The Complete Crossword Solver

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The New Yorker’s first-ever issue contains the observation that crossword-solvers have swarmed into the subway and L trains. In 1890, another type of crossword puzzle was developed by an Italian, Giuseppe Airoldi. The crossword puzzle included both horizontal and vertical clues, while the puzzle was a simple four-by-four grid with no shaded squares. Washington Post Crossword: Their daily crosswords are free and fun to play. They also have a “Monthly Meta Crossword” that’s themed. Question marks often imply wordplay or puns. Usually, crossword clues are written with no punctuation at all, so if you see a question mark, it implies that the answer won’t be as straightforward as you’d think. Think of puns, wordplay, homonyms, and less-obvious answers.

Will Shortz, the famed crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times, begins his career. The next few decades are sometimes referred to by crossword fans as “the Shortz era.”

The World’s Sunday crossword begins to spread to other newspapers. The Pittsburgh Press publishes their first crosswords this year. WSJ Crossword: The Wall Street Journal’s puzzles are, in their words, “America’s most elegant, adventurous, and addictive crosswords.” They’re frequently themed and can be quite difficult to figure out crossword solutions for. As the crossword puzzle boomed worldwide, it soon found its place among the most popular word games globally. Creative minds from different cultures, both men and women, contributed to its evolution, which resulted in various crossword types of games. Here are a couple of the most well-known types: Cryptic Crosswords The prolific Margaret Farrar is succeeded at The New York Times by Will Weng, who is later succeeded by Eugene T. Maleska. LA Times Crossword: Solution-finding is just as hard with this paper, originally founded in 1881. People frequently ask, “What are the answers to today’s LA Times crossword?”

Fill-in-the-blank questions are typically easiest. Usually, you’ll see a common idiom, phrase, or pop culture reference that’s only missing one section. Keep in mind, though, that non-native English speakers might struggle with this because phrases can be so regional and colloquial; see this list of common idioms if you’re struggling. Despite the fact that female editors have been important to crossword construction for many years, there has been a distinct drop in female crossword editors and constructors in the Shortz era. To combat this, two different projects — Women of Letters and The Inkubator — seek to highlight female crossword creators. Tip: you can use a question mark in the answer field to specify missing letters and word length. For example "AM?RI?A" would find the answer "AMERICA". How to search for crossword answers A puzzle by Jeremiah Farrell published in The New York Times on the day of the U.S. presidential election is a Shrodinger puzzle; 39 Across, “Lead story in tomorrow’s newspaper (!),” can be either BILL CLINTON ELECTED or BOB DOLE ELECTED, and the rest of the puzzle works either way. Start with an easier puzzle, then work your way up. If you’re looking up Monday and Tuesday NYT crosswords’ cheats, don’t discourage yourself by trying a Thursday grid. Easy puzzles are a great place to start, with crosswords later in the week getting progressively harder. Don’t expect to be a wiz at a difficult crossword right off the bat!It can be hard to understand a crossword clue because crossword-writers are absolutely notorious for being cryptic. A good crossword player is typically a master riddle-solver, as one has to really think outside of the box to figure out some of these more difficult hints. Here are a few crossword-solving tips:

Crossword clues can be vague and confusing, so it stands to reason that once in a while, you’d want a little help. WordFinder’s mission has always been to reach out to fellow word gamers and create a judgment-free zone where wanting to find solutions to things like crossword puzzles and word scrambles is nothing to think twice about. Master “crosswordese.” Learn some of the most commonly used crossword answers. See if you can fit any of the “crosswordiest” words, or words not found in everyday speech but often used in crosswords, in your puzzle.Slide the tiles from the edge of the grid into the blank squares to spell out words. Unlike a normal crossword, there are no clues so instead you'll have to use logic to choose between the available letters for each square. Known as cruzadex, the fill-in crossword puzzle features a list of words that are to be placed in the grid, yet, no clues help the player as to their position. This crossword puzzle has a longer word length than the traditional version. Players have to figure out how to correctly integrate all of the crosswords correctly so that the intersections of words are also valid. Diagramless crosswords Matt Gaffney likes to start with the theme and then use a divide-and-conquer approach to create his crosswords. Now you can enjoy a new crossword challenge every day with this giant collection of 100s of original puzzles. Codeword crosswords are similar in appearance to traditional crossword puzzles, having the same grid layout but with no given clues. In this type of crossword puzzle, the alphabet is replaced by numbers. To resolve this puzzle, players need to find out what number each letter has by deciphering the numbers on the grid. Usually, about 2-3 letters have their numerical values displayed. Thematic crosswords

Deletions involve deleting one or two letters to get a different answer. For instance, “mend” minus a letter could be “end” or “men.” Many editors like homophones, which are words that sound like other words but are spelled differently. “Their,” “they’re,” and “there” are homophones. Complete the puzzle based on the clues, and remember that each crossword puzzle usually has a thematic. Analyze the missing letters, try out different syllables, and see which letters fit with the crossing words. Browse crossword answers by letter The book Two Across by Jeff Bartsch tells the story of a romance in which two brainy people communicate their love via clever crosswords.Map out your grid. If you’re using a simple or free crossword-maker, you can move on to creating your list of clues. If you want to create an in-depth, professional-looking crossword, you’ll want to map out your grid first before moving onto the next step. Professional grids are typically in symmetrical squares; The New York Times crosswords are typically 15 squares by 15 squares. USA Today Crossword: Besides free crosswords, USA Today also offers other games, like sudoku and mahjong. During the 19th century in England, crosswords became famous for children as they were printed in puzzle books and other periodicals. However, in 1913, Arthur Wynne, a soon-to-be-famous journalist from Liverpool, published a “word-cross” puzzle in the New York World newspaper.