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If you enter the phrase ‘public speaking’ replies are: But, the New York Times instead wants you to buy an annual subscription for $40.Ĭan you get online help for doing puzzles? Online you can play both Regular and Master level puzzles at USA Today.

Yes, you can from the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. Their competitor The Globe has a Big X 29 claimed to be ‘America’s Biggest Crossword.’

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Unscramble the letters in the pink squares to spell the name of an actress (or actor, or TV personality, etc.)” “Blue squares contain vowels, sometimes including Y. The National Enquirer has both a 21-square regular puzzle and a ColorCross where:

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My local free tabloid, the Boise Weekly, includes a New York Times puzzle. Examples are the Sunday Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, and the New York Times Magazine. In Sunday papers or weeklies a 21-square grid is typical. Examples are: Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. In daily newspapers a 15-square grid is typical. What are typical grid sizes for crossword puzzles in the United States? Yes, the documentary Wordplay appeared in 2006. None existed, so Simon decided to have one created. Back in January Simon’s aunt Wixie had asked him where she could get a book of Cross-Words for a niece. The Cross Word Puzzle Book was published by Simon and Schuster on April 18, 1924, and it came with an attached pencil. When did the first book of crossword puzzles appear? Wikipedia spells it D’oh! There was a Simpsons episode titled Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words that aired on November 16, 2008. That would be DOH, for which the clue is 10-18 The fibre of the gomuti palm. What word in it is often considered to have only come much later as Homer’s catchphrase in The Simpsons TV show? There were single letters R, M, W, and D at the corners.

As shown above, it was shaped like a diamond, 13 squares wide and high. It was created by Arthur Wynne and was in the Christmas edition of the New York World, on December 21, 1913. When and where did the first crossword puzzle appear?

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