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Crosswords
Puzzles 11–100
★ You can find the first 10 crosswords, plus thousands of other puzzles, on the main page ★
Note: Most of these puzzles have 13×13 grids. The puzzles with larger 19×19 grids are marked with an asterisk*
Crossword 11 Crossword 12 Crossword 13 Crossword 14 Crossword 15
The First Crossword Was Diamond-Shaped
The very first modern crossword puzzle appeared in the New York World newspaper on December 21, 1913. Its creator, journalist Arthur Wynne, called it a "Word-Cross." Unlike today's familiar square grids, his original puzzle was shaped like a diamond and contained no black squares!
We have three versions of the world's first crossword puzzle if you want to try solving it.
Crossword 16 Crossword 17 Crossword 18 Crossword 19 Crossword 20
Crossword 21 Crossword 22 Crossword 23 Crossword 24 Crossword 25
Crossword 26 Crossword 27 Crossword 28 Crossword 29 Crossword 30
Warm-up Puzzle
Can you complete these two words, which differ by a single letter, using the same letters in the same order? (answer below)
Crossword 31 Crossword 32 Crossword 33 Crossword 34 Crossword 35
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Crossword Puzzles Were Once A National Craze
When crossword puzzles first became popular in the 1920s, they were an overnight sensation. In 1924, the first crossword puzzle book was published, selling more than a million copies. Interestingly, the New York Times didn't publish its first crossword until 1942, nearly three decades after the puzzle was invented!
Crossword 41* Crossword 42 Crossword 43 Crossword 44* Crossword 45
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Warm-up Puzzle #2
We call these warm-up puzzles Even Stevens. They're basically extremely short crossword puzzles — minus the grid.
Crossword 51 Crossword 52 Crossword 53* Crossword 54 Crossword 55
Crossword 56* Crossword 57 Crossword 58 Crossword 59 Crossword 60
Every Crossing Letter Is A Little Hint
One of the cleverest features of a crossword puzzle is that answers work in two directions. A letter belonging to an Across answer also helps complete a Down answer. This means solving one word can provide valuable hints for another, making every correctly filled-in square a potential clue to the rest of the puzzle.
Crossword 61 Crossword 62 Crossword 63 Crossword 64 Crossword 65*
Crossword 66 Crossword 67 Crossword 68 Crossword 69* Crossword 70
Crossword 71 Crossword 72* Crossword 73 Crossword 74 Crossword 75
Warm-up Puzzle #3
If you like our Even Steven puzzles, we have 1,000 more! Print them off in handy booklets, or solve them online.
Crossword 76 Crossword 77 Crossword 78* Crossword 79 Crossword 80
Crossword 81 Crossword 82 Crossword 83 Crossword 84 Crossword 85*
Some Crossword Clues Have Hidden Meanings
Not all crossword clues are straightforward definitions. Cryptic crosswords, especially popular in Britain, use anagrams, puns, hidden words, and clever wordplay to disguise their answers. A seemingly ordinary clue might contain two separate hints, challenging solvers to think beyond the obvious meaning of the words.
Crossword 86* Crossword 87 Crossword 88 Crossword 89 Crossword 90
Crossword 91 Crossword 92 Crossword 93* Crossword 94 Crossword 95
Crossword 96 Crossword 97* Crossword 98 Crossword 99 Crossword 100
Warm-up Puzzle Answers:
DREAM, CREAM
BADLY, MADLY
NICKLE, PICKLE
