Sentence examples for solving the crossword from inspiring English sources

WEDNESDAY'S PUZZLE — Have you ever had the creepy feeling that someone is watching you while you're solving the crossword puzzle?

A little before 9, Reeder began his morning ritual: solving the crossword puzzle in The Daily Oklahoman.

SAG HARBOR - WHEN Anthony Shaffer's "Sleuth" opened on Broadway in 1970, Clive Barnes, writing in The New York Times, called it "as clever as a wagonload of monkeys solving the crossword puzzle of The Times of London and as intricate as the Hampton Court Maze".

The crossword is a great thing to do with the flatmates, as it keeps your brain active and working together makes solving the crossword easier and more fun.

The object was to solve the crossword, then find a familiar three-word phrase, relating to the puzzle's theme, concealed in the grid.

First, you had to solve the crossword puzzle on paper; then you had to fit the jigsaw pieces together in order to verify your answers.

Quick -- what's a five-letter adjective for someone who solves the crossword puzzle that Parnell Hall has thoughtfully tucked into his latest whodunit, LAST PUZZLE & TESTAMENT (Bantam, $23.95)?

Mrs. Gardner said her husband, after retiring in 1972, loved to solve the crossword puzzles in The Times of London, which are noted for being extremely difficult.

As a teenager I used to buy the Guardian on my way to work and solve the crossword in my lunch break.

You have to remember that there are two types of theme - I've seen the terms "themed" and "thematic" suggested as a way of distinguishing between them, though I prefer to think of puzzles as lightly or heavily themed - depending on whether it's possible to solve the crossword without first solving the theme.

There's a certain amount of loin-girding that goes with solving the Saturday crossword puzzle.