Saturday, June 3, 2017

puzzle history - The smallest crossword


I heard Martin Gardner in one of his books presented a crossword, which looks like 3x3 square. Could you help me to find it?


Also, have been there a smaller crossword puzzle created?



Answer



I found the book: M.Gardner "Aha. Insight.", p. 153.


Here is the crossword, which was called there "World's smallest crossword":




crossword


The clues are:
Horizontal: 1. Insect 4. To annoy 5. Eavesdropper
Vertical: 1. Stingers 2. To employ 3. Gigi has two
(There are typos in numbers 4 and 5).



Solution:



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