EJ For Fun Crossnames

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Stephen Sniderman created this feature. He is professor of English at Youngstown State University, contributing editor to Games magazine and Games World of Puzzles, and author of Language Lovers’ Word Puzzles (Sterling Publishing, 2002) and Stanley Newman Presents Grid Play (Random House, 2003).

Crossnames

Each of the 5 x 5 puzzles contains five famous names, and each 6 x 6 contains six. Your goal is to find all the names in each set of squares.

To do so, choose a column and, picking one letter from each square in order from top to bottom, find a first name that you think belongs to a famous person. Write this name in the appropriately numbered spaces. For example, in Puzzle I the first column (1) yields the name RALPH. Write that name in the spaces next to #1 below the set of squares.

Continue finding first names as long as you wish. At any point you can choose a row and, picking one letter from each square in order from left to right, find a last name. If it matches up with a first name you discovered earlier, write it in those spaces. Each letter in a box is used once and only once, so when you are certain you have found a name, cross out all the letters in it.

For a printer-friendly file with more Crossnames, click on the link below. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file.

Puzzle 1

1	2	3	4	5
D R	A B	J V	G I	H S
A K	E E	L U	L R	E Y
L V	E T	L R	A N	E N
N P	A T	D E	C E	R R
F H	E O	N S	D E	A Y

First Names	Last Names

Puzzle 3

1	2	3	4	5	6
G W	O R	A U	J L	E H	D T
A K	E O	I R	O T	A E	E L
H R	B O	P T	H P	E R	N R
B R	E E	A H	N T	T V	N Y
E M	I R	L U	L N	E E	I R
M N	A T	R T	H Y	I Y	S S

First Names	Last Names

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