, all over the world.