{"title":"Counting Clues in Crosswords","authors":"Kevin Ferland","doi":"10.2478/rmm-2020-0001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n We consider different ways to count the number of clues in American-style crossword puzzle grids. One yields a basic parity result for symmetric square grids. Another works efficiently even for non-symmetric grids that are already numbered. We further discuss the upper limit on the number of clues in a crossword puzzle with no 2-letter answers, and open questions are given. As a bonus, a mathematically-themed crossword puzzle is included!","PeriodicalId":120489,"journal":{"name":"Recreational Mathematics Magazine","volume":"23 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Recreational Mathematics Magazine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rmm-2020-0001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We consider different ways to count the number of clues in American-style crossword puzzle grids. One yields a basic parity result for symmetric square grids. Another works efficiently even for non-symmetric grids that are already numbered. We further discuss the upper limit on the number of clues in a crossword puzzle with no 2-letter answers, and open questions are given. As a bonus, a mathematically-themed crossword puzzle is included!
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