A crossword is a word puzzle that normally takes the form of a square or a rectangular grid of white and black shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to the answers. In languages that are written left-to-right, the answer words and phrases are placed in the grid from left to right and from top to bottom. The shaded squares are used to separate the words or phrases.
Crossword grids such as those appearing in most North American newspapers and magazines feature solid areas of white squares. Every letter is checked, and usually each answer is required to contain at least three letters. In such puzzles shaded squares are traditionally limited to about one-sixth of the design. Crossword grids elsewhere, such as in Britain, South Africa, India and Australia, have a lattice-like structure, with a higher percentage of shaded squares, leaving up to half the letters in an answer unchecked. For example, if the top row has an answer running all the way across, there will be no across answers in the second row.
Another tradition in puzzle design (in North America, India, and Britain particularly) is that the grid should have 180-degree rotational (also known as "radial") symmetry, so that its pattern appears the same if the paper is turned upside down. Most puzzle designs also require that all white cells be orthogonally contiguous (that is, connected in one mass through shared sides, to form a single polyomino).
The design of Japanese crossword grids often follows two additional rules: that shaded cells may not share a side (i.e., that they may not be orthogonally contiguous) and that the corner squares must be white.
Superlite 1500 Series - Crossword 2 is a crossword game that features more than 200 different crossword puzzles with different difficulty levels.
Manufacturer's description:
2nd series with the theme based on vertical and horizontal familiar puzzle "crossword" going to put words to the tips. Enjoy a wide range from beginner to advanced, has recorded 200 Dai of the hearty, the problem is new work of newly written all Nikoli Company. Character input with a simple method of operation is also easy, detailed set of sound and graphics is also possible.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Crossword theme.
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