Directory:Punzhu Puzzles/Crosswords
| Punzhu Puzzles | |
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| Slogan | The Puzzle People Place |
|---|---|
| Type | [[Company_Type:=Private|Private]] |
| Founded | [[Year_Started:=1931|1931]] |
| Headquarters | [[Country_Name:=Canada|Canada]] |
| Key people | Ted Summerfield, Publisher |
| Industry | Internet Publishing Magazine Publishing [[NAICS_Code3_Title:=Scientific and Technical Consulting Services|Consulting]] |
| Products | Punzhu publishes puzzles and games for use by companies, individuals, educators, libraries, and non-profits. Punzhu creates custom puzzles for business, educators, other publishers including newspapers and magazines, or non-profit organizations. Punzhu provides advertising services to clients wishing to reach puzzle enthusiasts around the world through our online web site or our magazines. Punzhu Puzzles creates custom puzzles and games for businesses, educators, and non-profits. |
| Parent | Summerfield’s Limited |
| Contact | Summerfield’s Limited][mailto:publisher@punzhu.com 4) Mail] |
| Reference | NAICS: 516110, 511120,454112 |
Crosswords
An Englishman named Arthur Wynne invented crossword puzzles in 1913. The first crossword puzzles didn't have any black squares and the very first printed and published crossword was diamond shaped.
Crosswords are perfect puzzles for improving your vocabulary and knowledge of words. They are created using a grid, usually square or rectangular, containing black squares to indicate the end or beginning of a word or word sequence, and white squares for letters.
Words in a crossword grid may be written horizontally (Across) or vertically (Down). Numbers are assigned to the horizontal and vertical squares and correspond to the clue definitions provided for that puzzle grid.
To solve a crossword you first read a clue for a word going Across or going Down and then, using that clue, determine the correct word to place in the spaces provided in the grid for that clue.
Example:
Crossword clues may be a synonym, an antonym, a type of thing the solution is, a hint like in 4 Across in example, a partial definition, a cryptic clue, or an anagram to name just a few clue examples.
Crossword variations
Variations on the standard crossword include:
1) a diagramless puzzle in which some or all of the black squares are removed;
2) a diagramless puzzle with anagram clues;
3) a jigsaw style of crossword in which a puzzle is broken into pieces like a jigsaw and you place the pieces back in the correct order to match the solution;
4) a zigzag crossword where a word in the grid bends 90 degrees once or twice and continues onward to the next black square;
5) a pick-one crossword game where the puzzle has two letters in a square and you must pick one to form the correct word in the solution;
6) a code word crossword in which each blank square contains a number corresponding to a letter in the alphabet.
Free crossword puzzles in Adobe PDF format are available from Punzhu Puzzles. You may copy and/or distribute them for one year under our non-commercial copyright licence. Free registration is required to access these and all our other puzzle magazines.
Punzhu has produced commercial crossword puzzles for the automotive industry, adult education and English as a Second Language sectors of education, and governments. For more information on our commercial crosswords contact our sales department.