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Jul. 27th, 2006 at 8:24 PM

Okay, group. I need your help!

What do you call those puzzles that sort of look like a crossword, except that there are no numbers in the grid. You have a list of words divided up by length (3 letters, 4 letters, etc.) and you have to fiure out where they all fit into the grid.

I love those puzzles, but can't for the life of me think what they're called.

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grrlpup

Jul. 28th, 2006 03:30 am (UTC)

Acrostics?

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(Anonymous)

Jul. 28th, 2006 03:55 am (UTC)

Nope, those are the ones where you have a big grid across the top and each square has both a number AND a letter in it. You use the clues to fill in the blanks, and then reconstruct the words you've filled in into another thing.

That was my first thought, too.

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hobbitblue

Jul. 28th, 2006 10:53 am (UTC)

I thought those were double acrostics?

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wordweaverlynn

Jul. 28th, 2006 03:55 pm (UTC)

They are. An acrostic is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word.

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hobbitblue

Jul. 29th, 2006 10:01 pm (UTC)

Being an amazingly helpful person, I actually made time to look in a puzzle book in a shop today, and they called them Kriss Kross... whether that's what everybody calls them I dunno but that seems to be the British name.

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junglemonkee

Jul. 30th, 2006 02:49 am (UTC)

YOU GENIUS, YOU! I fall at your feet in gratitude. And while I'm on the floor here, I tidy up a bit and do a little dusting.

Thanks!!

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