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Re: Posting a 5x5 crossword every day

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Post by NeoTar » Wed, Sep 04, 2024, 11:46 AM UTC

OskarS wrote: post #23

NeoTar wrote: post #21

Crosswords are one of those interesting things where there is a quite a bit of trans-atlantic difference which is worth taking a brief look at if you aren't familar. To quote Wikipedia: > Crossword grids such as those appearing in most North American newspapers and magazines consist mainly of solid regions of uninterrupted white squares, separated more sparsely by shaded squares. Every letter is "checked" (i.e. is pa…

I grew up with Swedish crosswords, where the clues are written into the "non-letter" cells (the ones that are shaded in an American crossword). There's no separate clue section, it's just all part of the grid. They almost always have some illustration as well, they look really delightful compared to American crosswords, though from a "puzzle" angle they're not always as fun.

I think that might be called an 'Arrow word' in at least some English dialects, if I am getting your description correct in my head...

E.g. see: https://images.app.goo.gl/mErh6pEEnR9Eexpf8

Re: Posting a 5x5 crossword every day

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Post by NeoTar » Wed, Sep 04, 2024, 11:47 AM UTC

arussellsaw wrote: post #24

NeoTar wrote: post #21

Crosswords are one of those interesting things where there is a quite a bit of trans-atlantic difference which is worth taking a brief look at if you aren't familar. To quote Wikipedia: > Crossword grids such as those appearing in most North American newspapers and magazines consist mainly of solid regions of uninterrupted white squares, separated more sparsely by shaded squares. Every letter is "checked" (i.e. is pa…

this is one of my frustrations as a brit, i much prefer the US format, but find that US puzzles contain so many 'Americanisms' that they're much harder than they might otherwise be. Still do the NYT every day though.

I do the NYT mini most days too. I consider solving the Americanisms an additional part of the challenge !

Re: Posting a 5x5 crossword every day

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Post by eb0la » Wed, Sep 04, 2024, 12:47 PM UTC

OskarS wrote: post #23

NeoTar wrote: post #21

Crosswords are one of those interesting things where there is a quite a bit of trans-atlantic difference which is worth taking a brief look at if you aren't familar. To quote Wikipedia: > Crossword grids such as those appearing in most North American newspapers and magazines consist mainly of solid regions of uninterrupted white squares, separated more sparsely by shaded squares. Every letter is "checked" (i.e. is pa…

I grew up with Swedish crosswords, where the clues are written into the "non-letter" cells (the ones that are shaded in an American crossword). There's no separate clue section, it's just all part of the grid. They almost always have some illustration as well, they look really delightful compared to American crosswords, though from a "puzzle" angle they're not always as fun.

In Spain they're called Autodefinidos: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodefinido

Re: Posting a 5x5 crossword every day

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Post by OskarS » Fri, Sep 06, 2024, 7:55 AM UTC

NeoTar wrote: post #31

OskarS wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I grew up with Swedish crosswords, where the clues are written into the "non-letter" cells (the ones that are shaded in an American crossword). There's no separate clue section, it's just all part of the grid. They almost always have some illustration as well, they look really delightful compared to American crosswords, though from a "puzzle" angle they're not always as fun.

I think that might be called an 'Arrow word' in at least some English dialects, if I am getting your description correct in my head... E.g. see: https://images.app.goo.gl/mErh6pEEnR9Eexpf8

Yes, that kind of thing, but with an illustration and usually styled nicer. This is a very typical look (the first crossword i found by googling): https://www.argument.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Korsord-2...