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 3 in 1 Series - Crossword-Syuu is a crossword game that is a compilation of SuperLite 1500 Series - Crossword 1 to 3 that features more than 600 different crossword puzzles with different difficulty levels.
Manufacturer's description:
A familiar puzzle game where you put words into vertical and horizontal based on hints. Enter Takana one character at a time on each panel and enter characters on all panels without mistake to clear the stage. The game mode is equipped with a simple answer of "200 from the beginning" and "continuing from the beginning", and "rule explanation" for easy introduction to beginners. Includes problems covered widely from beginner to advanced.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Crossword theme.
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