There is no question that the number of both crossword puzzles and solvers has increased since Arnot made this assertion. He created the biggest puzzle craze that America had ever seen.Īccording to Arnot (1981), today 99% of the world's daily newspapers and 677 Sunday newspapers in the United States carry crossword puzzle, and the number of regular solvers is counted in the millions. The solutions to the puzzles are printed in the next edition, so if you want to make sure you’re getting them right, you probably want a subscription.When Arthur Wynne published the first crossword puzzle in the puzzle page of Sunday s New York World on December 21, 1913, he probably did not realize the instant success the puzzle was to enjoy. If you don’t speak Italian you may be completely baffled by everything except the number puzzles, but the best way to learn is jumping in at the deep end. It’s an unassuming little magazine: small, printed on reasonably robust matt newspaper, and issues weekly. This means it’s a pleasant read where you can concentrate on the puzzles, and not on all the other junk that draws your eye. La Settimana Enigmistica magazine is one of the few magazines of its kind that completely eschews advertising. CurrentĪll magazines sent by 1st Class Mail UK & by Airmail worldwide (bar UK over 750g which may go 2nd Class). This puzzle magazine is great value with several puzzles on each page, is about 50 pages long, and is in Italian throughout.īuy a single copy of LA SETTIMANA ENIGMISTICA or a subscription of your desired length, delivered worldwide. La Settimana Enigmistica is the Italian puzzle magazine, featuring crosswords, variations on crosswords like barred crosswords and diagram-less crosswords, riddles, often in verse, general knowledge quizzes, games, and comics, as well as number based puzzles like Sudoku, and at least one competition every week, as well as a number of strange facts and little stories.
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