Double Crostic
| No. of Players: | 2 |
| Type of Game: | written |
| What you need: | pen and paper |
Goal
To solve clues leading to words whose letters are rearranged in a grid to form a quote.
How to play
In this game, one player prepares in advance a double crostic for the other player to solve. Double crostics are puzzles in which players think of words that solve a series of clues. The letters in these answer words are then transferred to a grid which rearranges them to form a quotation or other famous sentence, phrase or title. In addition, the initial letters of the answer words can be read down to form the name of the author of the quotation.
Example
Alice prepares a double crostic for Benjamin to solve. After working on it for a few minutes, the puzzle looks like this:
Solution:
The answer to the last clue is DYE, the full quote is "Whatever you do, do it well," and the author of the quote is Walt D (as in Walt Disney).
Did you know?
Ticks are not insects. They are actually arachnids, meaning they are more closely related to spiders, scorpions and mites. And like many arachids, they attach themselves to a host to extract the blood they require for sustenance.
While some of the 900 known tick species carry potentially fatal diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, it is important to note that most tick-borne diseases are only successfully transmitted after many hours of feeding.
So it's extremely important to remove these mini-vampires as soon as you find them on yourself, or your dog or cat.
In case you're wondering, the images under the title of this word game form a rebus puzzle:
DOUBLE + CROSS + TICK = DOUBLE CROSTIC
