Alison H. (USA: WA) (2019/12/16): BOOK DESCRIPTION: "Do you know who made the first modern crossword? Where to find the world's most challenging puzzles? What famous newspaper was the last to give in to the crossword craze that swept the nation? Where crosswords were widespread in the ancient world? What queen of England was rumored to have invented a double crostic? How crosswords proliferated?
You are about to discover a host of fascinating facts and a collection of mind-bending puzzles in this history of the crossword and the people who created it...."
