Tangram puzzleA traditional Chinese puzzle made of different wooden shapes to build abstract figures In ancient times puzzles were part of everyday life and stories. TheStomachionpuzzle, also calledArchimedes’ Box, was a dissection puzzle with a square divided into 14 pieces. It challenged readers...
Arthur Wynne, credited with the idea, came up with a diamond-shaped grid of interlocking across and down words. A few weeks later the name changed from Word-Cross to Crossword, apparently thanks to a typesetting error. The name caught on and remains to this day. In Britain, Pearson’s ...