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In 1913, Arthur
Wynne, a British born journalist, created the first crossword puzzle
for an American newspaper called the New York World. It was called a
"word-cross." It was based on a similar, much older game,
played in ancient Pompeii, called Magic Squares or word square. The
word square: "Sator Acrostic" was possibly used during Roman
times as a secret sign to indicate the home or place of a Christian
family or safe house.
The first crossword
puzzles were primarily published for children but developed into an
adult pastime when,
in the 1920s, it was realized that they could sell newspapers. It was
during this time that crossword puzzles attained the familiar appearance
they have today.
Click
here for the answers to this puzzle.
Created by Kenneth J Berniker, MD
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Down
1 Lacking energy
2 Scottish lake
3 ___ Rios (Jamaican resort)
4 Prepare to wear rings
5 ___ Alto
6 Keep ___ (continue, 2 wds)
7 Writer Mario
8 Miscarriage (abbr)
9 KP's pioneering business method
10 Furthermore
11 Body part frequently wiped
13 Actress Yvonne
14 Ike's wife
20 STAT
21 Pull quickly
25 Four-footed TV star (2 wds)
26 Sutured
27 KP practice hallmark
28 Part of a flower
29 "Are you there?"
30 Doe and Eyre
31 Note-taker's aid
33 Pastoral sound
35 Hallucinogen
37 Eat
39 Microbial prefix
42 Classy way to travel
44 Off-Broadway award
47 The mother of all arteries
49 Certain car stereos
52 State of altered consciousness
53 KP region
55 Moe, Larry, and Curly (for instance)
56 Rope precursor
57 Grains that you might feel or sow
58 Opinion
59 Former TPMG leader Bruce
60 35-Down experience
62
Heavy weights (abbr)
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Across
1 Flip-___
5 Venerable cancer test
8 Bridge section
12 Places
13 Bit of info
15 Guthrie
16 Dull pain
17 Doolittle
18 Mrs Kaiser
19 One way to a man's heart
22 Famed short-story writer
23 The South, once (abbr)
24 ___ Camera (movie title, 3 wds)
26 Asparagus pieces
29 Mr Kaiser
31 The "p" in po or pr
32 Beginner at West Point
34 Turkish leader Ataturk
36 Totally amazed
38 Gems
40 C2 structure
41 Satan
43 Finnish architect Alvar
45 Beatty or Rorem
46 Psychologic coping mechanism
48 Facial regions
50 Verne protagonist
51 German one
52 Petechia, for example
54 Doctor who sets you straight
61 Take ___ (get an admission while on call, 2 wds)
63
Administer therapy
64 Hebrew month
65 Biblical destination for San Diego KP members?
66 Intend (2 wds)
67 Large truck
68 Really long times
69 Surgeries or detectives, for short
70 Padlock's partner
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Author
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Kenneth
J Berniker, MD, is a Board-certified Emergency Physician
at the Vallejo Medical Center. He always enjoyed solving crossword
and cryptic puzzles and recently started to create his own.
The challenges in creating the puzzles include: completing the
grid with usable answers and perhaps a theme, generating interesting
clues of suitable difficulty, being error-free in framing questions
and answers, and injecting humor. Have fun, and please send
him your comments. E-mail: kenneth.berniker@kp.org.
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