THE WORLD'S FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Created by Arthur Wynne, it first appeared on 21st December 1913 in the FUN section of New York Times and was originally called word-cross puzzle.

Across
2 What this puzzle is
4 What bargain hunters enjoy
6 A written acknowledgement
8 Such and nothing more
9 To cultivate
11 A bird
12 A bar of wood or iron
14 Opposed to less
15 What artists learn to do
16 What this puzzle is
18 Fastened
19 Animal of prey
21 Found on the seashore
22 The close of the day
24 To elude
25 The plural of is

Down
1 To govern
2 Part of your head
3 A fist
4 A talon
5 Part of a ship
6 A daydream
7 Exchanging
8 What we should all be
10 To sink in mud
11 The fibre of the gomuti palm
13 A boy
17 A pigeon
18 One
20 A river in Russia
21 To agree with
23 An aromatic plant

Answer to previous issue's crossword

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