abecedarian jigsaw

English

Noun

abecedarian jigsaw (plural abecedarian jigsaws)

  1. (crosswording, chiefly US and Canada) An alphabetical jigsaw puzzle on a barred grid.
    • 1978, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, “ABECEDARIAN JIGSAW”, in The Atlantic‎[1]:
      Abecedarian jigsaw (Acknowledgments to Dogop of The Listener)
    • 2013 December 19, Braze, “Abecedarian jigsaw (Puzzle No. 3,307)”, in The Nation Cryptic Crossword Forum‎[2]:
      So speaking of letter frequencies, I learned from experience that it’s better to start solving abecedarian jigsaws with the last clues instead of the first ones.
    • 2024, Richard E. Maltby Jr., “Abecedarian Jigsaw”, in Harpers‎[3]:
      Abecedarian Jigsaw. See the solution to last month’s puzzle.
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