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Article: Some of my favorite squares.
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- Word Ways
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Jeremiah Farrell. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Word squares have been around for centuries. I have constructed a few over the years, and admired the efforts of others too. Here are some of my all-time favorite squares, ranging from a joky little 1-by-1 up to a 12-by-12 attempt. Unattributed examples were devised manually by myself.
One-, Two-, Three-Squares
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The first square appears as the 'Mammoth Crossword" (it takes up the whole page!) in a 1970 issue of the Victoria University (New Zealand) magazine Cappicade. The clues are:
Across 1. First letter of the alphabet.
Down 1. Indefinite article.
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