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Invention of Crossword Puzzle
B11 | Crossword puzzles are the most popular word puzzles in the world. However, their history is ……………………… short. | REAL |
B12 | They were created in the 19th century in England, but the ……………………… of the first published crossword puzzle took place in 1913 in the New York World newspaper. | APPEAR |
B13 | The author of the puzzle was Arthur Wynne, a ……………………… born in Liverpool, England. | JOURNAL |
B14 | Wynne’s crossword puzzle looked much ……………………… from the crosswords used today and had no black squares. | DIFFER |
B15 | At first, only the New York World published such puzzles every week. But in 1924 the first collection of World puzzles was printed in book form and crossword puzzles immediately gained ………………………. | POPULAR |
B16 | A major breakthrough in crossword puzzle development came with the personal computer. Although many computer specialists used to say that it was ……………………… for computer to create a crossword puzzle, software was developed which allows any person to construct their own crossword puzzles. | POSSIBLE |