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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 528781" data-attributes="member: 11476">Crossword Puzzles
 The first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913 in an American paper called &quot;World.&quot; It was devised by its editor Arthur Wynne. It was of 32 words and diamond shaped. There were no black boxes in the puzzle.Some 30,000,000 Americans slave over crosswords in newspaper, journals, and paperback books.&nbsp;The hardest crossword puzzles according to experts appear in two British papers: &quot;The London Times&quot; and &quot;Observer.&quot; Only few readers can complete these and it takes them 2 to 3 hours. The record time for completing a &quot;Times&quot; puzzle was an incredible 3 minutes and 45 seconds by a British diplomat named Roy Dean in 1970.&nbsp;The largest crossword puzzle ever published had 2631 clues across and 2922 clues down. It took up 16 sq. feet of space.&nbsp;The strangest crossword ever made was by a British writer Max Beerbohm in 1940. He called it the &quot;Impossible Crossword&quot; and issued warning to puzzlers so they do not go crazy trying to solve it, as the clues were nonsensical and the answers didn&#039;t exist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 528781, member: 11476"] [CENTER][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=purple]Crossword Puzzles[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=#800080][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/CENTER] The first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913 in an American paper called "World." It was devised by its editor Arthur Wynne. It was of 32 words and diamond shaped. There were no black boxes in the puzzle. Some 30,000,000 Americans slave over crosswords in newspaper, journals, and paperback books. The hardest crossword puzzles according to experts appear in two British papers: "The London Times" and "Observer." Only few readers can complete these and it takes them 2 to 3 hours. The record time for completing a "Times" puzzle was an incredible 3 minutes and 45 seconds by a British diplomat named Roy Dean in 1970. The largest crossword puzzle ever published had 2631 clues across and 2922 clues down. It took up 16 sq. feet of space. The strangest crossword ever made was by a British writer Max Beerbohm in 1940. He called it the "Impossible Crossword" and issued warning to puzzlers so they do not go crazy trying to solve it, as the clues were nonsensical and the answers didn't exist. [/QUOTE]

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