Sharpen your pencils and your minds, all in one go, on this glorious Crossword Puzzle Day!
First released in a ‘New York World’ newspaper edition on December 21, 1913, the crossword puzzle soon became the pastime of the more astute folk. The modern version of these ancestral puzzles is the invention of Arthur Wynne, a British-born violinist and journalist who emigrated to Pennsylvania when he was 19.
A century down the line, everybody who is moderately confident in their grey cells’ output is scribbling carbon-made capital letters on a piece of crumpled newspaper every morning.
Given the many benefits of stimulating the brain with games and mental challenges, one could be as bold as to say that ‘A crossword puzzle a day keeps Alzheimer’s away’ (all other factors, mainly biological, excluded).
To celebrate Crossword Puzzle Day, do like the cruciverbalists that dish out these mind-boggling challenges and create a crossword puzzle of your own on-line, or enter your national crossword tournament of choice. With varieties including acrostic, arroword, Finish, cipher and diagramless crosswords, there’s no end to the neuron-bending, pencil-blunting fun you can have!
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