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alphabetical jigsaw en · NOUN

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1. (qualifier:crosswording) A form of crossword in which clues are not numbered, but instead given in alphabetical order of their solution, and solvers must work out where each answer fits in the grid.
   • Alphabetical Jigsaw II . Prize (for the first five correct solutions opened): Book token, value 12s. 6d. 1952, The Listener:
   • As you say, in addition to double puzzles, we publish alphabetical jigsaws and thematic crosswords from time to time. Obviously though, our puzzle is usually a plain one. 1974, John Perkin, quotee, Games & Puzzles:
   • Graham chooses to appear as Araucaria, after the monkey puzzle tree, and presently creates the 'alphabetical jigsaw' format, where the grid is to be filled with twenty-six answers presented in alphabetical order. 2013 November 7, Alan Connor, Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

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