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The great public following goes to the Cross Word Puzzle, which is an
expanded word form in which, commonly, only dictionary words are
allowed. It is this simplicity of words, together with its larger and
more elaborate construction, that makes it irresistible to the casual
puzzler. A cross word square, or other geometric figure, is a logical
modern development of the ancient word square. The insertion of black
spaces permits it to be made of any size and gives an interesting
variety of inner construction.
The cross word puzzle began its career only a few decades back. It was
run for many years in the Sunday Magazine of the New York World and has
held a considerable and steady group of followers. Recently it has come
into a sudden great vogue and is being printed by many newspapers and
magazines throughout the country. Cross word puzzles are now published
for the first time in book form.