alphabetical jigsaw

English

Noun

alphabetical jigsaw (plural alphabetical jigsaws)

  1. (crosswording) A form of crossword in which clues are not numbered, but instead given in alphabetical order of their solution, and solvers must work out where each answer fits in the grid.
    • 1952, The Listener:
      Alphabetical Jigsaw II . Prize (for the first five correct solutions opened): Book token, value 12s. 6d.
    • 1974, John Perkin, quotee, Games & Puzzles:
      As you say, in addition to double puzzles, we publish alphabetical jigsaws and thematic crosswords from time to time. Obviously though, our puzzle is usually a plain one.
    • 2013 November 7, Alan Connor, Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
      Graham chooses to appear as Araucaria, after the monkey puzzle tree, and presently creates the 'alphabetical jigsaw' format, where the grid is to be filled with twenty-six answers presented in alphabetical order.
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