Crosswords Puzzles

The word puzzle called Crossword has been an important part of most of the News Papers and Magazines all over the world. Solving a crossword puzzle daily is seen as an exercise of vocabulary and the brain. People who are trying to master a particular language must seek to solve crossword puzzles everyday.

As per definition, a Crossword is a word puzzle that usually takes a square or a rectangular shape forming a grid of black and white boxes which are interlinked with each other. Every word leads to another word formation. Hints to the desired word are given below the puzzle. The squares on which words would begin are numbered and these numbers are the leads to the hints of the words. The white cells have to be filed by words and the black cells have nothing to do with in a crossword. They simply separate the desired answer with others. Answers are filled across and down. And any letter of the words filled will lead to another word either across or down. Crosswords can be easy to more difficult categorized into quick and cryptic clued.

Crossword puzzles have had their own set of glorious past. The most significant incident related to crosswords is the series of crossword puzzles that appeared in 1944 in The Daily Telegraph. The crosswords provided hints of the Operation Overlord which was secretly being organized by the Allied forces against Germany. The puzzle contained hints to all the secret locations that were related to the planned attacks. When interrogated, the creator of the Crossword, a school teacher, it was found that the hints were just coincidence and he knew nothing about the Operation Overlord.

Solving a crossword helps improve the brain cells, vocabulary and memory of a person. It is seen as an exercise of the brain. So pick up a News paper and start solving one now.

Linus Orakles
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