Now the unfortunate part of it is that the section is completed there are no moreĬlues, and if one does not know what the humorous figure of speech is and what theīritish provincialism is, there is no way of discovering them aside from the use ofĭeduction. Vessel” and “Body of cavalry.” When these words are solved one finds: Of games,” “Self,” “Means of sustenance,” and “Surface of fibres” Vertical, “Drinking The definitions surrounding this precious pair are as follows: Horizontal, “Series Word puzzle and a constructional weakness which may lead to non-solution. Juxtaposition they illustrate at once the vocabulary-building feature of the cross Provincial form of “Vexation” and “Humorous figure of speech” fortunately come in Of new words by the process of building them, though entirely ignorant of their actual
It is here that one of the greatest charms of the crossword puzzle lies: the discovery Without the assistance of the linked horizontals or verticals? Is the solver prepared to state that he can fill the spaces represented by those words Which the above corner belongs may be found such definitions as “Vexation (Provincialīritish),” “Humorous figure of speech,” “One-sided headaches” and “Droning dung-beetles.” There are other definitions which are not so simple as “product of coal or pine.” In the far reaches of the puzzle to But trouble waits just around the corner. Is “Indefinite number.” Well, A-Y cannot be anything but ANY-and there is the cornerĬomplete, with three clues to the words in other sections. “Lowest form of life,” eh? AMEBA goes down. RE staring him in the face he would be dull indeed who did not write ERE. “A cinch!” reflects the solver, and joyously writes ENEMY inġ8 horizontal, defined as “Opponent.” 3 vertical is defined as “Before,” and with The definition is “gustated,” and the word is of three letters. He turns to 1 vertical, the second letter of which is the first of 12 horizontal-T. A moment of thought and MANNA appears as the only possible 2 Vertical is defined as “Divine Nourishment.” It links with Long-“product of coal or pine.” Triumphantly the solver writes TAR in the spaces and The space following the figure up to the next black square. Thus 1 horizontal means a word that will fill Refer to the definitions in the system of numbering used in this book, the first Gelett Burgess, published in the Sunday World Magazine.Ĭonsider the solver as he faces his problem. No better illustration could be used than a recent brilliantĬonstruction of Mr. Is the thrill of triumph as the right word is found, fitted, and its attendant branchesĪnd roots spring into being. Satisfactorily fill a space and give clues to others that we know not of and there In all of us there is the tantalizing elusiveness of the one little word that will Is the challenge of the definitions, titillating the combative ganglion that lurks Neat black and white squares, like a floor in a cathedral or a hotel bathroom there There is the pure esthetic stimulation of looking at the pattern with its
Solving a cross word puzzle offers numerous enjoyments of which the uninitiated are The procedure of doing the puzzles myself on the page proof-sort of trying it on the There, with my left hand reposing on a dictionary and my right raised in air, I tookĪn oath to edit the cross words to the essence of perfection. Wrong, hideously warped definitions, words not to be found inside of any known dictionary,įoreign words-very foreign -and words that had no right to be dragged out of their native obscurity. I began by trying to do one the next Sunday, and thus experienced the throes of acuteĪgony that come to all solvers of puzzles on discovering definitions left out, numbers Well, to make a long story short, in order to avoid the moronishįeeling that usually followed such a lecture, I decided to reform and find out what Words, he formed the atrocious habit of stalking in every Monday morning bright andĮarly (about eleven o’clock) to point out to me in sarcastic tones just what was wrong When he discovered that I was responsible for the cross I must admit that the dawning of conscience began with the arrival of F.P.A., whoĬame to work in the next room. They were evidently from cranks and couldn’t be avoided. The letters of anathema and condemnation that came in by the dozens had small effect
At that time, I had never taken the trouble to do a puzzle and In deciding what puzzle would be run was limited to picking out a good-looking oneįrom among the bunch and sending it upstairs to be set. When I was first made unwilling Cross Word Puzzle Editor some two years ago, the procedure
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