In most American-style crosswords, the majority of the clues in the puzzle are straight clues, with the remainder being one of the other types described below.
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10 Facts About Crossword puzzle
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Some Crossword puzzle grids contain more than one correct answer for the same set of clues.
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Phrase "cross word Crossword puzzle" was first written in 1862 by Our Young Folks in the United States.
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Airoldi's Crossword puzzle was a four-by-four grid with no shaded squares; it included horizontal and vertical clues.
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The New York Times first Crossword puzzle editor was Margeret Petherbridge Farrar, who was editor from 1942 to 1969.
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Crossword puzzle was succeeded by Will Weng, who was succeeded by Eugene T Maleska.
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In both cases, no two puzzles are alike in construction, and the intent of the puzzle authors is to entertain with novelty, not to establish new variations of the crossword genre.
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Crossword puzzle is one of only four setters to have provided cryptic puzzles to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, the Financial Times and The Independent.
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Crossword puzzle's name was recorded in the Limca Book Of Records in 2015 for creating the highest number of crosswords in any Indian Regional Language.
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Crossword puzzle continued to hold this title through 2016 and 2017.
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