Do languages other than English have crossword puzzles? They usually do. I have done crossword puzzles in some 26 languages, and seen them in a few more. It is a trickier thing to find a (written) language that does not have crossword puzzles (but they say that Chinese isn't high on them).

Wordscapes gives players letters and asks them to fill in a crossword puzzle with those letters.

That said, cryptic crosswords, and puzzles very similar to them, exist in at least Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Hebrew, Italian, German, Dutch, and Finnish.

Substantial variants from the usual forms exist. Two of the common ones are barred crosswords, which use bold lines between squares (instead of shaded squares) to separate answers, and circular designs, with answers entered either radially or in concentric circles.

Easy Spanish Crossword Puzzles offers you an entertaining but effective way of expanding your knowledge of the Spanish language and culture. The crucigramas in this book cover a wide variety of topics that will challenge and help you develop your Spanish-language skills.

There are three major types of crossword puzzles: fill-in, hints, and cryptic. A fill-in crossword puzzle provides a list of words that must be fitted into the given grid. For an extra challenge, try number fill-ins! A hints crossword puzzle provides a list of hints (such as trivia).

crossword puzzle, popular form of word puzzle. A crossword puzzle consists of a diagram, usually rectangular, divided into blank (white) and cancelled (black, shaded, or crosshatched) squares.