0 a game in which you write words that are the answers to questions in a pattern of black and white squares:
I do the Times crossword every morning.
One group performed the task once, whereas the other performed a second crossword puzzle 3 weeks after the first one.
For example, on a relatively small scale, activities such as solving jigsaw or crossword puzzles are valuable in themselves.
In cryptic crosswords this phenomenon is taken to an extreme.
As when completing crossword puzzles, each attribute can be practised, improved, and honed to perfection.
Significant increases in participation were seen for the oldest age group (aged 85+ years) in restaurant visits, cultural activities, study circles and crossword puzzles.
In crossword clues, the latter may fall outside what would normally be considered a word's potential range.
The structure of the running narrative can be compared to a crossword puzzle.
Second, the crossword puzzle promotes some form of behavioral or cognitive change (subjective awareness) due to the design and format of the task.