World’s First Crossword Puzzle

Posted by Alex in Bathroom Reader, Toy & Video Games on March 31, 2008 at 7:46 pm


Here’s the very first crossword puzzle, designed by Arthur Wynne. It appeared in the New York World on December 21, 1913.

2-3.
4-5.
6-7.
10-11.
14-15.
18-19.
22-23.
26-27.
28-29.
30-31.
8-9.
12-13.
16-17.
20-21.
24-25.
10-18.
What bargain hunters enjoy.
A written acknowledgment.
Such and nothing more.
A bird.
Opposed to less.
What this puzzle is.
An animal of prey.
The close of a day.
To elude.
The plural of is.
To cultivate.
A bar of wood or iron.
What artists learn to do.
Fastened.
Found on the seashore.
The fiber of the gomuti palm.
6-22.
4-26.
2-11.
19-28.
F-7.
23.30.
1-32.
33-34.
N-8.
24-31.
3-12.
20-29.
5-27.
9- 25.
13-21.
What we all should be.
A day dream.
A talon.
A pigeon.
Part of your head.
A river in Russia.
To govern.
An aromatic plant.
A fist.
To agree with.
Part of a ship.
One.
Exchanging.
To sink in mud.
A boy.

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10 comments to "World’s First Crossword Puzzle"

  1. ItsSelvo
    March 31st, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Now… lets see if I can solve it…. GOD I suck at tehse things.

  2. chelly
    March 31st, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    Thanks :] fantastic fun! I love crosswords but I’m not very good at them heh :] I got about 2 words wrong at the end of this.

  3. Thespian24601
    April 1st, 2008 at 12:35 am

    The best part is the “FUN” at the top.

  4. Leo F. Swiontek
    April 1st, 2008 at 1:15 am

    Hey!i luv crosswords.Thers’s lots of fun.sometime i solve it compltely but some…. few words remains.It puzzles me lot as well as entertain.

  5. bazik
    April 1st, 2008 at 7:33 am

    i prefer sudoku anyways

  6. luke
    April 1st, 2008 at 7:49 am

    I agree with bazik, I like sudoku better

  7. Wincey
    April 1st, 2008 at 8:55 am

    Crosswords are great — and there are all sorts of strange rules and lore surrounding them. Thanks for the article — and the puzzle!

  8. CheeseDuck
    April 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Crosswords are a waste of time! >:(

  9. adriano518
    April 1st, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    i really dont like cross word puzzles

  10. Curadebt Fees
    March 5th, 2009 at 5:21 am

    I love crosswords and they are great — and there are all sorts of strange rules and lore surrounding them. Thanks for the article — and the puzzle!


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