Results: Stress Relief, Verbal Improvements, Memory Enchancer And Social Stimulant All Packed Into The Simple (And Not So Simple) Crossword Puzzle
Published on 01/02/2019
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Crossword puzzles have been around since the early 1900's, and originated in England. The first known published crossword puzzle was created by a journalist named Arthur Wynne from Liverpool, and he is usually credited as the inventor of the popular word game. It appeared in a Sunday newspaper, the New York World on December 21, 1913. Maybe the most famous crossword puzzle in American history, was published in the New York Times, on the morning of Election Day in 1996. The clue for the two central entries read "Lead story in tomorrow's newspaper". The correct answer could read either CLINTON ELECTED or BOB DOLE ELECTED. Whether you like them easy or hard, the health benefits of them are evident, and lately physicians are touting them as a useful tool to keeping the mind active and young. Do you enjoy doing crossword puzzles?
Yes
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No
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Sometimes
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Have actually never attempted one
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If you enjoy doing crossword puzzles, do you do them for any of these health benefits or just for fun?
Just for fun
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Crossword Puzzles Improve Your Mood. There's something very satisfying about completing a crossword puzzle.
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They Lower Your Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer's
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They Reduce Stress.
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They Enhance Your Verbal Skills
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They Make a Great Social Activity.
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I do them for all the above reasons
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Do not do crossword puzzles
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Other (please specify)
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Those who enjoy crosswords see patterns in the questions and answers. If you enjoy crosswords, or even if you just enjoy trivia, here are the ten hardest crossword clues (and corresponding answers will follow in the next "question" for those who want to know) ever published. (Source: Flickr Creative Commons) How many of these words do you think you could get from these clues (be honest!)?
Clue: Nurse, e.g. (5 letters)
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Clue: Strips in a club (5 letters)
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Clue: Leaning column? (9 letters)
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Clue: Flower of South America (6 letters)
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Clue: Sicily smoker (4 letters)
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Clue: Rubber from the Middle East (7 letters)
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Clue: Place for sweaters with no shirts? (5 letters)
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Clue: Kicks under? (10 letters)
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Clue: Pandora's domain (13 letters)
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Clue: Strips in geography class (6 letters)
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I feel I could get all of them
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I can not get any of these
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Did not even try -- crosswords are not my thing
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And here are the correct answers to the above clues. How many did you get correct (again, please be honest -- no one will know but you)?
Answer: Sip on -- Explanation: "Nurse" in the clue refers to breastfeeding.
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Answer: Bacon -- Explanation: The "club" in the clue refers to the type of sandwich.
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Answer: Op-Ed Piece -- Explanation: The "column" refers to a column in a newspaper.
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Answer: Amazon -- Explanation: "Flower" refers to something that flows — in this case, the Amazon river.
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Answer: Etna -- Explanation: In this clue, "smoker" refers to a volcano — and the volcano in Sicily is Mount Etna.
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Answer: Aladdin -- Explanation: "Rubber" in this clue means "one who rubs." Aladdin is from the Middle East and he rubs a genie's lamp.
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Answer: Sauna -- Explanation: "Sweaters" in this clue refers to people who are sweating.
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Answer: Rubber sole -- Explanation: A colloquial term for shoes is "kicks," so this clue refers to the underside of a shoe.
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Answer: Internet radio -- Explanation: Many people immediately think of Pandora in the Greek myth, but this clue actually refers to the internet music streaming service.
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Answer: Isthmi -- Explanation: The "strips" in this clue refer to narrow strips of land across bodies of water, which are known singularly as an isthmus. The plural is isthmi.
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I got all of them right!
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None right
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Did not even attempt, so this is N/A
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