Irish Crosswords and More

Irish crosswords are similar to other crossword puzzles in that they have a square or rectangular grid of black and white squares. The white squares are in rows and columns and are meant to be filled in with answers to the clues provided in the puzzle. The answers may be words or phrases. One letter goes in each white square. An Irish crossword, like other crosswords, is generally not case sensitive. The black squares are used to separate the answers written in the white squares. The clues are numbered, with a corresponding number in a white square indicating where to enter the answer, starting with that square. Answers in Irish crosswords and other crosswords may be horizontal, going left to right, or vertical, going top to down. Crosswords use across and down to describe these answers. The across clues are listed first in numerical order and then the down clues. A clue in an Irish crossword might refer to an Irish playwright such as Samuel Beckett. The clue could be something like “Author of “Waiting for Godot.” The answer would probably just be the last name – Beckett. Or the clue in an Irish crossword give some of the name and ask you to come up with the rest of the name. For example, the answer to “Nobel Prize winner Heaney” would be “Seamus.” Similarly, Irish crosswords could include clues such as “Actor Farrell,” for which the answer would be “Colin.” An Irish crossword meant to be easily solved could have the clue “U2 singer.” Most people would not even need to see that the answer was four letters long to know that it was “Bono.” The creating of Irish crosswords and other crosswords is called cruciverbalism among those that do so, who are referred to as cruciverbalists,. This word comes from the Latin for cross and word. Non-cruciverbalists rarely use them, prefer to call the people who create crosswords crossword creators constructors. Creators of Irish crosswords may be called setters or compilers, since these terms are more commonly used outside of the U.S. IrishCentral features an Irish crossword in the pub section, located under Games. Soduku is also featured.

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