Crossword puzzles were more popular than ever, yet there had never been a collection in book form. So they enlisted Petherbridge and two colleagues to compile one: “The Cross Word Puzzle Book.” ...

Happy 100th birthday, crossword puzzle! December 15, 2013 / 9:36 AM EST / CBS News The crossword puzzle celebrates its centennial 05:23 ... Puzzles were part of Catherine's childhood: ...

Keep kids entertained with these free printable birthday activity pages! Includes a word search, crossword, maze, word scramble, and a coloring page. Looking for a fun way to keep kids busy at a ...

Reproduced here is the earliest crossword puzzle in the Globe archives, published in The Sunday Globe of March 4, 1917. Despite its quirky numbering system, it's a close ancestor of today's puzzles.

The crossword celebrates its 100th birthday this week. I had been looking for a book about how the humble puzzle has crept into strange places over the past century - espionage, say, and ...