Betty White

I love words. Sudoku I don't get into, I'm not into numbers that much, and there are people who are hooked on that. But crossword puzzles, I just can't - if I get a puppy and I paper train him and I put the - if all of a sudden I'd open the paper and there's a crossword puzzle - 'No, no, you can't go on that, honey. I'll take it.

American Actress

Sherwin B. Nuland

Where nothing in a person's earlier years lends itself to an old age devoted to continuing intellectual and physical pursuits, a late-life interest in Tolstoy or even crossword puzzles is unlikely to appear, no matter the urging by well-intentioned social workers or people like me who write books about it.

American Scientist

Jo Nesbo

For many years, it seemed as if nothing changed in Norway. You could leave the country for three months, travel the world, through coups d'etat, assassinations, famines, massacres and tsunamis, and come home to find that the only new thing in the newspapers was the crossword puzzle.

Norwegian Author

Christian Bale

All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.

Welsh Actor

Jonny Bairstow

I don't like intensely complicated coaching. I prefer to work things out by myself. A gentle hint is all I need, otherwise it's like finishing a crossword after someone has given me the answers.

English Athlete

Harriet Walter

I read, I gossip, I do crosswords. I think chatting with friends is relaxing. I've picked them up all through my life - if you live long enough, you end up with quite a large circle.

English Actress

Samantha Bond

Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.

Magnus Magnusson

I love doing crosswords, it's so important to keep the brain going.

Scottish Journalist

Brian Jacques

I enjoy walking my dog and completing crossword puzzles.

English Writer

Soha Ali Khan

I really love playing badminton and doing crosswords.

Indian Actress

Crosswords cover a wide range of topics; improve vocabulary in different subjects by playing.

Variety of Topics

Some clues may refer to popular culture or events, reflecting the puzzle's creation time.

Cultural References

Crosswords are a fun way to practice English while stimulating your brain.

Active Brain Exercise

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A Rosetta Stone for the...

 where everything clicks into place. Puzzle solvers are junkies for this aha moment -- it feels like a brief high and an instant of pristine clarity. And there's also a deeper fulfillment at play here, which is that humans are innate problem-solvers. That's why we love crosswords and escape rooms

The joyful, perplexing...

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Demystifying quantum...

 You have to figure out the sounds of each of these pictures such that the entire sequence makes sense. So this is just like a crossword puzzle, except that this is the mother of all crossword puzzles because the stakes are so high if you solve it.

Rajesh Rao: Computing a...

 problem and that problem is we're going to figure out a solution to a puzzle and I know most of you in this room have spent your life solving puzzles so this is going to be fun like a crossword puzzle only a little bit more important

The answer to this...

 one is touched the other numbers are hidden and must now be remembered we volunteered Chris the director of this program to demonstrate this test he's a college graduate and a crossword addict but how good is his working memory when

Chimp vs Human! PIPE Memory...

 in the helping-us-remember-better vein, wants to know can diet help us to avoid memory loss and can you, kind of, exercise your neurons into better memory through crossword puzzles or deeper relationships or anything like that?

How Your Memory Works --...

 older brains are actually better than younger brains at a few tasks for example learning subtle patterns outside the focus of attention or solving crossword puzzles which relies on stored knowledge but I'm afraid that younger

DIY - The Age Game PIPE...

 There's a third reason why slow-motion multitasking can help us solve problems. It can provide assistance when we're stuck. This can't happen in an instant. So, imagine that feeling of working on a crossword puzzle

A powerful way to...

 by learning new things. Ideally, we want these new things to be as rich in meaning as possible, recruiting sight and sound and associations and emotion. So this really doesn't mean doing crossword puzzles.