Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The world's first crossword puzzle

TODAY IN HISTORY:  In 1913, the first crossword puzzle appeared in New York World.  Be the first to correctly solve this puzzle, and you can win tickets to the new Mission Impossible movie, Chipwrecked and The War Horse. Type a list of your answers  and email to lenandbrooke@gmail.com
Here are the clues:


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